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NaNoExoMo Going Great for First Two Weeks

coop — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:54:16 +0000

So I made NaNoExoMo because November is the month where groups organize to do something everyday for a whole month. The most absurd to me is writing a whole novel in a month (NaNoWriMo is an annual (November) novel writing project). Well, I most certainly wasn’t going to do that. For the past two years I’ve committed to making a movie everyday for the month of November. That has proven to be not all that challenging, especially considering the movies I make. I felt like I needed some that was more of a challenge this year, so I evented NaNoExoMo – Exercise at 30 minutes everyday for the month of November.

Now this is actually a real challenge to me considering I’ve been sitting on my butt for 3-4 months doing nothing but drinking beer and eating out every day. I gained quite a few pounds and weighed the most I’ve ever weighed – 150lbs. Nothing like a nice round number to wake you up. 150! Yikes!

So on November 1st, I started working out. I bought a new Garmin GPS watch to help motivate me. I love the watch and I’m loving working out everyday. I’m doing a variety of things, but the best thing is I don’t really have a plan. I can do anything I want so long as I do something everything everyday. So I’ve committed to doing P90X again, riding at least 3 times a week, running at least twice a week, and if I feel like it, I can hike or walk. My calendar for the first two weeks is quite full.

This past week I worked out a total of 13:23.55 hours, covered 73.11 miles and burned 4,920 calories. And I’ve lost 3 lbs this week, 6 lbs total in November. Not bad. Two more weeks to go.

Making Collard Green & Black-Eyed Pea Soup (VloMo10 Day 3)

coop — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:28:07 +0000

Today’s VloMo video comes courtesy of my Canon Rebel T1i. I’ve never shot a video using my SLR camera before, so I wanted to give it a try. It’s not easy because the camera doesn’t self focus if you move in or out. You have to focus the camera and then shoot, so I have a few blurs in some shots. Oh well. The goal for this year’s VloMo10 is to use every camera I have and every method of making movies I have access to. So today’s movie was made in Windows Live Movie Maker, which by the way, is much improved over the old Windows Movie Maker. Enjoy.

Biking to Vote (VloMo10 Day 2)

coop — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 04:25:07 +0000

I decided that I would cut down on short car trips by riding my bike. So today, I rode my bike down to the church to vote. This video was shot using a ContourHD helmet cam that was clamped to my handlebars. I doubled the speed in iMovie and added a little music. Enjoy.

It’s That Time of the Year Again – November

coop — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:32:14 +0000

Yep, November. November has turned into that month where people commit to outrageous things like writing a novel in a month or posting to their blog everyday for 30 days. For the past two years I’ve joined in on the fun and joined NaVloPoMo – post a video once a day for a month. It has been fun trying to come up with ideas for videos everyday. Sometimes they’re good, but most of time they are either work related or just plan silly. So the first video is work related. Nothing special, but I’m gearing up for some good stuff later in the month. Stay tuned for a video a day for all of November.

Saturday Ride to Bartlett Lake

coop — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:19:35 +0000

The best way to spend a Saturday morning in Arizona in October. The weather was perfect. Rode up Cave Creek and picked up Tami. Then we rode to Harold’s in Cave Creek for breakfast. Next stop was the lake. Cam is leading the way.

Bartlett Lake Ride (Arizona) from soul4real on Vimeo.

Motorcycle ride out to Bartlett Lake in Scottsdale, AZ. Shot with my ContourHD Helmet cam clamped to the handlebars. Oct. 30, 2010

Diigo eBook & eReader Links

coop — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:15:48 +0000

Download Entire Newspapers or Blogs To Your eBook Reader With Calibre

Calibre can download entire websites and convert them to any eBook format, meaning you can read your favorite news articles or blogs on practically any eBook reader, from the Kindle to the Nook to the Kobo and everything in between. Heck, it even has easy built-in connectivity for iPhone/iPad app extraordinaire Stanza.

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Document Scanner – 101 Best Android Apps

Document Scanner allows you to scan documents with your phone camera, convert them into PDF, and email the PDF document to anyone, all from your mobile phone. You can scan any number of pages and convert them into one single PDF file. You can even add to an existing PDF file. So, for instance, you could scan several pages and make a PDF. Later if you wanted, you could scan some more pages and add them to the earlier PDF file you had created, and re-order pages if desired. The app offers compression options to reduce the file size.

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Epub2Go – Convert PDF to EPUB – iPhone – Ebook – Stanza

This free web site allows you to convert a PDF to an EPUB file that can be read on your Android or iPhone using Stanza and other ereaders.

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Lucidor – A Clean, Cross-Platform eBook Reader

A simple piece of cross-platorm software to read eBooks with. This simple, Firefox-based reader application comes with everything I want: a clean interface, the ability to browse chapters and pretty good library functionality.

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New Portable Document Camera Review

coop — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:54:20 +0000

Last week I was reading my feeds in Google Reader, and I came across a post by Steve Dembo (@Teach42) titled: Accessorizing the iPad. I don’t own an iPad but I wanted to see what new accessories people were using with it. In his post, Steve writes about different methods for displaying the content on your iPad. Of course, Apple doesn’t have a simple way to hook up the iPad to a projector and display everything on it. The VGA Dock Connector only works with certain apps on the iPad. If you want to display the other stuff, you’ll need the IPEVO Point 2 View document camera.

So on Steve’s recommendation, I got on Amazon and ordered me a IPEVO Point 2 View document camera for $65. I ended up paying $75 total because I had to choose expedited shipping. I wanted to make sure I got it in time to try it out before we leave for San Jose, CA next Tuesday for our mobile learning workshop. So although I don’t have an iPad, I do have lots of mobile devices that we will be demonstrating in the workshop, and my co-presenter Lisa Young will have several iPads with her. My IPEVO arrived yesterday, but I waited until this morning to open it and try it out. I literally had the thing out of the box, installed and working in 5 minutes.

We’ll be using Lisa’s MacBook Pro for our presentation computer next week, so I chose to test the camera out on my Mac Mini. I put the CD in the drive, chose Intel Mac over PowerPC Mac, and then clicked the icon once the software loaded. The program opened up and nothing was there. So I plugged the camera into a USB drive and a picture displayed in the program on my screen. It was that easy. The hardest part about the whole thing was sticking the camera onto the bendable display base. I was afraid I might break it since it is plastic.

I made this video to show you how well the camera works. The image is as clear as any image displayed on the ELMO document cameras we have a school, and those cameras cost over $700. The IPEVO is a steal. The displayed image looked great at all resolution settings. Resolution is adjustable to up to 1600 x 1200. It also has a vertical mirror setting so your image doesn’t appear upside down on the screen, and it has an auto focus button the camera and on the screen in the program. That was all I needed. I’ll try Zoom and Exposure later when I need it.

Breakfast in Bed

coop — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:06:14 +0000

Breakfast in bed at the Pointe.

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New Shock on my Mtn Bike

coop — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:36:16 +0000

Thanks to Sun Cyclery on 7th St & Bethany Home for installing my new front shocks. There was really nothing wrong with the old ones besides having the claws ripped off in a freak brain freeze mishap last year. I forgot the bike was on the roof of my suv, and I ran into the carport. I know. Silly me. Anyway I needed brand new ones so I got some Spinners. I have no idea if they are any good. They were inexpensive so Im not hoping for the best. I just need adequate. I’m too old to be romping through the desert anymore. lol

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Breakfast of Champions

coop — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:28:48 +0000

I’m trying to eat. etter so i can lose a little weight. Gained 10lbs since last year and my body isn’t holding it well. Plus I need energy. so this morning I’m having strawberries, canteloupe, and apples with Naked Juice Blue Machine. Plenty of fiber in this meal.

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