Parkour athletes care about their own safety much more than any bystanders could. And it's not because we fear pain, or because we are excessively scrupulous in observing the proper way of doing things. We are overly concerned with our own safety because one minor injury can take Parkour away from us for three months. [...]
The words 'Pura Vida' when translated literally mean, 'Pure Life.' When taken in its most metaphysical sense, this is the correct way to use it. What is curious about the Costa Rican culture is that everyone uses this term, everywhere. Bank tellers say it to customers at the front of the line. Strangers say it [...]
We are repatriating! As I recently told my friends (as in, those who subscribed to my newsletter...hint hint) I am moving to Costa Rica at the end of the summer. My whole family is coming with me. My wife's parents, my two kids, my wife, and me, all going down south to live in Tropical [...]
Portland is a pretty mossy place. Moss needs three things to grow in abundance: Lots of water Little sunshine No movement As a city, and an ecology, Portland is filled with abundance. Things don’t just grow here; they proliferate here. With that abundant proliferation, there is little incentive to chase after life lustily, because it [...]
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” -Robert F Kennedy Parkour is a young man’s sport. It is fraught with danger, and inspires me to be more dangerous than it is prudent for me to be. Sometimes, I receive my just payment for participating in danger: an injury that lays me [...]
For April Fools Day 2011, Lifehacker held an Online Scavenger Hunt using QR codes. A QR code (or Quick Response code) can launch any action inside a mobile phone; it can send you a text message, place a phone call, launch a video, direct you to a web page, or start an application. On Lifehacker's [...]
GranataPet recently launched a new interactive campaign that shows how clever marketing can get. As featured on Mashable, this campaign (running in Germany) introduced a new, Pomegranate-based dog food to their target market (dog walkers) at a plausible point of entry (while they are walking their dogs.) Check in on Foursquare. Your dog gets a [...]
Accidents happen. And in America, they bankrupt you. I had an accident on Sunday. Totally predictable, run of the mill accident. Running at top speed, in a padded gymnastics facility, I pulled off a long kong (diving jump with my feet behind me) over a 5-foot tall vault. The landing was not glamorous; I turned [...]
I had the great privilege to meet Gary Vaynerchuk last night at Powell's books. If you don't know who @garyvee is, get a Twitter account, already! Vaynerchuk is one of the most influential social media thought leaders online today. He has used social media as a business strategy, building relationships the way small-town economies had [...]
Last week, I was introduced to Thunderbolt Sportswear. I’ve been hooked. These pants retail for $188. They are black, they come in a jeans cut, and the fabric is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. It is durable beyond belief, but most importantly, stretchable in every direction. I put these pants through their paces last week. [...]