Author Archive
The Business of Starting Websites
Collis Ta’eed of Eden (which runs PSDTuts and Freelance Switch, both of which I subscribe) recently made a post on PSDTuts explaining why they have started charging for premium content. The post provides a great glimpse at what it takes to build and, if you’re lucky, run websites like these for fun and profit. Judging [...]
The Art of Manliness
A couple of weeks ago I came across the website that I think I’ve been looking for as long as I’ve been surfing the web. The Art of Manliness (artofmanliness.com) is a website that is, in its own words, “a blog dedicated to uncovering the lost art of being a man.” The website’s about page [...]
Helping Others: Put On Your Own Oxygen Mask
Since becoming the parent of three overnight, I have realized that, if I want to be a good father and husband, I must become an expert of sorts in the field of parenting. I must become Eric Granata, Professional Parent. This has caused me to look out for audio books and other resources that I [...]
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20 – Forbes.com
Here’s an inspirational look at how a few young people managed to make some mad scratch before drinking age (USA). Most of these businesses rely on the internet and/or advertising revenue. All of them hit a niche and do it well.
How To Make A Million Before You Turn 20 – Forbes.com
I *Heart* Johhny Chung Lee
Today I stumbled across the work of Johnny Chung Lee. Specifically his work on the Nintendo Wii remote projects. This guy has done some amazing stuff with his Wii including finger tracking (think Minority Report), interactive white boards and head tracking. You have got to watch the video for head tracking and what it means [...]
5 Peculiar Instruments
There is a great posting over at mentalfloss.com that showcases 5 very interesting instruments and includes sound clips of each. Of particular interest to me was the mention of a study that says playing the didgeridoo can help with snoring and sleep apnea. I used to play didgeridoo all the time but my interests shifted. [...]
The Benefits of Failure
A few weeks ago I was quibbling to my dad about the failed state of a project I was working on. A couple days later he sent me the following email:
I was cleaning out my e-mail and ran across this short story that I think is great.
“Here’s a story I heard from Alexander Kjerulf, who [...]
We Adopted!
My wife and I have adopted two beautiful children into our family. We’ve grown from a family of three to a family of five overnight (there goes my quest for mental fitness)! It has been two days since their arrival and things are going so well. That is not to say that things have been [...]
Brain Challenge Released for iPod
Gameloft has released Brain Challenge for iPods. Brain Challenge is a brain exercising game in the same category as the Nintendo DS franchise, Brain Age or Lumosity. The game makes a modest edition to your iPod’s game library at a little over 33mb.
I purchased the game over my lunch break and spent about 10 minutes [...]
You Call That Health Food?
Men’s Health has an enlightening article that profiles 12 different foods that many consider healthy. Unfortunately for me, I eat more than a few of these. Take pretzels for example:
Pretzels
The upside: One ounce has just 110 calories.
The downside: These twisted low-fat snacks have one of the highest glycemic indexes of any food. In fact, [...]
