Life

Musical Stairs

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The Problem: Too many people take the escalator when it is right beside the stairs.
Theory: More people will take the stairs (and thus get exercise) if we make it fun.
Video length = 1:48

Protect Your Dream

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Nuggets of wisdom from Will Smith.
Greatness exists in all of us.
Yes it can.
There’s no shortcut to success.
Lay one brick at a time.
Focus on making a difference.
Represent an idea.
You have to believe.
Nothing is unrealistic.
Our thoughts are physical.
You really gotta focus.
Attack your fears.
Be willing to die for the truth.
Protect your dream.
“People can’t do something themselves. They wanna [...]

Inspirational Story of a Young Blind Man

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Ben Underwood was blind, but while he was alive, he got around almost as well as people who can see, and even played video games with his friends. That’s because he had done something that’s very unusual: Ben Underwood taught himself how to echolocate.
Ben passed away on January 19, 2009, due to cancer. He was [...]

Pregnancy at the Speed of Light

Monday, September 7th, 2009

The light of photography, that is.
Tried to get both of my daughters interested in doing some form of journalistic style photography for their pregnancies. No go.
Here is an example of what many couples are doing now. Taking photos once a week (or more frequently) during a pregnancy and then using those to form a video.
video [...]