• Mixtape vol 2

  Feb 6 10:09pm
  

  

  In an effort to relive the magic of making mixtapes back in the day, I’m making mixtapes again!  These songs aren’t necessarily my favorite songs or anything but they are a great sampling of what you would hear if you were sharing earbuds with me.

  I tried this out with Volume 1 a few months back and I loved it so much that volume 2 is now ready to go just in time for Valentine’s Day!

  This is supposed to be a fun experiment so just plug in, sit back, and enjoy the music.  Hopefully you will find a new favorite song or two!

  Download

  dubrie mixtape vol 2 - 17 songs (Feb 6, 2012) 

  Songs

  The Lumineers - “Ho Hey” Ryan Adams - “Lucky Now” Alpha Wave - “Laura” Dominant Legs - “Hoop Of Love” Bell X1 - “Bigger Than Me” Pickwick - “Hacienda Motel” Raconteurs - “Old Enough” Foster The People - “Houdini” The Helio Sequence - “Repeater” The Magic Numbers - “Love Me Like You” Thao - “Bag Of Hammers” Cold War Kids - “Hospital Beds” The White Stripes - “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” The Shins - “Simple Song” The Deep Dark Woods - “Hang Me, Oh Hang Me” Blind Pilot - “Keep You Right” Florence + The Machine - “Shake It Off” 

• Bing!

  Feb 2 3:49pm
  
  

  Bing!

• Sh*t Programmers Say.   Yea, that sounds about right.

  Feb 2 9:54am
  

  Sh*t Programmers Say.  

  Yea, that sounds about right.

• Pizza Delivery

  Jan 31 8:52pm
  
  Scene: Ordering pizza over the phone and paying with a credit card
  Pizza Guy: Whats the card number?
  Me: **** **** **** 1234
  Pizza Guy: Ok, expiration?
  Me: March 2013
  Pizza Guy: Ok. Uh. Do you know what number month March is?

• WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

  Jan 30 10:35am
  

  The top of Mt. Everest.

• MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

  Jan 27 4:34pm
  
  MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY':

  murkavenue:

  CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

• Foreshadowings

  Jan 26 10:30pm
  

  Last years version of this didn’t turn out so well with a 47% success rate but I’m going to give it another go and see if I can’t improve on that a bit this time around.  So without further ado, here we go!

  Things That Will Happen This Year

  3 Weddings, 2 of which will require some fun travelling!   Run another marathon Attend a Michigan Football game Visit a new Hawaiian island Take a vacation with with dog (and Leslie)

  Things That Should Happen This Year

  Book my first international vacation Take a trip to Sonoma Enter Penny into an agility event Redo my website from the ground up Sign up for the Goofy’s Race And A Half Challenge in Walt Disney World

  Things That Probably Will Not Happen, But I Hope They Do:

  Climb Mt. Rainier Learn to snowboard Buy a new house! Go to the Michigan v Alabama game in Dallas  Pupgrade somehow makes me millions and I retire

• "Moms learning how to tag photos on Facebook is like velociraptors learning how to open doors."

  Jan 25 7:08am
  
  “Moms learning how to tag photos on Facebook is like velociraptors learning how to open doors.” - Justin Johnson (via david)

• 2010 Foreshadowings Review

  Jan 24 9:19pm
  

  At the start of last year, I made an attempt to predict / hope what the year ahead had in store.  Since I’m kind of a statistics geek, I figured I’d see how it worked out.  Here are the results:

  Successes in bold, misses in strikethrough

  Things that will happen this year: (3/5 - 60%)

  5 (6? Maybe a 7th?) Weddings between June and October.  One in Seattle, one on the west coast, and the rest on the other side of the country. » Only was able to make it to 4 Learn to snowboard. » Skiing is just too fun! Leave my twenties behind & Celebrate 1st year of marriage. » Done and done! Take a tropical/warm weather vacation somewhere. » Napa counts, right? See Michael Jackson: THE IMMORTAL World Tour on Nov 9 (very excited!). » It was really cool!

  Things that should happen this year: (3/5 - 60%)

  Start coaching.  Be it soccer or running I am really ready to stop playing as much and start getting back into the coaching aspect. » Team Challenge! See a Michigan home football game (from a luxury box?). » Guh. Make a career move.  Intentionally ambiguous so that a promotion, job title change, new job, starting my own thing, or going back to school all count. » Point Inside! Take a cooking class. » I did get a gift certificate for a cooking class though Get new skis and start really skiing.  » Boo-yeah!

  Things that probably will not happen, but I hope they do: (1/5 - 20%)

  Go to Alaska via boat.  I have been to 49 of the 50 states and Alaska is my last one.  My Father-in-law runs charters up to and from Alaska every once in a while on his boat.  I have placed my name in the deckhand hat so fingers crossed that he gets a charter this summer. » I did it!  Alaska!  Bears! Travel internationally. Related to the previous entry, I have never been to a foreign country (Canada doesn’t count).  » Swing, and a miss. Write a Kindle Single.  » This is getting less appealing  Go fishing.  » I miss fishing. Climb Mt. Rainier.  » One of these days. Totally.

  Overall: 7/15 - 47%

  47% overall isn’t too bad, but I’m bummed how low that first section is.  I guess I need to redefine “will” and “should”.

• 2011 Year In Review

  Jan 23 11:37pm
  

  Similar to last year, I’m going to do another year in review for 2011.  I like lists and I like them even more when they are grouped so the format will be the same as 2010.  Everyone ready?  Let’s do this:

  January

  I did some foreshadowings, results of which will be a later post Kicked off an Epic iTunes music quest Restlesssoul turned 8 years old  Took a spontaneous weekend trip to the ‘Couve and ate Caribou at Le Croc

  February

  Started coaching runners for Team Challenge Started listening to Oldies music all the time  Quit my job at VMware Had one of my favorite all-time conversations with Leslie

  March

  Started working full time at Point Inside! Jimmy’s Bachelor Party in Scottsdale, AZ Went to my first ever Spring Training game (Go Mariners!) Ran a road race that was really more about drinking beer

  April

  Rang in my 30th year with a shuffleboard and sounders party Did some live band Karaoke with Mike McCready of Pearl Jam Won a field pass for a Sounders game Worked a ton Ran/Coached a ton

  May

  My first WWE Raw event with Leslie, Streeter, and Megan Learned a valuable lesson Worked a ton Ran/Coached a ton

  June

  Saw my Ethan, my new nephew, for the first time! Went to a wedding in West Virginia with Adam Duritz (and Leslie) Discovered the 90s on 9 XM Radio channel Discovered Turntable.fm! Dropped a tree on my car Finished my epic iTunes quest Got some sweet shots of Penny doing agility

  July

  Best man at Jimmy’s Wedding in Portland, OR Took the Team Challenge team to Napa for a 1/2 Marathon! Made it to my 50th state (Alaska!) Saw my first whale Saw way too many bears way too close

  August

  Grandma J’s funeral, RIP Grams! Laser Gaga with Leslie Won some tickets to the Michigan Football home opener “Starred” in a documentary about Mike McCready Kim’s Facebook wedding of the century Discovered Instagram!

  September

  Got into this new fad called stocking.  I hear it’s the new planking Watched Michigan play at home under the lights for the first time in history and somehow managed to not lose to Notre Dame while only playing for 1 quarter. Bless you, Denard! Scored a VIP backstage pass to a Pearl Jam concert in Vancouver. (Thanks Mike!) Got one of the best(?) fortunes ever. Puyallup Fair! Funnel Cakes!

  October

  Celebrated 1 year of marriage! Won the US Open Cup for the 3rd year in a row Went to Columbus for Joe’s wedding, met some interesting people Celebrated Penny’s 3rd Birthday! Got my new MacBook Air (love it). Started reading Three And Out, very frustrating and depressing book.

  November

  Made a mixtape for the first time in forever Went to Michael Jackson: The Immortal Cirque Du Soleil show (my first!) Watched my cousin run in the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Go Aimee!) Took Leslie to Indy for Thanksgiving for the first time Launched Pupgrade!

  December

  Found probably my favorite song of the year. Definitely going on the next mixtape No more Gowalla (le sigh). Brand spankin’ new office for Point Inside! Lost to my wife in fantasy football playoffs.  Half proud of her, half embarrassed for myself. Scored me some sweet handerpants at my white elephant gift exchange!  Can’t wait to nightblog. Did some sweet New Years skiing at Alpental

  That is a ton of links but I think it just about wraps it up for 2011!  Great year and I’m looking forward to 2012.  I’ll have my foreshadowings up soon.

• Name the movie… #trivia #meatloaf (Taken with Instagram at...

  Jan 13 6:58pm
  
  

  Name the movie… #trivia #meatloaf (Taken with Instagram at Culinary Dropout)

• How to Have the Best Year or Your Life (http://zenhabits.net/)

  Jan 5 1:36pm
  

  Instead of Goals

  There is an alternative to setting goals that will bring you closer to the life you want. Focus on a few practices you can enjoy doing on a regular basis. The trick here is consistency. These four helped me:

  Get up early. When the world wakes up, distractions abound. If you are going to focus on creating a new life for yourself, you’ll need to find the time. The best way to do this is to work while others are sleeping. At first, I didn’t like waking up before the sun, but eventually my body adjusted and I began looking forward to the solitude. Over-commit. The adage “under-promise and over-deliver” is a farce. It only propagates the status quo. Real difference-makers push boundaries. They test, prod, and poke until something gives. You can do this, too, by saying “yes” to more things than you’re comfortable with. Learn to stretch yourself. You might be surprised by what you’re actually capable of. Your confidence will grow, too. Talk to strangers. Relationships are what make the world go round. This is true for your career, personal well-being, and inner life. When you meet new people, you make connections that can lead to all kinds of future breakthroughs. Even when it’s uncomfortable, reach out and introduce yourself to new people. The worst they can say is “no.” Fortunately, many won’t. Practice generosity. Give away your time, money, services, and ideas. When you do this, you will get a lot more than you give. People will learn to trust you, and if you really help them, they will tell others about you. This will build your reputation, and you will have more friends than you know what to do with. And as the saying goes, what goes around really does come around.

  After a year of doing these things, I ended up with a life I couldn’t have imagined or planned for. And I had a blast doing it. So I’m going to do it all over again, without setting a single goal.

  I couldn’t agree with this more.  I followed this outline the past year and feel incredibly better both personally and professionally. source

• The Sessionista’s Year in Review: The Music

  Dec 27 9:55pm
  
  The Sessionista’s Year in Review: The Music:

  Among many other things, I really love my wife’s taste in music.  Well, apart from Glee.  And most of the Gaga.

• You have no idea how long this took #goblue (Taken with...

  Dec 23 3:38pm
  
  

  You have no idea how long this took #goblue (Taken with instagram)

• Idea: Craigslist Meetup Mobile App

  Dec 17 2:04pm
  

  No, not that kind of meetup… Craigslist will anonymize your email address when you post but you still end up needing to hand over personal and private information like an address or phone number to finalize the sale. The Craigslist Meetup App would fix this by automatically setting up a private environment for the seller and buyer that could do anything from set a meeting place/time complete with google map to allow private and anonymous communication between the 2 parties.

  Does this exist yet? Anyone want to make it for me?

• Yeeeeeeeeees thecosbysweaterproject: Season 3, Episode 6: “The...

  Dec 15 9:45am
  
  

  Yeeeeeeeeees

  thecosbysweaterproject:

  Season 3, Episode 6: “The March”

  The family gets together to teach Theo about the Civil Rights March in Washington D.C. and Cliff dresses up for the occasion.

• High-Tech Adidas Soccer Shoe and App Track Your Performance

  Dec 13 8:44am
  
  High-Tech Adidas Soccer Shoe and App Track Your Performance:

  Yes please! (ht: @justinmstreet)

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