as someone with a strong buddhist influence, i often think about simplicity, and make tiny, cautious steps towards it. my baroque mind finds this rather ridiculous because life is most fun and exciting when there are lots and lots of decorations and curlicues, when there is boundless abundance and variations upon variations on themes upon… Continue reading simplicity and the internet
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october buddhist carnival – about poverty
the first part of the october buddhist carnival is entirely dedicated to the topic of blog action day 2008: poverty. longing for the begging bowl as usual, we start with a poem. here is a translation from malayalam into in english by k p pradesh – a poem by koyamparambath satchidanandan buddha, this earth is… Continue reading october buddhist carnival – about poverty
just brilliant!
about 10 days ago, geert awarded me the brilliant web award. thank you, geert, especially coming from you! geert posts mostly in dutch (and i have a hilarious time trying to decipher it) but also in english once in a while. so now my job, he says, is to nominate at least 7 more for… Continue reading just brilliant!
blogathon: post #1000!
this post marks ID#1000 on my site. dear web site, let me take this opportunity to thank you. you’ve taught me so much! i don’t even know where to begin. just today i learned about a new quirk in wordpress. (if you post lots of posts, some entries can accidentally get stuck in a sort… Continue reading blogathon: post #1000!
blogathon: internet, the great procrastination enabler drug
a post my husband wrote for this blog a few weeks ago. kind of ironic, to be using it for the blogathon, wouldn’t you say? my wife and i are not TV watchers. for me, other than NFL football season and once a month late-night-in-bed-just-before-going-to-sleep scanning of showcase/learning channel/PBS i don’t willingly watch any television.… Continue reading blogathon: internet, the great procrastination enabler drug
grassroots fundraising with social media
a great example of what social media can be – spreading the word of little causes with big ideas. read more | digg story (this is my first attempt at using digg’s “blog it” feature. what do you think?)
rant: ugly cancer spammers
this morning i woke up, as usual, to a number of new comments on this blog. here are two, both from the same commenter: on my post, 14 ways to quit smoking: i am a big smoker. i tried to quit lots of times, but never succeeded. the biggest problem is that i am not… Continue reading rant: ugly cancer spammers
quickie: what’s a friend?
just a few quick thoughts here, inspired by my twitter friend todd. in his tweetings today and his most recent blog post, he talks about a social media tool called friendfeed. “friend” is a word that’s used a lot in social media. often it’s just the name that you give a contact on whatever social… Continue reading quickie: what’s a friend?
social media mega project wrapup: twitter
two months ago, vivien at inspirationbit started the social media mega project. we are trying to create a place where all the social media wisdom is gathered together. my job was to gather blog posts on twitter. there are two social media tools that i feel quite passionate about. stumbleupon is one of them; the… Continue reading social media mega project wrapup: twitter
comment aspirations
i love all your comments, people! one of the things i had hoped for in my goals for this year was to have more conversations on this blog, and i think that’s happening. thank you so much! so with this in mind, i thought it’s time to throw together some comment guidelines. not because there… Continue reading comment aspirations