What You Think

What you think upon grows. Whatever you allow to occupy your mind you magnify in your own life. Whether the subject of your thought be good or bad, the law works and the condition grows. Any subject that you keep out of your mind tends to diminish in your life, because what you do not use atrophies.
(Emmet Fox, Around the Year with Emmet Fox found in Since Strangling Isn't An Option by Sandra A. Crowe, p. 163)

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On the 26th and 27th of February I worked on a project to create playlist folders for various artists on Spotify.  Many of my favorite Bluegrass artists have 14 or 15 albums on this music service. 

Consolidating the albums into playlist folders on the left of the display will make it easier to quickly find something I want to play.  I learned that if I click on the playlist folder all of the albums are aggregated into one big temporary playlist for immediate play.

While working on this project I discovered that an application upgrade to Spotify eliminated the feature that allowed us to post a song to the wall of our Facebook friends.  I can still easily post a song to my own wall where all of my friends can see it.

Mr. Dickie

1 March 2014

Cloud Computing

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.  Do what you can. (Sydney Smith in Touchstones, 9 April)

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I'm interested in Cloud Computing.  I've signed up for accounts on:

• Google Drive
• SkyDrive
• Box.net
• Minus
• Dropbox
• Amazon Cloud

I created YouTube playlists for a number of the Cloud Computing applications.

Google Drive

Backup or Cloud Storage

Minus Cloud Storage

Windows Live

Mozy

Box.Net

SkyDrive - Windows Live

Dropbox

Google Docs

Here's one more link to a playlist about Windows 7 Backup.

Windows 7 Backup

Mr. Dickie

26 April 2012

New Ideas

I am never too old to explore new ideas.  My association with others will have new meaning today. (Karen Casey, Keepers Of The Wisdom, 20 January)

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Here are links to some new YouTube playlists I've been working on.

k.d. Lang

Jewel

Big Chimney

Lynn Morris

Larry Sparks

Jonathan Edwards

Lost and Found

Mr. Dickie
28 February 2012

Silent Giving

The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything. When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy, and laughter.  This kind of silent giving is very powerful. (Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, p. 32-3)

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Last night and this morning I created some new YouTube playlists.

Google Sites

Roy Orbison

Jackie Evancho

This morning I signed up for the "free" Plaxo address file.  This works with the Avery/Dennison label site.  I don't want to wait until Christmas season to start planning how I am going to create address labels.

Mr. Dickie

21 February 2012

Thomas 'A Kempis

If you cannot make yourself as you would like to be, how can you expect to have another person entirely to your liking? (Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 1, Chapter 16)

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I created a YouTube playlist for multi-talented Bluegrass performer, Emory Lester.  His primary instrument is the mandolin.  In the videos he is playing both the mandolin and the banjo.  He was in Crofton, MD on Saturday afternoon performing with Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa.  Emory who is a native of Virginia, lives in Canada.  

Below are links to the websites of:

Emory Lester

Wayne Taylor and Appaloosa

Bluegrass Today Article about Wayne Taylor

Mr. Dickie

20 February 2012

YouTube

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Dry lock on the C and O Canal

Some people don't know how badly they need a new way of life until disaster overtakes them.  (One Day At A Time In Al-Anon, 21 November)

People who have no future hope have no motivation for life today.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 836)

Not everybody who asks for help should receive it.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 800)

True reconciliation is not cheap; there is a price to pay. (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 810)

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I learned how to add comments to the thirty-eight videos I selected for my Sampler playlist I created for Mr. Dickie's Channel on YouTube.  There's a link to the Featured video page in the sidebar of this blog page.  You do not need to create a YouTube account to watch the music videos.

Mr. Dickie

15 January 2012