Eureka video

Hilarious commercial for the new season of the sci-fi sitcom Eureka

Videos

Here are a couple of recent videos for you to enjoy!

First, I chase Jack around the backyard--one of his favorite outdoor games.


Next, Jen tests out a solar powered "car" she made to test out an educational kit for an upcoming Society of Women Engineers event.

Explaining Twitter

Here is a great video to explain the little box on the right labeled "Tim's Twitter Updates" and why the stuff in it changes so randomly. Enjoy the show and check out more web concepts explained in plain english at http://www.CommonCraft.com/show

The Amazing Sticky-Note Trick

This has nothing to do with anything, but it is a neat trick and a great example of how a small change in a process can have a dramatic effect on the whole system.

Originally posted at Communication Nation.

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Great video

This is a cool video made from an Obama speech by some musicians, actors, and artists. I thought it was really powerful, no matter what you think of Obama as a presidential candidate.

Wired NextFest in LA

What a whirlwind, wonderful weekend! Jen and I had a great time exploring the frontiers of technology at the WIRED NextFest in Los Angeles, CA. Didn't know we were going? Neither did we until earlier in the week!

Jen was in LA all last week for more safety training with the Air Force. (She really liked the class and is enjoying all of the neat stuff she is learning at all of these various training courses.) Her plans were to come back to FL Friday night. I was planning to be out and about with Zero G flying teachers all over the east coast during the week [vid link] and then going to a personal development weekend in Sarasota (part of my Landmark Wisdom course).

I have wanted to go to NextFest for the past few years, but I have always been out of the country with SGC. Since we decided not to go to India this year, I realized this was my golden opportunity to attend!! Jen looked over the NextFest website and was excited to go too. Here's what we did: I flew out of Dulles on Friday as planned, but instead of Sarasota I went to LA! Jen changed her flight plans and stayed over an extra night in LA. We rode the Metro bus to save $$ and experience more of the real culture of Los Angeles. It was a great experience! I now understand why many people in the city don't have cars.

NextFest was a GREAT showcase of all kinds of entertainment, robotics, health, home, automotive, and space technologies. My favorites were the real human heart valve grown in a lab without stem cells and the living grass roof on the model home. Check out the pictures [here] for more neat stuff we saw and did, including the cute little restaurant we found while wandering the streets of LA.

Instead of flying out of LAX with Jen on Saturday night, I took the FlyAway bus up to Van Nyus, California for yet another Zero G flight! Turns out they needed a Flight Attendant and I was available--and close! Things worked out great.

This week it's back to work for both of us here in FL. Jen's birthday is this Tuesday (call her!) and we plan to have dinner with Mom. Things should be calm... until I head out to Las Vegas for another Zero G flight on Saturday and then off to Atlanta to make up the Wisdom course weekend.

We lead a crazy, fast, unexpected, improbable, absolutely blessed, fun and exciting life! Thanks for being on the journey with us :-)

Quick check-in

It's been almost a month and TONS of stuff has happened! We'll get a recap up soon. In the mean time, check out some new pictures on our Picasa site and this video of my mom, now available on YouTube.

Sunshine ZERO-G video

I am going on another ZERO-G flight this weekend!!! I am excited to be flying in the new 35-seat configuration. More seats and more floating space--what a combo!

Below is a clip showing some clips from a ZERO-G flight I was on with the production team for the movie "Sunshine" (opening July 20 in the US). Check it out for some shots of Dan Florez floating around!!

Space videos from MARS

Our space friend Ryan Kobrick has been posting video updates from his team at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah online. If you want to know what the future of space exploration looks like (including a preview of who will be there doing the exploring), check out the videos.

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Rykoby