http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog Thoughts about business and life for people with too many ideas. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:02:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am more than a bit wowed by technology and generally cool stuff. I love American Science and Surplus for so much stuff you never knew you needed. In December, I visited Milwaukee on a corporate wife function. But first on MY agenda was a visit to SciPlus -- ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2008/04/14/technology-is-my-friend/ ... but were we ever in the first place? Twice in the last week, I've received a sorta automatic email from someone I'm pretty sure I don't know asking me to change their contact information from some old unknown email address to a new one. In each case, ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2008/04/07/lets-stay-connected/ Now that I've shared my 1/2 brain cell with half the western world, I just gotta ask... What's the big deal about the mistaking an "r" for a "t"? (See yesterday's stupid pet trick) Genetic, generic... are they really so different? OK, OK.. I'm sure my DNA string musta snapped someplace and ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2008/04/04/you-say-tomato-i-say-tomaato/ I just got a really short email. Maybe it really was spam. But it sure made me laugh. It came from a yahoo address that looked like a real guy, I mean no collection of letters and numbers that are clearly fake. The subject was Hello, which ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2008/04/03/who-is-that-woman-on-my-website/ Sometimes the little things can surprise you! We’ve got huge computer issues in my house. We’re O-soo-cutting-edge here. But our latest upgrade rendered my connection to the network printer just about nonexistent--painfully slow when it worked and sporadic in its choice of what it deemed worthily of ink. So I ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2008/01/22/little-printer-for-the-office/ Looking for a good flick? (And I'm not talking movie here. But rather an activity for flicking. See what I mean here.) Check out JacksonPollock.org Move the mouse, click it.. and keep doing that. Here's what I got. I think Jaspar Johns said, about art, (and oooo babies! .. I am ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2007/12/23/making-art-in-your-spare-time/ Tis the season for anxiety and stress.. And so be on the look out for signs of heart attacks in women. Huh? What about the searing pain you ask? If a person complains about intense pain in their chest, we seem to have learned to ask about deep pain or ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2007/12/21/heart-attacks-in-women/ In college I saw a Ziggy card whose sentiment has always stuck with me. It said: Think of all the people in the world worse off than you... There must be at least eight! And then I stumbledupon this website that compares the earth to the largest known star. Man when you see ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2007/12/20/perspective/ I have been thinking about intuition lately. I have some decisions to make that aren’t life altering, but they are important. My intuition will play a big part in my process. Once a man I knew fairly spit at me, “Your intuition has landed you on your feet ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2007/11/27/does-intuition-work-for-you/ I just saw a post on the Poynter website about the awards given by the American Society of Magazine Editors. Texas Monthly Magazine is a real magazine and they won a prize for the best cover line: "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, Dick Cheney Will Shoot You in the ... http://www.mapthefuture.com/blog/2007/11/04/award-winning-magazine-cover/