Category Archives: awesome

The Gift for the Man Who Has Everything

Gordon Moore, co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore’s Law, personally wished me a happy birthday this year.

This is Mike’s birthday gift to me this year. He’s spending so much time with important billionaires he was a little late getting a card in the mail. I guess I can forgive […]

My Simpsons Avatar

Woody created one first. Here’s my Simpsons avatar created on The Simpsons Movie website.

The Best 5 Second Video on the Internet

Steve sent me the gif version of Chipmunk… “somebody in this room…” today at work — I watched it endlessly.

Black Bear Sighted on Goat Mountain

Last Saturday I came seconds away from crossing the path of a Black Bear.
I was mountain biking down the Spring Cove single track on the northern slope of Goat Mountain above Bass Lake. Just before the trail widens above the fire access road I heard crashing in the brush to my left. A giant […]

Bass Lake V-Drive Boat Show

I drove back up to Bass Lake this weekend for the second annual Bass Lake V-Drive Boat Show in the Pines Village sponsored by the Clasic V-Drive Club of America. Back in the 60s, 70s and 80s these boats were the coolest things on the lake and almost 80 owners turned out this weekend to […]

World of Warcraft Dancing Video

Creators of this video matched the /dance styles of World of WarCraft characters with their real-life inspirations including MC Hammer and Napoleon Dynamite.

Thanks to The Instance.

Track What I’m Doing on Jaiku

My Jaiku profile combines my public feeds — blog entries, twitter posts, music playlists, bike rides, and bookmarked links — and publishes them on a single page.
This allows me to share what I’m up to with friends and family automatically.
Will you Jaiku with me?

The Sound of Young America Meet-up

Do you like things that are awesome? I do, and that’s why I listen to The Sound of Young America, the “public radio show about things that are awesome.”
Each week on the show, host Jesse Thorn, “America’s Radio Sweetheart,” hosts in-depth discussions with personalities from the world of entertainment & the arts. Think of […]

Two of My Favorite Things, Bicycles and Donuts


Star Tours II?

I’ve never been as entertained as when I first rode Star Tours — it blew my mind and is still my favorite Disneyland ride. For years, Star Wars fans have wished for a new “destination” of the ride. Remember the video in sector one of the ride selling the vacation tours of Hoth?

It’s […]