Douglas Dollars is Six Times AliveI’ve arrived, here’s an update.
I have full data access, but this phone is my only ‘computer’ for the week.
doug@dougstewart.org / 7809643684 (email or iMessage) or @theDoug for Twitter if you need to get in touch.
YACHT - “Shangri-La” (3:55)
I left this here to brighten your morning.
Just now when checking into my flight I remembered that past-Doug paid for a seat with no seat in front of him. Maximum legroom! Thanks, past-Doug!
In exchange, here’s a note to future-Doug that only makes sense to present-Doug, “Calm down, enjoy it.”
Beards and glasses making apps for the masses.
We’ll have news in a month when bidding ends. Wish us luck.
This morning, my listing for Health Month went up on flippa.com.
As a past Health Month user, fan, and someone interested in improving the lives of the people who improve mine, I have placed a bid to purchase Health Month.
It’s a Rails app, is revenue-positive, and is also really fun to use. If any development friends want to go in on this with me, let me know.
Via unbornwhiskey:
There’s fragrance before the storm.
I know it’s June because there are kids laughing
in the night at nothing for no reason
and your skin’s so soft I can barely tell I’m touching it.
The sound of a thirsty dog
drinking down the hall finally
interrupts us—
Oh yeah, and the storm;
clouds full of dimes
threaten the dream
and the dream’s architect.People are becoming their essence
and the calm is verging on excessive.
Gordon Downie, “Summer On”
So please take any silence or strangeness here in the next few days as a sign that something good is happening. I have plenty to do when I get back, and these are very exciting times.
I wrote less than a week ago that I’m good at naming things, and that it’s my 9th most useful super power. Here’s two cases from today.
Sam has a birthday coming up. There will be a Justin Bieber piñata. The idea is now that people can buy Sam a beer and in exchange get a whack at the piãta. Thus: the Birthday Bieber Bash.
Another pal, Leda, was making a super cake. Coconut almond meal cake with banana liqueur, custard filling, sliced bananas and a chocolate sauce topping. Thus: Drunken Monkey (My original idea was The Monkey’s Birthday Cake)
Mirah - “Apples in the Trees”
A lot of the lines in this are nice, but this one always comes to mind first, “There’s apples in the trees / Let’s take all that we need”
nudewave replied: “one of my favorites”
Same! I’ve got a special thing for songs that encourage remembering that good things can be endless.
Today’s Sunday thinking-walk was fun. These were my rules:
I’m on day four of the Hipster Habit App by Buster Benson and I’m finding it quite positive, and some of you might want to print one out for yourselves. Think of it like an app for your iPhone, but made with a single piece of paper.
I’m using mine to help make sure people know I appreciate them, which for me comes down to remaining sincere.
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Nana Grizol - “Everything You Ever Hoped and Worked For” (2:58) (lyrics)
This is essentially what I’ve been trying to express the last week or two. Keeping the fragile excitement of creating alive and encouraging its growth in the face of all the things that can easily kill it.
You have the three minutes it will take to listen through. If you don’t, you’re probably grumpy and need to start creating something.
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A longtime friend asked about making a print of this photo and I completely forgot to post my rule up to the net about prints. Here is:
Want a print of anything in I Make Photos Daily? Let me know and I’ll make sure you can either get a perfect print at cost or the original to print your own.
I forget (almost always) just how many friends’ homes have my pictures, but damned if it doesn’t make me so happy when I overcome these lapses.
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