Punch Brothers – Play, repeat. Play, repeat.

Carry on about your day……after you check these guys out.

Punch Brothers – “Clara” Who’s Feeling Young Now? Preview from Punch Brothers on Vimeo.

Days I said, Days!

What an awesome development this would be…..maybe even in my lifetime as these old bones aren’t getting any younger!

Department of Defense’s Fracture Putty Could Heal Bones in Days

More on Whitney…..

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Tennis anyone?

One of my favorite new artists “dropped” a new album this week and it will see plenty of air time in my ear buds this weekend.

I thoroughly enjoyed Tennis and their 2011 release Cape Dory. A husband and wife duo, the album was written about their experiences during a year long sailing endeavor. It’s one of several albums that I spent a good chunk of the year cycling through over and over.

Tennis – “Take Me Somewhere” from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.

ThinkUp

I heard about a new tool this week while listening to one of my favorite podcasts, Triangulation. The featured guest was Gina Trapani(founder of Lifehacker) and she explained her project ThinkUp. In short it’s a web app that you can host on the server of your choice and significantly increase your social media created content ownership. From analytics, to search, to visualizations to a complete history; you “own” your content. I like the direction of this project as these capabilities just don’t seem to exist today. Gina explains in short that the Facebooks, Twitters, Googles of your world are making a ton of money off YOUR content, yet your access to that data is pretty limited.

Take a look at the video below to get a better idea on the capabilities.

If you’d like to piggy back on my Amazon cloud server install, drop me a line and I’ll send you an invite.

Noteabilty

Looking for a good note taking app for your iPad? I’ve checked out several and have settled on Notability. It met my primary requirements of typing, freehand and audio recording initially, and the app updates recently have enhanced my experience even further.

There are plenty of customization options including fonts, colors and background templates as well note organization options and cloud syncing via Dropbox.

It’s not a freebie, but in this case it’s been a very worthy .99 expense. And this week only it appears it’s 80% off so check out the full feature set and buy it already at the link above.

You know those emails people forward

blaming everything on one politician? I just got one and blasted the distro list with my reply. YESTH!!

My favorite part of these emails is the notion that any one person could be responsible for this mess as opposed to the collective cattle ranch of -ss that we have “serving” us in Washington. Here’s a thought: Let’s take our “input” a step further than emails and blog posts by getting involved in our local communities, serving each other and trusting in our Christian faith that God will ultimately provide without putting anything in front of us that we cannot handle.

~ Christian Ramon Stevenson

PS – Forgive the curt attitude. Frankly I’m sick of the complaining-to-action ratio being so wickedly out of balance in the wrong direction.

From:
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:55 AM
To:
Subject: Fw: [Fwd: Here's Your Change (slightly dated but worse now!)]

—– Forwarded Message —–
From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:48 AM
Subject: [Fwd: Here's Your Change (slightly dated but worse now!)]

After two years of Obama, here’s your change!

Just take this last item: In the last two years, we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation’s history.
That’s over 27 times as fast! Metaphorically speaking, if you are driving in the right lane doing 65 MPH, and a car rockets past you in the left lane 27 times faster, it would be doing 1,755 MPH!

Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. Of Labor;
(7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC;
(13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can’t think of anything? Don’t worry. He’s done all this in 29 months — so you’ll have one year and five months to come up with an answer.
Every statement in this e-mail message is factual and directly attributable to Barrack Hussein Obama. Every bumble is a matter of record and completely verifiable.

You Might Be Interested in This

I know I am. Check out the teaser on the upcoming message series starting at Crossroads Christian Church. I always enjoy the authenticity and excitement our lead pastor, Glenn Schneiders (@gschneiders68), puts forth.

This week we begin a new series that we have been anticipating for sometime. It is the story of God and you. Have you ever tried to read the Bible and gotten lost in the laws of Leviticus or the genealogies (so and so begat so-and-so)? The next six weeks we are going to give you an overview of two central things of the Bible that run from Genesis to Revelation. We’re going to explore God’s desire for relationship with us and his desire to represent him in his kingdom. Join us for all six weeks and I guarantee you will have a better framework for an understanding of the Bible. More importantly you will have a greater insight into your God-given identity and authority. Spend some time in the first 17 chapters of Genesis in preparation. I can’t wait!

The Latest Repeater……

I’ve never been a Coldplay fan but lately this song is at the beginning of every playlist I start….

Coldplay – Paradise from Piyush on Vimeo.

The Least Problematic Tablet

When people ask me if they should go with Apple or Android, I always tell them the same thing: Do you want a device that works or one that you work on? I don’t mean that in a derogative way towards Android at all. I love Google as much as the next guy. My point is that I don’t want to spend my time configuring and tweaking when it comes to mobile devices. I want to spend my time using and enjoying them. Especially since my own technical capabilities are limited.

Here’s a nice article on the dependability of the iPad versus other tablets.

iPad Is The Least Problematic Tablet Says FixYa, The Tech Q&A Site /