| The article I was interviewed for. |
[Jul. 16th, 2009|11:25 am] |
As you may know, I was interviewed a couple weeks ago for an article about sponsored conversations, which is essentially blogging honestly about a brand or product.
A colleague had a horribly slanted article (in which he was misquoted) published by Forbes this week, so I was nervous, but the author of my article did a great job and was very fair.
Feel free to read all 5 pages as I’m mentioned and quoted throughout.
http://lnk.gd/b9 |
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| FREE KITTENS! |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|01:03 pm] |
My sister has 6 adorable little kittens in need of new homes urgently. They're about 10-12 weeks old and currently located in Glendale, AZ. Please email joe@joetech.com to arrange to come pick one out.
If you can't take one, please forward this to anyone you think might even slightly be interested. |
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| Sky diving for my birthday |
[Jun. 13th, 2009|05:02 pm] |
Tomorrow is my birthday (34th) and Michelle has been keeping from me the secret of what she had planned for my birthday that required me to make myself available all day. The plans were revealed when I arrived home last night. The best wife ever in the world booked me on plane I will take off in but wont be landing in. I'll be jumping out of that plane tomorrow in my first ever sky diving session! Since it's my first, it'll be tandem. I've been wanting to do it for a long time, so I'm really excited about it.
I'm going to equip Michelle on the ground and me in the air with as much camera/video equipment as they'll allow, so I'm sure I'll have some video and photos to share tomorrow night. |
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| Welcome to my world |
[May. 27th, 2009|10:30 am] |
As an owner of a web development company, this video explains, in a funny way, what some clients expect and how it translates to things like buying a DVD or other real world experiences.
I rest my case. |
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| My new car got egged! |
[May. 24th, 2009|11:40 pm] |
Standing outside my sister's house in Glendale, Michelle and my sister and I were talking when a truck drove by doing about 60 Mph and egged my sister's old truck and my 5 day old Charger.
I yelled "Hey" loudly after the truck (as if they would come back) and a neighbor gave me attitude: "The way you're carrying on you'd think they hit your car with theirs. It'll wash off." Stupid neighbor. After the egg washed off, I saw two half-circle marks where the force of the eggs hitting my new car actually removed the paint.
Suck!
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| Finally bought a new car |
[May. 20th, 2009|11:01 am] |
After wanting a Dodge Charger, deeming it too expensive, getting hooked on the Camaro, finding out that the Camaro would be a LONG wait, and loving the Ford Fusion, I finally made a purchase. Because a few of the dealers in the valley are no longer selling Dodge/Chrysler, they're blowing them out to the tune of 10% to 40% off. Because of this, I was able to get the car I wanted (actually, a model up with some extras) for about what I was paying monthly for my civic.
Here's my new (but a little rain-dirty) 2009 Dodge Charger SXT:
And it has a touch-screen stereo with MP3, Sirius, and a hard drive with thumb-drive input:
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| Moon photos |
[May. 17th, 2009|05:06 am] |
I was up way too late, but my files were still transferring, so I decided to peek at the moon and it looked photo-worthy. I pulled out the telescope (just a cheap $100 job) and my Rebel XTi and positioned them just so the camera was looking through the telescope and then I hoped for the best.
The rest are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodomain1/sets/72157618322137166/detail/ |
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| Sedona, feeding tigers, PS3, interview, Ford, etc., etc. |
[May. 13th, 2009|09:41 am] |
Lots to catch up on.
I mentioned before that Ford was giving me a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid to review for a week. It's been a week and I really like the car, like I said before. To get a good feel for the car and its fuel efficiency, we took it up to Sedona, where Michelle had booked us a room at a resort.
The room had a fireplace and a jacuzzi, which is perfect. We got to Sedona early on Saturday morning and headed to "Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness" for a 6 mile hike. The views were breathtaking to say the least.
After a full day of that, we headed back to the hotel, showered up and hit the hotel bar, then back to the room. Sunday, we walked around Sedona for a bit, shopping, before heading home. On the way home, we decided to hit the Out of Africa Wildlife park, where we got to feed the tigers and see lots of fun creatures while getting sun burned.
On Monday I spent some money. A while back, I had that big JoeTech.com contest where one sponsor, PinkyArcade.com offered up the grand prize of an 80GB PS3 to one lucky winner. The contest came and went and months later, the winner was frustrated as was I at the sponsor's complete failure to live up to their promise. So I headed to Best Buy and picked up a PS3 package that I'll be mailing out this week. It's frustrating, and I'm almost certainly going to have to sue the sponsor to cover my expenses, but it was the right thing to do. It was MY contest and I'm the one who trusted the sponsor. Lesson learned at the cost of about $500.
The other day, I won tickets to see Star Trek. As soon as I can find a showing that's not completely sold out, I'll buy tickets and Michelle and I will go check it out.
Today, I had to give the car back, but something good happened, too. Over the weekend, I completed an interview for a site about blogging and social media. The interview was posted this morning and got a large response on Twitter : http://lnk.gd/jt
Everything is so busy lately, but I love it. |
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| Slap chop rap |
[May. 6th, 2009|11:43 pm] |
You should watch if you haven't seen it yet.
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| Is your password strong? |
[May. 6th, 2009|11:11 am] |
Also... I noted the other day that there was a ton of people searching google for "is my password strong/safe/secure", so I bought all 3 domains and put up a site that I hope people can find useful.
http://www.ismypasswordstrong.com/
Feel free to pass it along. |
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| Borrowing a 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid for a week |
[May. 6th, 2009|11:00 am] |
I get excited about techie stuff all the time, sometimes so much that it's overwhelming. That's why I like reviewing products people send me. Not only do I get to offer my constructive input and/or praise on the product's price, design, or usefulness, but I fully enjoy playing with a lot of what's sent my way.
This morning, a marketing/fleet management company dropped off my 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. It's on loan from them/Ford for a review on JoeTech.com and I get it for a week. While I try to be all professional and composed, I'm really just super geeked about it. It's a nice looking car and I was impressed already when I got in. The dash turns on when you open the door and is just pretty (I haven't had a chance to dig in and play yet). The one they dropped of is fully loaded with all the tech and extras, so I have a lot of stuff to play with over the next week.
I'll do two or three posts about it on JoeTech.com with a lot more detail, some real photos, and some video, but here's a couple iPhone snaps for now.
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| Hiking |
[May. 2nd, 2009|06:10 pm] |
Michelle and I went hiking this morning and it kicked my ass. Despite having not hiked (or worked out at all) in months, I (barely) made it to the top and stopped to do a 1/2 panorama.
Tomorrow's gonna suck. |
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