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Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:34:28 +0000

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Coughlin's Law

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:59:10 +0000

Julie and I have a funny connection to the movie Cocktail. In it, one of the main characters always has what he calls “Coughlin’s Law”. Things like “anything else is always something better” and “never show surprise, never lose your cool.” If I had to come up with one for myself I’d go with “Many things can be accomplished with duct tape, WD-40, and a sledge hammer”. My grandfather would have added “and a couple of half hitches.”

Your back isn't supposed to look like this....

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:38:40 +0000

In case you were wondering what a posterior spinal fusion looks like 18 years later I had some xrays today….

See that mess at the top there? Yeah your back xray doesn’t look anything like that mess of bone growth. That all came from my pelvic bone.

My Desk Today

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:17:03 +0000

High Altitude Skydive and legos. Sweet

I haven't blogged in November, here's an update barf

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:58:42 +0000

I’ll have to work on that. The economy seems to have everyone freaked out right now and sifting through the BS is difficult. There are still a ton of opportunities out there, you just need to look for them. More to follow on that thought, let’s digress… Here’s the short version of what I’m thinking about/working on:

Bonfirejobs will be partnering with WTOP in Washington DC starting the first week in January. I’m rewriting it from the ground up.
Working several Rails projects at once for $$. They are all interesting, different and challenging.
Thinking about resurrecting the Screencast training idea we put on hold over the summer (sorry about that Alan)
Diligently learning Japanese, one day at a time. (I apologize in advance for when I start posting in Japanese with poor grammar).
Working on a creative marketing/ad system. It’s back of a napkin right now, but is looking cool.
Thinking a lot about Open Source ideas that have or are making certain businesses a commodity. I think internet filtering may be next.

I’m currently reading:

The internet is like a vagina, or maybe Joey Bishop

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:54:02 +0000

Apparently, it’s like a vagina, or alcohol, or a Chinese road. Yep one of those. Doc Searls has the skinny.

I think the internet doesn’t really exist, but what do I know.

People are wierd.

So you think we should tax the rich to pay for all of this huh?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:08:26 +0000

Your thinking is strange to me. Let’s explore this from another angle:

So you’re a straight A student in High School. You’ve worked hard to get these grades. You didn’t cheat, and although some do, most good students don’t. Maybe you’re smarter than the other students not getting good grades. Maybe you work harder. Maybe it’s a little of both.

Your friend Terry is a good person, but doesn’t do her homework.

The LHC is supa dupa fly

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:15:59 +0000

I’m about to drop some particle physics in the club… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM&hl;=en&fs;=1]

Thump it, thump it good

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:52:45 +0000

I’ve had a Cannon ZR200 digital camcorder for a couple of years now. It’s worked great.A few weeks ago it started rejecting tapes with a loud beeping sound. I tried a few things, nothing worked. We went on vacation without it where I got oil inside my Cannon point and shoot and water in my son’s Nintendo DS (both ruined).

I just sat down to look at this ZR200 again and googled the problem. More than 10 forums reported the same problem with this camera. The solution: » Turn camera on side - thump on side opposite the screen. «

Are you a fisherman or not?

Tue, 27 May 2008 19:17:14 +0000

Do you fish or do you go to the store and buy fishing stuff?
- Are you doing something to help the needy or are you watching Extreme Makeover Home edition?
- Are you sharing your life and dreams with good friends or are you watching a TV show about some people who do?
- Are you writing that novel or are you reading books about writing novels?
- Are you a political activist or are you just watching the news?
- Are you devoted to your family or are you commuting 20 hours a week?

Your dreams are out there, what are you reading this for? You have work to do. Go on, shoo.

A work from home challange for me

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:16:34 +0000

I have the luxury of working from home 3 or 4 days a week. I have several clients who are very accomodating of this. I’ve been doing this for years now and I’ve noticed a trend about my productivity. It’s directly tied to the amount of actual user interaction I recieve on a personal basis.

For example, an 8:30am phone call from someone who has a new idea, is excited about something, or even has a problem can set my entire day moving. I’m productive, creative and engaged.

Why oh why did I sell Apple?!

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:16:54 +0000

Apple is up 12 bucks right now, at $186.82. For the record, I sold at $82.24. Yep, I’m an idiot.

Back from vacation and on the prowl

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:45:50 +0000

We had a great time in Virginia Beach and I’ve got a new energy and 1000 ideas. We forged some new friendships, stengthened some existing ones and had a ton on family time not really doing anything at all. Doesn’t get any better than that.

I’m on the prowl for partners to execute these new ideas.

On Vacation

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:19:11 +0000

I’m on vacation this week in Virginia Beach. The weather is great, kids are wet and sandy. Life is good. Email me if you need anything because my cell is turned off. I’ll get to it at some point…

Make it easy for me to unsubscribe please

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:18:16 +0000

I’ve had the same email address for about 10 years now. As a result, it’s on a ton of mailing lists, marketing databases, and spam lists. Google Apps does a great job on the spam, but I just spent the last 30 minutes unsubscribing from about 30 email lists. Some were easy to get off of. Kudos to 37Signals and Facebook. Others were almost impossible. If you’re an email list admin, can you do the world a favor and make it as easy as a single click to unsubscribe?

Passion Check

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:45:13 +0000

I’m having one of those “I’m 32 and am I on the right course” kinda days. I decided to map out what’s important to me long term. Here’s what I’ve got so far:

Anybody got any comments?

Archived Comments

Jewels (2007-09-26 15:01:26):

still think you should have “fucking like a ferret” on there.

Jewels (2007-09-24 21:02:10):

Screwing. is very important.

Today is Safari Day

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:23:07 +0000

I’ve been really frustrated with Firefox on my Mac.It’s been slow and crashing. Just for fun, I’m going to forget Firefox for today and work all day in Safari. There’s one word for it right off the bat: FAST. I didn’t realize how slow Firefox on the Mac really is until I fired up Safari. Yikes!

Another day, another blog engine

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:59:27 +0000

I came to my senses finally and just switched back to Wordpress permanently. It’s easy, and it stays out of my way. Plus it’s easy to export my content down the road.

Sorry for all the trouble with this…

Switching back to blogger

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:55:00 +0000

I woke up this morning with another problem with the Mephisto blogging system that this blog runs on. Imapenguin’s blog is on typo, which I love, but I took a chance with Mephisto for this one.

The developers stopped working on it last year, and I’ve been frustrated with it for a while.

I’m switching back to blogger, and going to painstakingly repost everything here.

It will still be at www.michaeldoornbos.com, but you’ll have to resubscribe to the RSS feed :-(

Peanut Butter Jelly Time...

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:55:00 +0000

You Are a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

![](http://images.blogthings.com/whatkindofsandwichareyouquiz/sandwich-1.jpg) You live your life in a free form, artistic style. You are incredibly creative and at times, quite messy. Deep down, you are a kid at heart. And you aren’t afraid to express it. Your best friend: The Grilled Cheese Sandwich Your mortal enemy: The Club Sandwich

What Kind of Sandwich Are You?

Starting a new excercise program

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:30:00 +0000

On Friday, I started a long term exercise program. After we moved last December I really got out of my rhythm and it degraded to not working out at all.

That being said, I’m in that 2 week “oh man am I sore” stage.

I could use some encouragement along the way if you feel so inclined. And ice packs maybe.

Yikes, the heat

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:03:00 +0000

I got in my car this morning at 7am. It was already 87 degrees.

I think today maybe I should work from a pool…

Back from Disney

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:56:00 +0000

I’m back, and working on a super secret project. SHHH

At Disney World with no kids

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:32:00 +0000

What do you do when you’re in Disney World for business without your kids?

After you’re through scoffing at the people you are with for going out drinking while you didn’t who are now puking (still) at 10:30 in the morning…

Well first, you imagine your kids with you. Then you vow to take a trip here with them at the first opportunity.

Then, when in doubt, ride the Monorail!

Practice anywhere

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:21:00 +0000

We were going to the Yankees/RedSox game a few weeks ago and saw this guy practicing the trumpet on the GW Bridge. Too funny:

The 5 minute fix

Thu, 31 May 2007 08:38:00 +0000

Do you have a problem that takes 5 minutes to fix, but only causes 30 seconds of pain every day? Consider that it probably causes 5 minutes of pain every day in thinking, anticipating and reminding yourself to fix it.

It’s just 5 minutes to fix it.

Super Bored

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:40:00 +0000

I’m stuck in a terrible training session for the next 3 days. PLEASE email me something cool. I’m dying over here!