My dearest web visitor – If you found your way here via a Google Search, Tweet, link on a random website or you are a return visitor, thank you for your visit. Unfortunately, whatever was here that you were looking for is gone. My blog posts which were relevant to friends and family have been moved to a new, private website. I’ve left my yearly recap of travels because they make me happy and let me relive those memories. The rest of my blog posts, … Read Full Post
Closing out 2017 with my annual Year in Places. A list of locations where I spent at least one night away from home. Notably absent this year was a night in Kansas City as I didn’t make it down for a single Royals game this year. But I did manage to best my record low of six from 2016. 2018 is shaping up for a good travel year already as well. Without further ado, my 2017 Year in Places (multiple trips indicated by an *): … Read Full Post
I recently wrote a post for the Corporate 3 Design blog about Rich Site Summary (aka Really Simple Syndication) or simply RSS or RSS Feeds. You’ve probably seen the icon and wondered what it was about. Or maybe you clicked an RSS Feed icon and were confused at the unstructured text display that popped up in your browser. In my recent blog post, I describe what an RSS feed is, common uses – including setting up a feed reader – and why they are still … Read Full Post
I just got back from my latest camping trip, a three day trip to Zion National Park (official site) in the southwestern corner of Utah. This trip marks the return to my camping days for the first time in about 18 years. And, the first time I’ve been camping with my wife. We took this trip to celebrate our 15th anniversary and left the kids with the grandparents. The weather in March can be kind of iffy, but everything aligned perfectly for our trip. Highs in … Read Full Post
As the year draws to a close, it is time to recap my travels. This is an annual tradition going back a few years and the rules are simple: Catalog every city in which I spent at least one night. 2016 saw a record low for me in the 16 years I’ve been keeping track. While I didn’t move around a whole lot, I did have some seriously awesome travel experiences. A few days in Kansas City with my parents, my siblings and their families. … Read Full Post
I was looking for an RSS feed for a YouTube Channel for the content automation purposes when I stumbled upon some instructions from Daniel Miessler’s blog. I’ve updated them a bit to reflect the changes to YouTube has made in simplifying channel URLs: Go to the YouTube channel you want to track Point your attention to the Address Bar of your browser Grab the string of code off the end which is your Channel ID, for instance, mine is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPavAskuDNLl8bMmz7KF9BQ Take the channel id string: UCPavAskuDNLl8bMmz7KF9BQ … Read Full Post
Ramp up your weekend with these six things to watch, read, ponder or do. Tour a VolcanoWatch: National Geographic Balldur – bring relax and Luxory into your home.Look: Kickstarter 30 timeless lessons on creating killer content from one of the greatest business minds and copywriters: David OgilvyRead: WPCurve Life as a fire lookoutRead Excerpt: High Country NewsBuy the Book: ~$13: Amazon How to Create a macOS Sierra USB InstallerDo: Tekrevue You Suck at Excel with Joel SpolskyLearn: YouTube
There are only a couple of days left in 2015, but I think it is safe enough to say my Year in Places is complete with no more pending travel. While I didn’t hit as many overnight stops as I did last year, It was a fantastic year travel-wise. Road trips with the family, a trip to Disney World, a Wold Championship by my beloved KC Royals and more. Without further ado (multiple trips indicated by *): Omaha* (home base) Carroll, IA* Kansas City, MO* South … Read Full Post
Today is an anniversary of sorts. 20 years ago today, I agreed to terms on my first freelance web development project. Two days later I was laid off from a seasonal sales job, so you could say the timing was fortunate. It is crazy to think that 20 years ago I embarked on a career path that didn’t really yet exist. Domain names were expensive, and in fact it would be almost another two years before I purchased this domain, sh2.com, and even then I … Read Full Post
For the last few years, I’ve kept tabs on my out of town trips. To make the list, at least one night must be spent in a city for it to count. The crown jewel of 2014 was a 12 day road trip from Omaha to Sacramento for my sister’s wedding. OmahaKansas City, MO*Denver, COVacaville, CALaramie, WYSalt Lake City, UTReno, NVSacramento, CAGreen River, WYCarroll, IA* “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore … Read Full Post