Archive for May, 2009

May 31st, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Food, Kitlas

Dad’s 65th

Lots of wonderful fresh and homemade food (which sadly didn’t all get captured) and fun 2 days in a row.

Was really great that the weekend was absolutely perfect for doing just about everything al fresco.

Pictures and some recipes will be found after the jump.

 

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May 25th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Technology

Friendpaste

Are they serious? 

 

Are they serious?

If Twitter, Facebook, email and texting aren’t providing you with the appropriate forum to exchange typed communications, now there’s Friendpaste

Friendpaste is a web-based clipboard tool that can quickly shares snippets of plain text and computer code with friends or co-workers.

I’m not a coder per se, so to me this is a little overkill. I guess it makes sense to coders but I can’t understand why this couldn’t be achieved via email…? + Continue Reading

May 25th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Sport

Fly Fishing – Mequens River, Brazil

You don’t need to speak Portuguese to understand what’s going on here. I don’t know if you’d call this animal cruelty, but I call it hilarious.

May 17th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Health, Sport

Tyler Bradt kayaks over 186-foot-high Palouse Falls

 

 

On April 21, Tyler Bradt kayaked over 186-foot-high Palouse Falls, breaking the waterfall world record of 127 feet. Produced by Aurora Photos. 

In addition to this feat, Bradt garnered considerable media attention for his part of the 2007 Oil + Water Expedition, the 13-month, 39,400-mile bio-ride with Seth Warren.

Here’s an interview with the new record holder.

Via Sports Illustrated via Paddler Magazine.

May 13th, 2009 By Josh Kitlas Posted in Kitlas, Urban Planning

69 Meters Art Installation

My cool sister Heidi was one of the 50 artists who participated in the recent ‘69 Meters Art Installation’ along Montague Street in Brooklyn. It’s a massive knitting/art/beautification project and I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this. It got some pretty significant coverage in both the NY Times and the NY Daily News.

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