Archive For May, 2010

Tread softly

By Dave | May 25, 2010

As a dad I often think about the education my children will get. My wife is a teacher by trade, and a very good one I might add, so I’m confident our kids will learn much from us at home (they already do). What I am concerned about is what they will and will not [...]

4 comments • family
Tagged as: education • Sir Ken Robinson • TED
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How a homemade colon cleanse taught me a lesson

By Dave | May 19, 2010

When I started blogging in 2005 I was going to use it to promote my web design skills. I thought I was a good designer, but in retrospect I had lots of room for improvement. Lots. I decided to call the blog Dave Made This, which was the name of my mediocre web site design [...]

8 comments • Blogging
Tagged as: Blogging • davemadethis • domain renewal
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Are you a sheep?

By Dave | May 18, 2010

As a kid, I use to question everything. I don’t know what it was in me that made me do it, but I did it. I do it. I’m raising my kids to do it too. Being raised Catholic, I remember questioning a priest why I had to go to confession. Why did I have [...]

7 comments • Ramble
Tagged as: manipulation • Seth Godin • sheep
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How do you backup your computer?

By Dave | May 13, 2010

I read an article yesterday from the Toronto Star titled: Laptop with family photos stolen from hospital room. The story is about a laptop containing hundreds of sentimental photos that was stolen from an elderly patient’s room at a local cancer treatment center. To make matters worse, the computer contained photos of the 89-year-old patient’s [...]