Live Your Childhood Dreams

Posted on March 16, 2011 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 12,985,313 I came across this Randy Pausch lecture while YouTubing today... and what a reminder it was to live life to the fullest. It sounds cheesy, but if you are having a hard time comprehending what the point of life is - this lecture will help you. I remember when Randy passed away in 2008 and shortly following I spent a good amount of time consuming his thoughts and lectures and found him to be truly inspirational. I'm glad I ran into him again on the internets... and this time have a bloggish video reminder memory bank tool to share and remember his story forever.

The quick history on Randy:

Randolph Frederick “Randy” Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: “3 to 6 months of good health left”. He gave an upbeat lecture titled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller.

Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.

[Facebook]
[Wikipedia]
[Carnegie Mellon]
[Randy Timeline]
[The Last Lecture]

Randy’s last speech – May 18th, 2008.

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PartyTime – 2 Day Blackbox Case Sale

Posted on February 26, 2011 by hydle

“Hi Family! We are proud to announce our latest creation… The Blackbox Case for 17” Apple MacBook Pros! We’ve worked hard, tweaked some things, and now it is time to let the champagne flow!

But what’s a party without some prizes? To really celebrate, we are offering $20 off ALL Blackbox Cases this weekend! To claim your sweet party favor, enter discount code “PartyTime” at checkout. It’s this weekend only though, so don’t let your Monday be a bummer!”

Don’t forget to enter coupon code “PartyTime” at checkout if you pick one up for $20 off. This deal is only running through Monday February 28th.

If your machine is listed below, Blackbox has a case for you.

MacBook Pro BlackBox Compatibility Chart
Size	Supported Models	Year	Price	Sale Price
13″	Dual “Core i7” 2.7GHz Dual “Core i5” 2.3GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.66GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.4GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.53GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.26GHz	2011 2011 2010 2010 2009 2009	$129	$109
15″	Quad “Core i7” 2.2GHz Quad “Core i7” 2.0GHz “Core i7” 2.66GHz “Core i5” 2.53GHz “Core i5” 2.4GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.8GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.66GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.53GHz	2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009, 2008 2009, 2008	$129	$109
17″ – NEW	Quad “Core i7” 2.2Ghz “Core i5” 2.53GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.8GHz “Core 2 Duo” 2.66GHz	2011 2010 2009 2009	$129	$109

Once this PartyTime coupon is over, I’m going to work with Lance for a “Hydle” coupon code in the near future.

GoPro Yourself – Ass Cam

Posted on February 22, 2011 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 120,125 [Ass Cam] <— 5,696,618

Wake up Sheep

Posted on February 15, 2011 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 39,607 Some very interesting analogies and thoughts presented via messengers, comedians and a little bit of sappy emotional music. 3:05

“When you win… you go into this smoky room with the 12 industrialists capitalists scumfucks who got you in there. And your in this smoking room and this… little screen comes down. And a big guy and a cigar says – “roll the film”. And it’s a shot of the Kennedy assassination from an angle you’ve never seen before.

And then the film – the screen goes up and the lights come on and they go… “Your the new president – any questions?””

Classic find Robert Fulton.

Blackbox Oak Case Made in Golden, CO

Posted on January 19, 2011 by hydle

Working out a nice deal with Blackbox Case to offer the first ever Hydle branded product.

I’ve always been on the lookout for something eye catching and durable to carry my MacBook Pro from mobile edit airstream to airstream… and I finally found it. Best of all — Blackbox Case is located right here in my home town of Golden, Colorado.

With future products + accessories + finishes on the way… I literally love the “branding” potential of this product and am excited to finally offer a product to share with my friends.

Dock Spacers

Posted on January 18, 2011 by hydle

Enjoying this handy small trick from MacLife.

Dock Spacers – Let you pseudo organize your iTems in the Dock.

1. Launch Terminal
2. Enter this snippet and hit return:

defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add ‘{“tile-type”=”spacer-tile”;}’

3. Repeat for as many spacers as you would like.
4. Restart the dock by entering this command and hit return:

killall Dock

5. Organize away.

What simple joys in life :) Thanks MacLife.

New Camera in Hand

Posted on December 28, 2010 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 2,568 Upon reading (YouTubing) up on my new Canon SD4500 IS I am finding there are some interesting new features.

This miniature effect shown above just makes me laugh.
The super slow motion looks intriguingly slow (here and here)
It has a goofed up 24fps 1080p mode (deadly)
10x optical zoom – titties! (here)

I can’t wait to test this beast out at the C Lazy U Ranch tomorrow in Granby, Colorado.

Mercedes Benz – Look at me

Posted on November 22, 2010 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 49,373 views Erik Hauser shares this interesting clip on what gets the emotions going? If your a sales guy, don't forget to study your eye accessing cues.

Master the Internet

Posted on November 16, 2010 by hydle

[iDevice Link] <— 421,831 views

Comical

Posted on November 4, 2010 by hydle

Haha – Is there a limit?

Be Here Now — Really

Posted on October 11, 2010 by hydle

[iDevice] <— 4,565 views Traditionally Microsoft is not in my bag. But Crispin Porter + Bogusky nails this ad. Makes me rethink if my dumb-phone experiment is about to be over.

Genius.

TED – Nicholas Christakis – Social

Posted on September 30, 2010 by hydle

“After mapping humans’ intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).”

This TED talk will drastically change my future.