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Time to start over, start something new.
For the very few, if any, read this, you'll notice nothing has happened. Got busy I guess. So, I'm going to start building something new, and will be making a fresh start, a new direction. A blog with a purpose.
Re-charged and ready, let's go 2010.
I have become a statistic, a part of the blogging population that goes from posting regularly to all together falling off the face of the earth for a while. Why does this happen? Well, in my case, too many balls in the air at once has deterred me from posting things that I found were compelling for you to read. The blog itself kind of lost the plot, went from interesting social media and gadget articles to a hodgepodge of disconnected postings involving music videos and plastic arms you attach toilet paper too. Admit it though, that was pretty funny.
Over the next couple weeks, I plan on doing one of two things:
1) changing the layout, focusing on a couple topics and just posting on these, and continuing to have fun with this. The blogesphere is a muddled landscape of carbon copy sites and, similar to what happened here, sites that have more tumbleweeds rolling through it then fresh updates. The one thing I did notice is what other bloggers were grabbing from me and re-posting on their sites (most were pretty classy and tied it back to my site instead of what I was referring to) and so I think I'll take stock in that and focus on those types of things.
2) shutting it down all together, focusing on the other things i have going on in life right now, and maybe giving it a fresh shot again after all the dust settles around me. Either way, the whole purpose of this blog was always for me to share things I found interesting and enteraining with you. Not a pipe dream revenue based site or the next "Gizmodo" (still one of my favorite blogs), but being unique can be challenging.
For those dozen people that actually follow my site, thanks and I hope I can continue to fill your inbox with entertaining and sometimes downright ridiculous posts. Until then, you can always find me on Twitter....
This is the reason why I've been so absent from posting recently. I know we're all busy, so hardly an excuse, but it has eaten up a lot of my free time as of late. My fiance and I closed on our first home this morning, and since 8:30 this morning I've run a bit of a gambit of emotions, all in a positive way. I'm happy the process is over with and look forward to what is to come in the future.
Another chapter in the "Becoming an Adult" I guess...
Artplosure 2009 happened over the weekend in downtown Raleigh, and it was one of the best art festivals I've attended in a long time. While I'll always love my Hoboken Music and Arts Festival, somewhere along the way, they lost the plot and became more of a "look how many things our vendors can fry" event with little focus on the artists. Not here. Live performances, interactive activities for anyone who wanted to participate, and nicely mapped out area around Moore Square making it easy for you to move around and take time to find everything you wanted to check out.
I took some shots for my new Meetup group, which you can checkout out here.
Looking forward to the next one!
While I think that every phone should have this, here is the new application from Phase 2 Media: Email N' Walk. That's right, now you can email away while still watching your furry friend mark his 40th tree in the neighborhood. You type in your subject, the text of the email, and hit send. It will direct you to your mail account, where you select the person you want to send to, and away it goes. Gimmicky: sure, but if they could develop it for Blackberry, the world would be a safer place...
With "Tweet Casts" becoming more and more popular, along comes Tweet Mic to help expedite the process. You can record your Tweet Cast directly on to your iPhone, and then upload a link direct to Twitter. The files are hosted on a Tweet Mic server, which you can access to manage your old recordings. The cost for the app is $.99, but if you're fairly active on Twitter and need to post that one thing that comes up on the fly, then it might be worth the investment for you.
Highrise is one of the new kids on the block, helping you organize and streamline how you operate and help you look forward as well. The great part about this program is that it's for everyone: marketers, designers, teachers, real estate gurus, the works. Track leads, import and export contacts with ease, and review conversations you've had with clients to help build relationships and be better informed in meetings. Reminders can be send via SMS and email.
It is a paid program, and for those of us that just need to keep up with a To-Do list, they have a free version called Ta-Da.
Even the best multitaskers need to elevate their game in this environment, so get to it!
By far the most intimidating pre game ritual in ANY sport.
Everyone needs a creative outlet to help them escape from the repetitive nature of their day to day, and Daft Punk is providing you with that outlet. Drop your own samples (provided by najle.com) over preloaded tracks, and create your own live mixes. Unfortunately, due to copyright infringements and publishing licenses, you won't be able to record it, but pop on some headphones and create your own real time mix. Beat matching is the key here, but the tracks should be pretty familiar, making it easy to jump right in and have some fun.
(small editing issue last time)
Being the cute little emo kid that he is, there's a little chameo from his girlfriend at the end, with the subtitle "This song was written for her". I bet she appreciates is more than "Delilah"...
The monstrosity of a sandwich you see above is none other than the McGangBang. In order to create this masterpiece, you need to roll over to your local McDonalds, and order up a double cheeseburger and spicy chicken sandwich. Open up your double cheeseburger, and slap the spicy chicken in the middle, and blamo, you've made yourself a McGangBang. Your friends and family will marvel in your culinary masterpiece.
While this has picked up a bit of a cult following, I don't think we'll be seeing this on the menu anytime soon....
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