Greg Hartnett

If the guy you are having dinner with offers to toss the salad, he might be gay.

Giggle giggle.

I have set a goal for myself of 40 days on the mountain this season. With the month of December behind me, I’m on target to hit my number. Currently I’ve got 9 days on the hill - all day trips to either Sugarbowl or Northstar. Most of them were solo runs, with a few trips up with the wife and kids.

Getting my kids boarding was a primary concern for me this season, and thus far they are doing great. JR has 4 days under his belt, and Téa has three. They have both taken a few lessons, but definitely still need some additional instruction before I feel comfortable letting them rip it up. They both really need to get their turns down a bit more, and they need to work on their control. My son in particular needs to get some respect for the mountain, and not just point his board straight downhill.

I have a bunch of pictures of the kids on the mountain - check out the day sets at my Flickr account. Additionally, I’ve got a quick clip of JR coming down the bunny hill. Most of it is him flopping around, trying to get up (a very important part of the learning process). Check out his little jumps - a “trick” he taught himself

Holee shit. These have to be the craziest SOBs I’ve ever seen. Makes our extreme sports look pretty tame by comparison. Supposedly, they’re cruising along at 65 MPH and those are sandals on their feet. Our allies in the mideast sure know how to party.

Caution: the sound of the wind gets pretty annoying towards the end - you may want to adjust your volume.

When the content is good, you don’t need all the showmanship. SEOs Webmasters take note. Full lyrics here.

A classic propaganda piece straight out of the Cold War era.

All hail King Joe. Thanks shandyking for hitting me with the link.

Yabba grabba stogie

Thanks to Dave for sending this my way.

Yahoo launched it’s video offering yesterday, Yahoo Video. Seems to be a similar offering to Google Video, with like features. From a quick perusal, they seem to have integrated their community a bit more, with a focus on reviews, and sharing.

I took a trial run by uploading the video of JR’s hockey fight, and had to switch computers to do so. Like most web applications, Safari compatible versions seem to roll out a few weeks after the IE and FF crowds get to play. The upload was quick enough, and unlike Google, I didn’t have to download any software to get it done. I simply logged in using my Yahoo account, and created a quick user profile. Users can add their channels, and stay up to date with other’s channels easily.

As a user, I am impressed. As a publisher, I am excited to see an additional player in the space. As a Yahoo fan, I am happy to see them take this chance, and am pleased with the product. I will be trying their embedding feature on this blog in the days to come. You can see more videos here.

Find out more:

Yahoo! Search blog
Yahoo! Video Revamped
YouTube vs. Yahoo
Usability - They Can do Better

The Friday before Memorial Day weekend - I have spent the majority of the day having fun at the desk. Surfing fun stuff, looking at cool Wikipedia articles (here’s one, and here’s another). In between the goofing off, I was able to tackle some work, and decide on some high level ideas.

It started innocently enough, looking at an AP clip about Bus Uncle. A quick trip over to YouTube, and half the day gone. With an upcoming speaking gig on web 2.0 media, I guess I can justify it as research.

Let’s hope that you’re not on a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 next time you fly.

Pretty clever, though the fact that tens of thousands of people have already died makes it less than funny.

More from the creator, Adam Kontras.

Ouch. 173 kmh??

I am inclined to think that this is doctored…

My wife is out of town, so I was fortunate enough to be able to take my son to hockey practice yesterday. One of the kids on the ice was pestering him nonstop. Wherever JR would go, this kid would be right behind him, pushing and bumping. After enduring it for awhile, he got pissed.

I used this opportunity to start a YouTube account, and get involved there. Check out my directorial debut

I had to switch it over to a Google video, because the YouTube feed made the whole blog look whacky in IE. Damn browser compatability issues… If you are a fan of YouTube, and would like to see it there, see here.

Fell free to Digg it here.

Very amusing episode. Apparently, it wasn’t allowed to run on TV due to complaints from Tom Cruise. “Tom Cruise, please come out of the closet.” Scientologists, I am not making fun of your “religion”, so don’t sue me.