David Kadavy

David Kadavy is author of Mind Management, Not Time Management, The Heart to Start & Design for Hackers.

Exploding Plates: A Little Cooking Tip

June 28, 2005

For anyone out there, such as single men, without much experience in the kitchen, I have a small but very valuable bit of wisdom to impart upon you. If you are using your stove, do not put any plates on any of the burners. There is a small chance that you have turned on a burner other than the one you intended – maybe even the burner you have placed your plate on. This will result in a loud sound that sounds like an explosion, likely caused by the aforementioned plate exploding all over your kitchen. Now that you have this wisdom, you will of course, not ever make this mistake, and if you do, you will understand what has caused this well enough to not absent-mindedly attempt to remove what remains of the plate from the burner on your stove, thus burning your fingerprints off.

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kadavy.net Redesign

June 18, 2005

As I promised so long ago, I have redesigned kadavy.net. With the exception of the masthead I’m still going ornament-free (after all of the effort it took to get the Dundee Theater to put my name on the marquee, I wasn’t about to omit that picture), but the typography has been tweaked quite a bit. I’ve also added my portfolio, inspired by Stopdesign’s Movable Type managed portfolio. With some ingenuity, and some modest PHP skills, one can manage all sorts of content. Douglas Bowman (stopdesign) posted a tutorial on making a portfolio with Movable Type, but maybe someday I’ll write a post covering some of the things he left out. Using the Movable Type content management system will make it easy for me to keep my portfolio updated. Other new features are…

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Photos From Phoenix

June 17, 2005

Last weekend I made a trip to Phoenix to visit my newborn nephew. It was hot there. Here are some photos from my trip.

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The Pantheon – My Favorite Place on Earth

June 15, 2005

During my college years, I had the pleasure of spending a semester in Rome, Italy. The most amazing place in all of Rome, and in what I have seen of the world, is the Pantheon. Built circa 118 A.D., it is one of the Architectural marvels of the world. The 142 foot, almost perfectly spherical dome is supported by 20 foot thick masonry and is topped off with an oculus that permits light (and yes, rain) into the building.

Words can’t do justice to what it is like to enter this space. I’m afraid pictures cannot either, but I’ll give it a try.

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The Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago: A Review

June 10, 2005

In my many trips to Chicago, I have stayed a couple of times at a gem of a hotel called Congress Plaza. Rich with history, the Congress Plaza Hotel has accommodated Presidents of The United States, royalty from countries around the world, and David Kadavy. Looking around at reviews on sites such as Travelocity, there are definitely some people who don’t appreciate the distinct character and benefits of this fine hotel.

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PHPSurveyor Questions Not Displaying? Check Your Session

June 08, 2005

I just spent two days pulling my hair out over trying to get PHP Surveyor to work. It’s a great (free!) PHP/MySQL-based web survey application, but after I was done making my survey, none of the questions would display.

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Sinus Rinse Nasal Irrigation

June 07, 2005

[UPDATE: 03/26/2008 11:02AM]
If you’ve been keeping up, you know now that I have discovered that wheat gluten can cause sinus symptoms. So, you may want to consider experimenting.

[UPDATE: 11/01/2016]
I eventually was diagnosed with, and started treating “Chronic Lyme Disease” (or something like that)

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After this post I’m sure I will be the blogger who talks about mucous more than any other. It truly isn’t by design. If you don’t want to read a gross post, I’d suggest not reading further.

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Ripping Vinyl for 99 Cents Per ALBUM: The Hipster iTunes Music Store

May 30, 2005

I’ve found a very affordable way to listen to a wide variety of music for very little money. Sure, it’s great to surf around Amazon or the iTunes Music Store, but there’s no way I could afford enough music to satisfy my craving for virtually any kind of music. Inspired by the music listening habits of a friend, I recently purchased a turntable. With a sense of adventure and a little patience, you too can satisfy your musical cravings with records from a number of sources (usually for less than a dollar an album). Even new vinyl tends to run cheaper than Compact Disk, but some of the older titles you acquire can end up being quite valuable.

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Chicken/Duck Hybrid? Muscovy Duck!

May 27, 2005

On a recent photo shoot, I encountered this strange creature:

muscovy duck

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Rejected for Adsense for RSS Feeds

May 26, 2005

I applied to get Google Adsense in my RSS feeds, and I got rejected…by Heraldo:

Hello,

Thank you for your interest in AdSense for feeds.

Unfortunately, we’re unable to accept your application for the program at this time. Because AdSense for feeds is currently in beta, we’re unable to accept all applicants into the program. If we’re able to extend our service to you in the future, we’ll be sure to let you know.

For additional questions, we suggest you visit our AdSense Support site at https://www.google.com/support/adsense . If you’re unable to find an answer to your question on our site, please feel free to reply to this email.

Sincerely,

Heraldo
The Google AdSense Team

I’m guessing they weren’t interested because I said my feed had “0-99” unique subscribers per month. I don’t know if that’s true…I didn’t think it would matter.

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