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Read MoreUpload Once, Blog Anywhere: Photos from Google
Originally posted on The WordPress.com Blog:
Google Photos is one of the most popular ways of storing and sharing photos online. WordPress.com is one of the most popular ways to blog. Wouldn’t it be great if they played well together — if you could use photos you’ve uploaded to Google on your site? We…
Net Neutrality Day of Action
On July 12, 2017, websites, Internet users, and online communities will come together to sound the alarm about the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. Learn how you can join the protest and spread the word at https://www.battleforthenet.com/july12/. Right now, new FCC Chairman and former Verizon lawyer Ajit Pai has a plan to destroy net neutrality…
Read MoreBook Thoughts: Next by Michael Crichton
I don’t actually think it was that great of read. I read it because my dad liked it and said it would freak me out. And to some extent he was right. The part of the book that actually stood out to me the most was the end where Mr. Crichton outlined his conclusions about…
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Quotes: Creativity in Solitude
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone. ~ Rollo May Why did this quote stand out to me? Why share it here? I guess I think about solitude a lot. I do my best work (or so…
Read MoreKeep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that, you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain

Quote: Virtues
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed. ~ Ernest Hemingway Why share this quote? Why did it have an impact on me? The last words hit me…
Read MoreExperimenting with Etsy
I have only three things on my Etsy page.
Read MoreThe reality is that most of us grow up strapped in an educational system that favors obedience over independent thinking. We’re rewarded for trusting authority, and punished for challenging it. We focus on memorizing the stuff other people came up with – formulas in math, grammar rules in English, theories in physics, cell functions in biology – rather than grasping the logic behind our most important breakthroughs and tracing the footsteps of their discovery. We answer test questions with what we think our teacher wants to hear. We chase grades instead of knowledge. And worst of all, we leave the classroom woefully unequipped with the thinking skills that matter most: how to balance open-mindedness with skepticism, how to identify bias, and how to challenge assumptions – including our own – in a way that’s truly objective.
~ Denise Minger, From Death By Food Pyramid

Reading, Reading, and More Reading
I like being able to jump around and explore different topics depending on what I’m thinking about at the time.
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