July 2010
4 posts
WatchI thought I’d record this attempt to live stream my juggling practice (15 minutes on my lunch break) so I can compare a few weeks from now and see if the progress is tangible and also so I can play back and observe what I am doing wrong.
Juggling at work
I have been practicing almost every day and have inconsistently been going between 3 and 9 passes at a time. I feel like I am more relaxed when I try (I’m probably making less of a weird face, no tongue sticking out!) and I feel like I’m thinking less - which is nice.
I brought three juggling balls to work and left three at home. Best. Idea. Ever. I now started to juggle at work when...
“It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius
4, 5, 6!
Tonight I spent about two hours practicing.
I’ve been able to pass 3 balls at a time for a couple of days so I focused on trying to go further than one cycle (3 passes). My friend Chris told me to target 30 passes, which sounds like a good goal (not easy but doable).
When I start with 2 balls on my right hand and 1 on the left, by the end of the movement I have 2 on my left hand and 1 on...
My wife tells me juggling consumes 270 calories/hour according to the interwebs. This is way more exercise than I ever get. #win #adailybeer
Woohoo! Started down the path to my series of 30. Did 4 passes (with 3 balls) a few times tonight. Thank for the tips @chrisfahey! #juggling
I’m surprised by how juggling practice is really making me learn this thing. It is hard, but I thought it would be much much harder.
Ominous voice from upstairs: “Don’t kill yourself or the cats with the juggling. Goodnight”
5! woo hoo! (I realize this is only exciting to me but I feel compelled to share)
June 2010
293 posts
Hearing @whitneyhess say “IA Summit is a great conference that supports first time speakers” as her motivation to try. I want to keep that.
Nice hanging out @zakiwarfel, @ezakiwarfel and @mrszakiwarfel!
Well played Ghana. So sorry to see the US out. Did not play well though. :/
RT @iHollaback: End street harassment! Only four days left to vote for Hollaback! in the #revelation to action” competition! http://tiny …
RT @mmilan: The cool kids got #foocamp this weekend. The rest of us got rain, stressful world cup games or the G20.
RT @Cennydd: Getting tired of commentators’ patronising conflation of African nations and Africa the continent.
Knit-bombing in Philly! Someone knit this bike rack a cozy. http://yfrog.com/4jd37wrj /via @missmodular
Playing 120 minutes is fucking exhausting. Don’t expect anything extraordinary beyond this point. #worldcup
This running time count bullshit is making it impossible for me to know where we are in the game. Specially since they are playing overtime.
I’m procrastinating. Make it stop.
Yay! @apousson is getting me a Droid Incredible! (pancakes were a good call eh?)
RT @apousson Woke to delicious pancakes this morning thanks to twitter voting down my wife’s other suggestion of cold water dousing. Thanks!
Alright, you chose it. Let’s see how it goes! http://twitpic.com/205l3p
What will make @apousson finally wake up? A bucket of cold water or a hot pancake breakfast in bed? Let’s let Twitter decide. What say you?
Ok so far we have a tie. What will it be, hot pancakes or cold water? Five more minutes!
Oh no Tipping the Velvet marathon on TV. It’s a terrible (so bad it’s good) BBC version of the book (which is quite excellent).
I am so enjoying Temple Grandin’s book. Trying not to read it all at once, but it’s hard.
watching Michael Jackson’s This Is It. Join me: http://gof.sh/rt (This is better than I expected.)
I have released the Kraken! http://twitpic.com/1zxq5g
This week has been exhausting. Still a lot to do but I’m going to take a break and sit outside reading a book for a while. #tired
Rum + Coke + Ice + Limes. Hello Weekend!
I’m looking for a Director of UX to work in Mountain View. Full time. Great team. Let me know if you’re interested.
RT @oficinadeestilo: tatuagens de louis vuitton no pescoço tooodo! http://bit.ly/9R43Eo será que é de verdade? isso é que é amor pela ma …
I’m out of the elevator. Thanks all.
I am stuck in the elevator. :(
I want to eat and draw with these! http://yfrog.com/3d4lbbj /via @katiekills
Wish I got to spend more time with @ckubitsky. Good thing we have a monthly 1:1 or we’d rarely talk!
o_0 The coolaid is strong at Normative!
I haven’t deleted emails from my current projet since it started, only moved them to another folder. So far: 460 in.
RT @feministhulk: HULK VALUE THE RISK IT TAKE TO SHARE DELICATE HULK FEELINGS.
RT @Cennydd: Doom: the Vuvuzela mod — http://bit.ly/b6AUNI (via @nickf)
Having a prep meeting for a go/no-go call (yeah a mtg to plan a mtg). Project quasi-awesome coming to an end!
Great. @apousson and I just got scratched the hell out by Idgie as we tried to give her a pill. Just eat properly and we won’t do this cat!
There is a guy in the IXDA discussion list called Moses Wolfenstein. I don’t know him but…best name ever!
So sad. I just learned my American grandma (my mom’s host mom when she was an exchange student), just passed. We’ll miss you Lydia!
How bizarre. Someone is doing a talk about being afraid of snakes at @igniteboulder. @jonnygoldstein did that at @ignitephilly last year.
Juggled that ball directly into the bowl of wet cat food. #practice #practice #practice
Practicing my juggling skills while watching @igniteboulder. Think I’m getting a little better. Getting some agility with 2 balls (cue joke)
ok, talk was note about snakes, it was about taking risks. Well done Mr.
Soccer sucks, soccer is boring, blah blah blah. Look at you all now! Told you so. :)
My new office is really fine, except I can hear my neighbor on speakerphone. Distracting. :/