Category Blogging

Climbing Out of the Writer’s Pit of Despair
I just read a post by Wil Wheaton, “everything under the sun is in tune” and it actually inspired me to kludge together some sort of post for my blog. I have been having a bit of trouble putting together anything for my blog. It’s supposed to be fun but it just hasn’t been for […]

Capturing Inspiration
Maybe it’s happened to you, you’re at the grocery store or the parkand suddenly you have the Best. Blog. Idea. Ever. You have to rememberit but you’re not in front of your computer right now. What do youdo? You try to commit it to memory until you get home. However, bythe time you get back […]

Looking Back [and Maybe Forward?]
Figure 1: Just a Man Stuck in a Gear Passing Time (Attribution: Free for commercial use, No attribution required, via Pixabay) Well. It’s been more than six months since I’ve put up a post on this blog. Let’s take a look at that, shall we? First off, I want to apologize for breaking my self-imposed […]

We’ve Moved!
I’ve finally taken the plunge and moved my blog over to my own domain: bradfonseca.com. It’s got a slightly different layout but the content is the same. With the move I’ve started to write some more and plan to write more frequently. You might want to start with my first post on the new site, […]

A New URL for My Old Blog
Figure 1: Attribution: Ian D. Keating (via CC Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) Well, here we are again! You may have noticed that I’m reporting to you from a new URL (https://bradfonseca.com/) There is a mildly interesting story related to this change that I thought I would share here. I recently read an article […]
“Developing” the Next Generation
Link to original image | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) I have kids and, as a parent, I want to prepare them to be successful in their lives. I try to do this in a number of different ways: teach them to be kind, teach them respect, teach them to stand up for themselves, […]
Thinking, Learning, and Blogging
Link to original image | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License As I mentioned in my previous post, Learning About Org Mode (Part 1 of n), I was reading (and now have finished) a great eBook by Sasha Chua called “A No-Excuse Guide to Blogging”. I’m trying to implement a couple of her ideas, namely, […]
Learning About Org Mode (Part 1 of n)
Link to original image | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License As part of revising what this blog is about and keeping it fun for me, I’ve been reading a few things I’ve found on the Internet on blogging and keeping writing a blog “fresh”. I’ve started reading a really good eBook called “A No-Excuse Guide to […]
Fuzzy Morning…Fuzzy Day
Figure 1: A view of the weather and the inside of my head… A fair amount of snow today (though I know other places will get it much worse) and consequently everything is much slower than usual. This includes my thinking. I think I used up most of my energy just getting into work. This […]