My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
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My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
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It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
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A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
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A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
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Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
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The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
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My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
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Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
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Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More
My New Mantra
I have simple needs. Thanks to Aaron Nardi for illustrating my thoughts so succintly.
Read More
Two Dollars
Down the street from my office is a restaurant called Hungry Tiger Too. It's sort of a strange place with a jungle motif and over priced food. But we ended up there today and it turns out that on whatever day today is (Wednesday), they have $1 (Vegan) corn dogs and $1 PBRs. So I had a delicious lunch today that cost $2. You can figure out yourself how I split my money up.
Read More
Yard Work
This weekend we decided it was time to take down one of the white pines that was teetering somewhat precariously in my backyard. It didn't help its cause that it was ruining the lawn and covering everything with sap, so before you go all self-righteous hippie on me, it was a total nuisance tree and we'll replace it with something nicer soon. I'd never cut down a tree, but the lure of purchasing a chainsaw was enough that we figured we could take care of it. My friend Tony had explained the fool proof way to get the tree to fall the way you wanted, and we were feeling good.…
Read More
My, What a Busy Week!
Check out my full gallery of photos of this kid here. Today is culminating one of those weeks I feel like I've really outdone myself. In large part it is probably because I was out of town all last week so there was a good deal of catching up to be done. It seems like I've been churning out an especially large amount of content, and what better way to create more content with it than to reblog it all! But when I actually sat down to find the stuff I've done this week, it turns out I'd only written two stories on YoBeat (the Art of the Board Hold…
Read More
It’s not about being right, it’s about being first!
This past weekend I found myself in a twitter battle with the WWA's Shawn Perry. At the first Toe Jam stop I had tweeted all the action, and the kids, as they say, were stoked. diana_decastro@alliancewakesk8 wow twitter is amazing and u also. thanks for the updates! ;p lakehippie@alliancewakesk8 I love the play by plays! I am at work but feel like I am right there with you!! Keep it up for us who can't be there!! So I wasn't at all surprised that just two weeks later the practice had been adopted by others looking to enthrall wakeskating's huge public. Unfortunately for me and my need to be first…
Read More
A Week Down South
I guess it officially took two weeks for this whole swine flu thing to blow over. I was really hoping it would last a bit longer, cause I have gotten a lot of mileage out of it terms of story angles. Of course, when you are traveling to the one state where someone has actually died from the virus, it's sort of a nobrainer, right? I ended up in Dallas, TX, even though the event I was planning on attending had been canceled due to fear of the Swine Flu. Since the ticket was already bought (and it would cost more to change it than rent a car) I figured…
Read More
A Scene from Texas
Captain's Log: Day 3 Still no sun. More gaps than you can shake a stick at. Clint is good at wakeskating, and a fun guy to have around. Full feature, video, etc. in the works. Look for it Wednesday. Please come out sun!
Read More
Writing is Dead
Yesterday I was informed that writing was a dying art and I'd better learn Final Cut if I wanted to still have a job. That statement was followed up by, "Seriously, in 2010 they are going to stop teaching kids to read in school!" The latter may be a bit of an overstatement (considering that's 8 months away,) but there is definitely some truth to the fact that video is more powerful than writing on the Internet. I spent the day messing with Final Cut and ended up with enough knowledge to make a video look at least as good as I can with iMovie. Mostly though, I have twitter…
Read More
The History of YoBeat
One of my main professional projects is YoBeat.com. Just saying that sounds weird, given that I've been "doing" YoBeat since I was 15 years old, but these days, it is actually a large part of my day-to-day exsitence. I can't complain. It's amazing to have a project that I have full creative control over, people seem to like, and even makes me a (very) little bit of money. But the strangest part about concentrating on YoBeat is that students and aspiring extreme journalists have taken notice. I've done a few online interviews about it. There was the one on (apparently now defunct) Diablo Snow, before the actual relaunch. And then…
Read More