Yesterday worked out really well. I bundled up five Skyaak units and made my way to our local High School Gymnasium for the entire morning. The gym teacher and I introduced Skyaak to Grades 9, 10 and 11 in three consecutive classes. It was a very educational experience for me to see the group dynamic [...]
A few days ago I called our local High School Gym teacher to ask about coming in to do a Skyaak demo with her kids. I was happy to hear that not only would I be welcome to come in to demonstrate Skyaak moves, techniques and drills with grade 9’s, but also grade 11’s and [...]
I recently hooked up with a guy named Michael Wysmierski from Brazil who has created a thrill ride of a video called simply “UFO”.
“UFO” features not only an original musical treatment of the subject, but also some very cool visuals. I think you will enjoy this very creative project. I certainly am. Warrants a second [...]
Skyaak winging its way to Coolest Gadgets HQ in UK
Several months ago a mutual friend introduced me to Al Carlton, owner of www.coolestgadgets.com . Skyaak was featured on the popular website and created quite a buzz. Several hundred visitors swarmed www.skyaak.com and a healthy percentage purchased a DIY deuce, which if you have been following [...]
My grandfather, may he rest in peace, was a lobster fisherman on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland. So was my great grandfather before him. So the instinct to cast a well-baited hook into the depths in hope of hauling in a good catch is hard-wired into my DNA.
No wonder I am so interested in social [...]
Twitter is great for keeping up with what your friends are doing, thinking and sharing. It’s also a terrific tool for meeting new people who share your interests, due to the fact that you can launch specific searches for people in certain keyword groups. You can check in to wefollow.com to register your tags, or [...]
What follows is a short but exquisitely sweet video clip that was shot by my good friend Fred at Berekley Campus. He used a Flip Camera for this project and you will see how nice the resolution is. A shout out to Fred for this, great job!
To quote Fred from his Youtube post, “Here’s a [...]
Yesterday was NOT the easiest!
I simply wanted to include a snippet of code that would make my blog posts re-Tweet-able and that’s when the problem started.
Without going into too much detail (it is still painful to think about, even now) suffice to say it was a SNAFU.
What was formerly normal suddenly wasn’t.
In fact, I ended [...]
It’s pretty hard to imagine what a glider might look like gliding without seeing it airborne. So I invited a couple of buddies of mine over one afternoon to work it out with their DIY deuce units and took the opportunity to put together a few short video clips. The video shown here is typical [...]
A few months ago I received this book in the mail from a friend.
I devoured the slim but delicious morsel in three evenings.
‘Tribes’ by Seth Godin is one book you will never forget, if you are the type of person who secretly nurtures the belief that you have leadership qualities.
In ‘Tribes’, Godin goes [...]