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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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What the Wii brought to gaming can not be denied. Movement, realism, and let’s face it – fun. Project Natal, for the Xbox 360, is going to attempt to do the same thing but with less hardware – meaning; absolutely no controllers. [viddler id-44771808 h-278 w-420] What makes this project even more interesting is that […]

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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This is a must-read, via Jason Kottke, on photographer Art Wolfe’s attempt to get the right Night Fisherman photo. As Kottke points out, even more interesting is the fishing technique used by the fisherman.

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I have a few simple wishes for Facebook’s mobile offerings. I access Facebook on-the-go using my iPhone – though I believe that these wishes will help more than just iPhone users. iphone.facebook.com One of the very first web apps for the iPhone and one that Apple has promoted during it’s Keynote addresses – Facebook had […]

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Back in November 2008 Eliza and I decided to make and watch Ratatouille. We’re both big fans of the movie and we thought it neat to actually make some of our own. Eliza, after almost 7 months, has gotten around to posting the photos on her site. The recipe, btw, came from The New Best […]

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[viddler id-de5ad6e5 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Can’t wait. on Viddler. Wait, are you saying that you can not wait? Or, are you saying that you’d rather not wait? See, there’s a difference. But – even though I don’t like the phrase "I can’t wait" I don’t see any alternative that won’t peg you as being […]

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(click to zoom) Taken: May 7, 2009 in Mayfield, Pennsylvania while on a walk with Eliza. Photographing these bees was a neat experience because I would get as far into the tree as I could, and I would hear a constant bzzzz until I found the bee that was closest to me to shoot.

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While walking with Eliza a few weeks ago we saw these two butterflies, which I’ve now found out to be Cabbage White Butterflies thanks to Cody R. Hough on BugGuide, mating. They were putting on quite a display of aerial acrobatics – I wish I had the equipment to take a video of how they […]

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It seems that since the launch of WolframAlpha people are generally testing it rather than using it. Although, I’m willing to bet, there are people out there that are using this amazing service for doing actual research and are finding it altogether indispensable already. Dave Winer tested it on a Friday night. He ran some […]

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I didn’t weigh in last week. On Monday I was sick and the rest of the week sort of just ran away from me. This week I was really excited to weigh in to see how I did over the last few weeks. Today I weighed in at 189 lbs. which is down three pounds […]

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Ben Parr of Mashable.com reports that, according to current trends, IE will be going the way of the Dodo in 2021. Or, at least, it won’t be the leading browser. This, in and of itself is great news – but do we really have to wait that long? Ugh.

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[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] After playing around with Tumblr for months (I’m cdevroe over there), I finally noticed that the little "page curls" that happen on-hover on posts on my Dashboard from those whom I follow are actually the permalinks to those posts. Man do I wish I found that sooner! I can’t tell you how […]

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File this under the "no duh" category – however, Jason Kottke recently linked to an article on the New York Post Web site describing how it’d be cheaper to fly from New York to Seattle, see two games in the best seats, eat at the best restaurants, and stay in some fancy hotels (by a […]

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Turns out Spike Jonze, the guy directing Where The Wild Things Are, has been keeping a bit of a blog about the making of the film.

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Until today I hadn’t heard of District 9, a movie produced by Peter Jackson and directed by first-time director Neill Blomkamp, but now I’m seeing it pop up all over the place. The movie doesn’t see wide-release until August – but I have a feeling we’re going to be hearing a lot more about it […]

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