The end of a minor, unread (really) blog

So, I have come to the decision that with the coming of a New Year, that this blog, which I haven’t updated since October 2010, will be coming to an end.  It’s been fun.  I enjoyed starting the blog and all; but the initial zeal and energy with which I started the blog has wained.  I have put my energy into other aspects of my life, hoping to simplify and that means this blog will be shortly disappearing.  I will leave the site up until the end of February 2012 at which time I will be taking it down and closing all connections to it.

 

Thank you all who have come by, read my posts and I hope they have made you think.  I didn’t want to change you, just give you something to think about.  I have found also that others say what I wanted to say better and more eloquently then I.  They also have better sites, more readers and so why attempt to compete when I know I’m not that well read.

 

So, thank you and farewell.

Stand up for yourself….

I have a bad back, herniated about 6.5 years ago and have had a hard time with most normal desks. So, I recently (start of 2010) read about standing desks; but couldn’t afford some and didn’t like others. So I looked around at building one. Well, it was cheaper and more functional then most desks are that you buy from the store…

Ode to a lost friend

It is a sad day today, a long-time friend of mine, an inspiration for this blog in a way and an Apple Geek, passed away today from cancer. To you, Madgunde (his website is Art of Geek, I hope you are in a better place, that your young son and wife, family and friends remember you for all your wit, humour and strong mind.

I am lucky to have had you as a friend over the passed decade, to help me through various technical issues, to chat with on topics mundane and deep, painful and funny. To your son and wife, I can only give you my sympathy in the hard times you will pass through in the coming years. Remember the happy times, the funny times and look at your son and see in his eyes and face, the face of Madgunde. You will carry on in your son’s genes and know that your parents both love you, though your father (Madgunde) is no longer here to be with you.

So, in remembrance of my friend, I will remember you. May your memory live long in the memory of family and friends and bring a smile when we think of you.

Moving and downsizing, it isn’t easy.

So, the move has happened; we’ve moved from Toronto, ON to Victoria, BC; it is lovely out here and we feel great. But we downsized and sold off a lot of stuff before the move. Now we have to buy some stuff to fill in needs.

Revising clutter and stuff

It’s been months since a post here and I felt the need to write.

I’m in the process of cleaning house in readiness to move across the country. This has lead to thinking of what is important in the house, what I want to take with us (my family) and what can be sold and not taken. Also, what is just clutter around the house.