I've been thinkin'
5 Comments Published by Dave on Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 1/29/2009 09:40:00 PM.
The solution to this economic mess ain't layin' people off. That just doesn't make any sense to me.
I mean, if all the big companies lay folks off, who will buy stuff? How will the economy improve if folks are living in the soup kitchens?
Instead, I say, approach all the employees and explain the situation. Tell them that instead of layoffs the company has decided to reduce their wages AND give them more time off.
That would be way cool. It's a win-win.
The company saves money and the employees get more time with the fam.
Sure, the employee has to cut back a bit, but they wont be living in the street. They can get a 2nd job, start a new business, or spend more time with the family, whatever.
Why doesn't any of these big companies think of this? It makes perfect sense to me. Aren't the guys running these companies the ones that get the big bucks to sit around in meetings and discuss this stuff?
When I'm CEO, things'll be different. And I wont be intimated by the quarterly reports or by what The Street says my company ought to do. Besides, aren't those the people that got us into this mess to begin with?
The next time it looks like a big layoff at work I'm going to suggest we do this.
It can't do any harm for me to make this small suggestion can it? The worst that could happen is...he'd give me a pink slip.
Maybe I will just be content and sit around in meetings like the rest of the people here.
...dave
It may be that your whole purpose in life, is simply to serve as a warning to others.
I mean, if all the big companies lay folks off, who will buy stuff? How will the economy improve if folks are living in the soup kitchens?
Instead, I say, approach all the employees and explain the situation. Tell them that instead of layoffs the company has decided to reduce their wages AND give them more time off.
That would be way cool. It's a win-win.
The company saves money and the employees get more time with the fam.
Sure, the employee has to cut back a bit, but they wont be living in the street. They can get a 2nd job, start a new business, or spend more time with the family, whatever.
Why doesn't any of these big companies think of this? It makes perfect sense to me. Aren't the guys running these companies the ones that get the big bucks to sit around in meetings and discuss this stuff?
When I'm CEO, things'll be different. And I wont be intimated by the quarterly reports or by what The Street says my company ought to do. Besides, aren't those the people that got us into this mess to begin with?
The next time it looks like a big layoff at work I'm going to suggest we do this.
It can't do any harm for me to make this small suggestion can it? The worst that could happen is...he'd give me a pink slip.
Maybe I will just be content and sit around in meetings like the rest of the people here.
...dave
It may be that your whole purpose in life, is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Labels: crazy, illustrated journal, sketch
Post Depression MacBook Purchase
2 Comments Published by Dave on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 1/15/2009 11:56:00 PM.
I remember looking through an old aunt's garage. She was having a garage sale and gave us first pick. But really, I didn't want any of that old stuff. There were old 1930s newspapers, multi-colored bottles with trapped air bubbles, and her now deceased husband's wooden hand tools. Who wants that stuff?
And so we pawed through it, as did the folks who came for the sale. Nobody wanted much of anything. I couldn't figure out why anyone would. When you can buy power saws and cordless screwdrivers why would you use a hand planer?
But I understand now.
I bought a new MacBook. I miss my old one already. I knew where everything was, how everything worked, and all the software fit me like an old shoe. It was slow, but that just gave me more time to think.
It's always such a pain and a huge investment of time and energy setting up a new machine. Apple makes it easier but it still wears me out.
The other day I had to drill a small hole in a piece of hardwood. I scraped through my drawer passing over an electric drill and discovered a tool I picked up at a garage sale. It's a sort of ratchet plunger-type hand drill. The bits are kept in the handle. No electric power is required. You just use the power of your arm. It is a bit rusty and it has drips of paint on the shaft. But it worked beautifully. It's elegant, quiet, smooth, and accurate.
But I digress...
And so I muscle through the maze of settings on my new Mac trying desperately to get it to behave as my old one, but faster. Eventually I'll succeed, but not without great effort.
I just never look forward to a new machine because I know getting it set up correctly will be a long haul.
Now, a new journal? No problem. I know how those blank pages work and what to do with them. I just open it to any page, pull out my pen and take a line for a walk. It's elegant, quiet, smooth, and accurate.
...dave
Eschew obfuscation.
And so we pawed through it, as did the folks who came for the sale. Nobody wanted much of anything. I couldn't figure out why anyone would. When you can buy power saws and cordless screwdrivers why would you use a hand planer?
But I understand now.
I bought a new MacBook. I miss my old one already. I knew where everything was, how everything worked, and all the software fit me like an old shoe. It was slow, but that just gave me more time to think.
It's always such a pain and a huge investment of time and energy setting up a new machine. Apple makes it easier but it still wears me out.
The other day I had to drill a small hole in a piece of hardwood. I scraped through my drawer passing over an electric drill and discovered a tool I picked up at a garage sale. It's a sort of ratchet plunger-type hand drill. The bits are kept in the handle. No electric power is required. You just use the power of your arm. It is a bit rusty and it has drips of paint on the shaft. But it worked beautifully. It's elegant, quiet, smooth, and accurate.
But I digress...
And so I muscle through the maze of settings on my new Mac trying desperately to get it to behave as my old one, but faster. Eventually I'll succeed, but not without great effort.
I just never look forward to a new machine because I know getting it set up correctly will be a long haul.
Now, a new journal? No problem. I know how those blank pages work and what to do with them. I just open it to any page, pull out my pen and take a line for a walk. It's elegant, quiet, smooth, and accurate.
...dave
Eschew obfuscation.
Labels: illustrated journal, sketch
Dave's EDM iGoogle gadget
3 Comments Published by Dave Terry on Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 1/11/2009 08:36:00 AM.
Need a random Danny Gregory EDM (Every Day Matters) drawing prompt? Sometimes I do, so I wrote an iGoogle gadget.
Of course, more often I'm not at a loss as to WHAT to draw, I'm only at a loss as to WHEN to draw.
Still, the little gadget keeps me reminded to draw daily.
...dave
A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. - Francis Picabia
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Of course, more often I'm not at a loss as to WHAT to draw, I'm only at a loss as to WHEN to draw.
Still, the little gadget keeps me reminded to draw daily.
...dave
A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone. - Francis Picabia
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Labels: EDM, igoogle gadgets
Dave's iGoogle Quote Gaget
0 Comments Published by Dave Terry on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 1/10/2009 07:51:00 AM.
I love quotes. Maybe you hadn't noticed? I only collect pithy, witty, thought provoking, funny quotes. (Subjective, I know.) These kind of quotes are very hard to find.
Before the Internet, (yeah, ages ago) I collected Proverb & Quote books. Eventually I had shelves of books. Then I started writing Quote software for myself. I wrote a Windows program (TrayQuotes) that automatically attached a random quote to my email signature. I designed it so that I could choose from a category of quotes, depending on the mood I was in: serious, funny, crazy, etc.
When the Palm PDA was released I wrote an application that allowed me to collect quotes and beam them to other Palm users with my same program. It was publicly available for download for some years.
But today it doesn't make sense to buy books or programs containing quotes when I can find millions of quotes online. Here are a few of my favorite sites:
World of Quotes
Heart Quotes (a bit mushy for me)
Think Exist (good quotes but lots of clutter on the page)
Just Quotes (get a quote a day emailed)
Of course, most of these sites do not adhere to my qualification of a good quote. They are for the masses. As an experiment, I wrote a Google Gaget for my iGoogle page. (You can add it to yours by clicking on the Google button under the box.)
(Got a good quote?)
...dave
There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about.
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Before the Internet, (yeah, ages ago) I collected Proverb & Quote books. Eventually I had shelves of books. Then I started writing Quote software for myself. I wrote a Windows program (TrayQuotes) that automatically attached a random quote to my email signature. I designed it so that I could choose from a category of quotes, depending on the mood I was in: serious, funny, crazy, etc.
When the Palm PDA was released I wrote an application that allowed me to collect quotes and beam them to other Palm users with my same program. It was publicly available for download for some years.
But today it doesn't make sense to buy books or programs containing quotes when I can find millions of quotes online. Here are a few of my favorite sites:
World of Quotes
Heart Quotes (a bit mushy for me)
Think Exist (good quotes but lots of clutter on the page)
Just Quotes (get a quote a day emailed)
Of course, most of these sites do not adhere to my qualification of a good quote. They are for the masses. As an experiment, I wrote a Google Gaget for my iGoogle page. (You can add it to yours by clicking on the Google button under the box.)
(Got a good quote?)
...dave
There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about.
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Labels: igoogle gadgets, quotes
Just pausing for a moment from the usual posts of sketching to focus on a certain necessity. Shaving.I got a scare this morning. I was looking in my bathroom for a razor blade replacement for my two-blade holder and couldn't find any.
That's a big deal.
You can't find these Mach II razor replacements anywhere. The Mach IIIs, IVs, and Vs have all passed me by. And yet, I can't help but wonder, just how fast can a guy shave anyway? Mach V? Are you kidding me?
I realized just how last century I was when I tried to google a picture of my razor for this post. I couldn't find any. I did find these disposable types. But there's the rub. My two-bladed razor has been relegated to the throw away crowd.
That's sad.
And so I continue to stretch the life-span of each and every remaining two-bladed replacement after every shave. I carefully dry the razor head with a blow dryer and place it into the drawer with its "safety razor" cousin. (See blue picture.) You may laugh, go ahead. But it's true. Drying the razor makes it last longer. Mine last 3-4 months this way. But, of course, I'll eventually run out of razor heads.
Maybe I should step up to the Mach III and shave a bit faster.
...dave
A day without sunshine is like, night.
Labels: shaving