November 2009 Archives

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I practiced shooting a Turkey with a Bow and Arrow. I actually did pretty well for my first time!

I think I did pretty well from playing to much Zelda Twilight Princess on the Wii. I think it helps my aim.

What are you thankful for today?!?

What i'm thankful for!

Sorry I haven’t posted much lately, but after my wife and I got back from Phoenix, AZ for PodcampAZ, my wife got sick (headcold, sore throat, snotty nose). Then a few days later I got it.

My wife and I had a great time in Phoenix!

About to get on a plane with all of these great peeps to Phoenix. Especially the lady on the left!!

PodcampAZ – Day 1:

PodcampAZ – Day 2:

While I was at PodcampAZ, I got to meet two awesome guys who I had been following for about 2 years now:

Clintus

Clintus is a video blogger, father, and attention whore! He gave a session at PodcampAZ called Video Blogging on the Go. We first met when he was streaming on Justin.tv and my wife & I began watching all of his videos of him and his kids! You NEED to subscribe to his YouTube channel.

OhDoctah

Ohdoctah (AKA Owen JJ Stone) and I first met on Viddler, where he and Jay Glock created a video series called AskOhDoctah. They basically goof off, answer questions that people have and give their opinion on anything and everything. Make SURE you check out his website AskOhDoctah.

[PodcampAZ Image coming soon]

If you want to watch any of the sessions that I attended at PodcampAZ, you can find them all on the LaneVids UStream Channel.

After PodcampAZ, we spent an extra day in Phoenix to check out the city. We had some fun at the Science Center!

Outside of the Science Center in Downtown Phoenix, AZ, they had these great statues of insects. A Millipede, a Scorpion, and (I think) a Grasshopper.

Outside the science center in Phoenix

In the My Digital Life exhibit in the Science Center, we had a little fun messing around with our faces! I consider this my Mad Scientist look!

Making funny faces at the science center!

After we left the Science Center, we went to the ASU campus and ate a Sandwich and Salad at Crave. After that we roamed around the city, exploring, and we found this weird structure hanging in the sky, which after learning more about it, is supposed to represent Monsoon Clouds.

Structure in Phoenix az

What do you think, does this structure look like a good representation of Monsoon Clounds?

After roaming the city and riding the new lite rail that is only 6 months old and is surprisingly VERY CLEAN, we ate dinner at a Thai restaurant that we found on Yelp! called Thai Elephant!

The Thai Veggie Rolls were really good at the Thai Elephant Pad Thai with calimari at the Thai Elephant in Phoenix is great Thai food, I just didn't care for the texture of the calimari

We shared some Egg rolls which were really good, and I had the Pad Thai with Calamari. I did not like the Calamari, but the rest of the dish was GREAT. I never had Calamari that was not friend, so I figured that I would test it out. it was more rubbery than I expected it to be.

Krista's dish from Thai elephant in Phoenix az

This is Krista’s dish that she had from the Thai Elephant. I don’t remember what it is called, but is was REALLY GOOD! A very fresh and clean taste!

Speaking of food, the hotel that we stayed at, the Inn Suites on Baseline, had a breakfast every morning that was really great and extensive.

Breakfast for the past 3 days! How do I stay so skinny? Idk!!

And on Saturday night, we went to the 5 & Diner and had a great Hamburger and shared a Pumpkin Pie Milkshake with Chocolate Ice Cream! My wife thought that I was crazy for asking the waiter if I could get it made with Chocolate Ice Cream, but it was worth it!

This chocolate pumpkin pie milkshake is GREAT! Yes, I know I'm weird. @mrsfofo agrees with you! Thanks 5 & Diner! This burger from the 5 & diner looks like it's ready to be eaten!! Will do!!!! I can't tell is @mrsfofo's reaction to the chocolate pumpkin pie milkshake is good or not!

Then we left.

I will be streaming live on USream.tv pretty much all day from PodcampAZ. Enjoy!

Live Video streaming by Ustream

I haven’t done this in a while, and when the Foo Fighters [Amazon; iTunes] were AWESOME enough to put on a LIVE INTERNET CONCERT on LiveStream, see previous post, I figured that I could do another Song of the _____!

One of my Top 5 Favorite bands: Foo Fighters [Amazon; iTunes]!

Download:
Everlong

Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape (Special Edition) - Everlong

Also, if you did not know, the Foo Fighters [Amazon; iTunes] just released a new album, Greatest Hits! Not only is it just a Greatest Hits, but there are two new songs on the disc: Wheels and Word Forward. Also the song, Have A Cigar, which has not been released on a major album is on this one!

I am a HUGE fan, so I know that I have to get all of the new stuff! Here is the latest single: Wheels!

Download:
Wheels

Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits (Deluxe Edition) - Wheels

Rock on!

HOLY CRAP!!! This is what Text Messaging should be like on the iPhone!

Thanks to Mike Baldwin [Twitter, Website] for telling me about this application!

In fact, version 4.4 just came out, and you can now respond to Text Messages on the Lock Screen of the iPhone. This means that you don’t have to slide the lock bar before you answer the message. It also has other AMAZING features that you should check out!

The trial is for 30 days, and then you can either buy a full license for the app for $8.95 (so worth the money) and/or you can buy credits so that you can use the biteSMS network as opposed to the network from AT&T or whatever carrier you are on.

For more on licenses and credits, go to bitesms.com.

I don’t have a download link, but it’s in Cydia!

Have any of you guys heard of iRealSMS or QuickSMS? Some followers on Twitter were saying that these two were better than biteSMS, and I was wondering if any of you guys have tried them out.

…and here is an interview I did with Mike Baldwin [Twitter, Website], who also heads up Net2LFT!