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Follow-up for Praxis
I joined for a group discussion last night on technology and building a personal website. Here are the apps, services, and pieces of advice I mentioned during our conversation.
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Faux Basecamp to Slack Integration
Get Basecamp notifications in Slack for free without custom code. A few weeks ago, Slack rolled out a very useful email integration. I didn’t think I had much use for it at first because Slack drastically cut down on the amount of email I receive. The one thing I still found myself regularly flipping back over…
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Illum Light Graffiti
A photography project that explored the light, exposure times, and shadows.
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Spotlight on Speech Codes 2015 Animated Web Infographic
I took a static infographic made by a client in Illustrator and applied some web magic to make it animated and interactive. Along the way I developed stronger JavaScript, jQuery, and CSS animation skills.
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Our Inflated Thanksgiving
For the past 29 years, the American Farm Bureau Federation has conducted an informal survey of the price of a classic Thanksgiving dinner for 10 people. At first glance, it looks like the price of food has been steadily rising. But when you , you get a different story. It isn’t the cost of our…
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Rebuilding Mogadishu with Local Knowledge
Underneath the bombed-out buildings and bullet-riddled doorways of Mogadishu lies a vibrant marketplace and hidden infrastructure known only to locals. is trying to make that data public that with his “project to digitally map Mogadishu, encoding not just geography but also businesses, infrastructure, and people” ().
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Big Wins: Small Changes That Accumulate Over Time
This is a big win (making a very small change in your routine that you don’t even notice after a week but that adds up over time) disguised as a small one (taking the stairs.) I am more concerned that you get the big lesson here, but I think that a story about a small…
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Big Wins: Audiobooks
This is the first post of a series that will focus on improvements I’ve made in my life that have led to advances in my productivity, effectiveness, or general well-being. I call these things big wins. Back in high school, I remember a few people recommended that I listen to audiobooks. I tried, but never…
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Photo Credit at The Daily Caller
Last week I had a photo credit at The Daily Caller. The photo I took at Hillsdale to illustrate a story on medical marijuana was picked up by The Daily Caller to illustrate a story on Chicago’s decriminalization decision. See the original photo.
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Giving to beggars: My policy, reasons, and recent outcomes
I have a policy when it comes to giving to people who come up to me in the street and ask for money to buy food or some basic necessity: I tell them that I do not carry cash (this is the truth, I do not carry cash), then offer to purchase for them what…
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Photo Credit at Huffington Post College
Back in March, I had a photo of a Hillsdale College Center for Constructive Alternatives lecture picked up by Huffington Post College in an article entitled, “The 13 Most Conservative Colleges.” You can check out the original photo in this post or read the article over at the Huffington Post.
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Photo of Reagan Statue in Dream Villager Magazine
My photo of the Reagan Statue at Hillsdale College that was picked up by the National Review Online was just picked up by Dream Villager MagazineArchived Link to accompany an article by Andrew Roberts! Download the PDF of the article, or view the article online (go to page 30.)
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I am Engaged!
On December 24, 2011, at around 12:45 a.m., Amanda Kate Rubino and I got engaged. Check out Amanda’s blog, The Ring Diaries, to see the ring and for more info.
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Interview with John Durant
Originally posted at The Primal Challenge blog. Enjoy! I had the great fortune of being able to listen to a lecture by professional caveman John Durant at Hillsdale College last night. I also got to hang out and chat with him for the evening and he graciously agreed to do an interview for The Primal…
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Diving
At the beginning of the semester, I got to spend some time down at the pool shooting some fun photos for the Hillsdale Collegian. The sports editor wanted to run a profile on the swim team’s new diver, Gretchen. She is the first diver Hillsdale has had since the 2008 season. Gretchen Whenever the Collegian…
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Lighting Smoke Trails
I shot this for a story at my college paper about the city deferring the medical marijuana decision ruling four consecutive times. We needed a catchy jump from A1, so I came up with this. This was a fun shoot. We got some strange looks, but good results. Disclaimer: These are hand-rolled tobacco cigarettes. No…
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National Review Online
One of my photos was on National Review Online today! The photo was of the recently dedicated statue of Former President Reagan that was dedicated here at Hillsdale College last week. The Reagan statue is Hillsdale’s most recent addition to the Liberty Walk. Here is a larger version:
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Recently on The Primal Challenge
Above: Chicken Stuffed with Spinach, Feta, and Bacon – my latest recipe at The Primal Challenge. I’ve been posting frequently over at The Primal ChallengeArchived Link. Check out some of my recent posts: Welcome Two New People to the 30 Day Challenge! Mass Production, Restaurants, and Food Quality Primal Apple Crumble (a recipe from my…
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The Primal Challenge: Smoothies Revisited
I posted about three of my favorite primal breakfast smoothies over at The Primal Challenge today. Click over and check it out! I know I have been linking to my posts over at The Primal Challenge quite a bit. I will post some original stuff (photography, thoughts, recommendations) on here soon. Stay tuned.
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Light temperature, Sleep, and F.lux
I posted again over at The Primal Challenge today. Here is the post, in its entirety, below: I don’t know about you, but the “no glowing rectangles an hour before bed” rule is difficult for me. At Hillsdale I am usually so busy that I can’t avoid using my laptop before bed, lest work go…