“One of every four animal species known to us is a specie of beetle.” — Douglass H. Chadwick Introduction: Liverpool. The speck borings of Ambrosia beetles. 1: The Cavern, at 9:10 (one after 9:09). Some beetles produce rasps and squeaks by rubbing their wings against their abdomen. 2: Hamburg, a naughty city. 200 million years ago, beetles, the...

I have an idea that I am presenting to people that is truly exceptional. Everyone I have presented to embraces the idea, loves the idea, but each wants it to be in someway somewhat different than it is. This is called feedback, and this is good. To a certain extent, this is feedback that I need to weigh and incorporate into the idea, allowing the idea, the project,...

We’re starting a very large project here at RevenFlo, and I am in a phase of planning, researching, and imagining interface, usability, and such. So, I have been asking those around me questions like, Which websites do you use frequently? Why do you go there? What do you do there? It has been fascinating to hear the responses. They mostly fit into the...

Dicksy said to me the other day, “You need a bigger plate, actually you need a platter.” She said this while I was telling her about what all I had going on with things at work. Of course, I know what she means, but it got me thinking. I want to have more impact that I am having now. I want to affect greater positive change than I am affecting now. And I...

A dear friend of mine just picked up a bike yesterday that he had on layaway for a couple of months. I’d like to be the first in line of 300 million Americans to thank him for using layaway instead of a credit card. My greatest worry about our financial situation is that those in leadership positions seem to think the “answer” is for us to get back...

This morning my wife gave me Gutsy Smurf. We took the kids to see the Smurf movie the other day, and she took them to get Smurf action figures (if you can call them that), and while there, she bought me Gutsy Smurf. She did it because I’ve been a little down lately. Just kind of in a funk. The reason is my relentless desire to do the extraordinary, to go...