FailedIt: Home Automation – smart home, dumb guy
When we bought our first house, I wanted to install a lot of home automation (wikipedia) light switches and such. I was …
FailedIt: Mobile App Game Development Fail
This is a more recently failure of mine – mobile app game development. When smartphones first came out, many people believed if …
FailedIt: AbsoluteCards – My First Online Failure
In 1998 the internet was still fairly young, but it was clear that it was the next… everything. I had email for …
FailedIt: Owning a Plane
Another time I failedit, was when I bought a plane. Yep. Honestly, it’s not as big of a deal as it sounds. …
FailedIt: Donut Shop – I Didn’t Know Any Better
A couple friends and I were watching a show about VooDoo Donuts in Portland and thought “That would be great in Denton!” …
FailedIt: First Car – I love VW Beetles!
My first car was a 1974 VW Super Beetle. Super Beetles have curved windshields. There’s other cool facts in the evolution of …
FailedIt: Booples – Bible Verse Children’s Animation
I decided to create a children’s animation video series where the song lyrics contained a Bible verse. I had never done animation …
FailedIt: My Many Failures
Last Summer in Colorado I thought a lot about what I’d like to do next as a project. I thought about past projects …
Push-ups Per Day – Max Out for a Month – Human Lab
For my second human lab experiment, I decided to max-out on push-ups everyday for a month. However, I missed several days so …
Starting Aquaponics – Starter Kits, Aquariums
I posted the other day about a good aquaponics starter kit for starting aquaponics. I wanted to mention a couple more either …
Replace Dryer Vent on Roof – No Lint in Dryer, Not Drying
Our dryer wasn’t drying and there was no lint in the lint filter screen. What’s up? Turns out, yet again my dryer …
Aquaponics Starter Kit – Getting Started, Starting Small
Getting started with aquaponics can be interesting but confusing. I wanted to post and recommend a good aquaponics starter kit… Aquaponics Starter …
Best Prayer App – iOS Prayer Request Journal, List, Schedule
I use apps for a lot of things and I thought it was a great way to maintain my prayer journal. Pray4Today (free …
Best Smoothie Shake Blender – Great for Shakeology
I’ve been making protein shakes in various forms for years. I used a bullet-type blender for most of that but now have …
Seryn in Denton – Pics and Slo-Mo Video
I got to see Seryn the other night in Denton playing material from their new album: Shadow Shows I took some cool slo-mo …
Best Laptop Backpack – Comparison and Review
I’m picky about my laptop backpacks and wanted the best laptop backpack… based on my criteria. The result was actually 2 backpacks, …
Amazon Fire or Stick – Research and Review for Purchase
I’ve been reviewing my current video solution and considering something like the Apple TV, Roku, ChromeCast or Amazon Fire or Stick. My …
A Gallon of Water Every Day – 1 Month – Human Lab Experiment
I decided to do some human lab experiments this year and started with drinking a gallon of water every day for a …
Priorities, Time Choices, Sacrifices, Life/Living
Whether you call it your priorities or how you spend your life journey or what you say is living compared to just …
Messages Not Syncing in Yosemite OSX MacBookPro – FIX!
So when Mavericks came out, Messages synced across my iOS devices and OS X/MacBook. Then it stopped. I long waited for the day …
Adjustable Dumbbells Weights – P90X – Why to Buy
I didn’t buy adjustable dumbbells when I did P90X and I still regret it. Now I have a mix-match set of dumbbells without …
One Gallon of Water per Day – Human Lab Experiment
My intention is to do human lab experiments this year. Ideally 1 per month that lasts a month long. My first one is …
Jesus Prom by Jon Weece – Book Review
I just finished reading “Jesus Prom” by Jon Weece. It’s a light read about how life gets fun when you love people …
Jamplay.com Sale for Christmas – Learn Guitar Online
There’s a great Jamplay.com Sale for Christmas – $99.95 for a YEAR! Compare that to any other lessons or memberships! Jamplay.com Sale …
Maintaining Six-Pack Abs – Is it worth it?
When I decided to get in shape, that was one thing. Then I wanted to get in really great shape, was it …
“Scary Close” by Donald Miller – Book Review
I found Donald Miller via Bob Goff and enjoy his writing. His new book, “Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True …
Rotten Wood on Door Fix – What You Need and How To
We had some rotten wood on our backdoor. I replace the threshold and needed to fix the rotten wood. Here’s how… I …
How to Fix a Rotten Door Threshold / Sill
Our backdoor threshold rotted – there’s a small section of the rubber that let water in. I had the joy of fixing …
JamPlay Free Membership – Learn Guitar
I’ve been using JamPlay since May (past posts) and really enjoying it. I’ve been learning a lot and enjoying playing the blues. It …
Starting is Good, Finishing is Key
It’s one thing to start something. It’s very different to finish. Finishing is harder – much harder. But finishing is key. Anyone …