Monthly Archives: May 2007

To create to sell, or to sell what you create.

I think I constantly find myself falling into this trap. It’s a subtle trap that robs me of any creativity, ambushes my work and causes me to avoid my art desk for days at a time.
Some trap.
I get caught up in whether I should create because I enjoy the creative process or because I desire [...]

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Taking the $100 challenge.

I’ve decided to take Shai up on her $100 challenge with this site, decloned. I’ve already made that kind of money through selling on ebay. I sold a $15,000 item last year on commission through ebay which rocked. I also run a web business on the side (usually friends and friends of [...]

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Do you have a favorite quote? (how I pieced together my Random quote widget).

I’ve been working on a widget that displays a random quote in the sidebar (or wherever you put it). It’s been a fun little project and I’ve really enjoyed working on it. I used the Executable PHP script from Otto and a bit of code I found laying around on the internet one day. I [...]

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Need a spare tire?

Unfortunately, the music video above has an element of truth in it for me. I get I’m not obscenely obese but I am beginning to realize that I’m not the teenager I once was who could eat a whole pizza, a 2-liter of Mt. Dew and not be phased by it.
I work from home [...]

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Stupidity Among Us

I’d really like to know what kids are learning today in schools. It’s not been that long since I was in school, so I’m not sure I have rights to that statement just yet, but all the same I’d like to know. I went to the store this evening to buy a few [...]

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