Life
A question for creative geniuses
Thursday, 11 March 2010 19:05
How do you manage your stuff? The materiel and ofal of your craft? Do they overrun your space, or do you keep it controlled? Do you have a studio or dedicated space for it all? I'm struggling with the trappings of my passions and need some help.
Must a creative life entail a massing of stuffs? Is it possible to nourish the creative mind and body while maintaining a strict level of detritus? To cleanse my living space, must I curtail my creative efforts? There must be a way.
Perhaps asking myself the hard questions. Making choices about what is appropriate to indulge. The list of things postponed will forever outrun me.
The only course I see is one of limitation and restraint. I've had enough of that for one lifetime. No, perhaps its more a focusing. Again: the hard questions.
So I ask you, dear reader, how do you manage the clutter of your craft?
Steampunk Name Generator
Sunday, 14 February 2010 10:56
I wrote a Victorian & Steampunk Name Generator on my other site. Check it out.
Debriefing: Lessons Learned in Making Beer
Monday, 15 June 2009 14:21
I've brewed, or helped brew and bottle about 5 batches of beer so far this year. It's a great activity to do with friends, while drinking the last batch you bottled, or freeing up bottles for your first batch. There are a number of things we've learned so far that could make the process easier while ensuring a good clean batch all the way through the 4-6 week process.
Housemate Hunting Tips
Monday, 18 May 2009 22:38
I've been housemate hunting the last week or so. I've come up with what I think are some pretty smart things to make the process easier.
- Use a junk email address (this is a no brainer). I used GMail.
- Get a free voice mail number from Google Voice (formerly GrandCentral)
- I set up 30 minute interviews with candidates using GenBook.
- Using Gmail, set up keyword filters and labels