I set up my own URL shortener for links and posts at one of my domains, jkt.co. I don’t trust a service like bit.ly to stay in business longer than this content, and I don’t want my twitter links breaking 20 years down the road. It was an easy install using the free and open-source [...]
I first heard about Vibrams Five Fingers through Tim Ferriss and the 4-Hour Work Week (and now The 4-Hour Body). If you don’t know Tim, I recommend heading over to his blog and reading some of his articles. Tim definitely marches to a different drummer, and that’s usually a good thing. Vibram’s Five Fingers were [...]
The logo and website I built for Operation Hope for Japan were featured on the AP today. I’m really impressed with the amount of work Tetsuya Hasegawa put into making this site a success. He originally wanted to raise a dollar for every life lost in the tsunami, and he’s already exceeded $10,000. If you [...]
Update: Please see the update at the bottom of this post. It is popular to complain about air travel. Body scans and rude passengers are hot news right now. The truth is I don’t mind these minor (and often rare) inconveniences. So when I arrived in Newark on Sunday night to check-in, I expected the [...]
Now that team selection races are over I’ll be spending two weeks in Lake Placid testing sleds, runners, and speed suits as I finalize my racing setup for the season. Although I didn’t race my best this fall, I’m comfortable with my results. My pushes were competitive (4.65 in Utah, only .01 seconds from my [...]
We are now a few days past the deadline for the first edition of Sliding Magazine. In this post I want to update everyone on the progress of the magazine and the reasons for the delay. Firstly, the magazine is alive and will be available this month.. The content is written, photos are being organized, [...]
It’s time we had our own magazine. Curling has one. Arabian Horse breeders have one. Why shouldn’t the sliding sports? There is need of an outlet in our community, one that isn’t regulated by governing bodies or fueled by anything but a pure love of sliding and a 4-pack of Red Bull. I wrote that [...]
How do you train for skeleton in the summer? I’m often asked this question. Summer training begins in May, when the team charters a private jet to New Zealand for 3 months of on-ice training deep in the Southern Hemisphere. When we return stateside in August, we spend several hours a day in a skeleton [...]
Tonight was my first night back on the ice in nearly a month. It felt great to be sliding once again, and even though the track was covered with snow and the times were slow, it made me realize how much I love this sport. In this two-part series I’m going to talk about the [...]
So you’re thinking about getting started in skeleton and you’re ready to buy a sled. If you read my previous post, you know that I recommend waiting a season before purchasing your own equipment. However for the more curious (or deep pocketed), I’m going to answer the most popular sled questions in this post. So [...]