ThruFire

Burning off the dross

January 22, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Want to know how you’re doing – ask the other side*

Or watch what they say on twitter! Some sample comments from Twitter’s Search stream:   djhuggs: enormous pro-life rally on the capitol really bumming me out   LisFace: Oh great the pro life march is making it impossible for me to get home.   … Continue reading

January 18, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Someone’s been thrufire

Robert Larson is someone whose photography, inspires someone else,  who in turn helped capture a number of really great stories. Somewhere out there is a woman who made a selfless, courageous decision. Melissa, thanks for giving us Robert.

January 18, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Timeless pictures

Yesterday, my wife Donna was viewing online stock photography, overwhelmed by the sheer number and similarities of the photos available. She remarked how the presence of people made each shot unique. Her commentary lead me to consider how we view … Continue reading

January 10, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Twitter, browsing and life

Just did a little early morning browsing through twitter and I came away encouraged.  It’s like wandering through a timeless party with little conversations all around. It’s wonderful to see small, appropriate signs of affection here and there. Being the … Continue reading

January 7, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Could the Yellowstone supervolcano blow up?

Over the past few days I’ve read several articles on activity in Yellowstone – what’s called a “swarm” of earthquakes.  There has been considerable interest from both professionals and web-based amateurs – (I respect  high quality, dedicated amateurs).  The interest … Continue reading

January 6, 2009
by Chris Arsenault
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Twitter Usage – QuickTweets

Writing tweets indicating where you are focused in a browser requires effort. How about a bookmark bar script that takes the current front URL, makes it tiny, inserts it into a tweet dialog, you write comment and off it goes? … Continue reading