I have been assigned a great job in life – navigating three sons to adulthood. These wild, smelly rascals are now 14, 12 and 9 years old. Part of preparing them to go out into the world is teaching them how to explore the inventor in them. When each of them got to about year [...]

It is proven science that laughing lights up almost every circuits in the human brain. So, those who laugh have their brain pathways lit up and ready to go. If your brain is lit up and glowing, then you are primed for some creative thought. My point? To help be more creative during the day [...]

Ever wondered what is would look like to be on the receiving end of a blowdart gun? This video taken with my iPhone 3Gs gives you that chance without getting poked in the eye.  This footage was taken by taping the iPhone to the back of a 1/4″ thick plexiglass plate. So, don’t fret…no iPhones [...]

Recently while at a Starbucks, I tried an Americano coffee drink. For years I had been trying to bump up the caffeine of my standard coffee house drip with a shot of expresso added, the classic Red-Eye. But, now, after trying the multi-shot-expresso-based Americano, I have a new “bring-it-online-fast” drink. This video shows how the [...]

Have you been wanting to spiff up your blog header to the latest look and feel? If so, here are my 12 steps that I use to create a Web 2.o style text title using PhotoShop Elements 6.0. The characteristics that give it the Web 2.o look and feel are the appearance of having a [...]