Need some extra help around the house? Well, here's an idea.
Ants. Let's train ants to do simple tasks. Tasks such as putting the soap in the washing machine, folding clothes, cleaning the floors and the counters, putting away the groceries, and any other job that would benefit from many hands making light work.
Crazy? Maybe. But think about it. Ants are often wandering around our homes, coming inside during wet weather, or acting on a tip that some morsel of food awaits them in the third house from the corner. They usually come in large numbers, and we spend most of our time trying to shoo them out.
My point is, if ants are in there anyway, why not give them something to do?
In fact, I've already seen them doing odd jobs in television commercials in Australia, and they really seemed to enjoy the work. Besides, if we can teach dogs, monkeys, birds, dolphins, and even mice to perform tricks and tasks, why can't ants learn to do something more useful than trekking around where and when they feel like it? Worth a try, at least.
Everyone likes to have a purpose. Even ants.
As with anything in this world, ideas, great or otherwise, simply need someone to make them work. Any takers?
Monday, July 13, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Websites and chocolate - take 2
Clearly some issues uploading blogs from public computers, so let's try this again ...
Imagine travelling almost 15,000 km just to update your website! Perhaps a bit extreme, but these days you sometimes need to go the extra mile for quality work.
Down here in Oz, my friend Peter - yes, the one who said no one would ever read my blog - knows a thing or two about updating websites, and mine desperately needed some sprucing up. So a few days ago, we teamed up to make all the long-overdue changes to www.jennygates.com.
Ah, much better! And I even got a few tips for when I completely remodel my site later this year.
The moral to this story is that if you use the tools, you need to play by the rules. No point having a website if the information is outdated and irrelevant - certainly not for me who has a message to get out, and certainly not for anyone visiting the site in search of a speaker, a writer, an editor, or all three.
Anyway, now it is up to me to keep the site current and viable so that the next time I'm on vacation in Oz, rather than spending valuable time stationed in front of a computer, I can be relaxing on the beach and indulging in some excellent fine wines and real quality Australian chocolate!
Beauty, mate!
Imagine travelling almost 15,000 km just to update your website! Perhaps a bit extreme, but these days you sometimes need to go the extra mile for quality work.
Down here in Oz, my friend Peter - yes, the one who said no one would ever read my blog - knows a thing or two about updating websites, and mine desperately needed some sprucing up. So a few days ago, we teamed up to make all the long-overdue changes to www.jennygates.com.
Ah, much better! And I even got a few tips for when I completely remodel my site later this year.
The moral to this story is that if you use the tools, you need to play by the rules. No point having a website if the information is outdated and irrelevant - certainly not for me who has a message to get out, and certainly not for anyone visiting the site in search of a speaker, a writer, an editor, or all three.
Anyway, now it is up to me to keep the site current and viable so that the next time I'm on vacation in Oz, rather than spending valuable time stationed in front of a computer, I can be relaxing on the beach and indulging in some excellent fine wines and real quality Australian chocolate!
Beauty, mate!