A few weeks ago, I drank a glass of milk and became sick to my stomach later that day. I figured it was something I ate. Two days later, I drank another glass of milk and, too, attained mud-butt. I had become lactose intolerant at the ripe age of 24. I did some research [...]
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This post is wanting to be an investigation of my trials and tribulations, but it might digress into an unfocused ramble. I am having trouble sleeping tonight. Lately, I’ve been sleeping very soundly. I have a lot on my mind right now, as I’ve got a lot on my plate this week. Many deadlines to meet [...] Hearing his electronica mixes at music festivals and raves made me forget that A-Trak was the youngest DMCs World DJ Champion in the history of the competition. In this Red Bull Music Academy video archival footage, A-Trak rips it up on the ones and twos and shows us how far the art of turntablism has come. [...] I have been quite busy doing this and that. “This” being slowly painting the entire house, starting with the two sheds in the backyard, fence, neighbors garage. I still have to paint the actual outside of the house. “That” being investing a lot of my time into making ThirstMax an operational business that makes money! I am a partner to my father in his business — and his invention is that of ThirstMax. It has been going on too long and not moving forwards, and he has recruited my help to get the ball rolling. It has been a very humbling experience, and I am learning a great deal. It is no easy task to start a company and I need all the help and support I can get! So, if you’re in the support giving mood, give us a hoot on Twitter or Facebook and sign up for our newsletter. Who knows, you might want to buy (gasp) one! Although the Facebook page is still in production, it is getting pretty close to the real thing. I have had to brush up on my HTML (painful, *shudders*) and am learning new snippets of information everyday! GO ME! The next big project of mine is to upgrade the site my Dad made into a fully functional WordPress static sales page and separate blog. All working with our current e-mailer, MailChimp (which I love dearly so far). WordPress has such a rich variety of widgets and plugins, so I am naturally very geekily excited, droll running down my chops. It will be a lot of work tweaking whatever theme we choose to fit the color and design scheme we have in mind. But this venture will make our business much more scalable and easier to maintain and upgrade when the time comes. In other news, I have set some personal goals. Keeping it simple, there are only two: Lose 30 pounds and move out of my parents’ house both by December 31, 2010. I feel like these are the only two things that are restricting my creativity and general wellbeing. Beyond the obvious health reasons, I think that if I can conquer my weight problem I can do anything, period. It has been a very difficult struggle ever since I injured my knee back in my senior year of high school (funny how I still use this excuse for my uncontrolled eating binges). Since then, I have been exercising less and less — besides a short stint in college (where I got pretty slim and muscular). For the last few months I have been exercising with Angie (running, gymming, and plyometrics) and am feeling great. The next hard part is my diet — I love eating too much and need to cut out my late-night dining. Continue reading Life Update 8/4/2010 Here I will update and post my predictions on up and coming games in the 2010 Fifa World Cup, held in South Africa.
The Schedule & Scores Group Stage June 11, 2010 June 12, 2010 Recently, I went on a quest to find the most suitable multi-platform instant messaging client. I reviewed four programs, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, but neglected two big players in the game. Here are their reviews: First four reviewed here: http://dtacconelli.com/blog/?p=777 The Candidates: Trillian — I used Trillian long before the days of Pidgin and [...] |
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