December 12th, 2011
No regretsy with Etsy for me
I decided to try and sell some of my handmade goods recently and rather than go with eBay I tried Etsy, which specializes in homemade items but I had some doubts about the reach of Etsy. However, those doubts were quickly squashed.
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December 7th, 2011
Many weeks, many posts, just not here
Things have slowed here at Morning Toast since the summer. Since I started writing for TMA Toys & Games, most of the video game and toy topics I would talk about here have gone there, but I need to stop being so lazy and find other things to talk about. Pretty soon that shouldn’t be [...]
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July 17th, 2011
CAVEradio is back on the air, again
So Jen decided it was time to start doing the radio show again…and that means your Wednesday nights will never be the same. This is easily the fourth or fifth time we’ve “returned” to the show and it will happen again, but while we’re back this time, won’t you join us?
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May 9th, 2011
A laptop alone doesn’t cut it
My desktop PC failed on me this weekend, bad. I figured I could just do the work I was planning on my laptop but I quickly realized I need a desktop for certain tasks.
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May 9th, 2011
When work and hobby collide
Turning web development into a career from a hobby has been a blessing and a curse. One on hand, doing it all day at work makes it the last thing I want to do when I get home. But on the other hand, everything I learn and see at work I can take home with [...]
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April 29th, 2011
Discovering music by career
How do you search new for music? Probably by genre, or maybe by artist. But have you ever thought about discovering music based on what type of job you have? I didn’t but it turns out that’s a great way to find and enjoy new music.
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April 20th, 2011
One post a day challenge
To help myself get into the swing of things with this new design and approach, next week I’ll be testing myself with a post-a-day challenge. At least one post every day.
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April 17th, 2011
Pardon my dust
Yes, it’s that time again…time for a new coat of paint here at Morning Toast. Enough has changed in my blogging world that I think this was necessary to keep me interested. And I see you rolling your eyes…yes, this is a blog post about blogging.
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March 18th, 2011
Becoming a professional blogger
Everyone is a blogger. I’m a blogger, you’re a blogger. If you have a Tumblr or Wordpress and in some cases, Facebook, you’re a blogger, right? And I know when you hear the phrase, “I’m a blogger” you roll your eyes. I do. But that being said, I am now officially a professional blogger.
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January 5th, 2011
Learning from the Golden Voice
If you create web content - blogs, videos, photos, whatever - you should always produce your product expecting it to go viral. There’s a 99% chance it won’t, but in the rare case it does you need to be ready because by the time you realize it and try to make up for it, people [...]
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December 30th, 2010
Design vs. design, a simple misunderstanding
When people ask what I do for a living, I usually say “web designer”. Unfortunately, after years of calling myself such a thing, it’s finally hit me that what people hear is not what I want them to hear…at least not entirely.
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October 27th, 2010
Finally, a PC in the living room
Our (new) TV has more ports than I knew what to do with…until now. We’ve had the TV for just about a year and I feel like I’m just starting to take advantage of it. Unfortunately, this new avenue of geeking out may require some additional hardware…but it’ll be worth it.
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August 18th, 2010
The iPad verdict, no thanks
I’m typing this entry on an iPad. My department got an ipD to test with our app and for browser testing. I got to take home for a nightb and try it out in some real-world applications, like blogging.
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August 5th, 2010
Hot Wheels racing revisited, a new game
I rarely go back and revisit and/or rebuild anything. I usually work on web projects for the learning challenge and once that’s conquered, move on. I then take all what I learned and add it to the next project, so each new project gets better. However, Hot Wheels is clearly something that deserves love and [...]
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May 30th, 2010
Why you can’t afford to quit Facebook (yet)
I don’t like Facebook. I’m not a Facebook power user by any means and I’m less than a casual user. Everyone’s talking about quitting Facebook due to privacy problems and other high profile woes, but I have no plans on leaving Facebook. Regardless what “I hate Facebook because…” camp you sit in, Facebook is where people are.
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April 16th, 2010
Don’t let Facebook kill your blog
Don’t let Facebook kill your blog. I know not everyone has their own web site or blog, but if you do, don’t let Facebook quietly kill your desire to write and voice your opinion. And for that matter, don’t let Twitter kill it either. Your blog is YOUR playground. You can do what you want [...]
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April 2nd, 2010
iPad, it will change things
We talked about the iPad last night on CAVEradio and while my #1 criteria for getting one is indeed still a stylus, I think something like an affordable, easy-to-use tablet PC will change how people interact with…well, just about everything.
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March 31st, 2010
Big time, I’m a guest blogger
I’ve been writing/blogging for quite a while now, upwards of 10 years or more. Writing is just something I like to do. It doesn’t matter who, if anyone, reads it…it’s just a way to empty my brain in a fun way. I never expected my blogging to result in much, and it hadn’t until just [...]
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March 8th, 2010
Fantasy racing league, a project done
Yes, I finished a project, amazing as that is. After a couple months of weekend coding sessions, I have launched a new web game, a fantasy racing league…for Hot Wheels. Best part is, you don’t have to collect to play, but right now I just need your help testing it all.
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February 23rd, 2010
Finally jumping on the jQuery bandwagon
As a web developer there’s a large part of me that should be ashamed to have just now jumped on the jQuery bandwagon. I’ve been developing in honest for about 10 years, so my excuse is that I (like many) was developing in Javascript way before jQuery was even a beta project. But now that [...]
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January 26th, 2010
What I want in a tablet PC
I love the idea of a tablet PC. They make sense to me, but whatever tablets come out this year - Apple, Microsoft, whoever - they need to include one thing for me to buy them: let me write on it.
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October 26th, 2009
It all started with GeoCities
Back before everyone had a “blog,” they had “home pages,” and GeoCities was the place to have your own little soap box. My on-line life started with GeoCities, so it is kind of sad to learn that Yahoo is shutting down the service after more than a decade. GeoCities was awesome at the time, but [...]
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October 23rd, 2009
Use your blog to get free stuff
I’ve been writing on the web, most call it blogging, for probably over 10 years now. And if you ask one friend I came damn well close to inventing blogging…although I won’t quite claim that title (but wish I could!). I’ve always enjoyed writing about the things I enjoy, and if you’re truly passionate about [...]
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October 3rd, 2009
New domain, new blog for Redline Derby Racing
As threatened in a recent post, I launched a new blog last week that is focused around my hobby of Hot Wheels collecting and racing. This new venture is one of the few that require active management.
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August 13th, 2009
How important are social links?
Where do you find links of interest? Is it really from Google? I was looking up information on the Facebook purchase of FriendFeed and found an article talking about Facebook being the next big search engine…Google’s “real” threat. At first you probably go, “psssh, whatever,” but there was a time when you said that about [...]