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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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My very good friend Gary Vaynerchuk recently gave a talk in New York City at #140conf, which is a essentially a conference about Twitter, dealing with scaling caring. I’ve seen many of his talks and keynotes and this was one of the more focused and meaningful in recent memory. He touches on the fact that […]

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Annnndddd…. refreshed. It is summer and that means its time to reach under the bed, pull out the boxes full of shorts, tee shirts, snorkeling equipment, and frisbees. Time to get away from the TV and computer screens, get outside and enjoy the sun. That same spirit is what spurred me to give this site […]

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Shaun Inman, the very same lad that brought Mint to the world, is now throwing his hat into the feed-reading arena in a very different way. Fever is a download-and-install Web-based feed reader that has a "what’s hot" twist. Keeping up with a lot of feed subscriptions is a challenge and so Shaun has created […]

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We get this question a lot at Viddler: How can I add a progress bar to my uploads using the Viddler API? We’re always asked if this is something included in our API wrappers. Until now, it hasn’t been. That’s where phpViddlerUploadify comes in. This extension to phpViddler, our PHP wrapper for our API, makes […]

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After reading this review by Pierre Igot I gave Safari 4’s full-page zoom feature a spin. It is incredibly impressive. I wish the browser wars were not such a tight race right now so that choosing a browser wouldn’t be such a hard decision. (via John Gruber)

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Eliza and I have original iPhones. Day one iPhones. They are just shy of 2 years old. They’re still gorgeous, still work well, and we couldn’t be happier with them. Today Apple released the third version of their iPhone OS aptly named iPhone OS 3.0. This release boasts several improvements and new features – however, […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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While waiting for a ride this weekend I walked over to a small patch of wild flowers growing behind our garbage cans (there is beauty everywhere in this world, isn’t there?). I was attempting to get a half-decent shot of this bumble bee that was bouncing from flower to flower, sucking up the nectar while […]

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For those that may have missed it, or for those of you that use Tumblr on a regular basis and wish to see this site’s posts show up in your Tumblr Dashboard – You can follow me on Tumblr. I’ve made some adjustments over there recently and I like the results. As a side note: […]

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As per usual, if it has Jack White in it, I want to see it/hear it/touch it.

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I’m no crocodile hunter but I do enjoy hunting for and catching reptiles, amphibians and pretty much anything that hops, slithers, crawls, or swims. Every since I was a kid I have tried my best to become adept at catching snakes (the scars on my hands from when I was a kid prove it). I’ve […]

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This is just awesome. In classic McSweeney form, David Mcardle reports for the Republic Science Academy about the general culture and habits of the Ewoks on the third-moon of Endor. A must read for any Star Wars fan but I’ll quote a short piece here from the section titled Breeding Practices and Mate Selection: "A […]

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Don’t have 80 minutes to watch the entire demonstration of Google Wave given at Google’s IO conference? That’s ok, Gina Trapini has taken the time to create a Google Wave Highlight Reel showing only the parts of the presentation that show-off the best features of Google Wave.

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Eliza and I have, for as long as I can remember, always wanted a garden. While we’ve always had flower-boxes, pots, small sections of flowers next to our homes, etc. – we’ve never had a garden proper and so we’re excited that this will be our first year of gardening. We live in an apartment […]

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Last night while at a bar with a friend I started getting weird errors in Twitterrific 2. I was taking down notes, saving screenshots, all because I wanted to provide a good bug report to The Iconfactory when I had the chance. This morning I quickly checked their site and read this: "We apologize for […]

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After months of simply letting my hard drive woes with the Airport Extreme stew in the back of my mind and dealing with the consequences, I finally got off my duff and tried each of the suggestions people so graciously left in the comments of the post where I described said woes. I’m happy to […]

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[viddler id-d3ca22c5 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Interesting facts about water Favorite on Viddler. Something a little, different – or maybe random – for today’s Random 60. I saw this interesting facts about water list and I figured I’d share my favorites for no other reason than because I think water is awesome. Are you a […]

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First of all, I’d eat just about anything. Lets get that out there right off the bat. I mean, I helped a friend start a show called Eat Weird. That is how much I adore trying new things. Yes I have been known to eat fish eggs right out of the fish. I don’t do […]

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I’m just going to say that I wish I had a Nintendo DS (or that this game was made available for iPhone). Scribblenauts looks absolutely incredible, here is the trailer: [viddler id-7e381241 h-357 w-420] Draw any noun and it actually appears in the game. Don’t trust the trailer? Both Joystiq and TalkAboutGames have hands-on reviews […]

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For a while now I’ve been enjoying Jorge Garcia’s blog which he calls Dispatches from the Island. You may know Jorge from LOST. He plays Hugo "Hurley" Reyes. Side note: Hurley is by far my most-favorite character on LOST. Charlie Pace was always a close-second and when we lost him in Season 3 I always […]

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This weekend a group of friends and I camped at Keenlake campground in Waymart, Pennsylvania for a night. Fishing, jogging, eating, and fire watching ensued. Here are a few photos from that trip (to view, simply click on the first in the set and click next on the zoomed photo). I wish I had taken […]

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Ever since Google release Chrome, their browser, I’ve been waiting with bated breath for Chrome for Mac. Thanks to my friend Jake Dahn I got a copy of the developer preview. Its really fast. Faster than Safari on the Mac. I’m excited for a more stable and complete beta at which point I plan to […]

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All good stories start at the beginning. This one starts on August 14th 2006 when I publicly stated my goal to run 1 mile before my wedding anniversary that year (which was about two weeks later). In that declaration I said: "Last night Chris and I went for a run, and while he had no […]

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Nicolas riding his big wheel.

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If you’re a skimmer, this is worth reading every word – Lukas Mathis noodles the way several Operating Systems have tackled the task of creating new documents and in doing so comes up with an elegant solution to the problem. I find the irony of the post striking. Lukas’ site is called Ignore The Code […]

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