April 2012 – "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might"

A unique brochure

Farther back in my career, I was a Quality Engineer responsible for ISO9000 processes for an R&D facility. I learned a valuable lesson: Sometimes knowing when NOT to be technical is the key to accomplishing a task. I came across this gadget in a box of old stuff. I smiled and remembered the day

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Drupal Development

I had developed this xhtml/jquery/css thingy that put tax records online.

This recruiter called me about a job that required drupal module development experience so I thought I would brush up for the interview process by converting the original to a drupal module.

http://www.techharbor.com/tax_records

Happy Easter

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

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Divine Guidance

I was wondering about the phrase “rise to fight another day”. I was led to the quote that it supposedly came from, and then curiosity about the author, John Dryden, led me to an unexpected boost.

Fight on, my merry men all, I'm a little wounded, but I am not slain;
I will lay me down for to bleed a while,
Then I'll rise and fight with you again. - John Dryden

I found some quotes that were PERFECT for how I was feeling, and I think it was because I prayed about how I was feeling, especially about a decision I have to make.

They conquer who believe they can.
Fortune befriends the bold.
None but the brave deserve the fair.
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.
Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before!
The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.”
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
What passions cannot music raise or quell?
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.