Tag: advice
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Escape Depression Without Meds
My evidence is anecdotal, but some anecdotal evidence is more sound than others. You be the judge. I’m a licensed social worker, mental health specialist, and a depression survivor. My experience in the profession has taught me to both appreciate and loathe drugs. If you’re experiencing depression, or know someone who is, understand that meds…
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The Bargain Basement Home Gym
The plan is this: No health club membership. Other than free-pass visits to friends’ gyms or 1-week promotional specials, you will work at home. Why? Pick a reason. You don’t want to spend entirely too much money each month paying to access a dirty, poorly-maintained club where the profits go straight into building more locations…
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Dr. Govlove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog
(or even: Why you should join Twitter or start a blog immediately) Note: This post contains GCPEDIA links only accessible within the Government of Canada network. Not long ago, I made the acquaintance of a young, energized public servant. I was impressed by their1 enthusiasm, imagination, expression and boundless drive to create. I encouraged this…
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Unlimited Gmail aliases
A helpful tip from Google, if you didn’t know about this already: Gmail doesn’t offer traditional aliases, but you can receive messages sent to [email protected]. For example, messages sent to [email protected] are delivered to [email protected]. You can set up filters to automatically direct these messages to Trash, apply a label or star, skip the inbox,…
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Building an RT Twitterbot
Creating a ReTweeting Twitterbot used to be easy. My colleague Peter Smith originally pointed me towards Tweetalert, a service which scanned Twitter Search for the hashtag of your choice, then retweeted the associated posts via your own Twitter account, or another you’d created for that specific purpose. This is how the GCPEDIA and GCconnex Twitter…
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Do-It-Yourself Degree Milling for Fun and… well, Just Fun
When I was younger, I liked to hang my degrees up in my office. I suppose that until I had a well established sense of identity and self worth, those framed bit of paper helped me feel like I belonged in the world of professionals. While they still have some importance to me—primarily as legal…
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Your First Audition (refresher course, anyone?)
Life is sweet during the garage band days. You buy an instrument, you hook up with friends, and you are born a musician and bandmate simultaneously. There are no questions about ability; you’re all learning together. But eventually, in your life as a musician, there comes a time when you can’t just walk into a…
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Beginning Bass: Posture and Finger Technique
What’s so hard about playing bass? You pick it up, hang it on a strap, and pound the crap out of it with your hand. You can play it around your knees like Geezer Butler, or play it with the headstock pointed at the ceiling like Fieldy. It ain’t rocket science. Is it? If you’re…
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So you want to be a musician…
If you want to be a musician, be prepared to spend most of your time, at least initially, playing with yourself… Start a daily routine. Lock yourself alone in your bedroom (or even the bathroom). Take out your equipment. Always treat it with care. Remember, you want it to last a lifetime. Start out slowly,…