Duck eggs and bacon breakfast sandwich
This is a must link because there is cast iron, bacon, butter, duck eggs and cheese in this video. And, although I use chicken eggs, is pretty much exactly how I make…
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Top ten annoying things to say to a wildlife photographer
Fun list. I love the "yeah, OK" tone of it.
Video: My guest appearance on Wine Library TV
For those of you that follow me on Twitter or have read my post on the Viddler blog you'll already know that I was a guest on Wine Library TV on Friday….
Ducklings in the evening sun
They love them some clover.
Bottling
Compress your CSS and Javascript with Pack
Lead Designer at Viddler, Andrew Smith, has released Pack via the Viddler blog – which is what he uses to compress Viddler's CSS and Javascript for deployment. Pack is written in Ruby…
I eat way too fast, still
Not two days ago I told Eliza that I eat too fast. Five years ago I said the same thing. Another habit that needs to die. So, how am I going to…
Old habits seemingly die easy
Sometimes you wonder if the habits you have today will simply always be your habits. I'm here to tell you that old habits die easy. Five years ago I was going to…
The moon over my patio
Last night I spent some time on my patio working and reading.
Northeastern Pennsylvania is still behind the times
As I sit in our local Panera Bread, belly full of warm soup, after a day of traveling, meetings and recording an episode of Wine Library TV with my friend Gary -…
cp /world * /goog
Not the best syntax in that title but you get the point. Someone's copy machines are working pretty hard. AppleTV = Google TV. App Store = Chrome Web Store. Amazon S3 = Google…
LOST is nearly over
Five years ago I said that I had never been more anxious to watch a show each week. That anxiousness has lasted ever since. By Monday it will be all over. Or,…
Man I hated Tommy Maddox
In 2005 Tommy Maddox was the starting quarterback for my NFL team of choice the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was horrible. At least in my opinion. I really, really disliked him. A few…
My morning ritual hasn’t changed in 10 years
Wow. This is sobering. Five years ago, while I was still working at 9rules, I mentioned how much I enjoyed waking up in the morning, having a cup of coffee, checking my…
Twitter, Facebook and soon the world!
OK, maybe not the world. But, this is simply a friendly housekeeping / reminder post to let you know how easy it is to keep up with the latest posts from this…
The most widely read magazine in the world
Spoiler: The Watchtower published by Jehovah's Witnesses. The New York Review of Magazines has an excellent article about The Watchtower, its history, publication and distribution. I recommend giving it a read. Disclaimer:…
Viddler and VP8
Google has open sourced VP8 and is using it as a basis for an entire open web media project. We at Viddler believe in our customers having choice. That's why, hot on…
Give Dropbox a try
I'd be remiss if I didn't recommend Dropbox to all of you. It has been a rather silent, but dare I say deadly, tool that I've come to rely on much more…
The Web is a shopping mall not a concert
The social eruption on the Web has had many small eruptions over the last few years. The most recent eruptions have been Facebook for Websites and Twitter's @Anywhere services. Adding these features…
HQ Garage
We've got a brand new parking garage at Viddler HQ, which is annexed in the excellent Ben Franklin Technology Center, and it is pretty nice.
Todd’s UI is sweet
Believe it or not Viddler's "Super Sys Admin" Todd Troxell uses this text-based, window-less UI full time.
Greyson Michael Chance
[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] So: Dude sings a song at a talent show-thingy, puts it up on his YouTube channel (there are a lot of fakes), everyone says he'll be the next Bieber,…
Out to sea
Gloucester,Massachusetts. (Taken with a SeaLife SL320/SL32.)
Secure video hosting for business
A new video for Viddler's secure video hosting for businesses. We've got a lot in store for Viddler B2B this year and this video is only the tip of the iceberg. More…
The “What To Do When You’re Bored” list
I can honestly say that I cannot remember a time when I was actually bored. I've heard many people say that they get bored, especially younger people, and it baffles me. Isn't…
Gmail’s drag/drop image insertion
Looks like my recent switch back to Google Chrome is already paying dividends. The Gmail team has now moved a much loved lab feature that allows you to drag and drop images…
OneWay, FTP in the Finder
On the heels of the release of the great Transmit 4 comes OneWay a simple FTP utility (upload only, you can't download anything) that works right from within the Finder. Need simple?…
Wood hull
Gloucester,Massachusetts. (Taken with a SeaLife SL320/SL32.)
Chrome is faster than lightning
So Chrome is faster than Safari again. Not one month ago I said: "I’m back to Safari. I still love Chrome but Safari’s latest update made it edge out Chrome for speed….
Embed a tweet on your Web site
Dubbed Blackbird Pie this tool from Twitter makes it fairly simple to embed a tweet on your Web site. Provide the URL to the tweet and you'll be provided with a HTML…