 had some very insightful conversations at Starbucks, both with people I knew and people I serendipitously met.
I’ve also learned a lot just by eavesdropping on conversations at coffee shops — some very interesting people come there to talk business and ideas.
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Most of my ideas come when I am in the shower. Now hush with the jokes…
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John,
I’m impressed with your new site! Way to go! Nice job! Let’s hope it keeps inspiring us all to be creative and innovative, unafraid to take risks, and a continuing forum for sharing ideas.
I agree that good planning is the underpinning of creative outcomes and success – the ol’ “fail to plan; plan to fail” platitude. At my work, I must be in constant long-term strategic planning mode (I am a program director for UC Berkeley Extension), but in my private life I tend to falter. I have plenty of great ideas, but zero execution of them, it seems. I’m always finding a way to shoot down my ideas or avoid putting in the real work and effort needed to shepherd an idea or concept to fruition. I’ve often said if I ran my life like I run my job, I’d be a millionaire. So, what’s holding me back, I wonder. (Uh, the classic under-achiever sydrome?)
Also, as a counter to the long-term tediousness of planning, has anyone read Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink?
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Tom, thanks for the kudos about the new site design.
Regarding your ideas, I think if you were truly interested in pursuing your best ones, you’d do it. Perhaps you’re subconsciously weighing the pros and cons of pursuing them and deciding it’s best to continue doing what you’re doing. You do go on some kick-ass hikes!
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Very good video – bit complicated!
I often get ideas come from the environment, and just everyday life. Sometimes when looking for a blog article topic, things I encounter, just seem to be great ideas which would fit as a good article idea, so I write about them.
Lying in bed is when so many ideas of mine come to me, the problem is I usually forget them by the next morning!
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Thanks, that’s indeed a great video John,
It’s interesting to read (and see) about the Importance of Environment. That also might explain why my post titled: ‘Writer’s Workspaces that Inspire’ has been (and still is) in the Most Poplular List on my Blog.
I do think that my Best Ideas come from when I am Relaxed and than usyually - seemingly from out of nowhere - get Sudden Flashes of Insight. (btw. also wrote about the Importance of Relaxing & Laziness – with what some Historical Figures have said about that – on my Travel Blog)
Also connecting with others - especially when they are different than myself - can also frequently give me new Ideas.
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{ 3 trackbacks }August 10th is a pretty special day for many of our canine companions. It’s the birthday of one of the most beloved iconic pups ever: Snoopy! Learn more about Charlie Brown’s furry best friend below.
There’s some confusion about Snoopy’s actual birthday. The lovable pooch made his first official appearance on October 4, 1950, which was the third Peanuts comic strip ever published. However, the matter was clarified in a strip published on August 10, 1968. The strip was recently reposted by the Charles Schulz Museum’s official Twitter. In it, the Peanuts gang—Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Patty, Violet, and Shermy—throw Snoopy a surprise party.
Snoopy wasn’t always Charlie Brown’s pet. Some older strips suggest that the pooch was first owned by Patty or Shermy. Legend has it that Charlie told Snoopy to Stay, and Snoopy did just that. However, an animated video clip has surfaced recently sheds new light on the matter. This adorable bit shows Charlie Brown and meeting Snoopy as a puppy.
However, in Snoopy, Come Home, the movie, Lila was his original owner. Snoopy sought Lila out, and was persuaded to live with her again. The plan was foiled by a ‘No Dogs Allowed’ sign. The wandering beagle went back to his beloved bald buddy.
Snoopy has led quite a remarkable life, especially considering that he spends so much time lounging about on the roof of his doghouse. He’s been a baseball shortstop, an author, Boy Scout, golfer, jaguar, tennis player, figure skater, and World War 1 flying ace. He has also worked in courts of law, where his skills earned him the nickname Legal Beagle. Somehow, he also makes time for his alter ego, Joe Cool; and his best buddy, Woodstock. He also has a girlfriend, Fifi, whom he rescued from The Red Baron in The Peanuts Movie.
Snoopy has several pretty adorable siblings: Andy, Spike, Olaf, Rover, Belle, Molly, and Marbles. Snoopy seems to be closest to Spike, the mustached, fedora-wearing bachelor who lives in the desert and has philosophical discussions with cactus plants. His sister Belle also had a run with celebrity. She became the model and inspiration for several fashion designers, including Karl Lagerfield, Giorgio Armani, and Oscar de la Renta. This eventually led to a traveling exhibition of Snoopy and Belle’s doggy couture.
Alaska’s campaign finance watchdog group held a hearing Tuesday morning on a complaint against former Skagway Assemblyman Dan Henry. The complaint against Henry involves incomplete public office financial disclosure forms. During the hearing, Henry said he misunderstood what information is required on those filings.
Candidates for elected office and public officials in Alaska are required to file financial disclosure statements with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. The statements ask candidates to describe their income for the previous year.
Henry is the owner of the Skagway Fish Company restaurant. On the income filings in question, from 2010 to 2013, he identified himself as such. But the line where he was to write how much he earned from the restaurant, he left blank. He instead checked a box that said “none,” indicating he had not earned over $1,000 from the restaurant.
Henry was first elected to public office in the late 1990s. He says from that very first filing, this was his understanding of how he was supposed to report his income. He says year after year, he checked the “none” box, and no one told him he was doing it wrong. Until 2013, when he says an APOC staff person reached out and told him otherwise. Then, Henry says, he started reporting over $100,000 in earnings from the restaurant.
Essentially, Henry contends his incomplete filings were an innocent mistake.
His lawyer, Robert Bundy, also testified to the commission. Bundy said Henry didn’t go to law school, and to a layperson, the disclosure forms are easy to misunderstand.
The APOC complaint against Henry came from Skagway resident Roger Griffin. Griffin lodged the complaint after news early this year that Henry pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. Henry was convicted of four misdemeanor counts of willfully failing to file his income taxes. The plea deal included information about Henry also failing to disclose his income on public office filings.
APOC staff conducted an investigation into Griffin’s complaint. They concluded that Henry’s statements from 2011 through 2013 are incomplete and that the amount of income that went unreported “appears to be substantial.” Staff said there wasn’t evidence to say whether this was done deliberately or inadvertently. Nonetheless, the staff report said Henry, an elected public official, submitted incomplete documents meant to provide transparency to his constituents.
“Staff considers this a real harm to the public,” the report says.
APOC staff recommended a fine of $22,000. That is half of the maximum penalty allowed for the violations.
But Griffin asked the commission to levy the full $44,000 fine. He said Henry violated the public trust.
Whether the commission agrees with Griffin, its staff, or believes Henry’s explanation, remains to be seen. The commission will make a decision within 10 days.
In the meantime, Henry has just about a week before he must report to federal prison to serve a year-long sentence for his failure to file income taxes. He turned in a letter of resignation from his Skagway Assembly seat last week.Supercomputers particularly typically have extremely distinctive architectures that differ significantly from the essential saved-program architecture and from common function computer systems. They usually characteristic thousands of CPUs, personalized high-velocity interconnects, and specialised computing hardware. Such designs are usually useful just for specialised duties due to the giant scale of program group required to efficiently make the most of most of the available assets without delay