My first burpee is now behind me. You’d think I would have executed it perfectly, but I forgot my basement ceiling is a bit low. Lesson learned. [Royal Burpee Challenge]
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115 Royal Burpee Challenge 2012 – Team DC
Start with one burpee on Saturday, February 11. The second day, do two burpees continuing to add one each day until June 4, when we will do 115 burpees in honor of what would be Royal H. Burpee’s 115th birthday. Over the course of the challenge, that’s 6,670 total burpees. Are you up for it? Links [...]
My Top 5 Apps List for February 2012
Five Most Used Apps: Foursquare, Twitter, Camera+, Dropbox, Instagram. Five Most Recent Apps Downloaded: InstaFrManage,r StreamBoard, Ban.jo, Wunderkit, Pixable. Five Most Revisited Apps: Feedly, Path, Zite, Bejeweled Blitz, i-nigma. Best App of the Month: Buffer: being able to spread out my Twitter posts evenly works great on both Google Chrome add-on and on the mobile phone. [...]
This Could Be A Worthy Blog Series
I saw this book repinned on Pinterest called 1001 Whiskies You Must Taste Before You Die. If I tested three whiskies a week, that would take almost 6.5 years to complete. This could be an interesting blog series. I’d have to learn proper tasting methods between now and May 15, 2012 when the book arrives. [PRE-ORDER [...]
Instagram stats, February 7, 2012
So far, 112,000 likes and 4,000 comments have been left on my 361 Instagram photos (mostly from the last 100 photos). This one here of the Metro in Washington, DC is my first 2000-like photo. Link on Instagr.am
My Introduction to Celldweller’s Music
My good friend Rana June, known around the world as the iPad DJ, introduced me to Celldweller’s music, and how we got there was an unexpected travel through various social media links. We were talking about her Twitter page @ranajune and I had clicked on her recent images since we were talking about all the events that have taken place over the past year or so.
@ranajune: This is me doing my best @celldweller35 impression
We stumbled upon this yFrog photo of Rana with hot red hair and she started laughing hysterically, telling me how she looked like her friend Celldweller. She asked if I had heard of his music, and I had not. Rana and I have nearly the same taste in music, so we searched SoundCloud and found one of his remixes for Asking Alexandria’s A Lesson Never Learned (Celldweller Remix).
The studio production on this mix was mind blowing, given the sampling, real instruments, driving bass and dubstep influence, hardcore metal sounds and voices with actual lyric. This was big and thick and something I knew I’d have to listen to 100 times to get the full scope of the production.
My Ignite DC Proposal
I just submitted my Ignite DC proposal. I’ve been bombarding my social networks with Instagram pics, mostly as a big exeriment with the social platform, but too many great stories have come from my experience. So, I felt the need to present this to a larger community, and it made perfect sense to propose this to [...]
It’s all about the silos.
Photo taken down Byrnesville Road in Eureka, Missouri during the Christmas holiday break 2011-2012.
Super Bowl and Social TV
What will the trends say about how social media integrated with the Super Bowl? I look forward to reading the articles tomorrow morning. For me, I kept it low key this year, since my iPhone’s screen had a short in it over the weekend, which turned it into a paperweight at the worse times. After [...]
Winter Trees at the National Mall
This photo was shot in front of the visitor’s center at the Washington Monument, looking towards the National Mall and the U.S. Capitol. View on Statigr.am.
Lawn restoration on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol
Ground crews are restoring the Mall lawn and making other improvements. The work includes the installation of engineered soil medium to resist soil compaction, durable turf varieties and granite edging. New sustainable systems to improve soil drainage and collect stormwater for irrigation will reduce the use of potable water and help improve regional water quality. [...]
Must be pie day. Holy glutton
Just another day at the Breaking News Cafe at Gannett’s corporate headquarters.
Road Trip to Luray Caverns
Lindsey surprised me with a road trip to Luray Caverns for the holiday weekend. She kept it a secret most the way along the trip. I finally figured it out when we started taking back roads, and the signs became quite obvious. I’m no stranger to caves. I’ve spent most my life in Missouri, which [...]
When you lose your voice…
I was sick last week and stayed at home for a couple days, then the lack of voice carried on for another week. Just my luck, this is the time when I needed my voice the most, since: I met my web producer’s parents for the first time, as they flew in from San Diego [...]
Concert Review: Tiesto DESTROYS at the DC Armory
The armory was the perfect ambience for what was to be one of the biggest shows on Tiesto‘s tour with a sold out crowd of nearly 10,000 trance fans. While Tiesto is just a DJ, he is like no other DJ the world has ever seen. He’s played at the opening ceremony of the Olympics [...]
Instagram – Review: My Favorite iPhone App of 2011 So Far
I never expected my favorite social media app of 2011 would be based on photography. With all the data aggregating and mining going on in app development, I expected to fall in love with a smarter news aggregator or some other time-saving tool. After using this program for a few days, I’m impressed with its [...]
Somehow I’m Still Losing Weight
At the beginning of January, I set my biggest goal for the year: To finally lose this weight and be what is considered normal according to the BMI scale, which is about 80 pounds less than I am now. Pretty hefty goal, I know. And granted I haven’t given it ANY attention, yet I’m still [...]
Making Hummus For The First Time
I’m not much of a chef, but part of me wants to be one of those guys who can really whip up a great dish. I’m not saying this is my launch into a newfound hobby, but I’m logging my attempt at making hummus in order to perfect the taste each time I make it. [...]
100 Sit-ups Each Visit To The Gym
This weight loss journey is going to take some time, and I’ve planned out 3 different levels of progress: a 41-week plan, a 29-week plan, and an aggressive 22-week plan. It comes down to losing 2, 3, or 4 pounds a week. The minimum healthy weight loss goal is 2 pounds a week, but realistically [...]
Weight Loss and 2011
It’s that time of year again when the weight loss programs are in full effect. Television morning shows have guests that talk about getting in shape, and you’ll start seeing that Special K “lose 6 pounds in 2 weeks” commercial again. It does make you regret all the bad eating you’ve done since Halloween when [...]