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Long-time friend Josue Salazar asks, via Twitter: "Actually, is anyone still reading feeds? I bet many mainly live off of content people are tweeting links about. Sensational content != good." Sounds familiar.

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So this is a bit to chew. My friend and follow Viddler team member Kyle Slattery, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, suggested on my suggestions page (which has a little spam on it right now, sorry about that) that I write about some "favorite places you’ve visited less than 2 […]

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This little guy was hanging out on our eggplant.

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Roz Savage, the Ocean Rower I linked to the other day, recently mentioned that she was a feature on Bing.com’s home page. Since I’m a few days behind on reading her posts she was no longer featured on the home page by the time I got there. I noticed that Bing.com’s home page features have […]

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Keyboard shortcuts, both for the browser itself and for Web sites that take advantage of them, can be extremely powerful. Google Reader set the precedent for keyboard shortcuts by working through a stream of information using J to advance and K to move backward through the stream. The Big Picture, Ffffound, and now Tumblr’s Dashboard […]

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To many of you this may seem like a no brainer but I thought I’d share the way I use Twitter’s favorite feature anyway because I’ve found it very valuable over the last few months. In nearly every Twitter application, and on the site itself, you may favorite a Tweet with minimal effort. On the […]

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Mondays are notoriously the least favorite day of the week. The end of the weekend. The beginning of the work week – no matter how you look at it, it isn’t good. Which is why I love that No Reservations is on Monday night. What better way to cap off an otherwise crappy day? Tune […]

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Eliza and I did a little fishing with my friend Johnny and his kids Kristopher, Micailyn, and Nicolas on Wednesday. Fishing with kids is always an adventure.

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WANTS! A personal life goal is to go across country in one of these babies.

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Decided to try my hand at the aforelinked Odosketch. Taking inspiration from the Black-eyed Susans I drew this. Pretty neat to see it played back.

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Michael Heilemann recently had an idea for a comment system based on Twitter @replies. Not a new idea, to be sure, as there are several rather well-documented solutions for this floating around out there. But that isn’t the bit I’m interested in with his post. I’m interested in the bit where he says he misses […]

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[viddler id-1c6c90f4 h-278 w-420] To say that I’m excited, wouldn’t be enough. You all know where I will be on Monday. Sitting on my couch, mouth gaping, a warm pool of drool at my feet, staring at my television – listening to the snarkiest man alive – Anthony Bourdain – talk about meat, fat, butter, […]

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I played around with Odosketch for a few minutes and at first glance – it is one of the better ‘in-browser’ sketching tools out there. I look forward to working with it in the future. Via David Kaneda.

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This little guy put a pretty good suckin’ on my hand before I figured out he was in the house. So I trapped him under my magnifying glass for a few hours before using my junk-store-salvaged microscope to look at him up close and personal.

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Not sure what Susan did or why she has a black eye but these are cool flowers nonetheless.

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The first iPhone game I’ve wanted to buy this badly since Rolando 1.0, Edge. I’ll be picking this up in the near future.

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Via Mena Trott, via Serious Eats…. Fancy Fast Food. To all employees of Burger King, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Taco Bell and their ilk – I would like my next meal to come looking like this.

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Not the greatest photos, that’s for sure (the second was was taken through our living room window in our apartment with an iPhone), but I find rainbows just great. Recently we’ve had an awful lot of rain, and particularly when it rains in the evenings the sun is shining through the rain and mist, making […]

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Talk about a job title. Ocean Rower has to be one of the best ones I’ve come across yet and Roz Savage, who is currently in the Pacific Ocean rowing solo from Hawai’i to Tuvalu in her second stage of her Pacific voyage, has the privilege of owning it. I’m still reading her daily posts […]

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As of a few hours ago, if you’re viewing any of the mobile photos (such as this one that I just put up) on an iPhone or iPod touch, the viewing area should automatically ‘zoom’ into the proper area. You may send payments via Paypal.

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When the Web-based version of the Facebook iPhone application shipped it was great. When the first version of the native Facebook iPhone application shipped it was great. Even though I think it is a bit overdue, when the next version of the Facebook iPhone application ships, it will more than likely be great too.

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Chili peppers from our garden. Looking forward to melting my taste buds on these babies.

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I’ve never used labels but Google’s recent updates to Gmail may lead me to use them. Do you use labels? If so, how?

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I’m a huge fan of John Williams. Seriously. I have nearly every work he’s ever wrote, conducted, and recorded. When Kyle Slattery posted this video on his Tumblr I knew I had to ‘repost’ it here. By ApprenticeA on YouTube.

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Last year, when Eliza and I picked strawberries at Pallman’s Poultry Farm, was my first time picking strawberries. So, obviously – this year was my second. This time we had company. Our friends Paul and Sherin joined us and not only did we have a good time – we picked a lot of berries. At […]

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My brother Peter fooling around with his new DSLR which is the new Digital Rebel XSi. He’s now a Canon person like Eliza and I (we have matching Digital Rebel XTis).

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This is the way he looks when he’s looking at pretty little girls. He loves the ladies.

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Setting up the new 15-inch Macbook Pro. The Migration Assistant is absolutely incredible.

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Another day, another goodie comes in the mail. What will soon be Eliza’s black Macbook needed a replacement battery. It now has one. Update: After just the first charge the black Macbook is getting about 3 hours of battery life. Splendid.

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Our friends Dave Ciminelli (master chef) and Mike Matosky are opening a restaurant in Duryea, Pennsylvania – soon. It is called AuRants and to say that I’m excited about the opening wouldn’t be enough. They plan on taking full advantage of both Facebook and Twitter with their new venture to make announcements, share deals, and […]

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I consider Roger Ebert to be an excellent movie critic. His reviews have caused me to rent many a film – and I’ve enjoyed nearly all of them as much as he did in his reviews. Recently, however, he crapped all over Transformers 2. I saw the movie over the weekend and enjoyed it very […]

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This is all Eliza’s fault. She has created a monster. But a cute monster.

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Though our garden is getting over watered, there is life. Zucchini flowers, lettuce, strawberries, and green beans are starting to take off.

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Yes! The Philadelphia 76ers, my favorite basketball team for better or worse, is going back to their old logo. I will be purchasing new apparel soon.

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Jeff Johns, fellow Viddler team member and jogger (although he’s much more accomplished than I in that area), recently wrote and released an open source PHP wrapper for Freewheel’s API. Much needed by the Viddler team, open for the world.

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Caught this little guy while fishing in Prompton, PA a few weeks ago. The thing to watch out for when catching toads is that they are not being stalked by some other animal like a snake or snapping turtle. They are the main source of food for many animals so beware.

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Photo: Left to right – A nice guy that worked at AT&T whose name escapes me, Tim Ferris, and I. Tim Ferriss, who I had the pleasure of sharing some barbecue with in Austin a few years ago, is preparing his second book – with the working title – From Rapid Fat Loss to Strongmen: […]

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Just received my new laptop bag in the mail today. No, it isn’t a pizza box (or any of the 15 coolest laptop bags listed here), it is a carbon-colored Small Alley case from STM. Even though the details for the bag say that it fits laptops up to 13" I’ve been assured by Cameron […]

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A perfect day for Eliza and I to pick strawberries with Paul and Sherin. Wine, smoothies, and all sorts of goodies to come.

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John and Kristopher Weinert fishing. We won’t mention the current score between the two fishing this year. (Kristopher is most likely ahead.)

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Three years is a long time. In the world of electronics it might as well be an eternity. So you’d think I’d be surprised to report that I’ve been using my black Macbook for a little more than three years. But I’m not surprised at all. Why? Two years ago, near the one-year anniversary of […]

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Here is the first look at Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland courtesy of USA Today. It is unfortunate that I have little faith in Tim Burton these days. I was very disappointed with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I didn’t like the remake as much as I didn’t like the fact that they remade what […]

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Apparently you can exhange your child for a new one right in the McDonald’s bathroom. Cool feature.

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Nikki did not want this turtle to be hurt so she rescued it from the middle of the road.

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Drawn into the bottom of a sink in a Rest Area bathroom in Maryland. Odd.

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Beautiful country here in West Virginia.

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Paul fishing from the middle of the river. What a gorgeous night to be out!

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