STICKY POST
Thursday, 8. October 2009, 11:43:57
life, Opera, friends
This is now going to be my standard response to people who genuinely want to add me as their Opera friend. I usually check a person's blog first thing to determine if they're schiesters or not. Those of us who have been around awhile can probably relate to this.
Hello Opera member,
I'm flattered you would want to add me as your friend here at the Opera community. These requests come in from time to time and I see some common threads from people who don't "get" what Opera is about.
It's not a friend acquisition competition.
It's not about little bits of information of what you do every moment of the day.
It's not a place to hock your business idea.
It's not a site to display graphic pornography.
It is about people sharing about their lives - whether good or bad.
It is about having others care for you when the chips are down.
It is about celebration for joyous events and genuine praise for others' talents.
It is about learning of other people, cultures and customs from around the world.
It is about finding commonality among other humans who live on this planet - and appreciating it.
So I offer these suggestions to you and anyone else who wants to be my friend:
Stay awhile. Don't just create an account and then bugger off.
Write something. Anything. As much or little as you feel comfortable with.
Add a picture to go with what you're writing. It usually helps the rest of us understand.
When I know more of who you are, I would be happy to add you onto my friend's list - because then we can really be friends.
Check out this person's blog to get an idea of what I'm talking about.
http://my.opera.com/someone-who-has-a-really-good-blog/blog
With warm regards,
Henry
P.S.: because of abuses in the past by idiots and unscrupulous people, I only accept e-mail from those on my friends list. Sorry. If there is progress on the suggestions mentioned above, we'll get to know each other much better.
Saturday, 31. October 2009, 19:02:36
cbc, advertising, radio
Years ago, I stumbled across a half-hour radio program on CBC entitled "The Age of Persuasion". The show was about the advertising industry and delivered by an executive who has been in the business a long time. Since I did a recent post by audio, I would like to introduce an entertaining and informative look into the world of advertising. Many segments can be found on the website.
Here is a link to an interesting one from just a couple of months ago. Enjoy. Terry O'Reilly's voice is like gold. Very listenable.
(Should have added this before) There are many more segments on the AOP website
http://www.cbc.ca/ageofpersuasion/Important note: Each segment is 27:30 minutes long. I wouldn't recommend this to people with limited internet usage.
Saturday, 31. October 2009, 06:55:30
cereal, life, nutrition
A couple of weeks ago, a local store had Kellogg's Just Right cereal on sale. I rarely buy boxed cereals. What caught my eye was the long list of nutrients on the side of the box (c'mon, you read them - yeah you). It impressed me so much - and tasted good - I went back and bought the remaining 3 boxes on the shelf! Like a multi-vitamin in every box. Just add milk!
Tuesday, 27. October 2009, 23:01:38
cartoon, trade card
This came in the mail today from Bianca. Too funny!!!
Monday, 26. October 2009, 03:55:18
parents, audio, anniversary, microphone
I picked up a new USB microphone for myself this past weekend. I wanted to record speeches and pictures to make a presentation for my parents. This is a segment of what I recorded on my old laptop, the microphone itself was over 3 feet (1 metre) away from my brother! That's why there is background noise from the restaurant: hard brick walls, tile floors and mirrors on the walls all reflect sound easily (but adds to the "room feel" of the recording). I just had to boost the overall sound volume with editing software I use and do some compression to reduce the file size. The audio quality is pretty decent, I think. You listeners can be the judge of that!
Listen to the streaming audio underneath the microphone:
(If the 'Play' button doesn't seem to work, refresh the page and try again; the pointer should change to a finger-click icon)
Tuesday, 20. October 2009, 11:18:30
trade card gang, art
A couple of the latest ones received over the past number of days. I certainly have to expand my artistic skills!
Thanks for sending them! They're beautiful!
(BTW, I take these with my camera now because my old scanner is not working the best)
New one from Lucy when I got home today!!
The words are from a dictionary (I think). It states: "
salvation n. saving from disaster, esp. from the consequences of sin."
Saturday, 17. October 2009, 13:00:11
dan robinson, wedding, photography
Some of you have seen me shamelessly gushing about the wedding I was at last weekend. This post is not
totally about the wedding, but about their photographer, Dan Robinson - and his wife. Some of my favourite selections have been put into a photo album. He captures the beauty and fun of the day, as you will see when you click on the picture below (don't forget the comments Lucy!
).
Wednesday, 14. October 2009, 10:24:32
poem, relationships
To Place or To Find
When I meet someone I want to know more,
Do I place my own feelings, or find what's in store?
Do I place out my hopes — and hope they'll agree?
Or find that their hopes are like those in me?
Sometimes I have placed ambitions and schemes
alongside another — and hope God agrees.
But then I have found as I wait on Him more,
a treasure in another He's put there before.
I don't have to place it,
polish it, and smile;
My work is to find it, admire it
— and rejoice all the while.
Monday, 12. October 2009, 14:09:17
friends, wedding, life
Saturday was the most lovely and warm day (relatively speaking) we have had here in two weeks! It was fabulous for an outdoor wedding!
I was utterly impressed with the ownership the young people took of this whole project. Most of them were between the ages of 21 and 25. To think that this new couple is surrounded by such amazing and hard-working friends. Click on the above picture for more in the photo album. We all had a great time and the newlyweds are now honeymooning in the Caribbean somewhere...
Saturday, 10. October 2009, 12:31:15
co-worker, marriage, life, wedding
Yesterday I took the day off work to help with the preparations for my co-worker's wedding.
It rained all day. She is having an outdoor wedding in Canada in October. They had a big portable heater running most of the time we were there to keep the big reception tent warm and the ground fairly dry (the tent was put up the day before when it wasn't raining, thankfully). A group of us put up a couple of smaller shelters for the catering company.
My job, of course, was running the audio/video (she had me booked before he proposed!). Where it was set up in the reception tent, it was leaking a bit. I had towels or cardboard over the amp and video projector. Being that this wedding was on a farm, I wore my best farm attire - including rubber boots!!
I had been watching daily updates on The Weather Network website the past few days. Today and tomorrow are the two sunniest, warmest days (relatively speaking) of the previous and next weeks. Clouds breaking up and sun on the way for this day! Yay; PTL!
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