I wanted to give a shout out to Gavin Hope over at afterbang*. He had some kind things to say about my site, many thanks. And yes, I am still working on the new site. I’ve even tried enlisting some help recently. It’s been more than a year now and I keep getting distracted by… Read more »
Month: September 2006
SnowTripping – Where exactly have I been?
While organizing the upcoming Thanksgiving trip, someone asked me how many times I’d been snowboarding. Offhand, I didn’t know. I couldn’t remember all the trips. After digging through blog posts, pictures, and calling friends… I finally got the list together… mostly. Ski Trip 1 Jan, 98: Red River New Mexico for 3 days I rode… Read more »
To Helmet or not to Helmet: Protecting My Head is the Question
So someone was paid to study the effectiveness of a helmet and the Denver Post is proud to announce: “Study: Helmets cut risk of head injuries in skiing“… Who would have thought? I wonder if the study was sponsored by a helmet manufacturer? Since I started riding, I’ve never – not once – worn a… Read more »
Forum Interface Evolved: PHPBB + Yahoo! UI
I’m all excited this morning. I ran into Jack Slocum‘s PHPBB+YUI project. You can see the default PHPBB install here and then check out the YUI version here. The readability improvements are absolutly astounding. I’ve seen attempts to create multi-pane forum views fail many times. This version seems to take a lot of cues from… Read more »
Motorola Bluetooth Hat For Snowboarders
While reading Gizmodo, I ran into an odd product. The Motorola Bluetooth Hat lets you use your bluetooth devices (re: cell phone) hands free on the mountain. This reminds me of a rather annoying moment on my last new years snowboarding trip. Some dunce busted out his phone in the front of the busy lift… Read more »
Let the 06/07 Season Begin!
It’s such a magical time of year when all the major mountain websites go from their summer sites full of hiking, camping, mountain biking, and kayaking to their winter sites – full of snow! That’s right, the 06/07 season is finally here. The industry is buzzing with excitement as the snow is coming early. Colorado… Read more »
Site Update – Switching CMS
I used to run this site on a custom set of scripts. I hate to change the site as it was the ‘first’ thing I did to get back into web development after the bubble popped. However, it was dated and it was also clear that I do not have time to finish writing the… Read more »