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Faces of strangers appear in the mist of this fog,
Nothing changes upon this cracked sidewalk.
Wheels turn, gears lock, and fate find's a way.
Destined to search,
No, these feet must not falter.
The edge awaits us all.
So hold onto that rope, let your calluses build,
Please don't falter.
We're never lost; so don't hide when the thunder roars.
Then things change and the cycle is broken.
Oscar Grijalva


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Acura Integra Review by Brandon on 09/15/2006. Trim: 1999 Acura Integra GS-R Coupe, Owned 1 year.
Pros: The integra is a dream car. Theres so many things you can do to it, especially for a young tuner like myself. I love this car for its handeling and reliablity.
Cons: The only thing i don't like is that there is no middle back seat, the tray that is there in place of a middle seat is not so appealing, but does give it a more sporty look.
Overall review: Anyone who loves powerful good looking cars must buy an Integra when the time comes. Congrats Acura.
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See and share Beautiful Nature Photos and amazing photos of interesting places
WE never said farewell, nor even looked
Our last upon each other, for no sign
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San Francisco Giants: The Splash
All about the San Francisco Giants
Monthly Archive for March, 2012
SF Giants' need for RH bats bodes well for H. Sanchez, Pill, Arias
Fans and writers are the same in one respect. We sometimes tend to make too much of spring-training trends, which is dangerous because the baseball here is so much different than regular-season ball. When you get to the end of spring, though, bad trends should at least raise red flags. For the Giants, one is […] [Read More]
SF Giants pitcher Barry Zito will stay in Arizona to work on delivery tweaks
Manager Bruce Bochy said Barry Zito will not start Wednesday's Bay Bridge Series finale as planned, but instead will stay in Arizona to pitch five or six innings in a minor-league camp game, hoping he somehow can rework his delivery. Just before I came upstairs to write this, Zito was working on a tweak in […] [Read More]
UPDATE: Bochy says Hensley injury does not appear serious, plus more on Zito and Posey
UPDATE: Manager Bruce Bochy said the tightness that Clay Hensley felt was behind his knee, but head trainer Dave Groeschner does not believe the injury is serious. "I think we got it in time," Bochy said. "I can answer that better tomorrow. Talking to Dave, it sounds like it's not a big setback." Bochy was […] [Read More]
UPDATE: Bochy discusses Mike Fontenot's release
UPDATE: Manager Bruce Bochy said many factors went into the decision to release Mike Fontenot. Part of it was his play last season, when his average declined to .227, the emergence of Emmanuel Burriss and the need to balance the bench with lefties and righties. Bochy didn't say it, but Ryan Theriot's presence also played […] [Read More]
UPDATE: Twelve pitchers and no Whiteside or Stewart? It's possible
UPDATE: Manager Bruce Bochy said something interesting after tonight's 6-2 win against Texas, in which Matt Cain allowed two runs in seven innings. Management said early in camp that Eli Whiteside and Chris Stewart were competing for one backup catcher job and it was unlikely the Giants could carry Hector Sanchez as a third catcher. […] [Read More]
Fly the bearded skies: Virgin America unveils Brian Wilson plane
Posted by Katie Dowd First a bobblehead. Now this. Virgin America, the worldwide leader in trendy air travel, announced today at Giants media day that they'll be unleashing a Giants-themed plane upon the skies. As you can see, the Airbus A320 is emblazoned with the Giants logo and features closer Brian Wilson's iconic facial hair […] [Read More]
SF Giants closer Brian Wilson looks "firm" in minor-league inning
I just watched Brian Wilson throw an inning against an Arizona Diamondbacks Triple-A team. He got a groundball out, allowed a walk and a stolen base, then struck out his final two hitters. He ended the 20-pitch inning with a called third strike on a fastball to former big-league first baseman Mike Jacobs. General manager […] [Read More]
How the SF Giants' TV deal works
It used to be that nobody cared about the dollars and cents of a baseball team's local television contract. But now that those deals have skyrocketed, and fans hear numbers like $4 billion for the Dodgers and $800 million for the Padres, everyone's antennae rise. There's good reason for that. TV revenue helps teams raise […] [Read More]
Good day for SF Giants Petit, Schierholtz, Bumgarner and Crawford
The boys on the left play for the Lowell High baseball team, which flew down from San Francisco to play in a tournament in Surprise. They took two of their three games then got to watch the Giants beat Magic Johnson's Dodgers 4-1 at Scottsdale Stadium this afternoon. I know they're not Magic Johnson's Dodgers […] [Read More]
Matt Cain just got a little richer, but so did the SF Giants
Good morning. The date is March 28, 2012, which hereafter will be known as the bestest day ever for anyone who owns a baseball team or plays the game. They all just pocketed a lot more money. If you went to bed early last night, you might not have heard that Frank McCourt has agreed […] [Read More]
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Spirits to Boost your Holiday Spirit
Spice up your holiday party this year with non-traditional cocktails that are simple and elegant.
Leave it to celeb chef and mom Susannah Locketti to give us more entertaining ideas that will impress our guests.
Great cocktail ideas! My kids are always mad that they can't drink "adult" beverages like the rest of us, but now they can have their own drinks and feel more adult. Great idea here, thanks.
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"Simple elegance always endures," says Boy O Boy children's boutique owner Michelle Jackson as she speaks to the creative process of designing a nursery.
The Jamaica Observer's Style Innovator of the Year, Jackson has partnered with Thursday Life DIY diva Angelie Martin-Spencer to create comfy-chic custom-designed spaces for both mum and baby under the banner of Distinctive Nursery Design.
Themselves no strangers to motherhood, the chicsters have sought to converge all the classic elements that are sure to make mum and baby's first memories even more precious.
Every detail is considered while bearing in mind the transition that baby will make to the toddler stage...nurseries are designed to grow with the baby.
"Everything put in a room adds to the simplicity and functionality of the space," Jackson says, noting that the absence of characters gives a timeless feel.
"She will enjoy this room when she's six months, six or 16," Jackson quips, alluding to the pink, chocolate and silver wonderland she and her partner have created.
The dream nursery, she tells SO, features must-have pieces by Bratt Décor - all the rage in Hollywood among celebrity parents like Mario Lopez, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony and Kourtney Kardashian - as well as accessories from Dwell Studio. She mentions, too, haute brands like IIe Baby and Serena & Lily are also available.
"We don't do the bed-in-a-bag thing," says Jackson, "our custom-made beddings - the crib is always the focal piece - and window treatments are designed by Angelie."
Theirs is a creative space, where wall treatments and flooring harmonise to perfectly frame bonding time between mum and her little one.
"Our approach to décor is fundamentally a pairing of style and practicality...these rooms are made specially to cater to baby's journey."
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We will run through the most common data visualisation tools. You'll learn how to create graphs with Datawrapper, interactive timelines with TimelineJS, interactive maps with Google Fusion Tables, and how to do some low level crowdsourcing with Google Forms and other tools.
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Dr. Chuck Staben was installed as the University's 18th president on Friday, September 19th, at 1:25 p.m.
Chuck and Mary Beth Staben visit the UI Archaeological dig at the Boise VA Center led by UI Anthropology Professor Mark Warner.
President Chuck Staben, Dean Corinne Mantle-Bromley and College of Education community break ground on renovation 2014
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President Chuck Staben and Judy Runstad during Spring Commencement 2014
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 12:40 pm PT (03:40 pm ET)
Microsoft recruits iPad owners for study on its Redmond campusMicrosoft recently offered owners of Apple's iPad a "gratuity item" in exchange for participating in a survey later this month at the software giant's Redmond, Wash., headquarters.
On Tuesday, TechCrunch first noted that Microsoft, via its official Facebook page, was asking for iPad owners to come to Microsoft's Redmond campus between July 16 and July 21 for the study. Since then, the event listing has been removed from Facebook.
The original posting, from the Microsoft User Research group, noted that the Windows maker wanted to talk to iPad owners for two hours, to find out how they use the device. Specifically, Microsoft was interested in speaking with students who own an iPad.
Interested users were asked to submit a range of personal information, including their name, phone number and occupation, to email@example.com. Those who would be selected for the study were offered a "Microsoft gratuity item."
Whether the study was canceled, or its quota was filled, is unknown. As of Tuesday afternoon, it is no longer listed as an event on the company's Facebook page.
The development follows statements from Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer this week, who said that new tablet devices running the Windows 7 operating system will launch in the coming months to compete with Apple's iPad. The hardware will be created by a number of manufacturing partners, including Asus, Dell, Samsung, Toshiba and Sony. Microsoft is looking to cash in on the new found hype around tablet computers, after Apple's touchscreen iPad sold 3 million devices in its first 80 days of availability.
One partner missing from the list of hardware vendors: HP. Even though Microsoft and HP introduced a new "slate PC" running Windows 7 at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the computer maker has since scrapped that project. The change of direction came after the company purchased smartphone maker Palm for $1.2 billion, and a new tablet-style device is expected to run the webOS mobile operating system.
But rather than run a lightweight, mobile operating system on a tablet, like Apple has done in porting iOS to the iPad, Microsoft is still pushing its full-fledged desktop operating system on touchscreen devices. Ballmer said this week at his company's annual World Partner Conference that the tablet PC market is "terribly important" to his company.
"This year, one of the most important things that we will do in the smart device category is really push forward with Windows 7-based slates," Ballmer said. He added that the devices will take different shapes, as will be dockable and some will have keyboards.
On Topic: Microsoft
- Microsoft looks to distance itself from Windows 8, jumps to Windows 10
- Steve Ballmer's loyalty to Microsoft will force LA Clippers to ditch Apple iPads
- Jen Taylor, voice of Microsoft Windows Cortana, prefers to use Apple's iPhone
- Microsoft, HTC use Windows Phone's Cortana to poke fun at Apple's iPhone in new ad
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She's a Goot Girl
Posted on October 12th, 2012
Josh Goot dress, Zara heels, Madewell denim shirt (Similar here at Shopbop, Benah bag
Feeling on top of the world in this neoprene Josh Goot dress with curved asymmetrical hem. I wore this to the ASOS 'In Your World' launch the other week for their Spring Summer collection drop exclusive to Oz.
This is a prime example of my number 1 style rule of wearing only 3 colours at a time (or less even). When I was spending almost everyday in New York with Geneva she started to catch on and has done an amazing summary of this style 101 session on her blog, which is a must read for all.
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The 1333 Minna Fall Artist Collection Release and ShowJuxtapoz // Thursday, 09 Jul 2009
The party kicks off July 25th, 2009. Join in for an evening of music and drinks at their shop at 1446 Haight Street near Ashbury in San Francisco, from 4 – 8pm. The best past? A generous 20% discount will be honored in the shop all day!
Following the day events, a special gallery reception will be held at 1333 Minna Studios from 9pm until they kick ya out.
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I'm going to have to disagree, brother, threat just isn't an issue in raids right now due to vengeance and you're wasting lots of itemization on Hit and Expertise. Sure you might miss a few times, but just land a few 40k SotR crits and it's smooth sailing on threat.
Reforge to Mastery in this order (meaning starting with the least worthwhile to you):
Haste, Crit, Expertise, Hit, dodge/parry (for dodge/parry, use whichever you have MORE rating of due to diminishing returns)
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INSIGHT: How smaller businesses can thrive in the new games industry
Former Call of Duty marketing director Ian McClellan, who now operates his own agency Plug and Play, offers his advice on coping with the transition of the games industry
Cyberith Virtualizer VR treadmill successfully funded on Kickstarter
An alternative virtual reality treadmill has hit its funding target on Kickstarter.
Third GaymerX expo rebrands as GX3: Everyone Games
The future of the GaymerX expo appears to have been secured, with news of new funding, a third event and a rebrand.
Wasteland 2 official release dated
More than 25 years after the original, post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 is closing in on launch.
Cult FMV title Night Trap seeking HD Kickstarter backing
The creators of '90s cult hit Night Trap have launched a Kickstarter to try and fund an HD remake of the game.
UPDATED: Sierra Games Twitter account teases Kickstarter campaign
A Sierra Games Twitter account has teased an upcoming Kickstarter campaign.
PC claims 40% of Shovel Knight sales
Successfully Kickstarted indie platformer Shovel Knight has seen PC purchases account for 40 per cent of its month one sales.
Wasteland 2 to miss August launch window
Upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2 has suffered a slight delay, developer InXile Entertainment has announced.
Uncertainties build for Kickstarted Early Access title The Stomping Land
Could The Stomping Land be about to join the list of infamous Kickstarter projects that leave their backers in the lurch?
Early Access game Maia makes over $1m
Crowdfunded Steam Early Access god game Maia has made more than $1m for indie developer Simon Roth.
Areal Kickstarter suspended, is now hunting for PayPal contributions
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has suspended funding for the controversial STALKER successor Areal.
Yogscast not ready to account for alleged $150k Winterkewl payment
An alleged payment of $150k from Yogventures developer Winterkewl to Yogscast remains unaccounted for.
Areal Kickstarter hits target amidst accusations and alleged Vladimir Putin support
The controversial 'spiritual successor' to STALKER has hit its $50k Kickstarter goal.
Winterkewl details Yogventures' demise
Lead developer at Winterkewl Kris Vale has attempted to explain the chain of events that led to last week's termination of Yogventures.
The Banner Saga: Collector's Edition coming to UK retail
A boxed Collector's Edition of indie hit The Banner Saga will be coming to UK retail on July 25th.
Yogscast Kickstarter game cancelled; backers 'unlikely' to be refunded
A Kickstarter campaign for an adventure game based on popular YouTube channel Yogscast has been scrapped, with backers likely to lose out on a refund.
Mighty No 9 looking for even more crowdfunding
Despite smashing its Kickstarter target in October of last year, the team behind platform title Mighty No 9 has decided to ask for yet more crowdsourced funding.
There are over 125 Kickstarted games currently available on Steam
A good reminder of what Kickstarter has contributed to the games industry can currently be found over on Steam.
Video Games: The Movie premieres worldwide next month
Variance Films' Video Games: The Movie is set to premiere this July, according to a new trailer for the movie.
RailSimulator co-dev Oovee sees Steam sales success with Spintires
A hardcore driving simulation called Spintires is currently the second best selling game on Steam.
Double Fine brings Broken Age to iPad
Episodic adventure game Broken Age is available now on iPad, developer Double Fine has announced.
VIDEO: Oculus Rift-compatible VR gloves appear on Kickstarter
If a headset and motion treadmill weren't enough, now gamers can add gloves to their VR shopping list.
It's now easier to start a Kickstarter
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has simplified its rules for project submissions down to three basic principles in an effort to make the platform easier to use.
Wasteland 2 creator says there's no Kickstarter fatigue
Kickstarter is not declining in popularity, but developers are finding it increasingly difficult to find popular niches, says InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo.
Against the odds, Amplitude hits its Kickstarter goal
Harmonix has successfully achieved its crowdfunding goal for an HD remake of its cult rhythm action game Amplitude.


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Day 12 - Your favorite funny scene: The French Mistake (6x15)
It wasn't so hard, choose one episode. But Choose one scene?
I love The French Mistake. I can't even describe how I felt when I watched it for the first time. It was the best gift from the writers. I love Meta!Misha, I love jokes about names.
But OK, if I have to choose one scene, I probably go with the shooting scene. I mean, Jared and Jensen playing Sam and Dean playing Jared and Jensen playing Sam and Dean? It's legendary. It's genius. It always lifts my spirit.


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This morning, we opened Pedro's Park, our beginner terrain park, located on Bambi and just beyond Thumper. This park includes four features, a jump and a rainbow, and a jump with a box. Like with our big terrain park, Don Diego, we looked at last year's beginner park and adjusted last year's layout based on what we saw people using most. The most popular feature last season, by far, was the jump we created, so this year, instead of one jump, you get two. Pedro's Park is a little more advanced than last year, but it's still a solid beginner park - perfect to practice on before hitting Don Diego.
Speaking of, we've had a lot of really great feedback on the new Don Diego park, and I will tell you: it is one beautiful park. If you missed last weekend's King/Queen of the Hill Terrain Park compeition, you missed one of the best park comps we've ever had on our mountain. A very special thank you to NM(X) Sports and all of the workers at this event. Here's a short video featuring the Don Diego Park and even some of the skibike demos from the 2014 SkiBikeFun SkiBike Festival.
About a dozen of our instructors - including me and our general manager, Gary Forrest - have participated in the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) training over the last couple of days. During these 16 hours, the PSIA instructor (who hails from Aspen) is sharing his best practices with us on how we can be better instructors for our students. We recognize that many of our guests are on a budget and are skiing with us for a short period of time. We, as instructors, want to make sure that they are learning as much as they can so they can enjoy not only our hill this visit, but also terrain for future visits, wherever they ski or snowboard. Think of this as as instruction for instructors. It's an important piece of our resort, and one I am proud to be a part of.
Mountain manager John Paul (green jacket) and general manager Gary Forrest (brown jacket) participate in the PSIA clinic at Sipapu.
Yesterday, I skied the trees on No Caboose, and the snow was fantastic. While this wasn't powder skiing, I decided to go into the trees and think of them as moguls, and I had one of the best runs all winter. Because this run is so shaded by the trees, the snow has held up really well. This is one of those runs that doesn't get a lot of traffic, so if you're looking for a quiet, challenging run, give this one a try.
Speaking of powder skiing, here's an interesting fact: our driest January on record was in 2011 when we received 2" of snow for that entire month. Want to guess our 2nd-best (in terms of total snowfall) month *ever*? February 2011. That month, we picked up 56" of snow. It's looking like snow is expected beginning this Friday, January 31, and we could get back-to-back storms next week. We're hoping to beat 2011 this February.
In the meantime, just a quick reminder to please stay in control on the hill. We all love to let 'er rip on these fast groomers, but please watch your speed, especially in our slow zones.
At 1:00 this afternoon, we dropped the ropes on Don Diego: our Don Diego terrain park is now open.
Our largest park on the mountain has 14 features, including six jumps and eight rails/boxes. Up to seven features are placed in a row and could be linked on a single pass through the park. Our features include:
- 18-foot gap with a 10-foot torpedo
- 12-foot long box
- 16-foot gap with a 14-foot flat rail
- 35-foot gap with a 22-foot flat rail
- 20-foot long A-frame box
- 10-foot gap with an 8-foot flat rail
- 10-foot gap with a barrel tap
- 10 foot gap with a 6-foot mini-rainbow rail
We're very proud of this park - we were intentional about bringing back the most popular features from previous seasons while improving those that were underutilized in the past. We're excited to unveil it right before this weekend's King/Queen of the Mountain Terrain Park Comp - happening this Saturday! Cost is $30 and includes lift ticket, entry fee and lunch.
Part of the Don Diego Terrain Park. For more photos of features, please click here.
I also want to personally thank everyone who has sent us - and especially the Bolander family - their sympathies as we mourn Lloyd's loss. The family is planning a special day to celebrate his life, and we hope everyone can join us for that. We will announce that very soon.
This morning, Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort's founder, Lloyd Bolander passed away. Words cannot express the impact this man had on our community, on the tens of thousands of kids he taught to ski, on his staff, on his family - on all of us who were fortunate enough to know him. More information - including how the family will commemorate his life - will be forthcoming. In the meantime, here is the resort announcement:
Lloyd Bolander, founder of New Mexico's Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort, has died, 62 years after he opened northern New Mexico's oldest ski area.
Bolander passed away on Monday, January 20, at his home in Vadito, just miles from the resort he founded. He was 86 years old.
"Lloyd was one of the last true pioneers of New Mexico. He and Olive had a vision for their family and community that they successfully brought to fruition through their vibrant spirits and sheer determination. That vision is carried on by his children and those of us that are blessed to be a part of his family," said Sipapu managing partner James Coleman. "He never stopped learning and striving to be his best. He directly impacted the lives of tens of thousands and will be dearly missed."
A New Mexico native, Bolander grew up in Penasco, and began skiing at age three, shooting the gaps between pine trees on U.S. Hill near Taos on skis purchased from Montgomery Ward.
In 1950, Lloyd and his new bride, Olive, bought 13 acres of riverfront property in the Sangre de Cristo mountains with a simple but meaningful desire to create a sustainable life doing something they loved in the valley they called home. Two years later, Lloyd opened his ski area with a 100-foot-long portable rope tow and charged 50 cents per lift ticket. He christened his slope "Sipapu," a Tewa word for "land of paradise."
Over the years, Lloyd – with the support of Olive, his daughter, Sue, and his son, Bruce – added and replaced lifts, put in new trails, hand-built all of the resort's slopeside lodging, and opened a rental shop, restaurant, and store.
Lloyd was most passionate about teaching others – especially children – how to ski. He founded the Sipapu School Program, which offers deep discounts to local schools who brought their classes to learn to ski (Sue, Sipapu's Ski School Director, now champions this initiative).
In 1984, Lloyd and Olive retired from their daily duties at Sipapu, although he frequented the resort regularly, usually helping his daughter teach ski school lessons. Lloyd and Olive were inducted into the New Mexico Ski Hall of Fame in 2004. Last May the Professional Ski Instructors Association recognized Lloyd for 55 years of PSIA service.
Lloyd is survived by his wife of 64 years, Olive, and his daughter, Sue (Bolander) Leslie and her husband, Bill Leslie, of Vadito; and his son, Bruce, and his wife, Winonah, of Vadito. He is also survived by four grandsons, seven great-grandchildren and countless employees, resort guests, friends and neighbors whom he counted as family.
Lloyd – along with Olive, Sue and Bruce – began Sipapu over 60 years ago, but he did more than create a ski area. He defined what it meant to pursue a passion, to be unafraid to take risks, to build a dream, to provide for a family, to support a community, to explore, to adventure, and to walk a life modestly, humbly while loving deeply.
The Bolander family will announce how they will commemorate and celebrate Lloyd's life at a later date.
We just opened Lower Gamble this morning - it had been closed for the last week or so for snowmaking. It's now back open and in great shape.
Lower Gamble - photographed January 16, 2014
We're also getting ready to build out our Don Diego terrain park. This takes our crew about four days to build, so we will be closing this run early next week to begin the work. When we're building parks, we take some time to analyze the previous year's park - which features did guests love most? Which ones were underutilized or not used properly? The contours on our mountain also make for some great "natural" features. We study those spots on the mountain that people love to jump and jib off of most and try and incorporate those elements into our terrain park. This year, we're planning over a dozen features including boxes, jumps and rails, and we're looking at shifting the layout a bit over last year.
The entrance to Don Diego
We're eager to have our park open in time for next Saturday's King and Queen of the Hill terrain park competition, sponsored by NMX Sports. For details on that, click here.
Speaking of events, we have a couple more coming up: the Black Diamond Telemark Festival is this Saturday, and there will be free clinics (including one where I take the immediate to advanced telemarkers on a mountain tour and show them the best places to tele on our hill), free demos and the free skin-up, ski-down race after the lifts close. Next Saturday, January 25, in addition to the King/Quen of the Hill comp, we'll also be hosting the SkiBikeFun 2014 SkiBike Festival! This festival includes free demos and clinics, plus there will be a special moonlight skibike parade on Saturday night, a meet-and-greet reception in the day room and another full day of skibike fun on Sunday.


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Having monitored mock drafts closely the past few months, I can report that not much surprises me. I know most of the names, and I have some notion as to where they're supposed to go. But Pat Kirwan of NFL.com stumped the Buzz band in his latest mock by throwing out a name — and it's a good name — as the Falcons' No. 1 pick.
He's Evander Hood, a defensive tackle from Missouri. His nickname is Ziggy. (Me, I don't know why a guy named Evander would need a nickname, but that's just me.) As NFL.com's scouting report notes, Ziggy had a tepid senior season. But he had a good Senior Bowl and an even better pro day, according to Frank Cooney's NFL Draft Scout, and of such things are 24th overall picks sometimes made.
OK, so you're asking: Why Ziggy? Dave Henry of Amarillo.com — Hood is from Amarillo, which rhymes with "pillow," sort of — writes that Hood's grandmother dubbed him that because he reminded her of the pillowy comic-strip character. This apparently is the same grandmother whom David Ubben of the Columbian Missourian reports will send Ziggy articles about himself via the Internet.
A confession: I don't know what Thomas Dimitroff is apt to do come Draft Day. (And neither do you.) But I do know that TD has told me more than once that he and Mike Smith value defensive tackles immensely, and I could see the Falcons spending their first pick on a DT more readily than I can them picking a marginal linebacker or even a tight end. (Peyton Youmans of the Bleacher Report expresses a similar sentiment.)
Plus, I just like the idea of a 300-pound lineman who goes by Ziggy.
Esteemed former colleague Gordon Edes, writing for Yahoo! Sports, chronicles the spring rise and the many inspirational tattoos of center fielder Jordan Schafer. Gordon — who was known as either "Hack" or "Slash" at the ol' AJC for his merciless editing of I.J. Rosenberg's copy, which occasionally warranted it — also reports that Schaefer spent $90,000 of his bonus money not on a new car but on a computer-driven batting-practice machine. Why, I have one of those in the back yard!
According to Scout.com, though, Schafer is only the 103rd-best prospect in baseball. Tommy Hanson is No. 5 on the list, and Jason Heyward, not to be confused with Justin Hayward, is No. 9. And Julio Teheran, a pitcher from Colombia, is No. 16, which surprises the heck out of the Braves blog Talking Chop.
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Gossip writers Rush & Molloy of the New York Daily News inform us that a certain former Falcons quarterback is seeking a ghost writer for his prison memoirs. The same Daily News informs us PETA is already irate. The same Daily News wonders if any Vick book would violate the Son of Sam law, which holds that a criminal cannot profit from a written account of his crimes.
Writing for the aformentioned Bleacher Report, Robert Holland suggests the Bulldogs should turn to Billy Gillispie, who just got fired after two winning seasons at Kentucky. The same Mr. Holland also lists five reasons Georgia is poised for an immediate reboundSorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
Not to be a negative Nelly, but I'd disagree on both points. Gillispie got canned because he was a terrible ambassador for Kentucky basketball, and Georgia needs a salesman as much as it needs a coach. And the Bulldogs could hire Mike Krzyzewski and they'd still stink next season. Holland notes that Georgia's returning roster is young. With the exception of Trey Thompkins and perhaps Dustin Ware, it's also remarkably untalented.
A guess: Georgia will do well to win 12 games in 2009-2010, which is precisely the number the 2008-2009 team won.
Speaking of the former Kentucky coach, here's a rather hilarious video of him being chased through the halls of Memorial Coliseum by the legendary Alan Cutler of WLEX-TV on the day Gillispie became the former Kentucky coach.
March 30th, 2009
10:30 am
No chance Gillispie should end up here. He has so much baggage and we no longer are holding it for coaches.
Anderson would an ideal coach for the Dawgs.
Ahhhh….Mike Vick. He'll probably end up on Celebrity Apprentice in a year to make sure they have an athletic train-wreck following Rodman.
Not gonna focus on names in the NFL draft….I trust Dimitroff and will support whomever he nabs.
Great job as always, Mark.
March 30th, 2009
10:31 am
Ziggy would'nt come as a total shock. We already know that Dimitroff drafts players without asking Mel Kiper what he thinks about it.
March 30th, 2009
10:34 am
I think that Dustin Ware is pretty talented but besides him and Trey Thompkins, I agree that I don't see a whole lotta hope for next year talent-wise. At least Swansey and that other kid are leaving. No offense to them, I wish them both the best, but it does free up a couple scholarships.
March 30th, 2009
10:36 am
I think Dustin Ware is a keeper. He had a pretty good freshman season. Other than Thompkins and Ware, it does get pretty dicey. Getting more out of Chris Barnes and Jeremy Price will a huge key for the next head coach.
March 30th, 2009
11:08 am
Bradley, all I know is what I read in the funny papers. Still if the great pig skin pontificators know their stuff, twenty-four is a few picks early for Ziggy. If he's the Falcon's guy, I'd think that they'd try to trade down a few picks and gain a pick or two.
March 30th, 2009
11:11 am
no kentucky teams in the final four this year mark! they should just cancel it.
I say Mark Bradley for UK Basketball coach!
March 30th, 2009
11:15 am
Dagwood Bumtead was a better player than Aundrey Bruce. Do you remember the moves he put on Mr. Dithers?
March 30th, 2009
11:16 am
You're right, I have no idea what Dimitroff will do. It's much easier after last year's draft to sit back in peace and trust the Falcons will choose wisely.
I'll ghost write Vick's book for a flat $60,000 fee (because I think it'll quickly move to the discount bin, no matter how well I write it) and the stipulation I get to use a pen name. Just have his people call my people.
All that matters is that Jordan Schafer is the No. 1-rated prospect for the Braves centerfield job. I think it will be his sooner than later. Unless, of course some team can figure out how to trade us Len Barker for him.
March 30th, 2009
11:31 am
If we draft Ziggy Hood, then we are not doing our homework. Missouri had three All-American type defenders on their defense according to the experts. William Moore, Ziggy Hood, and Sean Witherspoon. If you watched them, you would know that is not true. No way a team with a future NFL top talent at each level of the defense can have such a bad defense. You said it yourself that he had a horrible senior season. I think he is overrated. 2nd round pick at best. I don't care how well he performed at the Senior Bowl or at the combine. All that tells me is he performs when he wants to, mainly when money is on the line. I would not draft him if it were me.
I with you about UGA Bball. Thompkins was a five-star recruit, Dustim Ware a three-star, Jeremy Price a four-star and they all showed promise. Albert Jackson and Chris Barnes are solid rotation guys. Travis Leslie and Anyorah have talent they have just been ijured so far. I think Sawnsey is a good shooter that can be utilized if he stays. If not, that leaves us with an extra scholarship. The right coach can turn things around very quickly, especially if he can convince a top recruit to switch (Favors from Tech). In todays college basketball world you can turn things around in one year by signing one recruit (Beasley and K-State). To say that we are way to far off is wrong. If Capel, Jay Wright, or Anderson are hired, we will be in the tournamne within two years.
March 30th, 2009
11:42 am
Ziggy will not & SHOULD NOT BE THE SELECTION! If you understand our Defensive scheme, we already have two of our upper echalont players who will be playing & filling the role of UT, Bab & Anderson. The position of need from the tackle perspective is NT, which Hood doesn't play. He is to small to play this position & is a penitrating DT much like Bab, so this makes no sence at all! Why would we draft a player in the 1st round which plays the same position as someone who we just signed to a 5 year contract? We wouldn't! This doesn't fill one of our needs on D & our 1st round selection HAS to address an area of need!
March 30th, 2009
11:43 am
[...] AJC's Mark Bradley: Falcons Eyeing DT Evander Hood? [...]
March 30th, 2009
12:04 pm
What's up all. As most of the regulars know, I have been on the Patrick Chung at 24 bandwagon for weeks. But I'm going to make a dramatic shitf here and go with the Ziggy Hood pick. Why you may ask? Two reasons. First, one of the best defenses in football, (division rival mind you), has thrived over the last ten years with smaller, quicker DTs. As a matter of fact, this unit has finished in the top 10 in defense against the run and top 15 against the pass. The likes of Sapp, Culpepper, McFarland, and Hovan have held up well. What was the one advantage they had…HIGH quality defensive coaching. Additionally, I am moved to this pick by comments made by Coach Hamilton last year as he was evaluating the defensive line at that time. I think it set a possible precedent. Check out Coach Hamilton last year in training camp:
"You can get the job done with smaller guys but you have to be a very disruptive defense in order to stop the run," said Hamilton. "Offensive lineman are big, fat hogs that hold you if you let them. That's why it's tough for defensive linemen to come into the league and be successful if they don't have a good coach to teach them how to use their hands and keep offensive linemen from holding them."
Hood and Babs would give us a pair of tackles that would emulate what Monte Kiffin used over the past ten years to make Tampa one of the most consistent defenses in football. I think Hood makes more sense now if you check out "Sugar Bear's" words and Smitty's philosophy of aggressive line play. Thoughts??
March 30th, 2009
12:06 pm
Bradley, I've been trying to make sense out of your rather terse response. It occurred to me that you thought that I had said Mark, all I know is what I read in the funny papers, Bradley. You seem to think that I'd bestowed you with some sort of honorary title. What I said was Bradley, all I know is what I read in the funny papers. In this case I is me not you. My intent was to show a little humility, and to suggest that I don't take myself too seriously. Some people are so thin skinned don't you think? At any rate I find your existing title, village idiot, adequate and would dream of improving on it.
March 30th, 2009
12:09 pm
Nique, if one looks for defensive models and consistency, Brad's pcik here makes sense. I am using the model of the defensive line of the Tampa bay team from 1999 – 2008. This line was the anchor of a top ten defense 8 of the last 10 years. And they thrived with undersized tackles that were quick, penetrating, and aggressive.
March 30th, 2009
12:11 pm
Marko and Nique, you both know that I have been championing Patrick Chung at 24. But check out this statement from last season by DL coach "Sugar Bear" Hamilton. It lends credence to the possibiity that Hood could be taken.
"You can get the job done with smaller guys but you have to be a very disruptive defense in order to stop the run," said Hamilton. O-lineman are big, fat hogs that hold you if you let them. That's why it's tough for defensive linemen to come into the league and be successful if they don't have a good coach to teach them how to use their hands and keep offensive linemen from holding them."
March 30th, 2009
12:13 pm
Philadelphia uses a similiar approach with its defensive tackles. And they too have been very effective against the run.
March 30th, 2009
12:14 pm
Seminole, You've hit on something I've been thinking for awhile now. This defense is looking more Tampa than Jacksonville.
March 30th, 2009
12:17 pm
Vick assumes that his fans can read?
March 30th, 2009
12:18 pm
Exaxtly Marko…over that 10 year period, Buc tackles averaged 6″1, 303 pounds. And put an average of 35 tackles and 4.5 sacks each. Of course, Sapp lead the way for several years with double digits.
March 30th, 2009
12:22 pm
Hood reminds me of Saints rooke tackle Sedrick Ellis. All Ellis did last year, as a 6′1″ 305lb tackle, was get 31 tackles and 4 sacks. That would have been tops for Falcons DTs last year.
March 30th, 2009
12:26 pm
Another point. We could go with the quicker aggressive approach but take a second DT (Roy Miller or Terrance Taylor)in round five. Both of them are bigger, run stuffer type tackles.
March 30th, 2009
12:39 pm
I've got run , good stuff guy's. Mark, when I write these things I try to to think that having a couple of beers with my buds. Any and all sarcasms are good natured fun. If you detect a pompous tone, it's a sure sign I'm joking.
March 30th, 2009
12:44 pm
UGA Basketball is a mess right now. We need a top flight coach to sort it out. Gillispie not the guy for the job.
Falcons if they want Ziggy should trade down. But they need a NT.And a linebacker and a cornerback.That should be the priority.
March 30th, 2009
12:46 pm
Hey Mark, Mizzou fan here. Those stats are actually wrong. If you check Mizzou's site heres what it lists.
62 Tackles, 7 TFL and 5 sacks 2 PBU's and 2 Fumble recoverys, 1 blocked kick
He's a manbeast and great character guy.
March 30th, 2009
12:53 pm
That video is great. The reporter in better shape than the coach.
If he cannot handle Lexington's media, The Lexington report was ready to follow him into the bathroom if necessary.
I dont think he would be in a position to handle Atlanta's. Although he probably would be in better shape then a few like Steak and others. Atlanta guys would not chase him, they would just say " he had no comment."
March 30th, 2009
12:56 pm
Not even a rumor about Georgia's coach selection.
No wonder no one wants to come here.
March 30th, 2009
12:57 pm
Mark B, thanks for the compliment. Drew is dead on about Ziggy Hood's production. And he did all that with increased focus on him by other Big 12 teams.
March 30th, 2009
1:12 pm
Seminole is correct. Ziggy saw a constant double team. He missed his buddy Lorenzo Williams this year. Another thing about Ziggy was he was a 2 star DE coming out of high school. Came to campus at 245 Lbs, and just exploded in the weight room with Pat Ivey. Played as a true freshman at DT at probably 275 pounds and continued to grow. Has a very good spin move that he showed at Senior Bowl. Should be a solid 4-3 DT in the NFL.
March 30th, 2009
1:16 pm
If I could only figure out a way to get both Hood and Chung in the first two rounds for my beloved Birds?
March 30th, 2009
1:21 pm
Ziggy Hood is a nightmare on DFence. He was the only one playing good defense when we played them. He Tore us up from the floor up.
March 30th, 2009
1:56 pm
So let me get this straight…
On one hand, we have "Ziggy" who had a bad Senior season but a good Pro Day and is moving up the Draft charts.
On the other hand, we have Michael Johnson, named first team All-American (AFCA); a first team All-ACC selection; a member of most of GA Tech's special teams; one of three of GA Tech's Team Captains last season; he led the team and ranked third in the ACC in tackles-for-loss (17.5) last season; he ranked third in the ACC in sacks (9.0); he forced three fumbles; he recovered one fumble; he had one interception return for a touchdown; he had one blocked field goal; he was credited with seven pass break-ups; there are only 10 players in NCAA history who have blocked more career field goals (3) than him; he had 31 career tackles-for-loss, which ranks tied for 16th in Tech history; his 19 career sacks rank seventh in Tech history; he caused 10 fumbles during his career; he three of his tackles were for loss, including two sacks, and he forced a fumble against LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl ; AND Michael had a great Pro Day.
Please tell me why Michael Johnson is considered a "risk" and "Ziggy" is considered someone worthy of being selected in the First Round ahead of Michael.
March 30th, 2009
2:00 pm
Oh, and Michael was double teamed most of the year and Eugene Monroe, from Virginia, the Offensive Tackle that is projected to go somewhere in the Top 5 of the Draft, said that Michael Johnson is the toughest player he ever went against in his entire career.
March 30th, 2009
2:07 pm
Glenn, 62 tackles and 5 sacks at DT is not a bad year. The stats on the NFL website as well as draftscout.com are in error. The dish does not lie and I saw some of Hood's games. He is definately what he appears to be. Johnson reminds me too much of what we saw three years ago when the front office fell in love with Jamaal Anderson. I'm not saying that he is but we are set at DE. Davis will emerge as a surprise to many this season as he becomes a full time starter. Prior to this year, the team did all it could to justify drafting Anderson in the first round and it just has not worked at DE. Davis will garner at least 5 to 7 sacks this year and with improved interior play, lead by Babs and Hood, the 2009 Falcon defensive front will shock the league in the manner the 2008 Falcons offensive line did.
March 30th, 2009
2:19 pm
Most of Johnson's "dominance" came against bad teams; a stark reminder of what happened in the SEC West when Anderson had his "breakout". Do not get me wrong; I wish him the best and hope that he lives up to the incredible potential he flashes. I just do not see us going that route with Davis, Anderson, and Abraham already on board at DE with Biermann in certain pass-rushing roles when needed.
March 30th, 2009
2:24 pm
ESPN's scouting report on Hood is not accurate. He had a very good senior season; their stats are nowhere close to accurate. They list him as having 23 tackles, 2.5 for loss, and 1.5 sacks. His real stats: 62 tackles, 7 for loss, 5 sacks. Still not out of this world, but pretty darn solid for a defensive tackle (tough to really pile up stats at that position when teams are always passing, too).
I have no clue where they got their numbers from, but they are not accurate.
March 30th, 2009
2:27 pm
Actually I just discovered the source of their numbers: they list the stats from his true freshman season. He was not even a starter at that point.
March 30th, 2009
2:36 pm
SeminoleWarrior, why don't you go back and ask Eugene Monroe who HE thinks the toughest Defensive Lineman he's played against in his 4 years of College ball?
If he warrants being selected as one of the top 5 picks in the Draft, in one of the most critical positions for an offense (the one that protects the QB), then I'd say he's probably a pretty good judge as to whether Michael is a slacker or not.
If you had been watching any of GA Tech's games, you would have seen that Michael was double teamed most of the year, and as the season progressed and injuries took their toll on Tech's linebackers and defensive backs, Michael was used in a wide variety of different ways in which to cover for the inexperience on Tech's defensive side of the line.
Michael often time used his massive reach to have a slow rush to one side of the field to take away passing lanes and allow safeties and linebackers to shift towards the center and other side of the field. In other words, Michael was able to funnel plays to the strength of Tech's defense just by his presence.
Most people don't realize that GA Tech was so decimated by injuries and lack of scholarship players that Michael was playing virtually every down on defense and special teams. In spite of all that, Michael never complained and his personal statistics increased during the course of the season (as the temperature cooled).
March 30th, 2009
2:39 pm
Here is my opinion on why Damon Evans apparently had so little interest in Coach Grant: it would mirror the Felton hire too much. Meaning hiring a young, promising coach that has had success at a lesser Division-1 school to lead a "major" program. I personally don't think you can go about business with that mindset, and maybe I'm wrong, but it's the only reason I can think of.
Now, as far as Billy G is concerned, I'd be okay with it. In fact, I actually believe he will be the next coach at UGA. Now, that isn't to say he's going to be Evans' first choice by any means. However, at best, both Capel and Anderson would be making a lateral move by taking the UGA job, but realistically, both would be taking a step down. I can't see why either would leave their current position for the UGA job.


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Discuss: Why collect data about yourself?
Personal data fascinates me. I collect data about myself mostly as a way to journal and document the present so that I can look back on it later - similar to how someone else might flip through an old photo album.
In just about every interview I've read with Nicholas Felton, author of several personal annual reports, he's asked how the data, or rather the information from that data, has changed his behavior. For the most part, it doesn't. It's more of an interesting view into the past year for him.
However, there are plenty of others who collect data in an effort to change their behavior in some way. They might be trying to lose weight or stay more disciplined with their exercise regimen.
The Question
So if you collect data about yourself, whether it be an automated system or with pen and paper, why do you do it? How long have the you been doing it? What do you track? Have you found anything interesting or surprising from your data?
If you don't collect data, what's holding you back?
Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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I am diabetic and therefore collect my sugar levels everyday (like 6 times per day). This helps me to "understand" my metabolism, my diet and my stress levels… It is not linear, and there are a lot of trial & error but I have my whole life to learn…
At one time, over a period of a couple of months, I was using a spreadsheet to track everything I ate, calories burned through exercise and daily weight in an effort to reach a target weight for competition. I was using it to predict how long it would take to reach a goal weight and evaluate whether what I was doing was working or not. I found it surprising that there was a difference in my perception of how much food I required and how much food I actually required. Also surprising was that it helped me develop some habits around food that stuck with me after I stopped tracking.
1. I don't collect data on myself because data is theory-laden, which means I have to maintain a consistent theory of myself in order for the data to gain meaning and retain meaning.
My self-model is gooey. I like it that way. I don't want it to harden.
2. If I capture the data consciously, that means I'm thinking about the data while I'm living my life. Data capture would therefore be intruding on my life experience. No thank you. I don't want "data" to dominate my life. I don't want to live a second-order life. First-order, please.
Collecting data about one's self is just the geeky equivalent of writing a diary. Nobody could say it's a bad thing to sit and write down your thoughts each day. Collecting data is one other way to do it.
My own personal data collection? I keep a record of whether it rains or not when I commute to work:
(note – the viz has not been updated since March, since when it's been absurdly dry; I will update it soon with the newest data…)
Why? To silence the people who say "I don't cycle because it rains too much"
@Jame Bach – I appreciate your sentiment, but what would your opinion be of someone writing a diary – is that an example of data-driven reflection on life?
Currently I collect:
– running and biking stats (day, distance, time)
– weigh lifting stats (day, weight, type of exercice, nb)
– books I read, games I play, Movies & Tv episodes (day of start, day of finish)
– weight
– money
I plan to collect (next year):
– stats from computer usage
– stats from productivity (todolist, projects, etc)
– stats from my business
– stats from nutrition (for some months)
I think that important things to consider when collecting are:
– it's better if it's automatic
– it's better if it's positive
– it's better if it's objective
– it shouldn't be a burden to report, we don't want to be addicted to that
– it's ok if we miss some reporting
– it has to mean something or help us in some way
@bob I'm working on a piece of software for tracking and analyzing weight-lifting/calisthetics type data. I'd love to hear any features you'd love to have in such a program.
I use CalorieKing for tracking what I eat and a fitbit for daily activity.
oops, my email is [email protected]. I see now Paddy also uses a fitbit below. I'm mostly just using mine for my steps. Oh, and I also use a Polar F11 to track the calorie expenditure and effort during my workouts. I'm planning on starting a blog on tracking health/exercise data, but work, family and software development seem to have filled up my time for now. BTW I love this blog. Cheers.
I started collecting personal data when I embarked on a weight-loss adventure of my own making, and began maintaining a detailed food diary. I ended up learning a TON through that process, really woke up to what I had been eating for years, and what that was getting me. This was definitely an area in which tracking affected the results, in a totally positive way for me. Dropped 80 lbs and developed awareness and habits that I simply did not have before, and likely still wouldn't, if not for the data closing that huge information gap I had.
I've since moved on to collecting data on workouts (via heart-rate monitor and annotations), and I've picked up a fitbit (http://www.fitbit.com) to track step counts/distance, sleep data, and to integrate all of that with the food intake data. This is a work in progress, but the fitbit site has some decent pre-configured ways to present data and compare your performance with others. Neat stuff there, and a premium package is now on offer for real data geeks…
I'm definitely interested in as much automated collection as possible, but if I'm motivated (as I was with the food diary) and it's not grossly inconvenient (I sit at a computer 8+ hrs a day, so logging is not a lot of extra work), then I'll do some extra work to get results I'm interested in.
I don't see this behaviour as artificial or intrusive at all, but rather as an often surprising exercise in self-discovery. This one is guided by data as opposed to (strictly) intuition or emotions, but it is about self-discovery nevertheless (for me, anyway).
I collect my blood glucose level every 5 minutes through a continuous glucose monitor stuck in my gut.
I log carbs, protein and fat intake.
I cycle, so I log routes, miles, pace, cadence, grade and heart rate.
I am a type 1 diabetic. All data I can collect, analyze and take action on improves my health and prolongs my life.
And it's a huge pain in the ass.
I've been posting a daily mugshot of myself on a website (dailymugshot.com) for over 400 days now, just for the hell of it really & a bit of fun :)
I track:
– Runninng (auto through Nike+)
– Heart Rate while Running (manual in spreadsheet, through Timex Wristwatch and chest band)
– Weight / Fat Mass / Lean Mass / BMI (daily, auto through Withings scale and site)
– Waist/Hip Circumference (daily, manual in spreadsheet)
– Pushups, Pullups, Situps, Squats (daily, manual in spreadsheet)
– Blood Pressure and Pulse (daily, manual in spreadsheet)
I track these things because I can have an overview of how my health is doing and act accordingly if necessary to optimize it. I don't feel wasting time or dominated by this.
-Income / Expenses (manual through Quicken Essentials)
– Books Read (manual, Google Books)
– News/Blog Posts Read (Google Reader)
– Movies Watched (manual, iMDB)
– Places I've Been (FourSquare)
I track finances as a way to improve wealth knowing where I'm spending more, how often, etc.
I think these other trackings are fun to track and enhance my memory.
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I track date, distance, location, and time in a running log. If there was something notable about the run, I write that down too. I have a Polar watch that stores the last several runs, but then I copy them out longhand into a journal.
The only hard core data collection I've done has been thru your.flowingdata.com, where I tracked everything I consumed for three weeks. I kept a google spreadsheet which I updated with nutrition labels for everything I consumed. If I didn't have a nutrition label (usually I could find one) I didn't eat it.
That's as far as I've gotten. Next step is to merge the your.flowingdata tsv with the google doc – I used the same id in both the logging and the google doc so I can do this.
Ultimate goal: To create a sort of "game", where I understand all of the nutrition I consume and all of the energy I output. Essentially, there are certain levels of nutrition that I can expect to require for, say, an evening workout… or even more so for something ridiculous, like a 9 mile run.
If I know how I expect to expend the energy I receive from the food I eat, then I should be able to make very informed decisions about what I need to eat – i.e., know where my nutrition is, use that to decide what to eat for lunch (for example) and be completely prepared for an intense pool workout… or, no workout, which requires a difference balance of nutrition.
Hypothetically, whenever I'm hungry or thirsty, etc., I can reference a sort of "recommended nutrition" for that moment based on how I plan to use the energy, and find foods that fit that profile. The matching foods to nutrition recommendations is right along the lines of my work for Booklamp.org
I'm a ways from making this happen. I hope I don't let it just fizzle out. I really like the idea of personal data collection… interesting that Feltron mentions that it doesn't change his personal behavior much.
Additionally, I write my twitter posts (@countrynole) with some audience in mind, as we all do, but I also collect all of my posts via Google Reader with the intention of using it as a perspective on my own history. Booklamp does not really deal with text passages that short (right now), but there's also some interesting thoughts about analyzing my historical tweets en masse. That's a large project for a day way down the line.
Thanks for the post. I'm a fan of data collection in general, but if we all collected personal data and had a way to intelligently parse that, we'd all be better off.
I track how I spend most of my time throughout the day in Microsoft Outlook's calendar and my Google Calendar, including travel time, productive vs. unproductive work, meetings, etc. I've been doing it since January 2010, and it helps me perform the following:
– Understand where I spent my time. This has the benefit of being able to report on exactly how long it takes me (on average) to perform a particular work task, and to plan future work tasks accordingly.
– Track how much time is wasted. Shockingly, I've never broken the "50% of my time being wasted per day, on average" barrier. I believe this is due to the incredible amount of task switching required of me in cubicle land, and that I tend to spend WAY too much time doing reporting activities rather than actually productive work. Sure, my reporting activities help management make some decisions, but most of my reporting is still not automated and an effort that usually doesn't change management's decisions in the end anyway.
– Budget in more time throughout my days to spend on just thinking, creating ideas for new ways of doing things, and to just generally structure more time that will lead to more productivity rather than more spinning my wheels.
I don't keep data on myself because I don't want to set it up.
If there was a site that I could customize what I want to track then get an email every day that told me to fill out my personal data survey, I would.
I track my sexlife at bedposted.com (duration, intensity, positions).
Knowing how often and how each activity was, is exciting (pun intended) and makes me feel wanting more, which is good.
@ Dataist
You can customize an online form using Google Spreadsheets with any data you want.
About the notifications, just set some calendar to send you an email everyday.
I take snapshots of my tag cloud in Google Reader every 6 months or so. It's neat to see how my interests shift.
Hello, Nathan. I track "mood", "costs", "bloging" (idea – 1 point, draft – 2 point, post – 3 point), listen podcast (counter).
@Andy Cotgreave, thanks for link. Tableau it's good, but Your.FlowingData amazing!
I currently track steps/calories with fitbit (2 mo) and at various points in the past have tracked spending information with spend lite for iphone (4 mo) and recurring tasks such as watering plants, exercise, etc. with an app i wrote (4 mo).
different types of tracking have different utility for me. spend tracking directly affected my spending behavior — it was pretty easy to rebudget based on how i was actually spending. in contrast, fitbit simply makes me feel better about exercising because i can see a record of it afterward. task tracking helped me turn tasks into habits.
I have kept my personal expences for the last 5.5years and fund it very usefull to know how i spend my money. Info is very detail.
I usually just collect data on my spending to make sure I'm sticking to budgets and meeting financial goals. But I was actually inspired by The Feltron Report recently. I've just started a month-long data collection of how I spend my time, how much I read, and what I eat. It would be fun to have the data (although a bitch to collect and log) to play with and use my analytical/data visualization skills, but I'm sure it'll also lead to some interesting findings about myself and areas of success and improvement.
Oops: I forgot to add I asked this a while back: Related: Attention Data Hounds: What Personal Data Are You Tracking? – http://matthewcornell.org/2009/06/attention-data-hounds-what-personal-data-are-you-tracking.html
[I don't think my first try went through.] That is the central question and the whole point – to gain insight, change behavior, and ultimately be happier. The "Tool Trap" (focusing on tools, rather than purpose) is tempting, esp. to us early-adopting self-tracking pron-loving geeks (myself included!)
I think what's missing in the data-tracking movement is a cohesive philosophy of life that puts tracking in a larger perspective. In our Think, Try, Learn work, that philosophy is the scientific method, with the idea being treating everything in our lives as a kind of experiment. So rather than a data-driven life, I think we should be thinking of it as an *experiment*-driven one. That way people have a process and a goal, not just an activity. I tried to express this at http://www.matthewcornell.org/2010/06/the-experiment-driven-life.html. Still working on it…
Re your questions: I've been tracking decisions I make and lessons I learn for about four years. I wrote about these: A Key To Continuous Learning: Keep A Decision Log (http://matthewcornell.org/blog/2007/04/key-to-continuous-learning-keep.html) and Some Thoughts From Tracking "lessons Learned" For A Year (http://matthewcornell.org/blog/2006/12/some-thoughts-from-tracking-lessons.html).
I've started more vigorous tracking in our TTL tool, Edison, the experimenter's journal. It's our first attempt to support people thinking of life-as-experiment. It's at http://edison.thinktrylearn.com/ if anyone wants to check it out. We don't have a data layer yet – we have to use one of the many tracking tools available (hey – one user is using yfd – http://edison.thinktrylearn.com/experiments/show/163), but I think there might be room for a tool that puts data tracking in the scientific perspective. The most common topics there are health-related, though we have productivity ones too. My focus is on health, along with developing my TTL work (writing the book and developing Edison), both of which are tasty meta-experiments.
Re: holding me back, I think tool usability is still being fleshed out. I recently reviewed all the iPhone apps I could find, but nothing has blown me away yet. (Unfortunately, the one that supports yfd – Your Flowing Data Uploader- only works on iOS 4.) Capturing data must be extremely fast, or compliance drops way off. Surprises: Well, for sleep there are so many variables that it's hard to do good science. Another is I found that cutting out one of my mood disorder meds made resulted in no change – a big and welcome surprise.
Great questions!
I search the internet looking for references to myself. It sounds vain, but I have learned a great deal about where my online activity ends up, plus I am learning a lot about how internet applications use personal data.
This is an awesome idea, I'd be interested in tracking proper psychometrics. Then you could correlate these with life events; a change in diet, excercise, job, relationship – may seem like pretty obvious correlations, i.e. I just got a great job now I'm happier than when I was destitute, but if you had more detailed indicators of outlook, values and mental states you might find some pretty interesting things (might be difficult it is to get objective measures – any suggestions of decent metrics?). Make your own income-contentment curves and sort out once and for all whether money buys your happiness!
Unfortunately, I've never attempted to collect data about myself, other than my elementary attempt of keeping a journal once when I was a kid, and it was ultimately derailed once my sister quoted me about it. But that is an interesting proposition, especially if they're just vague representations just like the image above.


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It's hard to compete with the 10,000-plus tasty new flavours of store-bought crackers out there, but if you're up for "eatin' like a bird" with one of your snacks this week, you'll see why these crackers are a sure winner.
Loaded with protein, fibre, a slew of vitamins and minerals, and the best fats you can get, the seeds are the real nutritional stars. Just a small serving each day helps to lower cholesterol, regulate blood sugar, and keep you flowing through your vinyasa class.
Plus, given that their flavour profile resembles a decadent rosemary, olive oil, sea-salt focaccia, they're super tasty to boot.
1. Preheat oven to 300°F and line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. In a small bowl, mix the sunflower, sesame, and hemp seeds. Take ¼ cup of the seeds out and put them in a separate bowl. Add the poppy seeds to this bowl and set aside. You will use this smaller bowl of seeds to top the crackers at the end.
3. In a medium bowl, add the oat flour, ground flax, salt, rosemary, and the original bowl of seeds (the one without the poppy seeds).
4. In another small bowl whisk together the olive oil and water. Add it to the flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined.
5. Divide the batter evenly on the two cookie sheets. Spread as thinly as possible. This is best done with an offset spatula, but a rubber spatula will also work. Sprinkle on the remaining seeds.
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Mike O'Mary is founder of Dream of Things, and a writer of essays, fiction, drama and sketch comedy. He has published stories and essays in the Sunday magazines of the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Baltimore Sun, Cleveland Plain Dealer and Detroit Free Press, and in Catholic Digest, and he was a regular commentator on WNIJ – Northern Illinois Public Radio, doing weekly commentaries as part of the local segment of National Public Radio's Morning Edition program. He has also written and produced sketch comedy in Chicago.
Mike is a graduate of Knox College (BA in Economics and English-Writing), the University of Montana (MFA in Creative Writing, MA in English Literature), and the Second City Comedy Writing Program. In addition to his creative work, Mike has more than 20 years of experience in corporate communications, producing speeches, annual reports and other executive communications for many leading corporations.
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- March 23, 2010 at 5:35 am
Hello Mike
Your Dream of Things website is amazing, totally wonderful. It has a very fresh feel to it, also a lovely sort of fantasy appeal that really lifts the spirit, and the colours you use are great. I wish I could put together a site that looked so good. I also love the 'Hello Friends' opening too. There, what else can I say to express my admiration for what you are doing?
I write for some web magazines, http://www.seniorwomen.com being one of my favourites, and I would love to contribute to Dream of Things. I will send you a piece very soon if that's ok.
Just to mention you had a note recently about someone from Ireland finding you – well, I'm Irish too, but I ran out of that corrupt little island to live in France, down in the very south, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. I'm in a tiny hamlet of only five occupied dwellings. It's very peaceful, a fantastic place to be.
I have written a lot about life here, mostly for a rather upmarket Country Life magazine. I did that for four years and now of course am working on a novel, which is a challenge. I have so many ideas for things to write about that sometimes nothing gets done, that's my problem. Endless notes and not enough projects finished.
I would love to have a fortnightly or monthly column which would introduce a deadline (and some income!) but in this recession I am afraid the word 'freelance' gets a negative response from most Editors.
However, I love writing. It's what I adore about living here, having the time to do it. So, thanks for producing such a great site and good luck for the future.
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