At Public Market. Thoroughly enjoying it.
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2009 10 18 | 18:13
2009 9 7 | 20:17
Happy Birthday Aaron, You Little Girl
Last Tuesday we threw a little party at our place. This was a dual-purpose party: part birthday, part housewarming.
It was my roommate, Aaron's birthday, and it had been a few weeks since we moved into our brand-spanking new place. So I did the usual evite, clean house, prep some food [and made people bring some, too], and birthday surprise.
It was a great success and I personally want to shout-out to all the people who came and chilled with us. Aaron got some love and our house has been officially warmed.
Enjoy the gallery and Aaron's ridiculous expression.
Cheers.
2009 9 4 | 13:31
A Working Birthday
You NEVER leave for a week of vacation with your office door unlocked... at least not at our place. Especially over the week of your birthday. We couldn't get you anything, so we just gift-wrapped everything in your office. Happy birthday. Hope you like it.
Posted from Ann Arbor, MI
2009 8 29 | 14:28
Post-hiatus
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I'm back.
After a month or so of technology/information fasting, I am back. Different? Yup. A little more mature? Hopefully. If you didn't know, I took a hiatus from all information feeds, social media outlets, and pretty much engaging in the technological social atmosphere in general.
It was an awesome experience. Much has happened and I've learned a lot:
- I've moved to a new place with 2 new roommates = legit.
- I've taken the GMAT test and the results are... acceptable.
- I've read 1.75 books. I'm wrapping up the second one in a bit.
- I've come to a greater understanding of how much I choose to let myself be ruled by my surroundings and habits.
- Part of growing, for me, is denying so much of what is acceptable and taking on challenges too difficult for my current abilities [this will get a post of its own].
- I'm confident of what I should do with the next 5 or so years of my life.
- I've grown in my faith.
The list goes on. Before dramatizing the events of this month any further, I do want to add that it was not easy and I definitely cheated a few times.
As I said, it was awesome and maybe more than anything else, it was just an opportunity to know myself better, and for that I am grateful.
At any rate, it still feels good to be back. Good times. More on all this at some other time.
2009 7 27 | 22:56
Refresh
[via: thecybersource.com]Reboot. Refresh. Restart.However you want to call it, I think it's good to have one of these every once in a while. I'm officially going on a Twitter, Facebook, and Google Reader hiatus for one month, starting tomorrow, July 28, until August 29. This summer has been a unique one with many transitions and strong convictions. WIth the onslaught of the information age literally a tweet [officially] away combined with many changes occurring in my life, I think it's best for me to abandon the 1-headline-a-second twitteration of my brain and retreat back to some deeper thinking and reflection, Jack Handy style. I'm personally excited, yet challenged. To be honest, I think I am a borderline internet addict. I love information, particularly regarding the things and people I love. Updates on personal blogs, next generation technology, Apple and Google, automobile culture, designing for social impact, and transformation in people through Christ motivate and excite me. Even thinking now, the sheer amount of information that passes through my head is dizzying. From Twitter to Google Reader, I can catch up on people and subject matter in an instant, for all instants. This is no original realization, but I'm beginning to wonder if I haven't yet grasped the principles of moderation, self control, and discipline. Sometimes, I feel I am one tweet away from the BSOD. I'm looking forward to reading more books, investing in some more personal relationships with the people around me, developing my corporate-working game, and focusing on my continuing studies for my GMATs. And so the training begins. I have to admit that I will probably miss Google Reader the most. I'm passionate about news and information. How am I going to know when Apple's new tablet comes out? What if I miss out on some crazy awesome deal that can only be obtained by reading the Google Blogs? And now that Google Reader allows its users much easier options to share and discuss information, this could be rough. And that's why I have you, friends. Update me with something sweet and I'll appreciate it. As a parting gesture, here is a selection of sick sites from which I glean my vast amount of [at times, meaningless] information.
- Jalopnik - Oh man, I love you. All things cars.
- Core77 - Industrial design site with updated prototypes.
- The Big Picture - Quasi-frequently-updated photo-article site on international news.
- Yanko Design - Another ID site with legit goings on.
- Frog Design Mind - Another ID site, but I like them because they generally post more about design for social impact and advanced thinking.
- Seth Godin - The man is social marketing amazing. His breakdown of human nature exposed to media, leadership, and business influences is bewildering.
- The Placebo Effect - I'm not going to lie, I love these guys and I read their daily updates. Sometimes, the little things just pick me up, and TPB is a great fix.
- Pastor Seth - How else am I going to get my Indo fixings?
- Desiring God - Piper style. It's easy to read and refreshing.
- Lifehacker - Hack it out. This site is for all hacks, for all aspects of life. Read it and learn that piece.
- Ars Technica - These guys aren't the fastest, but I like their reviews and some of their science articles pique my brain.
- TechCrunch - These guys are fast, unashamed, and quick with the information. I like their balance of techy, social media, and news.
- Engadget - I get the core of my gadget information from these guys. They're thorough and quick with it.
- Mashable! - These guys are really quick and they provide most of my breaking information on new social media.
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