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A bad start to the week and a strong finish resulted in me not losing a single pound this week on the diet. I didn’t hide this fact either. On Tuesday I let my competition know that his chance was now. I hope he took it. This week I’m going to try very hard to […]

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Brian is making his famous pizza. Looking forward to it.

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A red gate at Aylesworth Park in Jermyn, PA. I never knew this park was here.

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Long since abandoned. Fixer upper?

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Chris is frustrated at his miss on the 9 ball.

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I’ve done it before and I’m doing it again – I’m bringing all of my media back to this site (now called First initial, last name by the way). I’m going to be making small adjustments, enhancements, and do some all-out-late-night hacking in order to get this site up to snuff to handle notes, links, […]

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[viddler id-2e3a01e h-280 w-420] Random 60: Stop complaining! Favorite on Viddler. In the world of social media everyone has a voice. If you only have 1 follower on Twitter (I’m cdevroe, btw) or the only friends you have on Facebook (I’m on there too) are your relatives – it doesn’t matter – you have a […]

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Finally a stretch of days near 70F! If only I could see my screen I could work out here more often.

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Sunsets can always inspire. Though they are very hard to capture with even the best equipment.

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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[viddler id-1a226617 h-357 w-420] This video comes from Viddler member FootEmotion.com a fantastic site for those passionate about football (not the American-version). I see these videos pop up from time-to-time on my radar and I always want to share them. The leg grabs are of particular awesomeness. There are a ton more too.

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Since I’ve seen more than a few people reference the fact that Jack Shephard was erasing some Egyptian hieroglyphs and information from the chalk board in last night’s episode of LOST, which was brilliantly entitled "Some Like It Hoth", I figured I would post some screenshots from that moment. Something I hadn’t really noticed, which […]

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In the same vein as the Thank You card I made for my brother and his family comes this – a bookmark that I made back in January for Eliza. Since I’m just now getting the chance to post about this bookmark I thought I’d take some time to share the process I went through […]

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Date taken: April 1, 2004 Clifford, Pennsylvania. Five years ago today: I’m a little late posting this one but five years and about two weeks ago today I found this salamander – who was quite large – sitting on the steps outside of our apartment in Clifford, PA.

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Jacob Burke, like me, is taking a Brightkite break. His reasons are very close to my own. He writes: "There are things about the site that had me hooked for quite a while. But, I am starting to notice that it gets annoying to update my status on Brightkite and then go and check Twitter […]

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[viddler id-c7f9af6a h-280 w-420] Random 60: How many different kinds of fruit have you ever had? Favorite on Viddler. Did you catch that? Right in the middle of today’s Random 60 I decided to switch this episode from "favorite fruit" to something much more interesting – how many different kinds of fruit have you had?. […]

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From the "why hasn’t someone done something like this until now" category comes Crowd Favorite’s latest venture; The WordPress HelpCenter. Alex King, who has been hacking on WordPress even longer than I have, has more details about the launch of this service. Great idea, I hope it works out well for them.

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If you haven’t heard of the DiggBar, and the hoopla it has created over the last week or so, allow me to fill you in. The DiggBar is a new feature of Digg.com, a social news Web site, that puts a tool bar of sorts on top of any page on the Web. This bar […]

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[viddler id-4fea0a7c h-280 w-420] Random 60: How would you use The Force? Favorite on Viddler. My friend Chris Coleman and I, from Panera Bread, discuss what we’d do if we had The Force. Chris, who I must thank for allowing me to use his shiny Kodak Zi6 to record today’s Random 60, says that he’d […]

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Well, I’ve got good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first? Ok, I’ll give you the bad news first. The bad news is that I didn’t have a great weekend insofar as the amount of food I ate. I didn’t eat anything bad. Just a little too much. (What can I […]

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[viddler id-42f6c806 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Getting songs stuck in your head Favorite on Viddler. Today’s random 60 topic was suggested by Sam. Thanks Sam. Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? How did it get there? Maybe you listened to the radio, or a friend is addicted to a song and […]

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[viddler id-52419522 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Game systems Favorite on Viddler. As it stands I have, setup and working, an original Nintendo, Xbox 360 (which I use for Connect360), and a Nintendo Wii. The Wii is slowly replacing the original Nintendo completely while the 360 ends up being my media center more than my gaming […]

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Every now and then someone will bring up Flickr’s size in conversation. When that happens I usually find that people generally think Flickr is much larger than it really is. The brand recognition that Flickr has with its own user-base is impressive. If you are a Flickr user (like me) you are generally a fan […]

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Kyle Slattery, friend and coworker who is studying in Germany this semester, recently wrote "How to take better photos" which is a small compilation of tips that he’s gathered over his few years of taking photographs. Blog posts like this are everywhere. Page through my Photography tag and you’ll see a ton of tips and […]

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[viddler id-c20ff788 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Tons of notebooks! Favorite on Viddler. Ruled, unruled, graph, small, large, single subject, multiple subject, drawing, sketching, and loose leaf. I seem to have notebooks for just about everything and, I actually tend to use them! It never really dawned on me how many notebooks I actually had in […]

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I’ve decided to take a short Brightkite break. I have a laundry lost of things that I would love to see Brightkite do (search my site for Brightkite) and it has been a while since they’ve done any updates. Presumably because they’ve been in the middle of a business deal (which is understandable). I have […]

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I’d be remiss not to mention that Carbondale, Pennsylvania is having a Wine & Music Festival on June 20, 2009. Mayor Justin Taylor, who is pretty active on Facebook, created a Facebook group for the event. (Not sure why he didn’t chose to create an event on Facebook, rather than a group, but at least […]

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[viddler id-93f0ad3 h-357 w-420] Random 60: Laptop or Desktop? Favorite on Viddler. Laptops are more powerful today than the computer used to launch the Space Shuttle in the 1960s. That is a fact. Look it up. That said, some people prefer desktops with much larger storage devices, displays, amounts of RAM, etc. I’ve been using […]

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So the Internet is (was on April 3rd) ablaze with the talk of how bad URL shorteners are ever since Joshua Schachter, the guy that built and sold del.icio.us, jotted down his thoughts on them. These facts are nothing new and, I’ll bet, do not allude those that built these services. But, they see a […]

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While browsing through some of Viddler’s archives today I ran across this drawing demo by Lynne Margulies (lynnemargulies on Viddler). It is in three parts (maybe Lynne isn’t aware of Viddler’s 500Mb per-video limit). What I enjoyed most about these videos was the angle, the not-overly-produced presentation, and my ability to watch it over, pause […]

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Somewhat related to this week’s weigh in, where I mentioned habits, I found two good resources for striving to rid yourself of old habits and creating new ones. Installing a new habit and breaking an old one – an essay by Dr. Stephanie A. Burns 18 tricks to make new habits stick – A simple […]

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Naoto Fukasawa, a name I dare not pronounce around little children, is an industrial designer from Japan who decided to redesign some juice boxes to make them look and feel like their contents. I think they look delicious. Via Ainsley Drew filling in for Jason Kottke.

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As I’m finishing my re-reading of The Two Towers, and will be revisiting this grand city made in the side of a mountain in a few pages, I can’t help but link to a complete replica of Minas Tirith made of matchsticks. Via Boing Boing. Update: Turns out they’ve finished it.

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[viddler id-d136482e h-357 w-420] Random 60: Calendars Favorite on Viddler. I don’t know about you but I love calendars. If I didn’t self-impose a limit of two my wall would be filled with calendars of all types. Right now I have a stunning Hawai’i calendar hanging up (thanks to Eliza). It has photos from different […]

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I’m happy to report that I did much better during this second week of the diet than I did during the second week of the diet back in June 2006 (Wow, has it been that long already?) when I gained 3 pounds. This week I’m down another four pounds and I currently weigh 199 pounds. […]

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[viddler id-1915991c h-280 w-420] Random 60: Dear American Idol, ditch the lip syncing, please. Favorite on Viddler. I’m really sick of the group performances on American Idol. Maybe they wouldn’t be so bad if they were live performances done by the contestants – but in fact they are being lip synced. Yesterday I said on […]

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[viddler id-207549f3 h-280 w-420] Random 60: Nice weather Favorite on Viddler. Today was a beautiful day in northeastern Pennsylvania. It hit 70 degrees! Although I didn’t have the chance to go for a jog, we did get to spend some time on the porch enjoying the cool breeze. What do you like to do on […]

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I’m not very much into playing "mindless" board or card games that rely on the right card falling at the right time. Which is probably why I enjoy playing Poker so much. It isn’t about the cards at all, really. Once the game of Poker is learned, and you’ve played a few times to get […]

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[viddler id-5af73cd9 h-280 w-420] Random 60: What is your idea of a vacation? Favorite on Viddler. Vacations mean different things to everyone. For some it means a trip to the beach. A weekend getaway. Time off from work on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and your favorite Paul Newman movies. A camping trip […]

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The entire purpose of The Diet is to help myself, and everyone else on the diet, stay motivated to get to a healthy weight and stay there. Usually this goal is somewhat shrouded under the veil of a competition. But for good reason: competition usually motivates people. But that isn’t the case with everyone. Some […]

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Mandy Brown exquisitely compares reading books to both reading feeds online and cooking bread. Her final paragraph sums up her post nicely. "In our own time, I wonder if the very slowness of books makes them more valuable in the face of all the quickness around us, if their singular nature will prove to be […]

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[viddler id-c7449109 h-280 w-480] Random 60: Cheap cookies Favorite on Viddler. I love cheap cookies. The cheaper the better. They are easy to find. Walk into your local grocer and look at the bottom shelf in the cookie isle, they are typically the cookies that are at a bargain price (sometimes $1 for a whole […]

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Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in […]

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Another fantastic entry in the journal of Henry David Thoreau (which [I’ve mentioned a few times before](http://cdevroe.com/?s=henry david thoreau)) this time dealing with being able to use "cars", or wheeled wagons, in late-March in Concord, Massachusetts. Here is the snippet from Mr. Thoreau’s March 26, 1856 entry: "They are just beginning to use wheels in […]

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