Archive for the ‘Daily Events’ Category
Saturday, November 8th, 2008 |
I set up a Lifestream using Sweetcron and I have to say that I think that it is pretty cool.
What’s a Lifestream?
Good question! I like the following definition:
A Lifestream is a blog-like website featuring real-time flow of a person’s activity across various websites.
Right now I am only aggregating my Twitter, Flickr, and blog feeds, but I’ll add other feeds as it makes sense.
I’m hoping that my Lifestream will reduce some of the guilt I feel when one of my blogs goes a week without a post! If you can relate, you might give Sweetcron a try.
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008 |
So… here’s my SEO tip for the day: If you want to show up on search engines for keywords that are relevant to your website/blog, new content/regular posts are key.
And no… I don’t practice what I preach! (Any content is better than no content, right?)
On a very unrelated note, I got some new golf clubs today and I am still a lousy golfer. Very disappointing.
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 |
I am a very late-comer to the Twitter scene. I have only recently started using it regularly. For the longest time, I just couldn’t see the point. I wondered, “What does Twitter offer that Facebook or MySpace don’t?”
Twitter allows you to keep in touch with people, just like those other guys. It’s a quick and easy way to get your thoughts, questions, and ideas out to anyone who cares (and even to those that don’t). One thing that Twitter has on Facebook, MySpace, and other social media is that it is incredibly easy to use and the concept is very simple.
After using Twitter for a few weeks now, I have realized that there really isn’t a point to it, it’s just fun! Stop trying to understand it and just use it, I bet you’ll like it!
Twitter me!
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 |
So, I’m no longer piggybacking (stealing) internet at home, all of my neighbors have wised up and secured their WiFi networks. I am waiting to get hooked up with fiber optics so that I can blog again!
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 |
Come on, folks! It’s 2008 - the blogosphere is alive and well and you are more connected to your friends and family than you ever wanted to be. Sure there’s MySpace and Facebook for “keeping in touch” but we bloggers know a better way. We share personal biased opinions without sharing every stinking detail about ourselves (though there are plenty of blogs that do that too!).
How do you keep up with all of your favorite blogs and websites? I hope for your sake that you don’t visit each and every one of those blogs/sites every other day in hopes that maybe some new content has been posted. What a waste of time, right? Especially if your friends are slackers who don’t post regularly. Enter RSS feeds.
What is an RSS feed?
R•S•S feed
noun (pl. -s)
1 Really Simple Syndication is a popular technology for notifying users of updates to content on a website or blog.
Maybe you’ve seen the little orange icon to the right on a site or blog before, it’s the (almost) universal icon for an RSS feed. When you see it on a site or blog, you know that you can subscribe to the site’s RSS feed, but how you might ask? Just click on that little orange icon in the address bar of your web browser. Once you subscribe to an RSS feed you need a way to organize and view the RSS feed. Enter feed readers.
What is a feed reader?
feed•read•er
noun (pl. -s)
1 a client software or a web application which aggregates syndicated web content such as news headlines, blogs, and podcasts in a single location for easy viewing.
2 a necessary tool for individuals who want to stay in the know without wasting a lot of time
A feed reader is to RSS feeds as Microsoft Outlook is to email. Feed readers allow you to see which sites have new content and to preview those new blog posts. Lots of times I read an entire blog post without ever actually visiting the blog. Readers also let you organize related RSS feeds into folders, subscribe to feeds, and share your favorite content with others.
I have only ever used two feed readers, Google reader and the reader built in to Apple’s Mail app, but there are a lot of options out there. I think that Google reader is probably the best reader, but I don’t like having to open my web browser to view my feeds. If you use a different reader, leave a comment and tell me which one it is and why you like it.
Lastly, subscribe to my feed!
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 |
This is just a follow-up to a past post on TV Links.
My buddy Nathan tipped me off to the new TV Links and I wanted to share the love. As many of you know, TV Links was the premiere online source for streaming online video for free with everything from TV shows to music videos to movies (even movies still in theaters!)
The content available on the new TV Links is nowhere near as extensive as the content on the old TV Links, but I’m sure that it will continue to grow as the site gets more traffic. Once that happens, the site will come under legal fire and get shut down and we will await yet another TV Links site to pop up.
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Saturday, December 29th, 2007 |
Santa (in the form of my in-laws) left me a new Trek 7100 bike for Christmas. I usually don’t like to ride a bike unless it has a couple hundred cc’s strapped to it but this one will do just fine until I can get my hands on a “real bike”. Plus, my wife got a bike for Christmas too and now we can get matching Spandex shorts and eat CLIF bars together!
Why I Like It
The Trek 7100 is a great bike for cruising around town. I’ve even decided that once the snow clears up, I’ll ride it to work- check back in 3 months and ask me how that one’s going! I’ve only ever had a mountain bike before this bike and I’m pretty excited about some of the differences between the 7100 and my old mountain bike.
The biggest difference is in the tires. The tires on the 7100 are skinnier than those found on a mountain bike but a little bit wider than the tires on Lance Armstrong’s bike. The result is a faster, more lightweight bike that makes it easier to ride on pavement. Also, I’ve never had a bike with shocks on it and the shocks on this bike make it really fun to ride.
I think the reason why I have never really been a bike rider is precisely because I have never had a bike that is easy to ride around town. My new Trek is easy and fun to ride and it was very affordably priced- it’s a great Christmas gift. Thanks, Santa!
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007 |
I never thought that I would be one to openly show support for a presidential candidate, but after watching Mitt Romney’s speech “Faith In America”, I’ll do what I can.
Why I’m Voting For Mitt Romney
I think that there is a lot to be said for someone who stands up for what he believes in. Mitt’s speech showed me that he is just such a person. I think that his views on strengthening families in America are dead on and agree with his views about the separation of church and State being used as an excuse to remove God from the public domain.
So there’s my 5 cents.
UPDATE: Read what my buddy Stu has to say about Mitt’s speech.
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 |
The Scoop
My buddy Kirk told me about cryogenic ice cream today and I just had to try it. The basic idea is that they take a cream/sugar base and add flavoring and mix-in toppings in a bowl. Then they add liquid nitrogen to the mix which not only makes for a really cool cloud of coldness but also instantly freezes the cream mixture and, voila! you’ve got instant ice cream.
The Science
Liquid nitrogen is kept at right around -320 °F and all scientific resources consulted in my research agree that -320 °F is very very cold. When liquid nitrogen comes into contact with the deliciously creamy mixture in the bowl, the atoms in the cream are arranged into a pattern that vaguely resembles a solar system, a Rubix cube, an organized, repeating pattern of particles. Imagine what that stuff would do if it came into contact with your skin! The girl who prepared my cryogenic treat wasn’t wearing gloves or even those killer cool lab goggles from Chem 105.
The Taste Test
The first step in the zap-frozen ice cream creation per Sub Zero’s website is:
Step 1: Choose Low High or Medium Fat
How could a food product that let’s you choose your fat comfort/acceptance level NOT be delicious? Seriously one of the greatest inventions since 2% milk. Overall, I really enjoyed the ice cream. I got “High Fat” with fudge chocolate and malt flavoring with dark chocolate shavings as a mix-in. It was delicious and fun to eat and my 6 oz. cup only set me back $3.49. My tongue was a little bit raw afterward, minor frostbite I’m sure, but when my spoon hit the bottom of that cup I was wishing that I had bought more than half a cup of the stuff!
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Monday, October 29th, 2007 |
My wife and I just bought a new car from The Car Place in Orem, UT. It was our first big purchase together and it was relatively painless. We probably paid more for the car than someone gifted at negotiating would have paid but we felt comfortable with our dealer and we got a really nice car out of the whole deal.
The car pictured above is completely electric and it’s fast, check it out here. We did not get that car… we got an ‘04 Honda Accord, I just thought the electric car was cooler looking!
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