Another day, another set of pills.
This is the life for the mentally ill.
Chastised for not being normal,
Like it’s our own fault we’re abnormal.
A chemical imbalance is what they say.
Suck it up, ignore, and it will all go away.
We want the same. Perhaps not at first.
But the mania and depression make our minds want to burst.
Sing! by Smule – Review, Tips, and a Wishlist
Sing! by Smule is one of those apps I wish I had stumbled upon ages ago. I stumbled upon the app by accident. I was trying out beatbox type apps to test my non-existent rapping skills and Sing! was one of the recommended apps to try out during my search. It was “free”, so I decided to give it a go.
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My friend Pauli Loeffler recently recorded a bunch of duckies blocking traffic near the Edmond Dog Park.
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Join the User Experience Revolution
This post is co-authored by Susan Simkins.
Paul Boag, a well-known and highly respected user experience advocate, has just released a new book, User Experience Revolution.
The book takes aim at systemic organizational issues that actively breed an anti-user culture, whether it is intended or not.
What is User Experience?
User experience encompasses the user interaction with your products or services and the emotions that result.
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A History of Easy Updates Manager – A WordPress Plugin
Easy Updates Manager began as with any WordPress plugin: a line of code.
My History with Easy Updates Manager
For me, it started with a problem. I inherited an agency problem where plugins were modified and the only solution was upping the version number in the core plugin file.
As I pondered a solution, I had some initial thoughts that others would find such a tool useful.
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Life is the inconvenience between birth and death.
.... Continue Reading...When Can You Talk About Fight Club
Everytime I share with someone I’ve written a book about Fight Club, I’m reminded by that person that the first two rules of Fight Club are you can’t talk about it. Okay… Bullshit.
First, Fight Club is a fictional club. Debate over.
Second, we were never part of this fictional club. Debate over.
Third, if you consider yourself part of this fictional club and willing to lay down the law for a character that never existed… well, fuck you.
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Uno and Friends – More Tips & Tricks (Update 17)
Uno and Friends Update 17
Uno and Friends Update 17 has been out about a month. I am neither impressed nor wholly disappointed by it. Server disconnect issues seem the same, and while the problem with giving gifts to your friends from the leadership boards was fixed for a brief time by a patch released after Update 16, it is FUBAR again with this update.
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The Cause of Mental Illness
All of the following is my own opinion on the cause of mental illness. No facts. No published sources. Just me.
The True Cause of Mental Illness
Let’s talk about survival. Everybody has fight or flight built into them. When a person is confronted with conflict, it’s either fight or flight.
It’s what I call the change cycle. Person A wants to change your behavior, so you are either submissive (flight), or you try to to change Person A’s behavior (fight).
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Uno and Friends – Tips – Companions, Team Uno & Journey
Yay! I made it to the very top level!
This is my second post on Uno and Friends, with my first covering Uno & Friends – Tips and Tricks. This post will cover the recent update, which includes Journey.
My article on Update 17 is out as well. It covers the two recently added Journeys and more.
The Evil-ution of Uno and Friends
In June of 2014, Ronald Huereca posted his Why Uno and Friends is Evil post on this blog, back in a simpler time before Leagues, Uno Dare, Companions, Team Uno and now Uno Journey.
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