Category: Projects

  • The Art of Speculation

    The Art of Speculation

    That title belongs to a book written by a man I met online and by telephone, for the first time, over ten years ago. His “pen name” is Arthur Fixed and the full title of the book is “The Art of Speculation During Civil War” with the byline; “Sun Tsu meets Jesse Livermore” but I…

  • siliconpalms vlog

    siliconpalms vlog

    Inspire and motivate self-improvement and harm-reduction. The siliconpalms vlog is a positive attitude outlet, with the objective to create a good vibe every day and to provide value to anyone who watches and listens to the meaningful message. Combat the blues and overcome lethargy by changing the way you think about the world. Improve your…

  • Peace Revolution

    Peace Revolution

    On Oct 16 I moved into a rented suite in a Penthouse apartment overlooking Ibirapuera Park, the central park of Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was so exciting to be back in Brasil, after 6 months in Canada, which was rapidly turning to winter, so every day and every night was filled with activity and exploration…

  • I’m Alive Brasil

    I’m Alive Brasil

    On the first day the Rainforest Alliance released “I’m Alive” it became the theme song for Wild Orchid Brazil. Our minds were blown by Gisele Bündchen saying; “the time for sustainable forestry in Brazil has arrived”. We felt as though she was speaking directly to us and we feel compelled to answer back – we…

  • Wild Orchid Ideas

    Wild Orchid Ideas

    Mission of the Wild Orchid Project Generate, provide and disseminate information and environmental studies for sustainable development of Wild Orchid Conservation Programs, with revenue generating business models, from sales of digital media, empowered by Social Activism. Wild Orchid intends to become an organization in the Eco-Index® – which encourages information sharing and collaboration among conservationists…

  • Wild Orchid Ideas

    Mission Generate, provide and disseminate information and environmental studies for sustainable development of Wild Orchid Conservation Programs, with revenue generating business models, from sales of digital media, empowered by Social Activism. Develop a Crowd source funded project: Conservation of wild orchid, in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Wild Orchid Ideas is project driven, and…

  • Wild Orchid Brazil

    Wild Orchid Brazil

      Happy Birthday Canada! We stand on guard for thee…. here in Brazil (that is).  I will always love Canada but prefer living in Brazil. Silicon Palms is now working on something unique that I’d like to share with you. Over a year ago, I was presented with an opportunity to design a resilient community…

  • Brazil Poker Pro

    In the country of Brazil the supreme court ruled that Poker is a game of skill, and is not classified as a game of chance like, say, Bingo. For this reason there are legal poker rooms throughout the country and online poker may be growing faster in Brazil than any other market on earth, which…

  • Casino Beach Launch

    Reefer Poker Announces Surf’s Up Promotion to Celebrate Launch of the best online slots casino Malta, June 29, 2010 – ReeferPoker.com, in partnership with ReeferCasino.com, has announced the launch of their new online casino partner; CasinoBeach.com. As part of the jg wentworth launch promo for this new Real Time Gaming casino, the group of sites,…

  • Open Melody

    Having been a huge fan of Movable Type personal publishing platform for so many years, I was thrilled to learn that MT founders had inspired and empowered an Open Source software called Open Melody. Now there’s a group of web developers joining forces to collectively foster the evolution of a better content management system. To…