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One Day Blog Silence

One Day Blog Silence to honor the victims of senseless violence.

Announcing . . . The Blogger's Choice Awards!

Head on over to the Blogger's Choice Awards site to nominate your favorite blogs.

We have several nominees from Iowa already. Don't forget to vote! If I've missed any, please let me know and I'll update this list.

• Carpe Factum
• ConverStations
  
• Drew's Marketing Minute
  

Nora The Piano Playing Cat - The Sequel

Have you seen the sequel? Meet Nora, the piano playing cat. Nora lives with her five feline friends and artists, Burnell and Betsy. You can read more about the family at Raven's Wing Studio. There's even Nora posters, card, t-shirts . . . at the online shop.

According to Burnell, the sequel "features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick that was taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's three now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods."

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Did You Take the Web Design Survey?

If you design and/or develop web sites, head on over and take the survey. It doesn't take long and the information they are collecting will help our profession.


Keeping It All In the Air

I was feeling really bad because some of the balls I've been juggling have been dangerously close to hitting the floor.

One of them is this blog. In my travels through the blogosphere I've read that it's better not to apologize when you don't write for awhile, so this is not an apology. It's more of a realization and my written intention to do a better job.

Another one is reading blogs. Lately I've been reading more and feel like it's time to get back in the game.

How are you doing at juggling?

Wordless Wednesday: Rain

bridgerain, originally uploaded by turtlemoon.

 

Workrave Reminds You to Take a Break!

Here's a nifty tool to try. Workrave is a program that reminds you to take a break.

The authors created it to help people in recovery and prevention of repetitive strain injuries (RSI). You can customize the times and duration of your breaks, and follow the stretching exercises. I've seen other programs, but this is one of my favorites, and it's FREE!

I've written before about time management and using a timer when working on the computer. This is fun because it's visual and I can program it and forget it.

Let me know what you think.

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Wordless Wednesday: Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts, originally uploaded by Frogboy.

 

Honored by "Blog of the Day Awards"

Have you checked out the Blog of the Day Awards site? It's a great way to find new places to visit. Shameless plug: While I was on spring break - March 27th - Purple Wren was awarded the "Blog of the Day."

Nice surprise for me!

Wordless Wednesday: Birrrrrd

Birrrrrd, originally uploaded by thechurchgeek.