Scott LOVES bow hunting, so much so that he's started a new blog about it: Escape Suburbia.
Scott's going hunting this weekend for deer and elk as it's now late archery season. Be sure to follow up on his blog after the weekend to learn if he shot anything.
Here's a video from the last time Scott went hunting.
More of Bellingham... in video.
I know it's early, but people have already been asking for...
Camera bag
I like to go skiing. I'd like to bring my camera. I don't want to break my camera. I need a small, sturdy, over-the-shoulder camera bag, like the one I linked to, that I can fit in my backpack. It just needs to fit a Canon 40D with a lens, capiche?
The Flip
Basically this year's "It" tech gift, The Flip is a flippin' sweet, inexpensive digital video camera. It holds up to an hour of video and has a built-in USB. Now when I say "inexpensive" I mean "can be split three-ways to become affordable."
Slippers
Good idea, huh? I like to keep my talons warm.
Socks
Who doesn't need more of these diplomats between feet and shoes? The funkier the better.
Restaurant gift certificates
As I've explained in the past, dating can put a dent in the old wallet, and Amanda LOVES to go out on the town, so gift certificates to your favorite restaurants would help my game.
Toilet paper
I swear, The Wives go through a ton of toilet paper. I think for every roll of toilet paper I use, The Wives use at least 14. We're always out of TP. We could always use some more.
I would also appreciate just about anything related to playing bass guitar, skiing, sports, UW, etc., or from my favorite local clothing brands like Casual Industrees, Soy Clothing and CrisisNW.
Although I love music, absolutely do not buy me any CDs or movies for that matter. I have other, free ways of obtaining these... I'll give you a hint: "[Blank] of the Caribbean."
Now, you may be asking yourself, "How do I know someone else hasn't already bought the gift I am thinking of buying you, Paolo?"
WELL, I have implemented a solution so effective that it will be of use far beyond the purposes of this year's holiday shopping...
I have created paolomottola.com email addresses for everyone!
Just add "paolomottola.com" to contact each of the following people:
Of course, I'm at paolo@. These email addresses auto-forward to each person's respective personal email address. Pretty cool, huh?! (Functionality of these email addresses is not guaranteed. They weren't working for some people this morning. Hopefully they're working now.)
If you want your own paolomottola.com email address, just let me know. It's an early Christmas present from me to you.
I took the day off on Friday and went north with Amanda for a weekend in Bellingham. We did the usual -- visited with Nina and Sergio, went to the parks, ate at all the great local restaurants, etc.
We happened to stroll into the cat shelter at the Feed and Seed and Amanda fell in love with two cats, Finnigan and FDR (Franklin). I'll keep you posted on if she goes back up to Bellingham next weekend to pick up the cats. I also welcome your advice on whether Amanda's adopting a cat is good idea, let alone two cats.
See the slideshow here. (If the slideshow images look distorted, click "Options" in the upper-right corner and uncheck "Embiggen small things to fill screen.")
After posting more than 1,800 videos to YouTube during his campaign, president-elect Barack Obama will post weekly “fireside chats” to YouTube, TechCruch reports.
According to Wikipedia, the original fireside chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by president Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. Obama hopes to re-purpose this once-popular communication to reach the digital generation.
Much has been said about Obama’s success using social media to excite voters, but the president-elect has some work ahead to maintain the enthusiasm he earned from Americans during his campaign.
Of interest is Obama’s use of YouTube. Obama doesn’t need YouTube to host these videos because he will also host the videos on change.gov. His choosing a primarily amateur social media site to additionally host the presidential communications validates the use of YouTube as a mainstream communication channel and levels Obama to the common Americans who also post to and visit YouTube. YouTube also helps Obama leverage social media — change.gov doesn’t offer the interactivity of YouTube. By allowing people to comment on and repost the videos from YouTube, he’ll likely increase the visibility and impact of the digital fireside chats.
We still have yet to determine how much Obama’s successful social media campaign contributed to his campaign, but Obama is keeping to his winning formula and already rolling out social media in his transition to the presidency. These digital, viral fireside chats are just the start.