by jdsmeaton | Jul 6, 2026 | Awesome Things, Inspiration, Recommendations
Something to Read Now You signed up for Bangarang right? The first issue was mailed out at the end of last week, so it should already be arriving in mailboxes. Keep an eye on yours this week if you haven’t received it yet. What’s that? You didn’t subscribe yet?! No...
by jdsmeaton | Dec 26, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration, Recommendations
Couch or Cookies We recently got a used leather couch. It was in good shape, though there were some stains and a bit of discoloration. We found out that it’s a pretty straightforward process to recolor it. You clean and treat the surface, pick the color you want, and...
by jdsmeaton | Nov 20, 2024 | 3 Questions With..., Inspiration, Recommendations
3 Questions With… Dan Abdo (of Dan & Jason fame) I discovered Dan & Jason from a talk they did at Kid’s Comics Unite. The pair met in high school and have been creating things together ever since. It’s a true collaboration. They both write and draw and it...
by jdsmeaton | Oct 2, 2024 | Inspiration, Recommendations
The Wrong Right I was backing my car out of a long driveway that has a wall that runs along it. The driveway crosses a sidewalk before going into the street but the wall causes a blindspot for viewing the sidewalk. So I backed out cautiously. As I reach the end of...
by jdsmeaton | Sep 4, 2024 | Creativity, Inspiration
Time To Get Lucky Sam Parr, one of the hosts of the My First Million podcast recounted a job interview he had at Airbnb. He had made it through the preliminary interviews to the final with company founder Joe Gebbia. Joe only asked one question. “On a scale of 1 to...
