http://www.coryshaw.com Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:38:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This morning my wife Emily started talking about a book she was reading that really struck a chord with me. The book is about a girl who struggled throughout school. She was disruptive in class so the school wrote her off as "challenged" and sent her to a "special" school. ... http://www.coryshaw.com/harness-your-strengths/ A few weeks ago I tried tandem paragliding at Makapu'u. Amazing experience. We flew all the way over to Waimanalo and back. The flight was an hour long. Raymar (Ray) was an awesome pilot. http://www.coryshaw.com/paragliding-makapuu/ [youtube width="525" height="444"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vn2FYlhPm4[/youtube] http://www.coryshaw.com/acai-bowl-recipe/ [youtube width="500" height="425"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhfzpU50wxQ[/youtube] This has got to be one of the top 5 coolest things you can do with an iPhone 3G. I recently payed for a year subscription to di.fm premium radio. This gets you like 30 channels of electronica, and another 30 channels of rock/reggae/everything else...all commercial free and ... http://www.coryshaw.com/stream-di-fm-premium-on-your-iphone-3g/ Beautiful sunset in Honolulu Harbor the other day as I was leaving work. Lukly I had my camera on me. Not quite the perfect palm tree setting, but hey all that stuff that's shipped to the island has to arrive somewhere right? http://www.coryshaw.com/honolulu-harbor-sunset/ [youtube width="525" height="444"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VblFBTDw8U[/youtube] Every time I'm recording audio on my laptop through a mic, the fans kick in and sound like an F-16 taking off in the background. This is unacceptable for a quality recording so I started looking around for a quick remidy. Throwing the laptop on a baking tray ... http://www.coryshaw.com/taming-your-laptops-fan-while-recording-audio/ Switzerland has enlightened me. The Swiss really have their green thing going on, and there's a few things that have me scratching my head thinking "why the hell doesn't the US adopt this stuff?" Are we too proud to admit that another country has done something better? It's time to ... http://www.coryshaw.com/green-switzerland/ Ok it's about time I did a youtube video, and I've been wanting to take new Flip video camera that my wife got for Xmas (thanks Dad!) for a test drive. You'll have to forgive the amateur quality of this video, this was my first iMove experience, and I think ... http://www.coryshaw.com/avocado-burrito-recipe/ I have recently found a zen with my digital media setup, and would like to share this knowledge with you. The way it works is that I get notified when there are new episodes of my favorite shows available for download (sometimes before it is shown on the networks!). I ... http://www.coryshaw.com/how-to-watch-commercial-free-hdtv-on-demand-without-cable/ New solutions create new problems. Are the new problems worth the solution? http://www.coryshaw.com/random-thoughts/