Today is my last day at work before my 2 week holiday vacation. So much to do before the trip, not the least of which is actually finish my Christmas shopping!. Thankfully I have most of the day tomorrow to get it done as well as get stuff ready for my trip. It’s times like this that make me wish I wasn’t such a procrastinator,…
December 23, 2014I love this super clever video that John Salomone aka dudeneedaeaseonup on YouTube put together for the holidays. Interactive YouTube videos might not be new to your, but it was to me and I thought it was a great, clever way to do something new for a video.
December 22, 2014Next year is a big milestone here at Club Josh – our 20th Anniversary! Hard to believe that I have had a web presence longer than most of the big sites out there and make zero money off of it (donations accepted!). I’ve really been proud of my commitment this year to the site and it has paid off with more blog entries and Gorn…
December 21, 2014From the photos in the Disney Parks Blog, it looks amazing!
December 19, 2014It’s been 203 years since the largest earthquake sequence in the Eastern US occurred: The New Madrid sequence. From the USGS web site: Shortly after 2 o’clock on the morning of December 16, 1811, the Mississippi River valley was convulsed by an earthquake so severe that it awakened people in cities as distant at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk, Virginia. This shock inaugurated what must have…
December 18, 2014Today the eye doctor confirmed what I have been suspecting over the last few months. It’s time to become an old person and make the transition to bifocals. Thankfully my insurance covers it and the frames I picked out were cheap enough to be covered under my plan so the whole thing cost me about $50 which is several hundred dollars less than my last…
December 16, 2014I love this tweeted photo of Sinabung Volcano in Indonesia that was posted last week: #Sinabun(g) @endrolewa view Ojo Lali – Tiga Pancur 11/12/2014 – 21:17pm @infobencana @chematierra @karo_news pic.twitter.com/4hf2Xjzrnc — #Sinabung (@SinabungVolcan) December 12, 2014 and in a timely manner, Alan Taylor over at the In Focus blog has a great gallery of the Year in Volcanic Activity. Truly spectacular stuff!
December 15, 2014One of the better outcomes of the Sydney siege is the trending topic of #iwillridewithyou. A terrible dangerous situation just a few blocks from where I stayed back in 2006 was riveting from my seat here in the US. I discovered along with many others the tweets about #iwillridewithyou which started with Rachel Jacobs saw a young Muslim girl who removed her religious clothing for…
December 14, 2014