Web Site Threefer

This site is dull. Bostonwebcrew.com, a related joomla site is also pathetic. I want my sites to come alive. The process evolves with brainstormed keywords, templates and adsense. Three new sites is a project and challenge. Let’s do it.

ExpressDeliveryVan.com is a local man with a van. BostonWebCrew.com helps settle in. W3z.com encourages stepping out or being content staying in.

Three web sites in search of a theme is a long story. Assume it wouldn’t interest you, but why blog to second guess yourself and be tempted to delete everything you write? Write enough and direction will unfold. I hope.

cracking the blog whip

While the swirl of ideas begins to formulate into a theme worth blogging about discipline has decided to write about something right now. All day without blogging? Maybe, but that’ll be an exception. Over on bostonwebcrew.com I put a theme on the Joomla vehicle to get that rolling. Why deal with starting one site when three is so much more challenging? The moving site also needs to be updated: expressDeliveryVan.com

So there you have it, one frantic guy with a laptop, three web sites and nothing to blog about. No one said it would be easy being me.

style: blog on… bates hall

bates hall

Just need to do a few things and then it’s off to Bates Hall at the Boston Public Library to do some more blogging. Why? To make money, and have fun… Twice in the past year google sent me a hundred bucks, without even trying. Now I want to see happens when I actually try. I’ll pickup on this page when I get to Bates Hall.

• 8:42pm Never made it to Bates Hall but I can recommend it totally. Will probably go tomorrow. What’s so great about Bates Hall? With a library card you get free wifi in a huge room with a domed ceiling that goes beyond ordinary. The stairs that go up to the hall are wide, ornate marble with giant stone lions on each side. Sitting inside Bates Hall is special because it’s quiet and so uncommon.

boston homeboy blog

What’s up homie? Hombre. I am blogging. Mostly about nothing but within categories. The web zone extends man-with-a-van moving. Around Christmas and in the winter, moving is only done when forced.

After you move there’s still work to do. GTD can help.

x8 is water. Water to the body is like oil to an engine. What happens to your car if it’s always low on oil? Look at watercure2.org for inspiration to drink more water. I once drank diet coke on a daily basis. It takes a conscious decision and some self-discipline to form a water drinking habit if you don’t have one. Water rules. Before you know it you’re craving water and giving away leftover diet coke.

x8 is also about thinking before eating, already ate… not hungry. “Do I really want to eat that?” Say no to junk food, and yes to? Smart groceries, healthy take out and restaurants, hot yoga and things that are fun and healthy.

The T. Love it, hate it, or enjoy it. Got a folding bike on craigslist, a single speed dahon. It’s been a learning process to fold and unfold it, and walk it up and down stairs. At least it’s not a cheap chinese folder that screams cheap with every turn of the crank.

Googled “web zone boston” and w3z.com came up. Wordpress is new to me, but web development isn’t. Time to stop planning, start doing.

Davis Square or Central Square

Compare Central Square to Davis Square. Both have a Starbucks. Central has the 1369, Davis has Diesel, cafes that are fun to hang out in. Davis is a couple stops outbound from Central. I don’t have enough experience with Diesel to compare it to the 1369. It may be cooler, much cooler. The sandwich selection is better. Neither has free wifi. Although it’s the same service providor, you need to choose 1369 or Diesel because the service will only be active in the location you sign up in.

Central Square has an Au Bon Pain. I’ll come back to this topic. Let me visit Davis Square a couple times on the T and I’ll post my notes.

Blog On Nothing?

Here I am blogging. About nothing. Is my brain so stuck in neutral that I can’t figure out what I want to blog about? Let’s think about this for a moment. Moving is a topic of special interest. What kind of blog is related to moving? Settling in after the move. What do you do to settle in? Get organized. Get new furniture. Meet people. Find things to do, places to go. Is there a word that describes all this? The site name is w3z - web zone. Web Zone opposite of virtual? Real. Material. Solid. Where? The web zone is online, w3z. W3Z is a web zone directory of basic, initial steps associated with settling in to a new place, anywhere, and in Boston in particular.

This is a blog about getting organized. Staying organized. The benefits of being organized. The web zone, w3z. Simple is elegant. Minimal is clean. W3Z, web zone organizer. Tools that get you organized in Boston should work anywhere, right? Yelp. Craigslist. What else? GTD. Gmail. These are all w3z (web zone) topics that may swirl together into a cohesive theme with mass appeal.

T - Charlie Card ready

Riding the T is fun. I have a cargo van and a minivan but during the day when it’s just me and the man purse lugging a laptop the T makes more sense. Sometimes I go to the 1369 in Central Square to hang out. Two hours flies by when you have a car parked at the curb. Working, I’m on a roll and I have to stop what I’m doing to feed the meter. Major momentum killer.

x8 food and water

x8: great excuse to not eat: already ate, or I’ll eat L8r.

x8: water refills today.

Kentucky Fried Chicken on a Saturday night? McDonald’s for breakfast? Diet Coke and coffee all day? I like coffee. In the morning. Later in the day the thrill ain’t the same. After switching to water and drinking eight glasses a day for close to two years now, I’ve lost weight and feel good. The thought of drinking a Diet Coke, or a Coke is about as appealing as a pack of cigarettes. How insane do you have to be to smoke?

But I do like potato chips. Harvest in Central Square has Route 11 Barbeque potato chips that are tasty spicy. The Clear Conscience Cafe attached to the food store stocks Mama Zuma’s Revenge. Eating them makes my face red for a good half hour and leaves me gasping. And Kettle Spicy Thai can be picked up anywhere around Boston or Cambridge.

I guess the whole point of x8 will be to eat simply, for health. As a minimalist this is a guiding principle, not an obsession. I can’t afford $15 at the Whole Foods salad bar every time I feel like grabbing a bite, or at least I’m not willing to splurge like that without making it a special occasion.

A former girlfriend (mistyped: girlfiend… subliminal messaging?) turned me onto splitting an entree with an appetizer. Really a great idea. Keeps the bill down and the food amount is not overwhelming.

watercure2.org has changed the way I think about water. Check it out.

GTD - Getting Things Done

Getting Things Done by David Allen is the section of this blog that’s all about finding toys to complement the GTD lifestyle. Or what to do with all the discretionary time you’ll have living the GTD lifestyle.

style: Boston

As the blog theme condenses like a gas into solid particles, shapes begin to emerge. The blog appears to have a Boston skyline with a laptop toting native looking desperately for things to write about. While the haze swirls it’s hard to see with clarity. But it looks like there’s activity.