Jeffrey C. Long

My business, “Jeffrey Long Solutions” serves people by helping them bring order to the ever-growing flood of letters, bills, advertisements, junk mail, documents to file, email and spam in their lives. But I also believe that as we do, we should replace the attention that has been stolen from our lives with thoughtfulness, care and [...]

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If you use bill-pay find out if your institution pays the bill themselves when you initiate it, or if a third-party does.  We recently switched to Horizon Credit Union because Chase wouldn’t let me have additional savings accounts without charging. I get stung though. Chase immediately takes the money out of your account so your [...]

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Yes. Another Backup Lecture – Merlin Mann on 43folders: I’m about half-way through the first draft of my ebook on new methods for backing up your computer. But this article is about the best you can get for the steps you need to take to assure you don’t lose your whole digital world. Give it [...]

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My son is hard at work in the fields and I’m the one taking pain relievers because of ergonomic issues related to writing. I know that farmers have accidents that require medical attention. But it’s interesting that checkers at grocery stores, information workers and writers have their own brand of injuries: repetitive stress. Problems like [...]

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“Be careful how you interpret life,” Erich Heller has advised – “it is that way.”  Marriages, teenage children, workplace security, and financial stability may be gradually eroding, but we will keep on believing what we want to, denying the changing reality around us. Same is true of faith, economy and diplomacy. 

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Are We Losing Our Memory? How ever-changing technology is causing us to lose the visual record of our history.: Rising over the battered surface of the moon, Earth loomed in a shimmering arc covered in a swirling skin of clouds. The image, taken in 1966 by NASA’s robotic probe Lunar Orbiter 1, presented a stunning [...]

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Wow. Slow news day. : Cavs owner’s letter mocked for Comic Sans font – CNN.com

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After years of writing at this location I am doing a complete overhaul of my web presence. Initially because people kept thinking that my name was Jeffrey Clong. But more recently, I have begun developing new websites that are targeted towards some new businesses I am starting. As I launch these new websites, I will announce [...]

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In the Winter 2000 issue of Whole Earth Magazine I came across an article about Long Now Foundation’s work to create a 10,000 year clock. (shown above) The following comment in the article caught my eye. “Danny Hillis’s idea was that by slowing down the usual speedy movements of a clock, he hoped to slow [...]

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Today, while driving to Ephrata, we were listening to the classic rock station. I looked at my 12 year old daughter and asked “who is this band?” She gave me a sheepish look and said “I don’t know.” I threw up my hands in despair and said “U2!” I’ve been on a path to try [...]

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