Month: September 2011
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Return to NYC
For the first time ever, I was on an airplane that took a flight path directly over Manhattan. Flying over my apartment was thrilling…
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Photos from Alta Ghost Town, Telluride, Colorado
Photos from Alta Ghost Town, outside of Telluride, Colorado.
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A Week in Telluride, Colorado
Although I’ve been in Telluride for over a month this summer, I really started taking photos last week. Here’s a brief gallery of photos from the past week in Telluride.
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Using oEmbed for Dynamic, Futureproof Embedded Videos and Photos
When writing and maintaining the codebase of my website, I’ve always tried to adhere the the highest degree of code standards compliance, flexibility, compatibility, and future maintainability and relevance. I’ve kept the use of plugins to a minimum, and have made sure that as much site content as possible is optimillay visible without the use…
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Site Promotion Month Phase 2: Using the Hello Bar
This month, as you may have noticed, I’ve been upping the ante for promoting my site. Sure, this is just my personal website, however I do put a good amount of effort into it, and it reflects my personal brand and skillset. Additionally, I’m in the middle of a project writing a unique, original blog…
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The Beginning of The End: Manhattan Subway Cellphone Service Goes Live on Tuesday
Sara Shaker from EveryBlock, thank you for alerting me to the beginning of the end as cell phone service is switched on in the NYC Subway. Starting tomorrow (Sept. 27th), four of the 271 subway platforms in New York City will have cell phone service and Wi-Fi. Subway platforms will have service, but the tunnels…
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Sunset at Alta Lakes
Videoblog today, from Alta Lakes, outside of Telluride, Colorado. Alta Lakes Videoblog on YouTube
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Now Using MailChimp for Newsletters
After literally years of frustration trying to use Google’s Feedburner to manage and send out website newsletters, I’ve finally gotten rid of it. Feedburner, while fairly simply and seemingly powerful, has proven itself to be unreliable and slow. Although it has a direct link to my site’s RSS Feed, and is configured to send an…
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Good afternoon from the Wasatch Trail!
After hiking from the Town of Telluride to the end of the Bear Creek Trail, we’ve transitioned onto the steeper Wasatch Trail and are steadily making our way up towards the abandoned Nelly Mine… See this image in my Flickr Photostream.
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Switching from Backblaze to Crashplan: iOS Mobile App Seals The Deal
** Hello! If you’re finding this page in your research of Crashplan Vs Backblaze, or Crashplan Vs Mozy, or any other services, please be sure to read my ongoing saga with Crashplan losing my entire backup archive. Cheers! ** CrashPlan’s recent release of an iOS app solidifies my switch from Backblaze to Crashplan. Now, I…
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Ikea overload!
5 hours and $1600 worth of furniture from Ikea in Centennial, Colorado. Too much or not enough? In any case, completely furnishing three whole rooms for $1600 is pretty good. The trick now is to maintain the furniture – I’m pretty sure that there’s a significant amount of work that goes into maintaining the “room…
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Accidental Half Marathon? Hello 4-Mile Canyon.
After training for about a month at 9,000 feet in Telluride, Colorado, running in Boulder at about 5,000 feet felt great. I initially intended to go out for a quick 5K jog, but got caught up in the good vibes of Boulder Canyon and 4-Mile Canyon and ended up hacking out a half marathon. Kick…
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Mapnificent Visualizes and Answers “Where can I get to from here in how long?”
Although not a completely new tool or concept, Mapnificent‘s method of visualizing public transportation timing and connections seems to be particularly compelling. The interface makes use of the Google Maps API, and overlays a simple set of controls to maniupulate the view of the data. Simply use a couple sliders to select your city, and…
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An Entirely New “About” Section
Freshly updated on my website is my “About” section, containing all of my biographical information. I have many interests, and have been struggling with how to present them all on here in a clear, somewhat professional manner. I’ve managed to narrow the areas down to three- Interactive Media, Photography, and Outdoor Leadership. Of course, the…
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Communicate With Me – Securely.
Freshly posted on my site is my shiny new 4096bit GPG Public Key. Use this key to send me encrypted, private messages and files that only I can decrypt. I used GPGTools GPG Keychain Access GUI for Mac OSX Lion to generate the the 4096 bit key, and am posting it in the root directory…
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Infographic: What Are Bitcoins and How Are They Taxed?
The upward march of BitCoins continues.. Infographic: What Are Bitcoins and How Are They Taxed? – Nicholas Jackson – Technology – The Atlantic.
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Visualizing Magnetic Fields 2: Ferrofluid and Bubbles
Hot on the heels of the Magnetic Movie, here’s an interesting clip from photographer Kim Pimmel which visualizes magnetic fields using ferrofluids and bubbles. I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through…
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Videoblog: Via Ferrata, Telluride Colorado
Today’s videoblog post comes from the Telluride Colorado Via Ferrata route, on the falls walls above Pandora Mine. Enjoy! Videoblog: Via Ferrata, Telluride Colorado on YouTube