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February 2012

1 post

January 2012

1 post

December 2011

3 posts

853 photos, one taken every five seconds on the way to Cades Cove Music: Good Morning Goodnight by Kalle Mattson

November 2011

2 posts

October 2011

4 posts

September 2011

7 posts

“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer...”

– Percy Bysshe Shelley Now there’s a good quote. The best season is finally here again.

In honor of the first day of Fall, here’s a video I made two years ago, right after I figured out how After Effects works. Maybe I’ll make a new version this year.

August 2011

4 posts

July 2011

3 posts

Here’s the video I did for our trip to Passport last week. The video isn’t shaky, it’s edgy. Shot on a D7000, edited in the most professional video software around: iMovie. Soundtrack is the DIY extended version of “Lay ‘Em Down” by Needtobreathe.

June 2011

4 posts

A year of Avett Bros.

The main idea of this post is that I really really like the music of the Avett Brothers. If you don’t want to read the rest, at least you have the gist of it now. If you want to continue, be my guest. For the past year, I’ve been listening almost exclusively to the Avett Brothers. Yeah, there were times when other artists got some playing time. Mumford and Sons had their moment. So...

IBC goes to Passport →

in case you were wondering where I was last week…

May 2011

2 posts

Adventures on Earth: Alaska →

Leaving for Alaska today. Coming back on June 4. Photos and words will be posted when there’s internet available. All you have to do is click on the link above to follow along.

April 2011

7 posts

Overton teacher uses Twitter in classroom →

Cool story in the Tennessean about a great teacher at Overton (where I went to high school). I never had him in class, but he was our Ultimate frisbee coach sophomore year, and that was pretty awesome. The stuff he’s doing with Twitter is pretty sweet, too. Johnny O, for the win. Go Bobcats.

Ingredients: - nothing to do - perfect weather - bike - Knoxville greenways - GoPro HD Hero Yields 1 1/2 hours well spent.

Happiness [is] not real unless shared

I go out by myself a lot. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve been to the mountains since I started college here at Tennessee, but it doesn’t take any time at all to count how many times I’ve gone with someone else: zero. I love being out there on my own, independent, solo, free. I drink it in, savoring the moments when it’s just me and the mountains, no one else around (or at least no one else...

March 2011

3 posts

February 2011

3 posts

January 2011

3 posts

December 2010

6 posts

Shots from a weekend in Colorado. The heavy snow is all from just south of Breckenridge, on Quandary Peak and the Mohawk Lakes Trail. Most of the other shots are from a drive south down highway 24 along the Sawatch Range and the Collegiate Peaks. Music: “Colorado” by The Rentals