Category Archives: Misc Tools
Designing a Landscape using GIMP: A Picture is Still Worth a Thousand Words – Even if it is Ugly
I have designed many things in my life, including most recently helping to design our newly finished deck. Because of some past boo-boos in planning/designing various small gardens on our little bit-o-land I decided this time to take a radical approach: instead of taking a small view at a creating a garden I would first [...]
Trials and Tribulations – Moving from a 15 year old email Account
More cost cutting measures have moved me to decide to move from one of my trusty old email accounts to gmail account. It is weird to think that if I jump ship from my old email address I will save a bunch of money each month AND I will get 4 times more Internet speeds. [...]
Second Life: The End of an Era – Cutting Costs in a Virtual Life
My travels and recent engagements has taken some time away from my writings. Luckily I have friends who like to read my blog as a bed time story. I am to please, and because my friends tend to get a little on the cranky side when they don’t get their sleep, I will again take [...]
Exercising My Brain – Free Tools on the Internet
In the book “My Stroke of Insight”, Jill Bolte Taylor Ph.D recommended the use of some brain games to exercise healthy right and left brain function. I thought I would give a quick look around if there was anything available out there on the Internet. I spent a good part of my Saturday this weekend [...]
