Uncategorized
A few months ago my hands started hurting. After years of being a customer service agent the keystrokes finally got to me. My fingers are feeling better but my wrists are still sore and tight. I came home one day, washed some dishes, and had trouble turning off the faucet. Ever since then I’ve avoided [...]
The movie Zeitgeist came up in a discussion I was having with a friend today. If you haven’t heard of Zeitgeist, it’s a movie that has been floating around for a couple years “about alleged “social myths,” including religion, 9/11 and the banking system.” (from Wikipedia)
I told him I would forward him the link but [...]
I have to get this story out there before I forget the details.
My cousin Fred (above) has been trying to sell his truck. A few weeks into trying to sell it he gets hit at an intersection in Reno. Nobody is hurt or anything. A young black kid gets out of the car. He’s on [...]
Hi.
I’m not sure where to start this. I disappeared for a while. I got overwhelmed. I piled some big dreams on myself, got lost and started to think I’d never get them done. So I pulled away. Stopped writing and stopped reading anything that inspired me. I stopped watching anything that spoke to me. I [...]
I don’t understand what I watched yet. Maybe I never will. But it will stick with me and change my perspective on the world for a bit. My strongest initial thought is how much of a waste of a life to try to review and re-live it like that. Afterwards, Flight of the Concords was [...]
I just got back from Shooting the West photography symposium. There were lots of things that really struck me at it. First was hearing all these people talk about their photos, the process of making them, and why they shoot what they do. That was wonderful because, working in support at Flickr I spend a [...]
Tonight I am sitting on my floor reading some old draft posts, making mixed drinks and listening to Jazz. Coltrane’s Naima is one of my favorite songs. The notes stick with my like scenes in The Razors Edge. After listening to Naima I wanted more Jazz so I went to iPod > Music > Genres [...]
In the 60s in Winnemucca there was live music and people downtown dancing and having fun every and it was in large part because of Joe Mackey. He was one of those people with lots of energy and a magnetic personality that was just fun and made things happen. Joe was a successful businessman [...]
I have been thinking about booknotes a lot. I am reading a couple books that I have to underline things all the time so I can remember what is important but there is so much I want to remember.
Here is my normal process,
* Underline things I find interesting. (pen or pencil)* color the edge of [...]
I spent the weekend finishing an intro to UNIX book for people with a Mac, reading about Shackleton’s Escape from the Antarctic. Then I studied Drupal, an open source community management system. (totally amazed by how much you can do with it).
In 2 days I already setup the most basic entry to let [...]
© Zack Sheppard. Powered by WordPress using the DePo Skinny Theme.