I’ve had a Cannon ZR200 digital camcorder for a couple of years now.  It’s worked great.
A few weeks ago it started rejecting tapes with a loud beeping sound.  I tried a few things, nothing worked.  We went on vacation without it where I got oil inside my Cannon point and shoot and water in my son’s Nintendo DS (both ruined).

I just sat down to look at this ZR200 again and googled the problem.  More than 10 forums reported the same problem with this camera.  The solution:  >> Turn camera on side - thump on side opposite the screen. <<

So I sighed thinking “no way is this gonna work”, but “thumped it” anyway.
Sure enough, problem solved.

I wonder what would happen if I beat the crap out of it… maybe it’ll become a high definition camera.  Hmm.

• Do you fish or do you go to the store and buy fishing stuff?
• Are you doing something to help the needy or are you watching Extreme Makeover Home edition?
• Are you sharing your life and dreams with good friends or are you watching a TV show about some people who do?
• Are you writing that novel or are you reading books about writing novels?
• Are you a political activist or are you just watching the news?
• Are you devoted to your family or are you commuting 20 hours a week?

Your dreams are out there, what are you reading this for?  You have work to do. Go on, shoo.

Not sure if you can do it?  Roz is sure.

I have the luxury of working from home 3 or 4 days a week.  I have several clients who are very accomodating of this.

I’ve been doing this for years now and I’ve noticed a trend about my productivity.  It’s directly tied to the amount of actual user interaction I recieve on a personal basis.

For example, an 8:30am phone call from someone who has a new idea, is excited about something, or even has a problem can set my entire day moving.  I’m productive, creative and engaged.

In contrast, if I don’t recieve personal touches by lunchtime, in the afternoon I find myself letting calls go to voicemail because “I just don’t feel like it”.

So here’s your chance, contact me early in the morning.  You could just change my entire day.

Apple is up 12 bucks right now, at $186.82.  For the record, I sold at $82.24.

Yep, I’m an idiot.

We had a great time in Virginia Beach and I’ve got a new energy and 1000 ideas.  We forged some new friendships, stengthened some existing ones and had a ton on family time not really doing anything at all.

Doesn’t get any better than that.

I’m on the prowl for partners to execute these new ideas.

I’m on vacation this week in Virginia Beach.  The weather is great, kids are wet and sandy.

Life is good.  Email me if you need anything because my cell is turned off.  I’ll get to it at some point…

I’ve had the same email address for about 10 years now.  As a result, it’s on a ton of mailing lists, marketing databases, and spam lists.  Google Apps does a great job on the spam, but I just spent the last 30 minutes unsubscribing from about 30 email lists.

Some were easy to get off of.  Kudos to 37Signals and Facebook.  Others were almost impossible.  If you’re an email list admin, can you do the world a favor and make it as easy as a single click to unsubscribe?

Please!!

I’m having one of those “I’m 32 and am I on the right course” kinda days. I decided to map out what’s important to me long term. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

Anybody got any comments?

I’ve been really frustrated with Firefox on my Mac.It’s been slow and crashing. Just for fun, I’m going to forget Firefox for today and work all day in Safari. There’s one word for it right off the bat:  FAST. I didn’t realize how slow Firefox on the Mac really is until I fired up Safari.  Yikes! 

I came to my senses finally and just switched back to Wordpress permanently.

It’s easy, and it stays out of my way. Plus it’s easy to export my content down the road.

Sorry for all the trouble with this…