Duc N. Ly

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Zoho Write and Planner GTD

July 10, 2006 Tuesday

I am trying out the new Zoho word processing and web publishing software application:

Hello lexly87,

Welcome to ZohoWriter, your friendly on line word processor!

Create, format, & edit documents online with a powerful WYSIWIG editor
Access & share your documents from anywhere using just your browser
Lock your documents while in shared mode
Post to your blogs (Blogger/Typepad/LiveJournal/WordPress) from within Zoho Writer
Export your docs in word, pdf, sxw, odt, txt, rtf & html formats
Periodic auto-saving of your documents to prevent data loss
Spell check, tag your documents for ease of use

And do much more...

I think it's better because it can publish to several blogs of my choosing. In fact, I published this entry through Zoho.

The other exciting Zoho application is the Zoho Planner. Zoho Planner is very similar to Backpack. The major difference is that I can add on unlimited pages without having to pay for it. Here's a sample page of how I use it in the GTD mode.

I have it/redux to thank for showing me Zoho. He explains very well the office 2.0. I didn't even know that delicious is a web 2.0 applications. I'm very ignorant but curious about the web.

Friday, July 07, 2006

Renaissance of internet (Ren of Net)

There's a Renaissance of internet tools to help people organized their experience. Yesterday I tried Flock. In the past few months my discovery of del.icio.us and wordpress has changed the way I'm working with the web. I'm working on a visual chart of how these interfaces relate to each other. It was about a year ago that I got a pro account on flickr. Flickr links to my Sunday Blogspot and Firefox. I have discovered the joys of tags. Tag has proliferated into blogs which has always been a wish list of features I would like for a blog. Tag has invaded the bookmarks of website. The genius of Delicious is that it has taken on organizing people's web browsing with tag and then allows users to share their options and preference with a social group of friends and families and links to other communities. Friendster is very influential in this matter. These tools have humanized the experience of web surfing. It proves that people prefer to interact with each other. We are a social being. We love to communicate. Flock promises to be a social web browser. It’s an exciting times to be blogging. There are so many choices out there and the few have risen to the top. It’s a very democratic playing field where people vote, choices in how they navigate and influence an industry. People can vote for the tops stories in a website call digg. People can subscribe to blogs and other news sites.

Dashes: He is speaking about blog in a meaningful way. Vox is a new way to blog. I'm always in search of a good blog application to use. I like to think of myself as a diarist. I like to be obssessive about journaling and diaries. These are some of the tools that I've found useful in my diary activities. Any Diarist would love to have a nice calendar. My variety is 30boxes.com Another popular site for word processing is Writely.

In a related article by jasonalanmoore.wordpress.com

I discover del.icio.us and backpack through Patrick Rhone.

tip of the day

Today's tip is about .txt files

Here's my use of .txt files

9:46 AM 7/10/2006
for my birthday, we went to Iron Horse with Andy. Nina and I had a Pina Cola da. Andy had a Margerita.
11:16 AM 7/14/2006
the guys are working on the fence. tonight we plan to go to multnomah falls.
2:39 PM 7/18/2006
I’m sleepy. For lunch i had Pad Thai Shrimp.
9:30 AM 7/20/2006
http://www.last.fm/user/lexly87
plumbing problem victor’s european meat market $60 meat and can jar goods
10:24 AM 7/20/2006
http://www.43places.com
12:02 PM 7/27/2006
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6099260.html
4:17 PM 7/27/2006
http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=lexly87

2:13 PM 8/9/2006
lunch at chen’s open kitchen

Friday, June 30, 2006

del.icio.us tool to organize blogger Tags

http://del.icio.us/lexly87/Blogspotart
Subject: tag blog entries. I have three years worth of writings and links, some of it good, most of it bad. My goal is to do a spring cleaning on this site. Please tolerate the mess.
I've decided to use del.icio.us as a tag organization tool for my Blogspot blog. It's hard to find a free blog site which allows me to organize according to tag. If you know of any free blog site which has tag feature to organized blogs, let me know.

Update: I found a blog which does tag and other features which I'll have to explore. One features is the RSS feed to Flickr. wordpress
I've added to my number of growing blogs tests pages. Blogger is still very good to use in conjunction with Flickr. Blogger also allows me to change the dates.

Here's the note that started me thinking.

Entry for June 09, 2006

Ideas #1

Ways of using delicious:

Research my own website and use de.lic.ious to book mark and organized the post on the older blogs that have been buried in Sunday in the days before tagged entries. I'm also using writely use tags to organize and archive my writings on-line. Tag is the next best thing to slice bread. flickr uses tags to organized photos. I used it the other day to decide my slide collection to submit to art competitions. flickr organized all of the images I tagged as nap for New American Paintings and then I can post a link or use the blogger button to show on my blog.

I posted yahoo360 the other day on delicious and found that there were 30 other del.icio.us users also using 360.

Using delicious to research blank paper notebooks that I’m interest in with the design cover.

Idea #2

Since I like the style of my Photography website, why not start another blog using the same design?

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Happy 4th of July

(green)
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ducly/sets/1344300/
Above is a link to my flickr photos taken on the night of July 4th in the year of 2004? I'm not sure about the year.

http://www.realestateecards.com/4th/yang

Have a safe Holiday.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

tree

tree
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

My most interesting photo in flickr.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Vietnam confirms new leadership

Friday, June 23, 2006

lexly87 - Duc Ly's Google Page

color index cards 2.5 x 3

color index cards 2.5 x 3
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

my Levenger index card Bleacher hack. I've been thinking about getting the Levenger's product for GTD. Here's a link to see how jasonalanmoore.wordpress.com has incorporated the system.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Library Pockys

Library Pockys
Originally uploaded by bettybl.

got some from Fubon

Mike Rohde's Custom Moleskine Planner on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Mike Rohde's Custom Moleskine Planner on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I'm inspired by your post too Mike Rohde, I use a pencil because i make mistakes as i mark off the days. I use a red pen to mark off the holidays.

I did not get my hands on the 2006 pocket planner so i'm making one to keep track of personal events of the year so far and the next half year of 2006. then i thought why not go back to 2005 and make a similar book to remember the wonderful events of my life 05'.

Molskine weekly 2006 hack

Molskine weekly 2006 hack
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

my copy of Mike Rhode's calendar

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

will-self.com ? Blog Archive ? The Starship Lack-of-Enterprise

Mo 2007 pocket planner on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Friday, June 16, 2006

PR 2.0: Web 2.0 from a Designer's Perspective

Monday, June 12, 2006

E-Card for Christy Hartman

Client Full

Friday, June 09, 2006

Notebook

Notebook
Originally uploaded by Myopia Pix.

i want this

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

LibraryThing | Catalog your books online

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

del.icio.us/lexly87

Monday, May 22, 2006

Corrections

Corrections
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

great observation and interpretation from magic fly

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

May Eye Gate Series

May Eye Gate Series
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

a bidding war almost broke out for this painting
$2000

Friday, April 28, 2006

Lexly87 & Billy

Lexly87 & Billy
Originally uploaded by [ CK ].

for the pairing pool

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Yahoo! 360? - My Blog

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Exhibitions

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Chinese new years desert

P1080745
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

Chinese new years desert

Monday, January 16, 2006

Wang Lung

Wang Lung
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

good shrimp noodles.

Thursday, January 12, 2006

DailyOM - Nurturing Mind Body & Spirit

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Frankenstein

Frankenstein
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

happy halloween

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Aniol Christmas Ships Parade

P1080608
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ10
Milwaukie, Oregon

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Peacock Lane - Portland, OR, 97214 - Citysearch

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Favoritos de fotosmontt.com - Favs of fotosmontt.com

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Nude E

Nude E
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

excellent in predigital

Monday, December 05, 2005

Myspace.com

Friday, December 02, 2005

Boss Overstuffed Leather High-Back Executive Chair, Black at Office Depot.

christmas present from cindy

ast night we got a 7.5" Kodiak Christmas tree from HomeDepot. It has 500 lights.
The huge box couldn't fit into my small Acura Integra
It's raining. We tore open the box and took out three sections of the trees and stuff them into the back seat of the car. I folded down the back seat rest so as not to scratch the leather. It was comical. We were worse then the Griswalds.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

wagon

wagon
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

aug 21, 2004
first trip to see misiu

beogram 5000

beogram 5000
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

looking to sell

Monday, October 24, 2005

hp42s f

hp42s f
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

I'll miss this calculator. I sold this on Ebay.

beogram 5000

beogram 5000
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

i dismantal the beogram 5000

Sunday, October 09, 2005

The Vision of Galileo

The Vision of Galileo
Originally uploaded by magic fly paula.

Her art work really inspires

The writer has different eyes- The Power of Writing

The writer has different eyes- The Power of Writing
Originally uploaded by magic fly paula.

I have this qote

Friday, October 07, 2005

Shave My Bush

Saturday, October 01, 2005

hi fi

My Adventures in Hi Fi Fi:
Date: 2005-10-01, 9:07AM PDT

I've got a nice pair of 2 way classic Advent legacy speakers that need a new home. Nothing wrong with them I've just got too many speakers. The cabinets feature a 10" long throw woofer (just re-foamed and good for another 20+ yrs.) and a 1" tweeter and they sound great. All of the drivers work as they should. The cabinets are black vinyl with a solid pecan wood top. There are a few scratches on the sides and the grills have a few small rub holes up against the grill frame but like I said they sound great and are a great value. Call Joe

well I did and ended up with a BeoVox which is currently blaring out Dave Mathews...
Have you ever heard of Clips horn speaker?? I had the opportunity yesterday. It is a piece of furniture. The cross section is a work of cabinetry.
I answer Joe's Craig's list and drove out to the country to see the Advent Legacy. Joe's house is full of speakers and other junk. His wife puts up with it and he makes decent money from his hobby restoring old speakers that he finds at garage sales. Joe knows his product and has a discerning eye and instinct for the valuable rare collector's items. His wife tells me he has netted profits beyond what he pays for. The speakers had fetched a grand on EBay.

His wife desperately wants him to get rid of his junks. Joe is a musician, a drummer to be exact. He has several pairs of drum kits. One set has a very low serial number.
He took me to another room and left me there to peruse over a cabinet while he look for a pair of BeoVox. I accidentally knocked over a cardboard box full of white socks and other dirty laundries.

I should have brought a camera with me. Joe is very convincing and a good sales man. He doesn’t much like his day job and has reduced his hours to tend audiophile business. I wish I was more productive in my hobbies.

I'm really happy to google tool bar with spell checks. I don't have to use word to check the spelling.

Friday, September 30, 2005

vietkieu

September 29, 2005 Thursday
For diner tonight I made spaghetti. Standards have decided to give us a kitchen aid refrigerator because the whirlpool in Satin is out of stock. I’m happy that mom got the big refrigerator and the new stove. I’m begging to think of topics or subject not to write about. I’m editing before writing.
For lunch, I went to Chen’s Open Kitchen and wrote in my journal while I ate beef low mien.
Idea for writing…. write about visiting my father’s grave. It’s been more then ten years since I visited my father’s gram. It’s the first time I visited. There weren’t many fresh flowers. Because the Chinese are afraid of ghosts. The fresh flowers are of the fresh grave. Here I’m trying not to get into too deep or too intimate. My mind is distracted into thinking about repetitive writings. In one way it’s good to revise and rewrite these ideas. Afternoon office birthday party, Autumn suddenly got more information out of me then I had wanted to reveal. She told me her past boyfriend was 38 years old. They have 16 years apart. Her mother was dating and is still dating some one much younger then she. I found out that they got marry because of her. I told autumn the story of how I came to America.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

condo notes

We have been having very bad luck with the refrigerator. Maybe it's because I married someone born on the 13th. My wife thinks so.
The delivery man was late because he for got his tools.
I took a nap while I waited at home for the delivery truck to arrive.
The refrigerator door is damaged so we will have to get another one and wait another day

Thursday, September 15, 2005

beet soup 117

beet soup 117
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

yummy

beet soup

beet soup
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

wife made for me but i like the curry chicken much better

Friday, September 02, 2005

Google Maps - chen's open kitchen loc: Portland, OR

Identity Shirts

Identity Shirts
Originally uploaded by Infinite Jeff.

taking back sunday

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Concentration

Concentration
Originally uploaded by Dr Joolz.

1984

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

garbage

start of commision on the 15 of august
lunch at mcminimans
my wife told me that the garbage can arrived
i asked her if it's big enough for her to fit into it
she said yes...i said then i got the correct size...hehe

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Katrina - August 29

Katrina - August 29
Originally uploaded by Something in My Eye.

lexly87's Xanga Site

lexly87's Xanga Site

art ideas: project "voice mail" i get random voicemail messages at work and they are converted to wav files. i plan to save these and use it in an art project some how.

Monday, August 29, 2005

plumbing problems

our downstairs showers over flow saturday night.
i showered and the milky white water didn't drain. i thought nothing of it.
it is a little bit of shower today.
sunday my wife and i woke up with aching bodies.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Screw Bush & Dick

Screw Bush & Dick
Originally uploaded by Remiss63.

Friday, August 19, 2005

shooting star

shooting star
Originally uploaded by Weary memory.

vietnam memories

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

cuerpo on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

cuerpo on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "?The entire mystery of pleasure in a woman?s body lies in the intensity of the pulsation just before the orgasm. Sometimes it is slow, one-two-three, three palpitations which then project a fiery and icy liqueur through the body. If the palpitation is feeble, muted, the pleasure is like a gentler wave. The pocket seed of ecstasy bursts with more or less energy, when it is richest it touches every portion of the body, vibrating through every nerve and cell. If the palpitation is intense, the rhythm and beat of it is slower and the pleasure more lasting. Electric flesh-arrows, a second wave of pleasure falls over the first, a third which touches every nerve end, and now the third like an electric current traversing the body. A rainbow of color strikes the eyelids. A foam of music falls over the ears. It is the gong of the orgasm. There are times when a woman feels her body but lightly played on. Others when it reaches such a climax it seems it can never surpass. So many climaxes. Some caused by tenderness, some by desire, some by a word or an image seen during the day. There are times when the day itself demads a climax, days of which do not end in a climax, when the body is asleep or dreaming other dreams. There are days when the climax is not pleasure but pain, jealousy, terror, anxiety. And there are days when the climax takes place in creation, a white climax. Revolution is another climax. Sainthood another.?

Anais Nin"

Monday, August 15, 2005

Bungee.com: Choose Your Own Adventure

lexly87bungee

lexly87bungee
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

i went bungee jumping for the first time in aug 14 2005

It’s not as bad as one would think…at first I was against it
But when we got there it was not as high as it was in our mind.
Yes it was the crazy polish couple that urged us on.
Nina really wanted to try it and I didn’t want to stop her. I didn’t want to be left out of the experience either.
They got about seven people to go jumping. More girls then guys actually. There was one other couple.
A bunch of people from another group that we didn’t know.
I saw an old man jump so I decided that I would go to it.
The father and his daughter and son jumped. They try to get the mother to jump but she didn’t want to. The daughter didn’t make a sound. We all scream like mad.
Nina jumped before me and I jumped last in the group. I didn’t want to and didn’t decide to jump until the last minute. So for me I didn’t spend so much time fretting about it.
It’s very strange feeling…hard to write about it. It’s similar to an awakening. The first step off into air is amazing really. You don’t hear or see anything for a few seconds and then you see the ground rushing towards you. I closed my eyes then. The ride up because of the bungee bounce is strangest and this happens for two times. We all hang in mid air and stay like that for a few seconds. It’s all very disorientating.
We both decided to do only one jump in our lives and we wouldn’t do it again. But it’s safe because we saw many jumps and it’s not logical that you can fall form the harness. It’s very tight fit.
We talk about it more after the jump and now have an intense shared experience.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Best-known meteor shower peaks Aug. 12 - Space.com - MSNBC.com

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Happy Birding

Nude 06

Nude 06
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

a photographic discussion

Flickr: Sex and Psychology

fairy tale

fairy tale
Originally uploaded by _rebekka.

oops didn't mean to post twice.
additional comments...
because of time constraints I was only able to look at two or three pages of the most current pictures in the pool and my choice was based on that. However, I don't think my choice would have been different. A photographs first impression is pretty strong. Roland Barthes said something to the affect that a photograph has a punch or a punctum as he called it i think. there is something there in the photograph that can reach out to my mind and hit me and this photograph does that for me.

My Way News

Monday, August 08, 2005

Wickes Furniture - Sofa Sale!

Friday, August 05, 2005

diary1

new gallery news

Parsons Bio

Saturday, July 30, 2005

carn art center oregon city

closed
the carn art center in oregon city is closing
i went to collect two paintings one sold to stephnie hall

Thursday, July 28, 2005

S K W M

Want to buy a condo? Get in line

Monday, July 25, 2005

Pale Shelter

Pale Shelter
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

sold to tom buell

Eyes of March

Eyes of March
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

2005 gallery 114 show

Thursday, July 14, 2005

That must have been one heck of a note - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com

Thursday, July 07, 2005

Google Maps - 77 loc: Portland, OR

Google Maps - 77 loc: Portland, OR

gallery 114

Monday, July 04, 2005

220359 (green)

220359 (green)
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

4th of july 2005

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Lightning over Portalnd

Lightning over Portalnd
Originally uploaded by x180.

cool shoot from pdx flickr member

storm

storm
Originally uploaded by lexly87.

June 19, 2005 Sunday
I just drove back from Seaside and saw some thunder storm. This shot is from my backyard.

Hi guys,
I was driving in this strom coming back from Seaside.

Duc Ly

Monday, June 20, 2005

Unbridled versus Restrained on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Unbridled versus Restrained on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: "i just drove through a storm yesterday and it was just a small one still very scary...can't imagine the one you described."

Originally entered into DPChallenge Opposites and earned 1st place!

This was one horrific storm. I drove through it for roughly 40 miles and there were hundreds if not thousands of strikes during my drive. Lightning was hitting in front of me, to either side, behind me and above me, I honestly thought I might die that night.

Anyway, after what seemed like hours I managed to get out from under the storm. I pulled over in a rest stop and set up. At first I did it hand held, figuring it would be a cool effect. Those didn't look to great, so I set up the tripod.

So, was I lucky? To come out alive, for sure! To get the shot that won? Definitely. But, I was luckiest to get to experience that storm and have the luxury of pointing my camera where ever I pleased and to know I would capture lightning in a bottle.

i just drove through a storm yesterday and it was just a small one still very scary...can't imagine the one you described.