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Monthly Archives: April 2007

Blog For Jobs

While reading Blog for Jobs, I saw a post that links to an article in Career Journal. The two posts relate to job candidates using their blogs to land a job. There is also some mention in Career Journal about companies using blogs to attract employees to locations that would be otherwise out of the [...]

Lessons From Blogging

I’ve learned a few things from blogging. If you go back to the archives of this blog, you’ll see that I started blogging on my own hosted domain not too long ago. My experience in blogging goes back further than that. I started blogging at RGV Life back in June of 2005. So, I’ve pounded [...]

My New Life with a Mac

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to purchase a pre-owned Mac. I’ve been struggling with my old Gateway laptop as Microsoft piles on countless patches. The poor laptop just keeps getting slower and slower. I’m sure the Microsoft updates are useful and all, but they are making my old computer slow down to a [...]

City Cynic's PodCamp San Antonio Promo

City Cynic has created a new Promo for PodCamp San Antonio.
Listen here.
Just to remind everybody, PodCamp San Antonio will be held on May 19, 2007 at the Sunset Station. Anybody who is into podcasting, vidcasting, or just has some time to kill is welcome to attend. Make sure to put your name on the PodCamp [...]

Still waking up at 5 am

Just to keep everybody updated, I am still waking up at 5 am. At this point, the waking up part is much easier than it was before. The only drawback to my experiment is that staying awake is sometimes a problem. The issue stems from working late or not going to bed early. When I [...]

Cleanliness in Retail

Winner: DFW’s Nastiest Bathroom

Originally uploaded by jason.s.

Oh, yuck!
Have you ever walked into a service station rest room and walked right out to find something cleaner in town? I don’t know about you, but if I have to go and use a store’s facilities, I feel some obligation to thank the store by purchasing something. However, [...]

Great Example of a Successful Blogger

As a blogger, I often dream about wild success with countless readers and subscribers to my feed. By the way, you can subscribe to my feed here. There has been one blogger over at Zen Habits who has reached 4,700 subscribers in only 3 months. This is a wild success for a blogger. I congratulate [...]

Getting Away. 5 Things You Can Do To Escape

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Originally uploaded by Nels Lindquist.

Are you stressed out or just plain bored with being conscious right now? How about a little escape to refresh your reason for living? Here are some things you can do to take your mind off of whatever is making you not be where you are now.
1. Go take a nap. [...]

Simple Exercise and Great Benefits

About 2 weeks ago, I started a simple workout. My current job at the Texas Capitol is rather sedentary; and it is showing around the middle. Last summer, I was in pretty good shape after working in a cannery where I shoveled green beans and climbed up and down ladders all day. The thing about [...]

In and Out of Capitol Parking

I recorded these on my T-Mobile Dash phone. The videos are pretty pointless. I just wanted to see how well the camera deals with motion while driving around in circles at the Capitol’s underground garage.
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