Being Somebody Else
March 30th, 2009 (Life)
I’ve noticed that there have been a few of these fake twitter accounts cropping up recently. They seem to be found out quickly, but I’m always suckered into following the people before they get exposed as fakes. The latest couple have been the Dalai Lama (@OHHDL) and Christopher Walken (@cwalken). I was really bummed that @cwalken was actually a fake. After hearing all of Jason Calicanis’ impressions of him on TWiT, I was excited to see how fun the fake Walken’s twitter posts actually were.
So, this got me thinking about the motives…
Motorcycle Rebuild – Day 1
March 29th, 2009 (Motorcycle)About a year and a half ago, we bought a 1985 BMW K100RS motorcycle with hopes of taking it across the country someday. It had a few minor brake issues that took a little while to get worked out, but once we got those figured out and took it for a few rides, more problems with the bike began to crop up. So, I’ve decided to do a complete restore of the motorcycle which includes an engine rebuild, diagnosing and fixing all of the electrical problems, cleaning everything to look like new, painting all the body pieces, powder coating the…
What's in Your Google Reader?
February 23rd, 2009 (Web)
I love using Google Reader as an RSS aggregation tool. It is so much more efficient than visiting each blog or news website individually to check for updates. Here are a few of the favorites from my reader (in no particular order):
- Boing Boing
- Lifehacker
- Slashdot
- Mac Rumors
- Mashable!
- Woot!
- xkcd (webcomic)
- Diesel Sweeties (webcomic)
- Pro at Cooking
- Stuff White People Like
I’m curious as to what you have in your RSS aggregator and if you have a reader preference besides Google Reader.
My Website Design Workflow
January 27th, 2009 (Culture, Web)
Although I’ve been programming for the web since 1999, I’ve only been doing website design for the past year. I was handed the Adobe creative suite for the web, so that is the software package I based my workflow on. As much as I like FOSS (free open source software), I think Adobe products just do the job a little bit better than their free alternatives. So, here are the programs in particular that I use in my web design workflow:
If you want FOSS alternatives to these programs, here is what I would…
Hyper-threading Thoughts
January 18th, 2009 (Life)I have this problem where I can’t multitask my thoughts. So, if I am driving, I can’t carry on a conversation without losing concentration on my driving (which is bad). I can’t talk to someone very easily while trying to work at the computer. Basically, I can’t carry on a conversation while being actively engaged in some other task.
Now, maybe this sounds pretty normal to you. I know it’s not unusual for guys to not be able to multitask. But, consider this. I was watching a little bit of the live video stream from Leo Laporte earlier today. He…
It wasn't the eggnogg that almost killed me.
December 15th, 2008 (Life)So, the last couple of weekends…one was a wedding in Indiana which also consisted of interesting conversations late at night and some relaxing time in the hot tub. The other was filled with things such as watching Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, karaoke with friends, etc…. OK, so nothing too out of the ordinary, but these past two weekends provoked a thought: “Live free. Live with grace. Listen. Let go.”
Last Sunday at the C.R.A.C.K. House, Mitchell told us that life is so much easier to live when you stop trying to fix things yourself and let God work on…
2009 Predictions
December 9th, 2008 (Tech)Here are a few things that I think will happen next year.
- Netbooks sales will continue to rise and may overtake notebook sales (at least for one month in ‘09).
- 2007 and 2008 were years of huge online video growth. 2009 will be a year of trying to figure out how to better monetize this media platform and how to stand out among the crowd (hint: dense, quality content will win out).
- We are going to see more Hulu knockoffs that will fail for lack of good content
- This whole Twitter/microblogging thing still won’t be figured out.
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