Videos

Sports

Indian Creek Trail Ride

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First ride with the Action 5. I still have a lot of kinks to work out, including wind noises, random cut outs, settings, etc. But I think this was a good start. Ironically, this was the ride with the most unexpected things happening, including our first flat in two years of riding, and I ended up turning off the camera during arguably the most interesting part.

We rode most of the Indian Creek Trail in Overland Park, stopping for a beer and a snack at half way. It was the first sustained stretch of warm weather for the year and a great first ride for the season. Looking forward to many more!

Food

Cranberry Sauce

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Every Thanksgiving, I make this simple cranberry sauce from Food Network Kitchen. It’s just three ingredients and the directions fit into one paragraph. The secret? Reserving some whole berries to stir in at the end. People love it!

Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

  • One 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 strip orange or lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat. Stir occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft. About 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

Automattic

Indoor Skydiving

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I’m currently in Austin, TX for the inaugural team meetup of Apollo, the WordPress.org-focused team that I switched to when was created a few months ago. After five days of discussions, planning, and working on code, we took some time off today and went indoor skydiving.

It was a lot of fun, and surprisingly much less dangerous than jumping out of a flying airplane! It was exciting to be able to build on my Park City, UT experience and improve my body control in a way that I was almost able to steer myself.

Automattic

Skydiving in Utah

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At Automattic’s Grand Meetup, one of the activities offered was Skydiving. It felt like the perfect opportunity to do something completely outside of my comfort zone, so I signed up! And who would have known, I ended up enjoying it a lot more than anticipated! Please excuse my language after landing.

WordPress.org

Twenty Fourteen at the Creative Corridor WordPress Meetup

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Yesterday I spoke at the Creative Corridor WordPress Meetup in Cedar Rapids, IA about Twenty Fourteen and default themes. It was the first time I did a video Q&A and I had a great time doing it!