As the title says... I built a home rock climbing wall! Actu...
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As the title says… I built a home rock climbing wall! Actually, I can’t even pretend that I did this on my own. A lot of people heavily contributed to this bad boy as it evolved over the past few years. Our rock climbing wall was born in January of 2010 in a “man cave” in Hawthorne, CA. Dan Pacifico and I wanted to be able to build our climbing strength, and we had a ton of room in the garage to work with.
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My buddy Ryan over at Wpromote put together this awesome infographic, “15 Years With The Big Lebowski”. I’ve never reposted an infographic on here before, but I’m a big fan of this one. Check it out!
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My friend and I found some plans online and built a pretty badass vinyl record shelf. Here are some photos of the process, as well as some information on how you can build your own.
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I spent the holidays and New Years in Victoria, Australia with my girlfriend and her family. Check out some of the photos I took while I was there.
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While exploring the streets of Melbourne, I came across a man in a Mario suit playing Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”. Seeing a full-grown Mario playing Metallica (and playing it quite well, for that matter) was quite a sight.
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2 weeks ago, Raven Tools surprised many in the SEO industry when they announced that they would no longer be providing ranking data. This came as quite a shock to me, as I’ve used Raven specifically for their search ranking reports in the past. They do provide other tools as well, but I never really spent much time using them.
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My roommates and I recently did an overnight backpacking trip just north of Ojai in the Sespe Wilderness. We started at the Piedra Blanca Trailhead and went east (on the Sespe Creek Trail), making our way through seemingly endless grassland plains. I took a bunch of pictures, and wanted to share them here.
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While watching the election results roll in last night, I was under the assumption that Proposition 37, which would require labeling of all genetically modified foods, had not passed. I was watching the results come in on this site. Here are the Prop 37 voting results as of 9:44pm last night (November 6th)…
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All too often, I notice non-recyclable items in the recycling bin here at work, and vice-versa. There are lots of different types of food containers/wrappers, and it’s not easy to keep track of which ones can be recycled and which can’t. Call me a hippie if you want, but it bums me out to see red plastic cups in the trash, knowing that they’re all just gonna end up in a landfill. So I threw together this handy little graphic…
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I’ve been a fan of Sound Tribe Sector 9 for quite a while now, and have seen some pretty awesome shows over the years, but I’ve never had a chance to see one of their acoustic (“Axe the Cables”) performances.
So when I heard that they were doing an Axe the Cables set at a Winery in Saratoga, it was a no brainer for me – I bought tickets as soon as they went on sale.
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