January 2012
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Foreshadowings
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...
Jan 27th
“Moms learning how to tag photos on Facebook is like velociraptors learning how...”
– Justin Johnson (via david)
Jan 25th
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2010 Foreshadowings Review
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...
Jan 25th
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2011 Year In Review
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...
Jan 24th
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Jan 14th
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How to Have the Best Year or Your Life...
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...
Jan 6th
December 2011
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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.
Dec 28th
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Dec 24th
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Idea: Craigslist Meetup Mobile App
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...
Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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High-Tech Adidas Soccer Shoe and App Track Your... →
Yes please! (ht: @justinmstreet)
Dec 13th
A New Model of Empathy: The Rat →
In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes. The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the...
Dec 12th
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WatchWatch
Wow, really like this song!
Dec 9th
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November 2011
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Less is Mohrer: What plane just flew by? Wolfram... →
cnnmoneytech: Ever see a plane go by and wonder where it came from and where it’s going? Now you can find out using Wolfram Alpha. I’m not kidding. A search of “flights overhead” in Wolfram Alpha’s search engine will provide results of all the planes flying by, how high up they are,…
Nov 18th
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Trying Something New #mixtape →
I tend to get into grooves of music and listen to the same stuff over and over for a given period of time.  Once I start to get tired of those songs or find new music, I move on and adjust my playlists accordingly.  I am always curious to look back at what group of songs I was listening to 6 months, 1 year, or 10 years ago so I came up with an idea to start taking snapshots of my favorite music....
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October 2011
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Oct 30th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 18th
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Oct 14th
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Life In Ohio
Last weekend I attended the wedding of my college roommate who now regrettably lives in Columbus, OH.  Immediately after landing at the airport I got my rental car and headed to a local Starbucks to poke around online until my date for the weekend arrived.  Which is where I crafted the following email to multiple people out of pure shock and awe: I have been here no more than 30 minutes and have...
Oct 10th
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Oct 4th
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September 2011
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Sep 30th
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Sep 28th
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In Search of the Secret Chord: Pearl Jam Setlist... →
isosecretchord: Pearl Jam Pacific Coliseum Vancouver BC. Sept 25, 2011 Set List 01. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town 02. Hail Hail 03. Save You 04. Animal 05. Got Some 06. Given To Fly 07. Pilate 08. Unthought Known 09. Garden 10. Evenflow 11. World Wide Suicide 12. Setting Forth 13. Corduory 14…. Apart from hear 2 studio album songs I’ve never heard live before...
Sep 28th
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Sep 22nd
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Well done @turntablefm iPhone app, you even play audio in the background.  nice.
Sep 13th
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ListenNEW PEARL JAM!!  Download it yourself for free!...
Sep 9th
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Sep 3rd
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“Move like a jellyfish, go with the flow”
Sep 3rd
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http://williamrjohnson.com/ →
I am shocked (SHOCKED!) that this domain wasn’t already taken.  Nevertheless, I am now the proud owner of yet another domain that I have no idea what to do with.
Sep 2nd
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Sep 1st
August 2011
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25 Corporations Paid More To Their CEO Last Year... →
This is pretty ridiculous.  
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