Author: DJ Billings
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Easing Off the Pressure
I made two promises to myself in the last couple of years that I have been failing to keep. The first was that I would only write blog posts or newsletters when I really felt like I had something to say. The second was that I would publish on a regular schedule. Maybe you can…
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March
I Can Read! Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life, Neil Hughes Professional WordPress Design & Development, Brad Williams, David Damstra, Hal Stern The Joy of PHP, Alan Forbes Work & Projects & Stuff I’m sanding another wooden table rescued from the alley. It’s amazing the perfectly good stuff people throw out. Creating a…
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Febrewaryish
I Can Read! Walking on Custard & the Meaning of Life, Neil Hughes Ask the Dust, John Fante Death With Interruptions, José Saramago Stuff From Last Month I Didn’t Do I abandoned my trumpet-playing reboot. Don’t look at me right now. German. You know it’s bad when Duolingo stops reminding you. Work & Projects &…
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I thought I wanted a job. I was wrong.
This past November, I celebrated thirteen years of being self-employed. Thirteen seems like a weird number to celebrate, but I actually celebrate every year. And when I say celebrate, what I mean is that I freak out on a semi-monthly basis over the state of my finances and wonder why the hell I don’t have…
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Januaryish
What I’m Reading Rose Madder, Stephen King Ask the Dust, John Fante The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain De Botton No One Understands You And What To Do About It, Heidi Grant Halvorson Music I’m looking for some good jazz. Improvisational jazz. Suggestions? Work & Projects & Stuff Zines! Zines! Zines! I’m making zines!…
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How the Bullet Journal Saved My Brain
Note: This is a re-blog from my other site. Used with permission because, well, I wrote it. I said it was cool. I have a long and weird history with analog organizational products. Starting around age seven, I developed a mild folder fetish, spurred along by gloriously shiny document holders with The Muppets on them.…
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Decemberish
Bookshelf The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, Alain De Botton No One Understands You And What To Do About It, Heidi Grant Halvorson The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart Music Van Halen, 1984 Tones and I, The Kids Are Coming Work & Projects & Stuff Working on a screen printed zine…
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A Very Minty Thanksgiving
My very special journey with Linux Mint About an hour ago, I went for my first post-Thanksgiving run, where not only did I play Frogger crossing The Big Street (sorry, Dad), I got a ton of ideas of things to write about. Then I got home, fired up WordPress and my mind went kablooey: Not…
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Art
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol
