test – embedding youtube video
January 9, 2012 – 2:45 pmHere is a video of one of Prattville’s leading citizens in beginner band.
No, really – loading ALL my CDs into the iPod classic
November 13, 2011 – 8:40 pmI just recently moved, and the best thing about it, besides picking up 500 more square feet and a garage, is that I FOUND ABOUT 15 MISSING CDs! When I did the “load all the CDs into my iPod maneuver” earlier this year, I’d had the nagging feeling I was missing some. In fact, I knew for a fact I was, but I couldn’t put my hands on them. In the course of unpacking boxes, I found them. iTunes library complete!
In other news, I can now put my hands on all my books, too.
Old phones, planned obsolesence, and you.
October 12, 2011 – 11:21 amStarted a twitter conversation about iPhone vs. Android that is gonna take more than 140 characters…
My wife got an iPod touch well over 2 years ago. She got an iPhone 4 maybe a year ago.
Meanwhile, I’ve had some smart phone or another for years, the latest being the Motorola Droid (sometimes called Droid 1, I suppose, but whatever – it was the original, introduced as the first Android phones were coming out).
I totally get the fact that no piece of technology will be as cool and super as the day you unwrap it. Read the rest of this entry »
Leadership Autauga Update
September 25, 2011 – 3:56 pmBeen too busy to update since Tuesday night. Kimmie Ellis’ presentation was a big hit – her mother Martha may be out of a job (inside joke). Seriously, that’s probably one of the best pieces of actual learning about leadership we do all year – the rest is “OJT” as we work on the project and look at our state and local leaders in action.
Speaking of the project, I’m proud of the class for having generated several good project ideas. I’ll keep those under wraps, but their work so far is leading toward the pick of a final project idea very soon, hopefully board approval of that idea, and then they can get to work on it. Whatever it is, it will be something that benefits the community.
Here are some pictures from the retreat (click to view the complete album):
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Leadership Autauga Retreat
September 20, 2011 – 10:52 pmTonight we’re in Auburn, having wrapped up the first day of the Leadership Autauga Retreat. Or should I say night. The group got here in time to check in and get dinner, followed by some team-building exercises by Keith Duck which served to break the ice. Grown-ups don’t get enough chances to do silly things to really get to know each other, and Keith does a great job of bringing the ideas, the props, and the enthusiasm which gets everyone on a first-name basis in a matter of hours.
And then I had to take over and do left-brain stuff – we did a quick overview of LA’s history and purpose, followed by a brief brain-storming session about potential projects.
We’ll hit it again tomorrow with some discussion about leadership and personality traits, led by Kimmie Ellis.
Hey, watch where you’re going
September 20, 2011 – 8:09 amNearly rear-ended today taking George to school because I stopped for a bus with its red lights flashing on Hwy. 31. Fortunately, the driver slowed down and swerved. More fortunately, she didn’t flip her car when she went into the grass to the right of me. Here’s the toll for the past 3 years for me and N Diane Smith: Read the rest of this entry »
Rotary Club flier
September 16, 2011 – 1:18 pmWhere I was
September 11, 2011 – 9:24 amI was, inexplicably, heading down to Dothan to try to sell promotional products. To funeral homes. Yes, it was a bad idea, as was continuing to head that way after I stopped in Troy and saw TV coverage of the first strike. I think I was just kind of in shock after that, especially after hearing on the radio about the second strike, and the slowly dawning comprehension that this wasn’t an accident. Read the rest of this entry »
Trey Pennington
September 4, 2011 – 4:30 pmI think a lot in terms of analogy and metaphor. Finding out that Social Media guru Trey Pennington committed suicide today (I hate putting the cause of death out there, but it’s well and truly out there already, and I think it’s pertinent to the discussion here), I think about two things that seem only marginally related: Read the rest of this entry »
