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MattWilsonMD . . . .Graphic Designer Matt Wilson from Seattle.MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.comBlogger331125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-44831038022864595052011-07-29T13:18:00.000-07:002011-07-29T13:20:17.146-07:00Awesome Motion Graphics<iframe height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/25118844?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" width="400"></iframe> <br /><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/25118844">Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/patrickclair">Patrick Clair</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-28152469422731215242011-06-28T22:29:00.001-07:002011-06-30T21:44:51.596-07:00Warrior Dash and Making Metia Man Video<div>A bunch of people at work have signed up for this <a href="http://warriordash.com/">Warrior Dash</a>, which is a 3.5 mile run that includes a bunch of crazy obstacles like climbing a rope wall, crawling thru mud, and jumping over fire. And since this is a work sponsored event, we decided to do a little Metia promo video. (Metia is the company I work at).<br /><br />We needed a giant-sized, 3D, wearable version of the company logo. So we bought some foam, glue, and spray paint. First, I cut all the shapes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91sRf0ewdAwIZNa47uo_-xwKzyIZvcKkrHOJiw40b2w4TOc2RoRTZIZaHFrQQePHpKDRJoHLFmurGMRpxTxkrxnUGwso51x9CvWoqQ_Pb5UPgsiY3veNR34QvcscpuH0C1t1AAWtOb3Y/s1600/WP_000301.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623510794281765362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91sRf0ewdAwIZNa47uo_-xwKzyIZvcKkrHOJiw40b2w4TOc2RoRTZIZaHFrQQePHpKDRJoHLFmurGMRpxTxkrxnUGwso51x9CvWoqQ_Pb5UPgsiY3veNR34QvcscpuH0C1t1AAWtOb3Y/s400/WP_000301.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Then I laid out the letters like a stencil.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7C-YC3K_Mm_vnemD8gK1-CaAcy4HRYihozpoLfm9xuWpY0-OLKXa8iFFbPkucZ5zHvfpC1DKHxJvgr_tF13n_DZ0NC5WaaMsV70lz1sxXFIAerkZvYeUBt7IBb6EEI2uQCyosMrc9XE/s1600/WP_000302.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623510799087407170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7C-YC3K_Mm_vnemD8gK1-CaAcy4HRYihozpoLfm9xuWpY0-OLKXa8iFFbPkucZ5zHvfpC1DKHxJvgr_tF13n_DZ0NC5WaaMsV70lz1sxXFIAerkZvYeUBt7IBb6EEI2uQCyosMrc9XE/s400/WP_000302.jpg" /></a><br /><br />A little spay paint (a lot of paint actually, 6 cans)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_W7LfKjbZ_jn26xlrzZiWyXYdvSH9Uaaz8fUmNjui-KUF9V8FWBGwedMWao9Ui8_doqhWdP0R1qntpJTexer04wZMd1FlYMpQL_uqDK0aHBjDPlu5W5jl4tA3TfXMAMRuXU_1-3lLoQ/s1600/Photo_FCB13D39-012E-B543-8246-376D066E2F64.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623510806322597602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_W7LfKjbZ_jn26xlrzZiWyXYdvSH9Uaaz8fUmNjui-KUF9V8FWBGwedMWao9Ui8_doqhWdP0R1qntpJTexer04wZMd1FlYMpQL_uqDK0aHBjDPlu5W5jl4tA3TfXMAMRuXU_1-3lLoQ/s400/Photo_FCB13D39-012E-B543-8246-376D066E2F64.jpg" /></a><br /><p>Some spray adhesive and some contact cement.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNDwdBEKLYdprrXw9uHFqcabTtTLCkr1nYj3G8aZBUyVV78fmfRzPlzg5M5iEF__Gt4h3SGqqEtartdu5CAlZOcCklwYzrtDJlT39IWo4oh8AElCbEqfje8nbe5cGDWtX5tNJyW6eWY4/s1600/263698_162431833822998_136991976366984_389937_5045363_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 301px; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623510810094645314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNDwdBEKLYdprrXw9uHFqcabTtTLCkr1nYj3G8aZBUyVV78fmfRzPlzg5M5iEF__Gt4h3SGqqEtartdu5CAlZOcCklwYzrtDJlT39IWo4oh8AElCbEqfje8nbe5cGDWtX5tNJyW6eWY4/s400/263698_162431833822998_136991976366984_389937_5045363_n.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Cut the face and arm holes and added a little finishing touch...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuO6tJmxz446OIsV3IvTyewoiaWqEvWBS6PcBmyeNH29XBaDBvmrMgOueyFwLHiyWKL8fYa6Y5GpnisL3p5ikCXvoOlRt4PvmuZzZBGWisBNJ7lCPOxH6v1RpmBUPvfMd7HdJsb8dFKf0/s1600/WP_000314.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623510809247814322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuO6tJmxz446OIsV3IvTyewoiaWqEvWBS6PcBmyeNH29XBaDBvmrMgOueyFwLHiyWKL8fYa6Y5GpnisL3p5ikCXvoOlRt4PvmuZzZBGWisBNJ7lCPOxH6v1RpmBUPvfMd7HdJsb8dFKf0/s400/WP_000314.jpg" /></a><br /><br />...and viola! Metia Man is born.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXhL3fnyicBBDzqjOw1PeZEyK47n5PuBfippG0XNqBXJBMYOHwcRRx5Cq39EMJcuwFsVtNVFzqcg8WxcmQcayAsHocSDzOkur8c_eDtZ21zZi5RhH5nqfpClupXUdx0ERZZDGeBq1cfo/s1600/Warrior+014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623511055628785554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbXhL3fnyicBBDzqjOw1PeZEyK47n5PuBfippG0XNqBXJBMYOHwcRRx5Cq39EMJcuwFsVtNVFzqcg8WxcmQcayAsHocSDzOkur8c_eDtZ21zZi5RhH5nqfpClupXUdx0ERZZDGeBq1cfo/s400/Warrior+014.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Then we went to the park down the street and started shooting the video.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJp6KF6ZyUNPPWIMwaQi0mN_ijsFH6KpwneW_Aj-Fg0COcJeOcg4faK6ll0ozftFrtdGDO7OpIXyBlGFoDlxunwxCKdwUJyjQtSYAIB8QkDiGBdJMrCgjIhkJBW5EnAA-jdrMFulhv1Q/s1600/Warrior+026.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623511065245323490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJp6KF6ZyUNPPWIMwaQi0mN_ijsFH6KpwneW_Aj-Fg0COcJeOcg4faK6ll0ozftFrtdGDO7OpIXyBlGFoDlxunwxCKdwUJyjQtSYAIB8QkDiGBdJMrCgjIhkJBW5EnAA-jdrMFulhv1Q/s400/Warrior+026.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU7Kx_3pZSTgM-FzIJTCVvtdFa5KwIm7Yb7wAckYJStnwTtaMWHxrRT4iHOJOmoGQ9OYT9_ODBni2wa6rfjkHB_Nk87NMLsmIvHiNpS8RpiIy5zlfrrt4pe2TPH6b-nAqso5Q9oDpomw/s1600/Warrior+021.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623511058448230290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikU7Kx_3pZSTgM-FzIJTCVvtdFa5KwIm7Yb7wAckYJStnwTtaMWHxrRT4iHOJOmoGQ9OYT9_ODBni2wa6rfjkHB_Nk87NMLsmIvHiNpS8RpiIy5zlfrrt4pe2TPH6b-nAqso5Q9oDpomw/s400/Warrior+021.JPG" /></a></div><div><br /><div>And here is the final peice!</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> <iframe height="292" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3mqIrgO2mdA?rel=0" frameborder="0" width="460" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div> </div><div>and you might find this interesting, too. It's the storyboards I drew and video comp prior to shooting.</div></div><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwgegbuTbqKxAIqwA4-rcI--oWJuom8_7lFkgAUqH-DODgjXI-AWn_b31gmOZ9pIF6qYHKBaRpoRmq8wvaFjQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p> </p>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-37804347755550725432011-06-28T21:51:00.000-07:002011-06-28T22:14:23.515-07:00My First App - AmazonFreshThe first phone app that I ever worked on was published today. It's a grocery (and more) delivery app for AmazonFresh on the new (and awesome) Windows Phone 7.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxq4dfi79JKCbBHMObLFdCNgnhp7J_q59fuJJfkr_4-0jgnBFPg1RAHpIGoEzyu8SkhqmKMxf1urdV9ZwzPKrDU5fOqOc3eeBe33NJsLSg-l46wnZaR2O3QYLcIYG9bVm1cXGxNVyg6U/s1600/AmazonFresh_wPhone.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623501774455980322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxq4dfi79JKCbBHMObLFdCNgnhp7J_q59fuJJfkr_4-0jgnBFPg1RAHpIGoEzyu8SkhqmKMxf1urdV9ZwzPKrDU5fOqOc3eeBe33NJsLSg-l46wnZaR2O3QYLcIYG9bVm1cXGxNVyg6U/s400/AmazonFresh_wPhone.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The project was pretty big and it took about 6 months of back and forth with the client, and a non-disclosure agreement which prevented me from showing it to anyone or talking about it, so it's really exciting to have it FINALLY released to market.<br /><br />The new Windows Phone was so cool to work on that I gave up my iPhone and bought the Samsung Focus (running WindowsPhone7) instead. I love the device and I love the apps - they have such a elegant user experience and such modern design. I've started make my own apps on the side now, too.<br /><br />And the AmazonFresh grocery service is sweeeeet! I use it all the time now. Just placed another order this morning at work, and then it was on my doorstep when I got home :)<br /><br />If you have the new Windows Phone, <a href="http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=3aa1ebf5-5b9d-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8">download my kick ass app </a>(opens in Zune) or search for "AmazonFresh" from your WP7, and give it 5 stars! (btw, it's only for Seattle & Eastside areas)MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-54891501450237687512011-04-27T20:49:00.000-07:002011-04-28T09:55:22.835-07:00Beastie Boys - Fight for your right revisitedOMG - this is SO brilliant! You might want to familiarize yourself with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk">this old gem first</a>, then watch the new one.<br /><br /><br /><object width="440" height="260"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/O_IoPG5mLx0X5ugQW4vWig/i51"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/O_IoPG5mLx0X5ugQW4vWig/i51" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="440" height="260" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-38552807354974381062011-04-24T16:30:00.000-07:002011-04-24T16:36:17.139-07:00Stupid Pet TricksI saw this video of a cat "putting on" its bunny hat. I thought it was pretty funny, so I made my own video with Mojo.<br /><br />The original<br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="424" height="269" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XTTDoT2RH40" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />And mine<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RwBDUS8i8G4?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RwBDUS8i8G4?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-88174448498238529272011-04-16T20:39:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:15:12.642-07:00If You Can Wake Up, Then You ShouldOne of the last scenes from the movie Waking Life. As a whole, I thought the movie was pretty boring - just a bunch of monologs. But this scene I found very interesting. Makes me think about the nature of time. Or rather, the illusion of time. It will be good fodder for the six day silent meditation retreat that we're going on tomorrow... <iframe height="300" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/22502328" frameborder="0" width="400"></iframe>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-62270295506735528612011-04-11T11:49:00.000-07:002011-04-11T12:03:33.575-07:00Ava's Gymnastics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDIjylmk0o2bx84dC0BiQ7-sHsML1c5pB9PyhHwuQzoEF3Ug-HXSXjRo8k44gKIaIYvUiAsITF_j3RAJjoA-jkfgeX7ITh-qnL6LGBsmKLTqjWG1Bms6QebN_LwtFzZzmJzgOIdrkUuY/s1600/DSC_0081.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594403305718683106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDIjylmk0o2bx84dC0BiQ7-sHsML1c5pB9PyhHwuQzoEF3Ug-HXSXjRo8k44gKIaIYvUiAsITF_j3RAJjoA-jkfgeX7ITh-qnL6LGBsmKLTqjWG1Bms6QebN_LwtFzZzmJzgOIdrkUuY/s400/DSC_0081.JPG" /></a> The last meet of the season. Lots of high-flying acrobatics and crazy flexibility. My neice is definately an upcoming super star. A couple more years and she'll be on the Wheaties box. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCCAJaXVZJk5U9May_sDdScDwOdR7lEeaPVytBE04UlDgA_txKb5BFaHp009QPMlA6ZlDtqJK4i4LLgGTy11w7guYHydYiDRWGeBU3UvNK3QkOXNpwBrZgnpm2nxt9gzbEt30Wmre90s/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594400839789985890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCCAJaXVZJk5U9May_sDdScDwOdR7lEeaPVytBE04UlDgA_txKb5BFaHp009QPMlA6ZlDtqJK4i4LLgGTy11w7guYHydYiDRWGeBU3UvNK3QkOXNpwBrZgnpm2nxt9gzbEt30Wmre90s/s400/DSC_0042.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84uv88DKknYUYHhfMVu9zcoBIad724qpydcIyA6xCEMZZQOorkPaTFEuOJyz0ydfQybTK6nqLLgntGTfSB9A5bPuDMnKfpQHmYkOBjAM2DZiAhMLocqMWZa_LcRvVGxpiKkzViC1eZTc/s1600/DSC_0053.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594400829611746114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84uv88DKknYUYHhfMVu9zcoBIad724qpydcIyA6xCEMZZQOorkPaTFEuOJyz0ydfQybTK6nqLLgntGTfSB9A5bPuDMnKfpQHmYkOBjAM2DZiAhMLocqMWZa_LcRvVGxpiKkzViC1eZTc/s400/DSC_0053.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-U0xNNtACc8j5BFL3fLBxfe0EJ1XLQTNYAryUpribBASg37ROOdk-FkQR9jdhc51MslgQLYT5TxyREYpQGovdKssZnn116YzKqbCnRIL8iqV14MsklYOzANqd6XxMM609AA_KPsby6E/s1600/DSC_0052.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594400821725174722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-U0xNNtACc8j5BFL3fLBxfe0EJ1XLQTNYAryUpribBASg37ROOdk-FkQR9jdhc51MslgQLYT5TxyREYpQGovdKssZnn116YzKqbCnRIL8iqV14MsklYOzANqd6XxMM609AA_KPsby6E/s400/DSC_0052.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmfc2kPL1m-IrilfuhE8P-BXeFSM8BPzqm7jT6X4QEAG8wGVs7gR4xY-m54u4RyaO5fwrKmS2M8Wftc_s0wZHhArs-JGSYNFtji0IJMFortq3Y1L6tpSxW70EMIKnVB0idzboUzBDgN0/s1600/DSC_0066.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594400812674328770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDmfc2kPL1m-IrilfuhE8P-BXeFSM8BPzqm7jT6X4QEAG8wGVs7gR4xY-m54u4RyaO5fwrKmS2M8Wftc_s0wZHhArs-JGSYNFtji0IJMFortq3Y1L6tpSxW70EMIKnVB0idzboUzBDgN0/s400/DSC_0066.JPG" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB6Lf5Zbbb6SVfrB56IDYk_dObZIYWX-FLZhub0L2kWy_klSKDHs91avn8vuuL5C61jEn7NdcF6N8bKZ5OhoOjz127tKComN8CdjhDL-Ib7V-n9a0FqUOt4sLgtqHIwCNmbA4cVaH84E/s1600/DSC_0069.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594400802621852210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPB6Lf5Zbbb6SVfrB56IDYk_dObZIYWX-FLZhub0L2kWy_klSKDHs91avn8vuuL5C61jEn7NdcF6N8bKZ5OhoOjz127tKComN8CdjhDL-Ib7V-n9a0FqUOt4sLgtqHIwCNmbA4cVaH84E/s400/DSC_0069.JPG" /></a> <br /><div></div></div></div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-12809167331620927442011-04-01T09:03:00.000-07:002011-04-01T09:08:43.293-07:00The Weather Channel<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZrSZ6mwoFqwrt8maW0Rp7os1iSKdZK8uQ_dc8JXPYEsPhd01dICZ8fXM1nrnf6voT36hLQ_0MIgrHWHJrGTFMRTPQmcaTgZlfdE_4cJWU7u41XX3dHicF_GVqwCM42Gn9MzOhiuEpL8/s1600/delete.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590647642433754114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZrSZ6mwoFqwrt8maW0Rp7os1iSKdZK8uQ_dc8JXPYEsPhd01dICZ8fXM1nrnf6voT36hLQ_0MIgrHWHJrGTFMRTPQmcaTgZlfdE_4cJWU7u41XX3dHicF_GVqwCM42Gn9MzOhiuEpL8/s400/delete.jpg" /></a> I did a demo video for The Weather Channel. We did not create the phone app, just the video. It was a pretty fun project to work on... Keeps my video skills from getting rusty. Plus the client was quite happy and has already referred new business to us. <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/showcase/en/US/details/c3d0e0b3-2e28-4d1d-bcc7-d23d4880079d">You can view the video on the Microsoft Showcase</a>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-42942963437272092122011-03-13T23:00:00.001-07:002011-04-11T11:48:58.141-07:00Lacrosse!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRZ3EyZ1vLewMoUXeQcS1gJHHVfD_c7frtCXdwC4ZJkemJbt9-UwcmISeJecRLgWyQ6aziF0hyqy7xiNWrz3WGCfo0RHtPjrxzSmDwilS-zOwghPK1lfuohG_GesmM-RaXOyI839-gKE/s1600/WP_000232.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594399900825142418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRZ3EyZ1vLewMoUXeQcS1gJHHVfD_c7frtCXdwC4ZJkemJbt9-UwcmISeJecRLgWyQ6aziF0hyqy7xiNWrz3WGCfo0RHtPjrxzSmDwilS-zOwghPK1lfuohG_GesmM-RaXOyI839-gKE/s400/WP_000232.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>My little bro Vincent just joined a lacrosse team and they had their first game last Saturday. Vince played very poorly and the team lost 9 to 1 and i couldn't be more proud of him. He is not used to playing sports, has no idea how to play lacrosse, and only knows one kid on the team so he was super nervous, but got out there and did his best and ended up having fun. And most importantly, he put himself way outside his comfort zone and faces his fear. Now I gotta learn how to play lacrosse so i can help him practice! Posted with <a href="http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=a1303275-51f7-df11-9264-00237de2db9e">BloghuB </a>for Windows Phone 7</div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-50689241666148787792011-02-27T14:09:00.000-08:002011-02-27T14:31:59.658-08:00Kathleen is BackAfter 2 months in India, Kathleen has returned. Here are just a couple of her photos.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuJSg651IGp2nVu4_NL9o2Qi8A1GMUbjFFTP-h0OVTnhX6m0QCm2UQxDp_ocehl_1VRGP61qA9KUniuY4hD5OnSkvg-yAkyJqmrDHVJeaI3MsMLAfg_sM6nY7I5NuRxU4ZweFG5y2ths/s1600/DSC01341.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578499376564240322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcuJSg651IGp2nVu4_NL9o2Qi8A1GMUbjFFTP-h0OVTnhX6m0QCm2UQxDp_ocehl_1VRGP61qA9KUniuY4hD5OnSkvg-yAkyJqmrDHVJeaI3MsMLAfg_sM6nY7I5NuRxU4ZweFG5y2ths/s400/DSC01341.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aPwXC6q_3VOfJ0ysoWj-MejEroPUfmbxdrV-KOBuWU8q8ynBHpKZiYAuaNLf7WEafeQim_UW9n4GY6DQSlzQSVo0vRkDDK8OvBCiBEeI8uj2orrT5yDZf3npJSrjVSq3pDqTPV90jxc/s1600/DSC01267.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578499375559639490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aPwXC6q_3VOfJ0ysoWj-MejEroPUfmbxdrV-KOBuWU8q8ynBHpKZiYAuaNLf7WEafeQim_UW9n4GY6DQSlzQSVo0vRkDDK8OvBCiBEeI8uj2orrT5yDZf3npJSrjVSq3pDqTPV90jxc/s400/DSC01267.JPG" /></a> </div><div><br />This monkey is human sized.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8uKqpEcBV9gvkZEo6Pqn6svahCAxNzM32npzXu3gvOERlD1M_JtdyzdEUfedQe9IlmZ_1rA5yZjou6qUret6CCF1gxqul3pAb4kUm5Afa3BmmlmFWTSGaNUw93QHouPCnWjz1ZdluYo/s1600/DSC01234.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578499365314970450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu8uKqpEcBV9gvkZEo6Pqn6svahCAxNzM32npzXu3gvOERlD1M_JtdyzdEUfedQe9IlmZ_1rA5yZjou6qUret6CCF1gxqul3pAb4kUm5Afa3BmmlmFWTSGaNUw93QHouPCnWjz1ZdluYo/s400/DSC01234.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5LzUXh2uehRDXlE8jY9dvZvKf22E0KK-WvCFX-XJ7z65a-duGlNLIfVofi5MBbqR_a0bxUshzIMXhyphenhyphenATWs_q4bgu2iT4g6RvXVfzmt6NL-VxHvxnE4q74hQof4f-GW8uob0kLGpQXWo/s1600/DSC01223.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578499356477284914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5LzUXh2uehRDXlE8jY9dvZvKf22E0KK-WvCFX-XJ7z65a-duGlNLIfVofi5MBbqR_a0bxUshzIMXhyphenhyphenATWs_q4bgu2iT4g6RvXVfzmt6NL-VxHvxnE4q74hQof4f-GW8uob0kLGpQXWo/s400/DSC01223.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1-iyBMqg_k5nkT9kY1RX6Zc1bllaOw9Ee9vaS2lhHbRBEPaSw1t2JqB58DlbgDGcv_83p9QeApoXggE_PObaRdPer-57I_yYs38AbHMnUfSQzQTmDJ4HKvxR5eUTZAhCON3rW5dTovQ/s1600/DSC01143.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578499349986836866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1-iyBMqg_k5nkT9kY1RX6Zc1bllaOw9Ee9vaS2lhHbRBEPaSw1t2JqB58DlbgDGcv_83p9QeApoXggE_PObaRdPer-57I_yYs38AbHMnUfSQzQTmDJ4HKvxR5eUTZAhCON3rW5dTovQ/s400/DSC01143.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Sadus - they have renounced all worldly possetions and relationships.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgATfWRSAXTfQXCToe2Pbadcl4jgMMarjjGNCyORRr7HS29-_jdVJT6ysrvxxq7ztUAZ5V_C9j2ru6U9ArvImSEZMXZ2W8zz-AF45mPrfjaaSwfS5gLIr0j3iouwOfuJOeR3n5M8sSK8/s1600/DSC01132.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495642981825602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgATfWRSAXTfQXCToe2Pbadcl4jgMMarjjGNCyORRr7HS29-_jdVJT6ysrvxxq7ztUAZ5V_C9j2ru6U9ArvImSEZMXZ2W8zz-AF45mPrfjaaSwfS5gLIr0j3iouwOfuJOeR3n5M8sSK8/s400/DSC01132.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>Not only are cows sacred, people just don't eat meat down there.<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJdE-WlwcmM0y_R9zZqBnPw6vToycshZFQOKAQL0LO60a-dZlDHSVUUVnPbRwSDaOgtX7EDOcrC3wosIHPW4cyoNyLyMvISg3Nuty26RMh9iPyzRDKHhD6ouv_3OcH3PWsZYF4XrizeE/s1600/DSC01093.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495640562782930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJdE-WlwcmM0y_R9zZqBnPw6vToycshZFQOKAQL0LO60a-dZlDHSVUUVnPbRwSDaOgtX7EDOcrC3wosIHPW4cyoNyLyMvISg3Nuty26RMh9iPyzRDKHhD6ouv_3OcH3PWsZYF4XrizeE/s400/DSC01093.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTc8t3tJe0FWkclSgtw4AO_sHemrJqVl3IdPXraneKhXIWhn_o3YYfbBqOxF7hY1QMj6XfpnjZJtGTWR0omF3_Sr7LxdXFSLyxUj9QjCQTF_6UMGjQfi56AWOQcJXe-dGxDypleBYuuQ/s1600/DSC00877.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 225px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495633437033666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTc8t3tJe0FWkclSgtw4AO_sHemrJqVl3IdPXraneKhXIWhn_o3YYfbBqOxF7hY1QMj6XfpnjZJtGTWR0omF3_Sr7LxdXFSLyxUj9QjCQTF_6UMGjQfi56AWOQcJXe-dGxDypleBYuuQ/s400/DSC00877.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHctmH_CubZGynP0-BBiH2o9zjxpEwpekFU1YGnWbMO_85VlUfGeCV73o9O63E-lRLdVVqOTl8JCFrNSytsXJzApmN5akg202OZCvhgxGVHjdJbfaKba_p0cLVygMwlNIFtqMsqIU5y-8/s1600/DSC00810.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495628752261442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHctmH_CubZGynP0-BBiH2o9zjxpEwpekFU1YGnWbMO_85VlUfGeCV73o9O63E-lRLdVVqOTl8JCFrNSytsXJzApmN5akg202OZCvhgxGVHjdJbfaKba_p0cLVygMwlNIFtqMsqIU5y-8/s400/DSC00810.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Part of the group she went with:<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ_e5rP6VuU4X51eea1ckg4rAStu_7JekYCbgjqVI8e1HQIbN9JjeFvTaFHSwcurUtz4xEsg9vwmLEEzqxoPPjwJnLuWEWz2TPXdVr5I4bEHrVy2rbjR0Rk1d-8KI8R4r2vY0OWBhOTI/s1600/DSC00804.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578495618514216018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJ_e5rP6VuU4X51eea1ckg4rAStu_7JekYCbgjqVI8e1HQIbN9JjeFvTaFHSwcurUtz4xEsg9vwmLEEzqxoPPjwJnLuWEWz2TPXdVr5I4bEHrVy2rbjR0Rk1d-8KI8R4r2vY0OWBhOTI/s400/DSC00804.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-68857535660062848482011-01-20T21:46:00.001-08:002011-01-20T21:47:34.534-08:00Bicycle Woman from the Future<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa64Zvx-FoRpBUDcHMGnjd89b3FpqV1kazdaH-PGSM8-t_wNjZJ4OJqZjIT21Ol94SqThyDrMWuqbSx-X1lK1xBejv03gJhOu6pXsVbdDjVR9R26gyrceVJ-ZpsnECMYaUEADnnTHLKM/s1600/laserbike.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 339px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564511492363115362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa64Zvx-FoRpBUDcHMGnjd89b3FpqV1kazdaH-PGSM8-t_wNjZJ4OJqZjIT21Ol94SqThyDrMWuqbSx-X1lK1xBejv03gJhOu6pXsVbdDjVR9R26gyrceVJ-ZpsnECMYaUEADnnTHLKM/s400/laserbike.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Holy Crap. This is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen. I think I finally know what I will have tatooed on my back!MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-91015932373124364892011-01-08T15:07:00.000-08:002011-01-08T15:12:28.024-08:00Kathleen is in IndiaAs most of you know, Kathleen is in India visiting ashrams and meditating like crazy. They are in Auroville right now. The big golden ball is the main attraction. If you are lucky, you can go inside to meditate.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqScwR2J7Fspfow8kN4SwEqAbsIwVy5pT415_TXnvWQICy-i99IpcnU835NLwtj4MUXHz-bAX6koM8ZzGrXktUbGPCk2O6XxlfJ70S2g6RXsp3wDDT1PD0bOdzkHA8u9AtJcdrn3TKRg/s1600/196113-matri-mandir-in-auroville-largest-man-made-meditation-center-auroville-india%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559956133474873042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtqScwR2J7Fspfow8kN4SwEqAbsIwVy5pT415_TXnvWQICy-i99IpcnU835NLwtj4MUXHz-bAX6koM8ZzGrXktUbGPCk2O6XxlfJ70S2g6RXsp3wDDT1PD0bOdzkHA8u9AtJcdrn3TKRg/s400/196113-matri-mandir-in-auroville-largest-man-made-meditation-center-auroville-india%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This is the inside. I think this is where the Jedi counsil also holds their meetings :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyaLVqMRqpoMRd7sL972davurldV6dRRAlM1JqS89G_l6xklmR4bPabCUaJg3BnLtuOSTfCuX0RxAyrsLQNdQzqXYZ_UuOmM3zn8Op_RBBP3BDbWciQYbDEyR7x8T_cADFRSpXZ2e_v0/s1600/1.1236750060.auroville_matrimandir%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559956139764757266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjyaLVqMRqpoMRd7sL972davurldV6dRRAlM1JqS89G_l6xklmR4bPabCUaJg3BnLtuOSTfCuX0RxAyrsLQNdQzqXYZ_UuOmM3zn8Op_RBBP3BDbWciQYbDEyR7x8T_cADFRSpXZ2e_v0/s400/1.1236750060.auroville_matrimandir%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br />There are some pretty cool <a href="http://www.auroville.org/panoramas/index.html">panoramic views on their website.</a>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-3930937441731631952011-01-08T14:45:00.000-08:002011-01-08T14:49:30.652-08:00Black HoleNice short video. Thanks to Poppa John for sending.<br /><br /><br /><object width="450" height="266"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P5_Msrdg3Hk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P5_Msrdg3Hk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="450" height="266"></embed></object>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-30422821206671085342010-12-21T20:29:00.000-08:002010-12-21T22:37:25.507-08:00Merry Xmas to Me (from work)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoZ50JgpxLKt6aKKhhxxX3_pKYkfiWmwCEb_EL5djfU-PZLDUNE5Wyx3TsmYOJk3q7MbXYeUFwi_38pjRnw3ncwLcehY_s1aRE419A6SBPtrJOkNI8L-DhfoUDKrMhPg2VEGz4mv_Dis/s1600/apple-ipad-300x300.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553389314496172450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimoZ50JgpxLKt6aKKhhxxX3_pKYkfiWmwCEb_EL5djfU-PZLDUNE5Wyx3TsmYOJk3q7MbXYeUFwi_38pjRnw3ncwLcehY_s1aRE419A6SBPtrJOkNI8L-DhfoUDKrMhPg2VEGz4mv_Dis/s400/apple-ipad-300x300.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Today at work all 60+ employees got custom engraved iPads. I have to say this is the nicest xmas gift I've received from any place I've worked. </div><div> </div><div>At first when I unwrapped it, I was like "Holy crap, this is sweet!", then I thought "Hey I could sell this for big bucks", then I pondered if I really need another gadget to add to our collection, I mean, I just got the Windows Phone 7 and two months before that, the iPhone, we have two desktops and a laptop... how many ways to surf the web and watch movies do we need?... and then I went back to my original thought "Holy crap, this is sweet!"</div><div> </div><div>So in the holiday spirit of over consumption and materialism, I decided to open it up and keep it (at least for now). A week ago I was celebrating the unistall of iTunes from my computer, but now I had to load it back on :( And now I sit here on the couch w/ Kathleen, she on her laptop and me on my iPad, taking 30 minutes to tap out this blog post... and I have to admit that I'm not totally sure what the benefit of this device is.</div><div> </div><div>It's sort of like a huge iPhone, except that there's no camera and you can't call anyone. It doesn't even have a mic. It could be a major influence in the way I relate to technology, or it could be a big waste of silicon. I'll have to figure that out. Either way, tho, it is one VERY generous gift :) Thanks Work!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-91644467772857525742010-12-17T15:17:00.001-08:002010-12-17T18:42:53.695-08:00WP7 Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J_4fiNsqOgRiX1a_0jIrSJIJKAgWkVIfqrqf6crL9lcl7adBzs4OVGmqIQNbIehh-D2Xe2rTNptX6Pwzlo70wsDiFtmYKfYLasbLy-sjpmyUzYSwSjBhCaIhRO-B0hc3H2zsY2Rz3tg/s1600/samsung.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551795183174363746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4J_4fiNsqOgRiX1a_0jIrSJIJKAgWkVIfqrqf6crL9lcl7adBzs4OVGmqIQNbIehh-D2Xe2rTNptX6Pwzlo70wsDiFtmYKfYLasbLy-sjpmyUzYSwSjBhCaIhRO-B0hc3H2zsY2Rz3tg/s400/samsung.bmp" /></a><br /><div>A couple weeks ago I bought the new Windows Phone 7 and I have to say I am loving it. The WP7 operaring system (OS) comes on many different phones. The one I picked up is the Samsung Focus. It's very thin and light weight with a super-AMOLED screen, which is very high contrast. When the phone show true black, the pixels are actually turned off, so the blacks are totally black. It saves battery life and looks amazing.</div><br /><div>Now, this new Phone 7 OS was just released in November, so there are some features that are missing (like copy & paste and a few other things), and not all of my favorite apps have been released for WP7 either (like Pandora and Angry Birds), but there is a HUGE OS update coming in Janurary and it's just a matter of time til there's more apps.</div><br /><div>In the mean time, the things that I really like are </div><div>1) the interface is way sexy - the fonts, graphics, and subtle movements and just the whole experience of navigating around</div><div>2) the voice control is really good - you just say what you're looking for and the phone figures it out</div><div>3) it has "live tile" on the start page, which are constantly updated with new info (like weather conditions, photos of the band i'm listening to, new craigslist items i'm looking for)</div><div>4) you can also pin your own tiles to the start screen and you can pin pretty much anything - a map location, a contact, a song, a web page</div><div>5) this model has a 5 Megapixel camera w/ flash and shoots 720p HD video</div><div>6) last but not least, cuz this might be the coolest feature of them all.... the apps are built in Silverlight and I, ladies and gentlemen, am a Silverlight designer at a Silverlight agency. So I can build my own apps and load them on my own phone! right now I'm working on 2 apps w/ a couple guys from work. I'll share a demo when they're done. </div>7) whoops, i spoke too soon... the coolest thing is NO MORE ITUNES!!!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/windowsphone?blend=2&ob=1#p/c/CAACE0D4AB2DBDA4/2/wlJ_fLPpmdM">Watch the phone demo in fullscreen on HD</a></div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-74440495765747281512010-11-04T21:22:00.000-07:002010-11-04T21:28:02.181-07:00Microsoft Mission Critical<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg10sycrQEzO7fjBoVPd3C1uwmfc2YH3xq4dKqdaflMPnmqz8ut-gcI6NFQpqbS75FXs7jCRJaMHlr0UxZF0uwiv7tdAtXxE3rQvrgxjtgc9tnNQbJpoSm7CZwTTDAIgTmAbx9hIy5_A/s1600/mc.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535917678856446626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcg10sycrQEzO7fjBoVPd3C1uwmfc2YH3xq4dKqdaflMPnmqz8ut-gcI6NFQpqbS75FXs7jCRJaMHlr0UxZF0uwiv7tdAtXxE3rQvrgxjtgc9tnNQbJpoSm7CZwTTDAIgTmAbx9hIy5_A/s400/mc.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Here's a new website I designed for Microsoft. We just launched it a couple weeks ago. This is the initial launch. There are still some design tweaks that need to happen, but it's good enough to share.<br /><br />It was a pretty rewarding project to work on because I was excited about the design direction, as it is a little more progressive that the standard Microsoft brands. And the cityscape on the home page was fun to build.<br /><br />Have a look around....<br /><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/servers/missioncritical/Default.aspx">http://www.microsoft.com/servers/missioncritical/Default.aspx</a><br /></div><br /><div></div>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-22784817824916485702010-10-29T13:10:00.001-07:002010-10-29T13:12:33.199-07:00The Zombie Side of Sears<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0uqSZQOPWVWw-XUpZKcZQWhne7MRE_SzL2TIrfGKnz1uO43DNusfTJBR7sQXVlCv332Q4Sh7ND8_D7YHmpK0pxoBOnCNRhbNAc2ucTtae67xDcBo0mSgqoROW4u7nPFwBVNkLDoh7UY/s1600/zombie.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533563000342869746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0uqSZQOPWVWw-XUpZKcZQWhne7MRE_SzL2TIrfGKnz1uO43DNusfTJBR7sQXVlCv332Q4Sh7ND8_D7YHmpK0pxoBOnCNRhbNAc2ucTtae67xDcBo0mSgqoROW4u7nPFwBVNkLDoh7UY/s400/zombie.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I love it when big companies take a little chance and have a sense of humor. Sear, which is a brand that I would consider to be quite conservative, pushed the boundaries a little by having some Halloween fun. <a href="http://www.sears.com/zombies">Check out their zombie site!<br /></a>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-67385571850367714622010-10-19T20:43:00.000-07:002010-10-19T20:47:14.483-07:00The Late Start<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlCmPJgZLE0kN6uzMNBqLftrnx_IJBuUxe_7OzHvEWlymptsKJ3wEWvCnOiUhyphenhyphenu0bXPPBpHx3RgAY_VKEw3L0YW15oGY1eXwrj1psteGR7DvCNSHx_-lSpT8Ze7JgdN8wjmov8r8690o/s1600/Greg_Mark_bike_01.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529968868873881138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlCmPJgZLE0kN6uzMNBqLftrnx_IJBuUxe_7OzHvEWlymptsKJ3wEWvCnOiUhyphenhyphenu0bXPPBpHx3RgAY_VKEw3L0YW15oGY1eXwrj1psteGR7DvCNSHx_-lSpT8Ze7JgdN8wjmov8r8690o/s400/Greg_Mark_bike_01.jpg" /></a><br />A shot from the recent Great Parks bike tour with some Photoshop post editing.MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-11762655940132007662010-10-03T22:40:00.000-07:002010-10-03T22:45:16.782-07:00Photo Caption Contest<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yQJGRlXlWArxTdlGgySiIIaaNeNasoVEH4mdLH3DNwZbupKtb3y2iw6qW6rdspkiHqvVgI_L3xgLpERssTxrGSj_SacPl5W1zr254xwb4iZFkfMMJcI24qT8qXGV9MXoZGzEr5a7Kkc/s1600/DSC00633.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 362px; HEIGHT: 349px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524062399138664498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9yQJGRlXlWArxTdlGgySiIIaaNeNasoVEH4mdLH3DNwZbupKtb3y2iw6qW6rdspkiHqvVgI_L3xgLpERssTxrGSj_SacPl5W1zr254xwb4iZFkfMMJcI24qT8qXGV9MXoZGzEr5a7Kkc/s400/DSC00633.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I bought a pack of beef jerky recently. There was a little packet of something inside with this picture on it. What do you think they were trying to tell people? I think something about "don't feed this jerky to soul-less zombie children".MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-52575979968847948592010-10-03T09:36:00.000-07:002010-10-14T22:06:31.276-07:00BikeTour 2010 - The Great ParksEver since my <a href="http://mattwilsonmd.blogspot.com/2007/08/cascase-loop-after.html">bike tour with Ben in 2007</a> I've been dieing to go on another tour - I can't believe it took 3 years to finally get out again. Greg, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span></span></span>, Mark, Ron, and I took the last two weeks of July off and headed out for Montana and Canada for what was truly an epic ride. The following is my account of the adventure.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrP8lGV0gtesXzh3hculORBa9VI2z9mTjsL6wlvMNTm4Skmhs3tw-dx60z0TY2HRc3TQRluMrTQx8gVZq5nV2KzyMw7XBnPUoPz29klBCGrFVk1ZDxRw-Pkb-os9JzXy2Ys1C17mjGBM/s1600/P1020252.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524063762687699506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyrP8lGV0gtesXzh3hculORBa9VI2z9mTjsL6wlvMNTm4Skmhs3tw-dx60z0TY2HRc3TQRluMrTQx8gVZq5nV2KzyMw7XBnPUoPz29klBCGrFVk1ZDxRw-Pkb-os9JzXy2Ys1C17mjGBM/s400/P1020252.JPG" /></a><br />5 guys. 10 days. 580 miles.<br /><br /><strong>Day 1 - Home to King St. Station (15 miles)</strong><br /><br />Got off work early and started peddling to downtown. As soon as I left my driveway the old familiar sense of freedom and adventure I felt on the 2007 tour came rushing back. God I love touring on a bike! I got to the station right on time to meet my buddies and break our bikes down and box them up. We had practiced doing this the week before, so we had no problems. There were two issues that came up already, tho. One was that Ron had a bungee cord fall off and get sucked into his back wheel on the way to Marks house that day and it messed up his wheel. Mark managed to true it to a pretty good extent, but it was going to have to be fixed or replaced soon. The other concern was that the whole trip was dependant on making each checkpoint each day, and the first day (Day 2) was the most crucial. We had to get off the train as quick as possible and make it to a certain point in Glacier Park before the closed the road to bikes, so that we could make it to our camp site. So we were little concerned when our train showed up at King St. Station <strong>4 hours late</strong>! Well the train finally showed up and we had these sweet little sleeper cabins. Ron did not - he had to sleep in his seat. These cabins, although small, were great for hanging out in. We had beers and played cards and watched the scenery. We also had a free dinner and breakfast, too!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySV9pz_4jk6wSOjQZ_vtYYx9QicE1uJtHWNUqjTfyzJYXP5SC0ekP3vImjsFvB-iutKtZS3aOcoZUeCeJ6Bw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><strong>Day 2 - White Fish to St. Mary (76 miles)</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ30sqe3tQZR-QVaOx_ycRYNDK41H7-PrzRoXsgmfnyQEe80Ocv9tK1RbtlN51I79X1Miau4MTSgjRwt9LfOnM5fDecmE7SluQPWMfuenMvO7Au5jYAH62rT4gTCKSOOsu4tdi9YK6Nw/s1600/DSC00193.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524410017701176834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ30sqe3tQZR-QVaOx_ycRYNDK41H7-PrzRoXsgmfnyQEe80Ocv9tK1RbtlN51I79X1Miau4MTSgjRwt9LfOnM5fDecmE7SluQPWMfuenMvO7Au5jYAH62rT4gTCKSOOsu4tdi9YK6Nw/s400/DSC00193.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The train made up a little time overnight and we got in to Whitefish at a reasonable time, but we were thinking that it was too late to make it to our road closure in time and we realized we were going to either have to hitch a ride <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> the road closure area or just get in to camp really late. Either way we weren't too concerned, we were just happy to be on vacation.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI53ceT6Otx7r-sMdh0KFhEx_YZYAdnSSGMusztFIX8Jn56t4Qq4M8MXCjX1WhQAUhQ5VdE-NS0bubon8lj7d8w1PtDxSG9aA2ADxdbEuay52X1ht5OTHw7mgCjAsK23qrClHA9K7do4g/s1600/IMG_0733.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524410030326374706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI53ceT6Otx7r-sMdh0KFhEx_YZYAdnSSGMusztFIX8Jn56t4Qq4M8MXCjX1WhQAUhQ5VdE-NS0bubon8lj7d8w1PtDxSG9aA2ADxdbEuay52X1ht5OTHw7mgCjAsK23qrClHA9K7do4g/s400/IMG_0733.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We got our bike boxes and re-assembled the bikes and loaded them up and hit the road. The weather was beautiful and I was feeling great having slept quite well on the train. We did have to stop after a while to do some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">maintenance</span></span> on Ron's wheel. It was becoming more obvious that this was going to be a problem, but we couldn't find any bike shops that were open. So we pressed on. At Lake McDonald, they close the road to bikes from 11am - 4pm and we did not make it there in time, but luckily they had these shuttle <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">buses</span></span> that you could load bikes on to, so we were able to save a little bit of time and get a little closer to our destination. We got off on the other side of the lake and started our biggest climb of the trip.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hjHcnViicGoLJS0AD9nFmgraXFQgkEzAUG3eM2D7uM_TUkVYaSOvNm-IhBQmkoRPIQQEhm9PKDFva76PSoVzpmDm_WBx68FcqTfAjZzDhjZoZCf2aA9FlDjZj1Sw2YsJPfAmsnrTjN4/s1600/DSC00201.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524410023022917010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hjHcnViicGoLJS0AD9nFmgraXFQgkEzAUG3eM2D7uM_TUkVYaSOvNm-IhBQmkoRPIQQEhm9PKDFva76PSoVzpmDm_WBx68FcqTfAjZzDhjZoZCf2aA9FlDjZj1Sw2YsJPfAmsnrTjN4/s400/DSC00201.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Going to the Sun Road: This road is actually a national <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">monument</span></span> and this was it's 100 year anniversary. It is an amazing road that's carved into the side of the mountains with a nice steady grade that just keeps going up and up all day until you finally reach the top of Logan's Pass (6500 feet) and the Continental Divide (this is where all rivers in the US flow from). It was a fantastic climb with amazing views of glaciers and mountains and valleys and waterfalls and wild flowers and mountain goats. There was even one point towards the top where there was a mountain goat in the road in front of me, and two goats behind me. I had to just peddle slowly and patiently wait for my opportunity to pass. It was really a pretty amazing experience.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKREpOFPxC026AiLmfl_hDKi8pN2558OjuJ1iWhnxwf7z2STTfkKGVg5LU6oJNJ4foxxIChn1wps1sQngsk7eozo2oXj5oi4DotFqBe_wpelmUPw3Qy3bn-9DXLEkuOPTn0_P24KTu3Y/s1600/DSC00262.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524411741059054290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKREpOFPxC026AiLmfl_hDKi8pN2558OjuJ1iWhnxwf7z2STTfkKGVg5LU6oJNJ4foxxIChn1wps1sQngsk7eozo2oXj5oi4DotFqBe_wpelmUPw3Qy3bn-9DXLEkuOPTn0_P24KTu3Y/s400/DSC00262.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOFgoT_Ut9o2ZZqqjLKx0DS4MJFn9llXa2SvlbkdaPChsoGJGWqliKuvUcZLO9nleQkcNvPUkqE4b9o4DVv4sQPMevKnYOuBUVGI9fP5AsWaVB9eTjrPutV4UM5BHAeOyeAMoioE23js/s1600/DSC00239.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524411731845475906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOFgoT_Ut9o2ZZqqjLKx0DS4MJFn9llXa2SvlbkdaPChsoGJGWqliKuvUcZLO9nleQkcNvPUkqE4b9o4DVv4sQPMevKnYOuBUVGI9fP5AsWaVB9eTjrPutV4UM5BHAeOyeAMoioE23js/s400/DSC00239.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1BUhV2pq2SHiudaLTU8x9AXrqL3PlGQmhgy_J8-usRLrSdBoF87gqNwIvyK8GXSOoHJFmmseSt2NmRtdAYPvJzCU-ulnxTskVMxO3dwzg8Q2lQuFT0wsz61sF6GJJovFyyVChPKDIDA/s1600/DSC00275.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524411743950215906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB1BUhV2pq2SHiudaLTU8x9AXrqL3PlGQmhgy_J8-usRLrSdBoF87gqNwIvyK8GXSOoHJFmmseSt2NmRtdAYPvJzCU-ulnxTskVMxO3dwzg8Q2lQuFT0wsz61sF6GJJovFyyVChPKDIDA/s400/DSC00275.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We all made it to the top eventually. Rested for a couple minutes. Then made our decent down to St. Mary's, where we had a big meal at a nice restaurant and made it to our camp site as the stars were coming out. A quick cold water bath in the sink of the bathrooms and off to bed.<br /><br /><strong>Day 3 - St. Mary to Pincher Creek, Canada (75 miles)</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_rrKDl3-uDMWxPiBaTRyfH8kHnvt6NLUaV56orT_LEnipnNLEleZIAB4aAAmoPugUUZia_HvL5ee7qmse-FJQ54jRNMZYYNfLd2fzTzjjJTHnD-Td5Z35-zphdOA8t-vfBBZKSvK8Ek/s1600/DSC00285.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524413645142563474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_rrKDl3-uDMWxPiBaTRyfH8kHnvt6NLUaV56orT_LEnipnNLEleZIAB4aAAmoPugUUZia_HvL5ee7qmse-FJQ54jRNMZYYNfLd2fzTzjjJTHnD-Td5Z35-zphdOA8t-vfBBZKSvK8Ek/s400/DSC00285.JPG" /></a><br /><br />After fueling up with a great family style breakfast and stocking up on lunch <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">fixin's</span></span></span> at the general store, we hit the open road and headed for Canada. Another beautiful day with rolling fields and creepy cows that would stare us down as we rode by.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhupwb6nVyftvk0RN68mM4MEhRb0j34-UCKBwYu3_FUok5gVuyansEzbK7CdQGRDnHZpjAYjNAsP-nyJE_GB7B_bICMELgWx7E9iJj7LW0QMrKFlu701B7KXSZceLc1CQAHIIIUfM9BVA/s1600/DSC00295.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524413649697475938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhupwb6nVyftvk0RN68mM4MEhRb0j34-UCKBwYu3_FUok5gVuyansEzbK7CdQGRDnHZpjAYjNAsP-nyJE_GB7B_bICMELgWx7E9iJj7LW0QMrKFlu701B7KXSZceLc1CQAHIIIUfM9BVA/s400/DSC00295.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Right after we passed <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> the Canadian border, we figured we should find a good place to make some lunch. We decided to head to a campground that was just a few miles away and see if there was some tables or something we could eat at. As soon as we rolled in to the campgrounds, it started to rain and we found this amazing covered area with two tables and plenty of room for bikes. We fixed up our feast of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">PBJ</span></span></span> sandwiches, trail mix, and summer sausage and let the rain come down. And it was really coming down.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vHzrhVAqj3prha-TSNoX7hqB5hmtLrBMm2sTAmgpZE8V-pplS3XCcPEB-GKGX9AgL8bpJHEYuYpx28LFVnF0858e64dkm8vdvVxuFBsw8xvVbE9HD2V1y_FjrgY0NQp1YGQrQ0S2Bi0/s1600/DSC00308.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524413650370353794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7vHzrhVAqj3prha-TSNoX7hqB5hmtLrBMm2sTAmgpZE8V-pplS3XCcPEB-GKGX9AgL8bpJHEYuYpx28LFVnF0858e64dkm8vdvVxuFBsw8xvVbE9HD2V1y_FjrgY0NQp1YGQrQ0S2Bi0/s400/DSC00308.JPG" /></a><br /><br />After we finished eating and Mark was putting some more finishing touches on Ron's where, the rain really started coming down and the wind started blowing like crazy. We all had to put on every warm and water proof piece of clothing we had. Then the hail came. Hail the size of marbles! I had never seen anything like this before - it was awesome!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxMIyf_LNTVfzIxtvcTb3IguYBFiO9HXd2P9hN6WlMuAwKoL95QJYe54hznAtQ4xI4Hvl9bxtrte76cMaCH9Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />It took about 30 minutes for the rain and hail and wind to subside and we started our climb out of the campgrounds and up a big hill. This is when mother nature attacked again. This time... it was a mosquito ambush! Again, I had never seen anything like this before - it was insane! Each of us had about 200 <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">mosquitoes</span> on us - just swarming relentlessly and attacking right <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> our clothes. We were swatting and smacking and shaking them off and trying to move quickly to get out of there and get up the hill to where it might level off so we could out run them, but then Mark gets a flat tire! Man down, man down! Greg is the only one who can find his mosquito repellent, so he gives himself a quick coating and then jumps off his bike and is running around like an Indy 500 pit crew. And all of us are panicking like we're on fire and Greg is trying <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">frantically</span> to extinguish the flames. Ron is swallowing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">mosquitoes</span> every time he opens his mouth to call for help. Mark yells for us to save our selves and leave him behind - he'll fix the tire and meet us at the top. It's useless to convince him otherwise, so Greg gives him a last couple repellent blasts and we all take off as fast as we can up the hill. I sprint for a minute and feel like I must have lost most of them. As I catch up to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span></span></span>, I can see that his white jersey is peppered with little black blood suckers and as I get closer I see that in addition to the 50 or so on his back, he's got another 50 on each <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">pannier</span> just waiting their turn to feed. As soon as I tell him about his mosquito pandemic, I look back and down at my bags and I've got the same thing! So I swat the bags and sprint, then swat again and sprint. Finally, we get to the top of the hill and there's a nice stiff <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">breeze</span> that blows the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">mosquitoes</span> and away. Greg and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span></span></span>, got hit bad and they have immediate reactions to the bites and start swelling up. Me and Ron are not so bad, just regular bite reactions. Mark eventually makes his way up to meet us and is a little bit up too, but is fine overall. A little shell shocked from the attack, and light headed from blood loss, we press on. It's sunny and beautiful again... well, at least for a little while.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgKOWsryamoYQCdrNlrVWbcgEF9GwrYGzALnYC_DKTTZhLWfyIgyhifRoOM5yntp1ov2fAul6imTMzALkb1jaImSXPLWekipcKn1yjC5sKkI4JBnBAw43ShMNMO7IavWN2hp0JZEOsc4/s1600/DSC00315.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524413660886037570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgKOWsryamoYQCdrNlrVWbcgEF9GwrYGzALnYC_DKTTZhLWfyIgyhifRoOM5yntp1ov2fAul6imTMzALkb1jaImSXPLWekipcKn1yjC5sKkI4JBnBAw43ShMNMO7IavWN2hp0JZEOsc4/s400/DSC00315.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Eventually, the sun disappears and the rain slowly comes back. It's getting late in the day and we're looking for dinner. The rain is getting a little heavier and I'm getting cold. It's hard to warm up, too, because the group is riding a little slow. Finally, we come across some sort of diner/general store. We park our bikes on the side and walk in the front door. It's dark and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">no body's</span> there. But why is the front door open? We walk <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> the grocery store and can hear voices as we make our way back. Turns our the they had lost power, so we find the back bar and grill area full of locals sitting around eating chips and drinking <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">luke</span></span></span> warm beers and coffee. They welcome us in and we warm our frozen hands on hot cups of coffee.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWm08NfEe0HMZsEdcerwV_E1Dbp78Ci4cyppkzvAyGWHmY_Du5fT2fuip-udZ_Pb-1sbWvfMzEdIq9mhdj2FVb2MqpMMpi_X1Q-b0WNUh8BkSOtweMW92KBfg9YM57RhJlLoTQYZYqhs/s1600/panoramic_diner.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524417084605581986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWm08NfEe0HMZsEdcerwV_E1Dbp78Ci4cyppkzvAyGWHmY_Du5fT2fuip-udZ_Pb-1sbWvfMzEdIq9mhdj2FVb2MqpMMpi_X1Q-b0WNUh8BkSOtweMW92KBfg9YM57RhJlLoTQYZYqhs/s400/panoramic_diner.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We get to talking w/ some of the locals and someone offers us a ride to the next town, which is our final destination. They can't fit all of us, tho so Mark and I leave our bags behind and take off on our own to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">rendezvous</span> with them 20 miles away in Pincher creek. And when I say we took off, I mean WE TOOK OFF. We were each about 60-70 pounds lighter without our gear and fueled by the frustration of being cold and riding slowly <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> the rain, and we were absolutely flying! We were taking turns pulling on the flats doing <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">in between</span> 25-30 mph. We were catching glimpses of our forthcoming superhuman bike power. Then at one point we were coming down a little hill, going 35 - 40 mph, me in front, and hit the bottom of the hill where there was a abrupt transition on to a little bridge. Mark still had his handle bar bag on and as he hit the bridge, it knocked his bag loose and launched it straight up and in front of his bike. He shouted some sort of exclamation and bunny hopped and cleared the handlebar bag. Thank God he had no <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">panniers</span> weighing him down and was clipped in to his pedals or else that could have turned out very differently. So we gathered our selves again and continued our dash in to town. We got there before the rest of our group, because unknown to us, the power had come back on and they were sitting around eating nachos and drinking beer! That night we forfeited our reserved camp site and check into a hotel. I took the longest, hottest shower of my entire 37 year life.<br /><br /><strong>Day 4 - Pincher Creek to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fernie</span></span></span> (77 miles)</strong><br /><br />We left Pincher Creek riding <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> open fields with wind turbines. A little overcast, but eventually turning into sun. Making our way past old farms and getting closer to new mountains <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span></span> Crows Pass and crossing from Alberta into British Columbia, and right as it started to rain again, we came across the world's biggest truck and a visitor center which we could see shelter under. Thunder, lightening, and rain. We even saw lightening strike the hill next to us and a tree caught fire, but was quickly extinguished by the rain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_C8AwNNNHfeRx6wwXGQgstqFT4NnSTY3zOADLloNmI1K3LEXys0-CoifqmtJ0fSBsNswV0JiD-IRw-mM9ovq1kHsZBl6eLko-3uCetKkP64GiFVRt8f59t3h_oE2BsR_unpwAvVlD2A/s1600/DSC00345.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524418736134844290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_C8AwNNNHfeRx6wwXGQgstqFT4NnSTY3zOADLloNmI1K3LEXys0-CoifqmtJ0fSBsNswV0JiD-IRw-mM9ovq1kHsZBl6eLko-3uCetKkP64GiFVRt8f59t3h_oE2BsR_unpwAvVlD2A/s400/DSC00345.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41U8VSRJoegajZqKU9GHmNksR8u4wUOiq5DuxJvhXeI8zbqmw_8MnK125AjC2_OABL9t_kyquRclkekkpgECrFkTgyOk-J8WpX7rd0iNFfVJ6TCdApFLKPcLktZZIfN4u_WBDAnOctuk/s1600/DSC00348.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524418735112524210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41U8VSRJoegajZqKU9GHmNksR8u4wUOiq5DuxJvhXeI8zbqmw_8MnK125AjC2_OABL9t_kyquRclkekkpgECrFkTgyOk-J8WpX7rd0iNFfVJ6TCdApFLKPcLktZZIfN4u_WBDAnOctuk/s400/DSC00348.JPG" /></a><br /><br />30 minutes later, it was sunny and warm again, and we rolled on to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fernie</span></span></span> Red Tree Lodge. This place was fan-fucking-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">tastic</span></span></span>. The town is great and is surrounded by beautiful mountains. And the lodge was great! It had super friendly, a bike locker room, computer room w/ <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Internet</span>, game room, TV/Movie theater room, swimming pool, hot tub, sauna, communal kitchen.... this place was off <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">tha</span></span></span> hook! We hit the showers and walked next door to the Curry House. As we were waiting outside for our table, Mark and I set new personal best records for <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">push ups</span>. Mark with 55 and me with 104! I am contunually amazed at what my body can do... after riding 77 miles - 104 consecutive <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">push ups</span>, can you believe that?<br /><br />After a delicious dinner and Bard's gluten-free beer, we soaked in the hot tub for a few and then went to bed. The delicious dinner, however, did not sit so well with my room mate Greg. Same with Mark. Both of them got bad diarrhea that night. Greg was up all night back and forth from the bed to the bathroom. By the time morning rolled around, he was wrecked. Poor guy.<br /><br /><strong>Day 5 - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fernie</span></span> to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wasa</span></span> (74 miles)</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPDo7_qZ2zRc2tQBXgfNg29jcZo6MX6nYopPAwVq0K-kdmUT7croL_GPgZlrPz0OfxprQxGsNqBazRkOaO3wksgChhk5-GazKvneQyggcRBmUShfJKX6dYCQWXQGHPMyQ1gqq1OtqO0c/s1600/IMG_0774.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524420624787884626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPDo7_qZ2zRc2tQBXgfNg29jcZo6MX6nYopPAwVq0K-kdmUT7croL_GPgZlrPz0OfxprQxGsNqBazRkOaO3wksgChhk5-GazKvneQyggcRBmUShfJKX6dYCQWXQGHPMyQ1gqq1OtqO0c/s400/IMG_0774.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We had a stellar breakfast at this little organic place, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">supplemented</span> by some topical ointments and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Imodium</span> AD, then hit the road. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span></span> had his first flat tire, but fortunately had his pit crew (Mark) there to change it in record time and get him back up and running.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfDdGGHeOZ8SNdPo7F7p2iGMa6BKpB9Ii9QXQqJj9uFBelxgsGaxLEbEMmni93SsDx4sdfxXkdKghtGHXcf3S78FlcwbQtV_rT7L0C-vvegUCxzW7eOhuvPcKNCqfX_dC-tzwIJY1798/s1600/DSC00379.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 225px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524420611981471218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSfDdGGHeOZ8SNdPo7F7p2iGMa6BKpB9Ii9QXQqJj9uFBelxgsGaxLEbEMmni93SsDx4sdfxXkdKghtGHXcf3S78FlcwbQtV_rT7L0C-vvegUCxzW7eOhuvPcKNCqfX_dC-tzwIJY1798/s400/DSC00379.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />We had some really great back roads with no cars this day. That's my favorite type of riding - no cars.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYtOauVpLeJeexG_newv9H-vSknlGQM7RhJPvInx4ziMa6rdUnd4nBIZJ-k6EdhcRVGL0P4MEhN21Gi-8OcYDTpAdBpgQ5RIsakIwdX55MhfetQUpQ0szFYyJ6ReGEkwqJnIvXcr8fIQ/s1600/panoramic_matt_fil.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524422452599516578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYtOauVpLeJeexG_newv9H-vSknlGQM7RhJPvInx4ziMa6rdUnd4nBIZJ-k6EdhcRVGL0P4MEhN21Gi-8OcYDTpAdBpgQ5RIsakIwdX55MhfetQUpQ0szFYyJ6ReGEkwqJnIvXcr8fIQ/s400/panoramic_matt_fil.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Mark broke away from the pack and we let him go off as we took a more <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">leisurely</span> pace and pulled in to a little lake where we could wade out and cool off our legs as these little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">minnows</span> (or whatever they were) nibbled at our toes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahdtAIuizq9n-pcvXKobk6S1YfPHye6dYSf9xbuZJNT_GoSM7HttrsfnjT51wkaqosOFDr-YGERtIMYks_vtZvOxv53zyfOqtj0MzPwokEt34a6K95NzYh2uqVmeywiEbuDa8VbGDOkA/s1600/IMG_0789.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524422059959877138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahdtAIuizq9n-pcvXKobk6S1YfPHye6dYSf9xbuZJNT_GoSM7HttrsfnjT51wkaqosOFDr-YGERtIMYks_vtZvOxv53zyfOqtj0MzPwokEt34a6K95NzYh2uqVmeywiEbuDa8VbGDOkA/s400/IMG_0789.jpg" /></a><br /><br />When we arrived at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wasa</span></span>, we set up camp and the camp, got some giant hamburger gut bombs from the diner, then the camp host showed me and Mark how to find underground water using coat hangers. I was told that I "have some strange energy".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmPx03ME04hLQ99FhAy639JAcO1he5XtzdEjjxmx7XnIMHy31J77PpJuey8D2ZHwqX_sgkrjtdgI_wrUC68pTV_rTEQAvQdNGlAem4C_HVfMZu_ShjhrANd3MNwGAqhxmHNHa1xojQSw/s1600/DSC00419.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524423029125954066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmPx03ME04hLQ99FhAy639JAcO1he5XtzdEjjxmx7XnIMHy31J77PpJuey8D2ZHwqX_sgkrjtdgI_wrUC68pTV_rTEQAvQdNGlAem4C_HVfMZu_ShjhrANd3MNwGAqhxmHNHa1xojQSw/s400/DSC00419.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 6 - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">Wasa</span></span> to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fairmont</span></span> Hot Springs (47 miles)</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVvuPj2joELJv6WIFxaQwqZjnucz6jZkB6Xv2v91nhBjOAKqNycMyJ_PHW2c73Pcaw7wk1o4ey4yzyRVISP4z0jvrU-1XW0Z8oLTpHIw0MgfSjiJgmuaAhyphenhyphenWMdQJlAdBRHn6-k3QRYIs/s1600/DSC00431.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524423420770522418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVvuPj2joELJv6WIFxaQwqZjnucz6jZkB6Xv2v91nhBjOAKqNycMyJ_PHW2c73Pcaw7wk1o4ey4yzyRVISP4z0jvrU-1XW0Z8oLTpHIw0MgfSjiJgmuaAhyphenhyphenWMdQJlAdBRHn6-k3QRYIs/s400/DSC00431.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This was our leisure day. We rode <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span></span> some more beautiful country and had great weather - hot weather, in fact. We stopped again at another lake and jumped in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfwKL1os49qTF7vSgrNuEUhPE6PTKRTjpP_JFJN6aGmx57K1EyTQmBMM07ges4XT-gRN1d768ULM9tx6A6Kq0jPLgu8QV4O1naqXXWx1tVvGLUl0J1JKSGmq8ldRVf5J6NKMX6PV6ek8/s1600/DSC00437.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524423892892747346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfwKL1os49qTF7vSgrNuEUhPE6PTKRTjpP_JFJN6aGmx57K1EyTQmBMM07ges4XT-gRN1d768ULM9tx6A6Kq0jPLgu8QV4O1naqXXWx1tVvGLUl0J1JKSGmq8ldRVf5J6NKMX6PV6ek8/s400/DSC00437.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEgz70F53hg9BKqYZLXoY15Yw4kmf1QwGA0meVFCI4djk9oFrfsbFaHxcK8C2bpdBgdVo4S2cuWqxvz4ElLAsJPUBHcPxzYT8vSuSSdB-ZrBkgEloY2zJgMU36UhyYFURsf0LdZtuhOI/s1600/DSC00451.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524423886258188226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEgz70F53hg9BKqYZLXoY15Yw4kmf1QwGA0meVFCI4djk9oFrfsbFaHxcK8C2bpdBgdVo4S2cuWqxvz4ElLAsJPUBHcPxzYT8vSuSSdB-ZrBkgEloY2zJgMU36UhyYFURsf0LdZtuhOI/s400/DSC00451.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We ended up arriving at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fairmont</span></span> Hot Springs by late afternoon. This place was really cool. It's the worlds largest odorless outdoor hot springs. They have multiple pools, both hot and cold. We had a couple beers, then hit the high dive. Mark took the Silver medal with his belly flops and Ron went home with the Gold thanks to his hand stand back flip.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42K7b9M5GeKgbDxkbJVcw7NU6Ji7qq4D8NRfVf4PHxMNWfoCA2hDm4QIdAscG5dgbuJ9XoYe1NtePWSoDX_EzawhPC4YiNzvpoiZmvxhtiyu92X0Wn3JGeY8TmaHE2J47uRakbsZtVP0/s1600/IMG_0826.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524424783207000130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42K7b9M5GeKgbDxkbJVcw7NU6Ji7qq4D8NRfVf4PHxMNWfoCA2hDm4QIdAscG5dgbuJ9XoYe1NtePWSoDX_EzawhPC4YiNzvpoiZmvxhtiyu92X0Wn3JGeY8TmaHE2J47uRakbsZtVP0/s400/IMG_0826.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx_tLS1CDZx06ZbGdrWX4ar7pnZ8bCaEZQTwbmRrMCYN6kwSNR7tyQPJ1w8wsYmw17cIJnvohSrnNJabPTsTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />Then we had a very nice meal at the fancy restaurant and went back to the condo to work on Ron's bent wheel some more. No, we still hadn't replaced this damn thing. Every shop we stopped at was either closed or our of business or was mountain bike only. But by this point his wheel was toast. It was like someone stomped on it. It wouldn't even turn.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0a4TpBnuz4pE-ct7CHHuXPsGDxv9PtbXg1-eLo8QxQfO9WunODb70sTCOsLsFfct3OimhuXMV4N2IouexkgPMUkhJ7c1Xv98KqECg9lC4hFeQmWtdMiqkArRiDZcFJOysB7BzRDvv08/s1600/DSC00455.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524425486177897746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0a4TpBnuz4pE-ct7CHHuXPsGDxv9PtbXg1-eLo8QxQfO9WunODb70sTCOsLsFfct3OimhuXMV4N2IouexkgPMUkhJ7c1Xv98KqECg9lC4hFeQmWtdMiqkArRiDZcFJOysB7BzRDvv08/s400/DSC00455.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 7 - <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fairmont</span></span> to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jaffray</span> (90 miles)</strong><br /><br />I woke up to go eat breakfast and saw that both Ron and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span> were gone. They had hitched a ride to another town to go get a new wheel for Ron's bike. So Greg and Mark and I headed on w/out them with the plan of meeting up at a check point later in the day. It started out a really nice ride. We stopped for lunch and some of the best hamburgers ever. An hour or so after that, tho, we ended up riding into another thunder storm. There was lightening and thunder and we got completely soaked. It was like riding <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error">thru</span> a car wash, we were just in survival mode, trying to get to the next destination in one <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_36" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">piece</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gih2ZZIju1_O00TRQE0Pd0r4Rly4Y_FhEfUeZ59qkio8Cnn0aP1PYuxMwsXKqBpUhKWRD2JluRmQ-VEpEgqUqwYp4y4ksV1K4eZeahNMf7UAr-6DxAgUFKv_efM0guFJOqEgSsl-WFM/s1600/DSC00461.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524425873036173762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gih2ZZIju1_O00TRQE0Pd0r4Rly4Y_FhEfUeZ59qkio8Cnn0aP1PYuxMwsXKqBpUhKWRD2JluRmQ-VEpEgqUqwYp4y4ksV1K4eZeahNMf7UAr-6DxAgUFKv_efM0guFJOqEgSsl-WFM/s400/DSC00461.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKG9g8SOmcNE09VRCqKqSl1Z3xALLsgfu-jYLtBx4L9PoHJPRHnvjs3PODRTFwTnF6eRDETx9vR7Mg9LzZxLthvSK0JCaraqLawbF04WwUOTDaThXg5TdBoXbioZX4jXbXtF-W_E92RU/s1600/DSC00462.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524425862386642242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKG9g8SOmcNE09VRCqKqSl1Z3xALLsgfu-jYLtBx4L9PoHJPRHnvjs3PODRTFwTnF6eRDETx9vR7Mg9LzZxLthvSK0JCaraqLawbF04WwUOTDaThXg5TdBoXbioZX4jXbXtF-W_E92RU/s400/DSC00462.JPG" /></a><br /><br />When we did finally get there, we totally lucked out, because not only was there a general store, but there was an RV park in the back and they had hot showers and a laundry mat. I snuck in a shower, and then we all had some tea and cup-o-noodles, then we threw our gear in these giant dryers and we were as good as new. Ron and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_37" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil</span> had another story. So they did find eventually find a new wheel but finding a ride to meet up with us was a bit of a challenge. Nobody in their fancy <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_38" class="blsp-spelling-error">SUVs</span> w/ bike racks would stop to pick them up. They were getting a little desperate. So when Jeffy (or was it Swede?) stopped in his pickup and asked them, with a toothless grin, if they wanted a ride, they pretty much had no choice but to say yes. They threw their bikes in the back and hopped in the cab. The truck littered with beer cans, there's joints on the dash, this guy's chain smoking, and then informs them that "he just needs pick up his buddy real quick". So he pulls off and heads down a little dirt road. At this point their getting a little nervous and scenes from <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_39" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Deliverance</span> is playing in their heads. Did I mention that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_40" class="blsp-spelling-error">Fil's</span> black and Ron's <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_41" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Filipino</span>? So they stop and pick up this other guy and now they have four full grown men crammed into the cab of this pickup truck. They stop for another case of Bud Light, and hit the road. Both Ron and Fil are feeling a little obligated to accept the beers that their new friends are offering them, so they drink one after the other. Everybody's drinking, even the driver, and throwing the empties in the back. Ron is strattling the shifter with his can between his legs getting slightly dented every time Jeffy has to shift.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx63WbPZfNkjQquD_nVqJVWNCA8noTaAnDDBgpyUllTfBWK5-P3r1WJcli0Z2TJ7GbRRjS5z0P7c1Q6v5QJR1QIDL1U1KoQhQJC8bE9ZHzMOnJk3FdAtNhXT4HZiVTrlfHkYtgqmmViA/s1600/DSC00469.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524426271420332578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDx63WbPZfNkjQquD_nVqJVWNCA8noTaAnDDBgpyUllTfBWK5-P3r1WJcli0Z2TJ7GbRRjS5z0P7c1Q6v5QJR1QIDL1U1KoQhQJC8bE9ZHzMOnJk3FdAtNhXT4HZiVTrlfHkYtgqmmViA/s400/DSC00469.JPG" /></a><br /><br />So anyways, turns out these guys are salt of the Earth good guys and they drive our friends all the way to meet us. Ron and Fil both had about 6 or 7 beers by the time they arrived, and we still had another ~30 miles to go, too, so they were riding a little slow and a little crooked. We ended up getting to camp in the dark and found that all of the sites were full. Fortunately, tho, someone shared with us that it was OK to camp in a certain "No Camping" area as long as we left early enough, so we did.<br /><br /><strong>Day 8 - Jaffray to Fortine (70 miles)</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6Wir3Mdwhv-Mn1RXZaQSf6wSj3rHkS4Byj2eTkeSJgRsVi1IuA-3hLst5dt2TqWhCbbtWLzovBArUiTmohNKjfTWFaXt_v93H1iVJRO2E5vS7B7fCFAY2CbmcdxLSxl5vXKXs5ESbPU/s1600/DSC00483.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524426610172363778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw6Wir3Mdwhv-Mn1RXZaQSf6wSj3rHkS4Byj2eTkeSJgRsVi1IuA-3hLst5dt2TqWhCbbtWLzovBArUiTmohNKjfTWFaXt_v93H1iVJRO2E5vS7B7fCFAY2CbmcdxLSxl5vXKXs5ESbPU/s400/DSC00483.JPG" /></a><br /><br />This day we crossed back over the border in the US and Montana. They're not joking when they call it big sky country. It is really amazing out there. Again we had some fantastic back roads with no cars.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmxD6fr3bjYSePI2WGZrpK8ERFqLGvcAwr6SQLevJXMZi4jHXZAMU-PbOhua2lE_2HhuTCV8VQw-_pNsNatftonP9IKujKhSs5yyUXYmYpTY59Lfc-xhG8PhgxTZdU74ik0MP0Ak8K6g/s1600/DSC00503.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524427055335182034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmxD6fr3bjYSePI2WGZrpK8ERFqLGvcAwr6SQLevJXMZi4jHXZAMU-PbOhua2lE_2HhuTCV8VQw-_pNsNatftonP9IKujKhSs5yyUXYmYpTY59Lfc-xhG8PhgxTZdU74ik0MP0Ak8K6g/s400/DSC00503.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlp31TzYFWPgQIEgDqXG73ZNLQ9C63Jqpuc74E074yIvKtsIH8Deo65xKdxoQhWWDR9Atoq36KJ9zum6Xr2_Hi7BTdMiSwnDtxDgK09-yzX5QnzzKt05ToiyCrQjo4VqEauN-fijAJ_I/s1600/DSC00513.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524427458126424962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBlp31TzYFWPgQIEgDqXG73ZNLQ9C63Jqpuc74E074yIvKtsIH8Deo65xKdxoQhWWDR9Atoq36KJ9zum6Xr2_Hi7BTdMiSwnDtxDgK09-yzX5QnzzKt05ToiyCrQjo4VqEauN-fijAJ_I/s400/DSC00513.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We ended up getting to the campgrounds again to find that it was full. The camphost came out and we talked for a little bit. He was enjoying happy hour with some of his friends, Tom Collins in hand, and was fortunately in a pretty good mood. He showed us a place where we could camp and didn't even charge us. Turns out it was the best camp site on the whole damn lake. Plent of room, scenic overlook onto the water, fire pit, tables, beach... couldn't ask for anything more.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwDuHS08RUwNWcOuChSd7jDccLvr4WBtxLzcTHIcyuBWrZrgFSTTPGaExfA88nf7ZYiFygbgmGguoHh5NGNfz48O29XtjmMUXDQZeUfk3VvURiaBRDzkQfL7FoGS1zP5PHdKcPwF2pyU/s1600/DSC00515.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524428061614245058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwDuHS08RUwNWcOuChSd7jDccLvr4WBtxLzcTHIcyuBWrZrgFSTTPGaExfA88nf7ZYiFygbgmGguoHh5NGNfz48O29XtjmMUXDQZeUfk3VvURiaBRDzkQfL7FoGS1zP5PHdKcPwF2pyU/s400/DSC00515.JPG" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxcEe5j-v88IMiBL-iD877ZT6gfcoJCNiGWbMVK1J6NT53j1jdEAeuh56eBgrfgcihos9eWGFFBebO9TzkynOp0ovoUEb7dfOiJhnvEh3Za67_NzZwrE2cDjnjpMgG8_eYezFQt7uvfo/s1600/DSC00530.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524428057809607458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxcEe5j-v88IMiBL-iD877ZT6gfcoJCNiGWbMVK1J6NT53j1jdEAeuh56eBgrfgcihos9eWGFFBebO9TzkynOp0ovoUEb7dfOiJhnvEh3Za67_NzZwrE2cDjnjpMgG8_eYezFQt7uvfo/s400/DSC00530.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Day 9 - Fortine to Whitefish (40 miles)</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04QQ8ceG3MEi1gGdqQrO805Wc14B1Popr-5O9HcmV1O1hTKImCKccZXVD5VqF90Wq_UBJ7awMj1xfMYMm8VtDC-JMpi-aUFxac8DiMIHk2ijrdG12YXcD3G07oUK6h-zL-w-93ay9ZEg/s1600/DSC00540.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 88px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524430344977685666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04QQ8ceG3MEi1gGdqQrO805Wc14B1Popr-5O9HcmV1O1hTKImCKccZXVD5VqF90Wq_UBJ7awMj1xfMYMm8VtDC-JMpi-aUFxac8DiMIHk2ijrdG12YXcD3G07oUK6h-zL-w-93ay9ZEg/s400/DSC00540.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I have to admit that I was a little bit tired of riding by this point. I think I was not alone. It was sort of all about just getting back to the train station.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImvut3PzOevsZgqjqXEPa0V7OSwYyVknTuFW2ODLuaIGly4kWPqRL3CcLIgmAnv9ImP-oYjTASqrXk80cX_dYfpX0LBa-8fGXY9obxW_8VbtrrX0_KxCWGHKQEawOGWglZpQydKBrkUI/s1600/DSC00536.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524428661337822418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImvut3PzOevsZgqjqXEPa0V7OSwYyVknTuFW2ODLuaIGly4kWPqRL3CcLIgmAnv9ImP-oYjTASqrXk80cX_dYfpX0LBa-8fGXY9obxW_8VbtrrX0_KxCWGHKQEawOGWglZpQydKBrkUI/s400/DSC00536.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We got there with plenty of time to spare. They even had a huge outdoor BBQ with live music to celebrate our return - it was perfect! We ate and drank a little, then made our way over to a health club where we could shower, swim a couple laps, and soak in the hot tub a little.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDePAo13DvAmpAHFsIHrrdCBfJ1X8NDJ-rZM0Xo0A56dzKXRXXdUU-z1knAZfo0yFokGY-fbYmDzbWYzV-Hxy2N-DvATQNWKMZWjhcoksRiMu6PuCgj7CZ3PKNRmVx7jhLi5C1uRCyZCo/s1600/IMG_0910.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524429787329265026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDePAo13DvAmpAHFsIHrrdCBfJ1X8NDJ-rZM0Xo0A56dzKXRXXdUU-z1knAZfo0yFokGY-fbYmDzbWYzV-Hxy2N-DvATQNWKMZWjhcoksRiMu6PuCgj7CZ3PKNRmVx7jhLi5C1uRCyZCo/s400/IMG_0910.jpg" /></a><br /><br />We had a great train ride back with free dinner and breakfast. If you've never done an overnight sleeper car on a train, I highly recommend it. They even have showers! <strong>Day 10 - King St. Station to Home (15 miles)</strong> We said our goodbyes at the station and I headed home. One of the really cool things about a bike tour is that your legs gain super human strength. On the way home, I was going 20-25 mph, fully loaded with gear screaming past dudes with their racing jerseys on their fancy carbon fiber bikes. They couldn't even draft off of me I was going so fast. This super human strength stuck around, too for good week or two. It has pretty much all worn off now, tho, and some of the memories of the trip are fading, too, but at least I've got a nice collection of 284 photos and videos to help remind me of this epic ride.MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-18590023283923441762010-08-08T13:34:00.000-07:002010-08-08T13:56:35.384-07:00My Tech EnimaThis has been a big weekend for me.<br /><br />First, I have been holding strong with Windows XP for many years, both at home and at work. The reasoning being "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I managed to dodge the Windows ME bullet, and I skipped that whole Windows Vista fiasco, having never heard anything good about either one. Well, I finally came to a point at work where I had to upgrade. We are creating a phone app for the upcoming Windows Phone 7, and the development tools require Vista or 7... so I switched at work, and liked it so much, I am now switching at home. Installed the new OS yesterday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrgLsXXsjsuE4eVXR0Kp27zSM25HjY-xgNAUfxDBXYFddesCa6ETow_078HFNK8nHivNpvvybY6bYZGzDAmFTDnOcflY9VU6DR4MtDqqK9bpR-Hd2kJCaAF5OAjwJDRZUDdmguUMwaIA/s1600/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-7-P-R159941.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 290px; HEIGHT: 316px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503145182955167634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrgLsXXsjsuE4eVXR0Kp27zSM25HjY-xgNAUfxDBXYFddesCa6ETow_078HFNK8nHivNpvvybY6bYZGzDAmFTDnOcflY9VU6DR4MtDqqK9bpR-Hd2kJCaAF5OAjwJDRZUDdmguUMwaIA/s400/MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-7-P-R159941.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Secondly, I have also always been pretty anti-Apple, due mostly to the mindless masses that wholeheartedly swallow all the Apple marketing and adopt the Apple brand as part of their own egoic, mindmade sense of self. That and I do not like Apple's rights managed mp4 iStore and intrusive iTunes program. So anyways, on Friday I decided that as a Interactive Designer, it is my professional duty to be familiar with current devices, trends, and so on and so forth, SO, I bought an iPhone. It's a little sad putting my trusty old Sony-Ericsson phone aside because it really is a great little phone, but I must say I'm really having fun getting to know this new iPhone. And I think I feel like a different person now, too.... cooler, smarter, more confident.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ74E7R6-fZxJySe_2yrpuVVoq1dzSRITDlWpG8Ru06ymlg-KJGzj-okS3PkYF_Hy0uMonHohdWDJ9YG41r-Paped_5TQuF2pbEqWuqWGZD8MXKcmPz-M3RbqUYf8CVtwRW56R8f3mbE/s1600/iphone-front.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503145190186895490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZ74E7R6-fZxJySe_2yrpuVVoq1dzSRITDlWpG8Ru06ymlg-KJGzj-okS3PkYF_Hy0uMonHohdWDJ9YG41r-Paped_5TQuF2pbEqWuqWGZD8MXKcmPz-M3RbqUYf8CVtwRW56R8f3mbE/s400/iphone-front.jpg" /></a><br />Just kidding. It has not yet changed my persona. And I did cover up the Apple logo on the back and will be using WinAmp to load my music, NOT iTunes.MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-9455416161788312512010-07-12T10:20:00.000-07:002010-07-12T10:22:38.455-07:00The History of Everything in Stop Motion Street ArtThis is a 9-minute work from Italian artist BLU. Very cool. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13085676&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13085676&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13085676">BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blu">blu</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-10348656664539143502010-07-07T10:10:00.000-07:002010-07-07T10:13:15.859-07:00Tape on CanvasLiterally. Casette tape on canvas. Aren't humans amazing?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iri5/sets/72157611954107572/">See more</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3i7zhT7sZbOqjIz6_aGddxYj8RzUvs7sBNHdX4J3vlbmwUc0_9cLMV3TB8mJtpeA91mvoHr45chkTDkv-ch6uO86Xv8ORxZoUIe3SEJyh1f111XTtrxxozukSo8rLr0knVvdccsddrg/s1600/4230697635_b7e9493206.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 286px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491213296055300578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx3i7zhT7sZbOqjIz6_aGddxYj8RzUvs7sBNHdX4J3vlbmwUc0_9cLMV3TB8mJtpeA91mvoHr45chkTDkv-ch6uO86Xv8ORxZoUIe3SEJyh1f111XTtrxxozukSo8rLr0knVvdccsddrg/s400/4230697635_b7e9493206.jpg" /></a>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-43445700381999494602010-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:002010-07-06T10:49:32.769-07:00World Cup PivotThere is a technology called <a href="http://www.getpivot.com/">Pivot</a>, that allows you to visually sort thru information. <a href="http://pivot.metia.com/worldcup/">We did a little World Cup site at work</a>. It turned out pretty cool. I did the logo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgvYig8FrQaSppW0JKCxJUuchEg1Pxu6HtwjEUd_zAOQZM0gTgkAwyJnfc8h0Sp7eKgrgaRg4KwMfEwetHpPUA7LE-i3qGC9gPhCLHS3yU3gKcX4EMhHFpumFxjJFZVb1fxrxcxj7qoU/s1600/untitled.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 354px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490851372711918434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgvYig8FrQaSppW0JKCxJUuchEg1Pxu6HtwjEUd_zAOQZM0gTgkAwyJnfc8h0Sp7eKgrgaRg4KwMfEwetHpPUA7LE-i3qGC9gPhCLHS3yU3gKcX4EMhHFpumFxjJFZVb1fxrxcxj7qoU/s400/untitled.JPG" /></a>MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295203336421425354.post-70337456081879725012010-06-28T22:04:00.000-07:002010-06-28T22:13:10.495-07:00Have you seen the High Fructose Corn Syrup commercials? Evidently the Corn Refiners Association is pumping out a little propoganda (do I smell cigarette smoke?) to help protect their profits. Here's one of the original commercials:<br /><object width="440" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EEbRxTOyGf0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EEbRxTOyGf0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />And here is one of the MANY spoofs made to counter them:<br /><object width="440" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mqIpAyHJ2ws&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mqIpAyHJ2ws&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />I love it! A midget and a transvestite. Pure genious.<br /><br />This one's pretty good too:<br /><object width="440" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgAOy-5LaHk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MgAOy-5LaHk&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="440" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br />Check out YouTube for the other spoofs and counter commercials - there's some good ones.MattWilsonMDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367328866771636396noreply@blogger.com0