The new, revised Fissure trailer is now online at Trailer Addict. And, it allows you to embed the trailer in your own website or blog. If you do post it somewhere, please let me know.
Ultra Marathon
As you may know from my posts, I’ve been training for a half-marathon, while my wife is training for a full marathon. We even have pictures of our experience.
I came across this video yesterday about a guy who runs Ultra Marathons. What is an ultra marathon? Pain! It’s like a million miles, or something. Okay, not really, but it’s still way beyond human ability. There are 40-mile ultras and 100-mile ultras. This video is about a guy who does 150-mile ultra marathons. Very inspiring story!
In the video, he says one thing that really stands, one thing that all of us can take to heart, “You have to see yourself doing it. Unless you can see yourself doing it, you’ll never achieve it.”
December 7, 2008 Leave a Comment
The Creative Path
I don’t really classify myself as a creative. I’d like it. It’s something that draws me, woos me, excites me. But, creating–most of the time–is hard work for me. And, I like easy work, fun work, stuff that comes natural.
I came across this blog posting about 22 blogs on how to stimulate your creativity. Looks cool! I haven’t had time to dig through these links but I’m looking forward to it.
December 7, 2008 Leave a Comment
Data Smog – Adding to the Noise
It’s amazing how much we fill our minds with stuff–messages, tv, media, music–stuff. I’m being more and more driven to just turn off the tv, the computer, the cell phone, the internet, and my iPod. My brain needs a vacation.
There’s a book called Data Smog, and it’s about this diagnosable condition that doctors now treat with medication and counseling. Like Blackberry Thumb, data smog can be treated.
This morning, I read an excellent blog about this noise we experience in our culture today.
December 5, 2008 Leave a Comment
Wordle
I found this cool site called Wordle. You can create these word clouds based on a bunch of words or a blog site. Very cool. I tried this out for my russpond.com blog, and this is the word cloud it generated:
December 5, 2008 Leave a Comment