One of the items that ended up in our shopping cart yesterday at the grocery store was a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Julie had a coupon for one so we decided to give it a whirl. I thought it was just another sponge, but I was wrong. I am so thankful Julie was there to …
Author Archives: Eric Beavers
New rules
I have finally figured out how I want this to work. Here are the rules: This blog, Southern Athenaeum, is for writing. That blog, Stuff I read, is for the stuff that catches my eye on the Internet. No #3. That’s it. You will probably see more traffic over at Stuff I Read, but if …
Seth's Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading
Seth Godin continues to ship out great stuff. Here is a list, and lists on blogs can sometimes suck, but this item jumped out at me in regard to my post yesterday evening: Seth’s Blog: Random rules for ideas worth spreading: Waiting for inspiration is another way of saying that you’re stalling. You don’t wait …
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Commitment to Creativity
Sometimes it seems that work consumes all of your creativity, and sometimes you have to admit that you’re just lying to yourself. There are days when I say to myself “I just don’t have any good ideas” or “Nobody wants to read this drivel.” Those are the days my internal editor is really letting me …
See-through Vision Toaster by Magimix
I want this! What a cool and interesting design. Is “watching toast brown” the “watching paint dry” of 2010? See-through Vision Toaster by Magimix: See-through Vision Toaster by Magimix (Via Curved White.)
The New York Times May Soon Begin Charging for Online Content [News]
I know that newspapers are getting desperate for revenue streams, but I think this decision for the New York Times to begin charging for content will be a nail in the paper’s coffin. They’ll make a few bucks, but lose a lot of online readership. “The news” is too accessible online. Charging for content at …
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20 Beautiful Mac Apps | Design Reviver
Apple is known for good design and so are many of those who develop applications for the Mac. Designers for Macs know that it’s OK, even better, for an application to be powerful and beautiful at the same time. 20 Beautiful Mac Apps | Design Reviver: 20 Beautiful Mac Apps Mac OS X is known …
Desktop ↔ 01.15.2010
Just because. Here’s my desktop these days… Still a little heavy up in the menubar, but it’s all tools I use. The desktop is completely clear now unless it’s something I’m working on RIGHT NOW. That tab at the bottom right is courtesy of DEVONthink Pro 2.x beta.
No more MobileMe
We have paid for Apple’s MobileMe iPhone plan for two years now, but have decided to let our subscription expire in February. MobileMe is a wonderful service. It’s dead simple to use and offers some exclusive features, but Julie and I find we mainly use e-mail and calendars. We already had free e-mail accounts I …
One blog to rule them all
I recognized that my blog posts fell into several big categories—funny, productivity, family, writing & creativity, and design—and experimented with spinning them off into their own spaces. During that time I moved from posting infrequently on one blog I was posting infrequently on five blogs. The end result of the experiment is that I am …