As a blogger, entrepreneur and avid reader I am constantly using the web for research, ideas and opportunities. A couple of days ago, I came across a blog entitled “Life Beyond Code” by Rajesh Setty. One entry that captured my attention was “Blogging Checklist – A Milestone and a BIG THANK YOU”. In this entry, Mr. Setty referenced his “blogging checklist” that he had created on a website called Squidoo and sang it’s praises. Intrigued, I decided to check it out.
I am nearly at a loss for how to explain what this site is and what it does. It is a create-on-the-fly, fully interactive, easily adaptable, many faceted, income producing website/web-page. Oh, and by the way, the Squidoo term for what you are creating is a lens, it is free and you are not limited to how many you create. There are lenses for any and everything you can think of and you can create one fast. They advertise that you can create a lens in about five minutes and that’s probably so, but it took me a little longer to create mine – Motivation, Education & Inspiration.
Within an hour, I was able to post the feeds for this blog, set up a list of books to purchase from Amazon, write a review for one of these books, set up a survey of my popular links and I barely scratched the surface – there’s plenty more you could do ( from eBay to YouTube).
I also found Guy Kawasaki’s blog – How to Change the World and a video on his site entitled The Art of the Start Video. I am an entrepreneur and along with four partners, am in the process of launching a website. This being the case and the fact that one of my partners is a big Guy Kawasaki fan, I decided to devote forty minutes to watching this video. If you are an entrepreneur, or are considering becoming one, I urge you to stop what you are doing right now and go watch this video. You won’t regret it. Style, content and entertainment.
Filly Update
There are several of you that have been following the progress of our abandoned filly and offering helpful information. Today, she is five days old and taking about 32 ounces of Foal lac about every three hours. We have taught and are teaching each other as we go.
MiKael wrote and gave me some advice on hobbling the dam and trying to let the filly nurse her while in a restrained condition. My wife purchased hobbles yesterday and I checked Rosie to see if she was still lactating. She was, so the decision was made to try MiKael’s suggestion. It did not go well. This normally calm and sedate mare went ballistic and threatened to tear down the paddock and every fence around. After about 30 minutes of watching her audition for the rodeo and listening to my wife and daughter’s pleas to release her, I finally turned her back out. But it was a good suggestion.
I would also like to thank defrostingindoors for soliciting help with her blog – bridlepath.wordpress.com.
We are currently searching for companion animal to keep this baby safe and happy. Right now we are leaning toward purchasing either a full-sized or miniature donkey. Any thoughts?
May 2, 2007 at 11:43 am
You might consider checking out equine rescues in your area; they might have a companion-only critter who would be perfect.
May 2, 2007 at 2:28 pm
My wife has, via the internet, located a couple of people who are willing to sell us a miniature donkey within a couple of hours of our home. Talking with them has been very informative and I think that is the direction that we are going in. Thanks again for all your help, it’s nice to know that “community” still exists.
May 3, 2007 at 2:16 am
Sorry to hear that the mare reacted so badly to being hobbled. I’ve done this several times and never had a horse react as you describe. It sure would be a lot easier if we could just get inside their heads to understand what was going on to help find an answer.
Getting a companion equine for the filly sounds like a great idea. The biggest problem with rejected or orphaned foals usually results when they are totally hand raised and not allowed to be a horse. Having another horse or other form of equine to teach her about pecking order and such will be good for her.
May 3, 2007 at 9:45 am
Thanks for trying. It really seemed like a good idea, but like you say, “we can’t get into their heads.” We are going to look at some miniature donkeys later today. Everything that we’ve heard about them so far has been good. I think this will work out for the best. I will keep everyone posted on our progress.