A guy that I’ve emailed with quite a few times started The Live Music Podcast a couple of weeks ago and I’m loving it! So far there are four different podcasts which each highlight a live recording of various bands and artists. So far the podcasts have showcased music from Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jack Johnson, and the John Butler Trio. So needless to say, the content is right up my alley. The website also features a list of featured streams and now includes even more suggested downloads. I’m really digging this site and format and hopefully you will too.

I’m not a big gamer at all, especially when compared to some of the people I work with who will play World of Warcraft for hours at a time. But I’ve discovered an insanely addictive online game that is very simple graphically but so much fun to play called Desktop Tower Defense. I’m trying not to play it until work is over and it is very hard to do. I’m warning you, only click this link if you can spare quite a bit of your time because I’m betting that you will get sucked in too. If you do decided to play, let me know your scores. I’ve played the medium level and average around 2,000 points, I think.

The results of my friend’s project, A Minute In The Life, are pretty much complete and I must say that I am enjoying all of the pictures he received. As I mentioned earlier, I submitted a picture from Arapahoe Basin’s last weekend, which was the last ski resort in the area to close. The picture can be viewed here. I also saw that my mom submitted a picture of my dad and some friends of theirs out on the golf course. Did anyone else submit anything? Be sure to check out all of the photo galleries at aminuteinthelife.com. Thanks to Ronda’s comment for reminding me about this.

Hello from Salt Lake City. I’m working from a Hampton Inn while Kim is out doing her own work things. Later today we will head back up into the mountains for a couple of days and then over the weekend we will explore southern Utah. We drove out here last night cutting across the southern part of Wyoming, thus adding another state to my visited list. The drive was very scenic and fairly easy, minus the high winds for most of the trip. We took some pictures along the way, but I don’t have any way of getting them off the camera right now, so it will have to wait until we’re back in Denver.

While searching for things to do in Utah, I stumbled upon 43 Places, which I have been addicted to ever since. It is pretty easy to find the most popular destinations not only in each state, but also in different areas like cities, national parks, etc. Many of the things we have planned for this weekend came from this site. They also have cool maps you can add to your site, like this one below. Check it out…

Earlier this week Google launched Street View. They only have five cities available right now, but fortunately for me Denver is one of those. The scary thing is that the our house is only one block from the available streets. In fact, our house is directly behind this hardware store, which I actually visit regularly. If they have plans to expand the available streets, I’m sure ours will be in the next batch.

Apparently I’m not the only one who is addicted to this new feature. People all over the web are posting links to all sorts of funny things they have found. Here are the top 15 Google street view sightings according to mashable.com. There are a few other sites with link after link of funny things. Personally, I think this guy on Colfax Ave with a lightsaber is the best.

Almost two month ago I mentioned my friends project A Minute In The Life: The Simultaneous Photograph Project. Well the time has come, pictures will be taken all around the world at 2:00 PM Eastern Time this Saturday. I would encourage all of you to take a minute out of your life and snap a picture at the appropriate time (see this time zone map for your exact time). Once you have your picture all you need to do is email it to him, along with the location of your shot, and any other information you wish to include. Sounds simple, right? I know that Phil & Doni will be snapping a picture at 8 PM while they are attending a wedding reception in Sweden. I’m planning to be on the slopes at Arapahoe Basin by noon on Saturday, so I can take a nice snowy shot. What will your shot be?

A friend of mine has started a very interesting project called A Minute In The Life: The Simultaneous Photograph Project. His goal is to get as many people as possible to all take pictures within the same minute of time. He will then collect all of these pictures and do with them as he pleases. Once I heard of this project I was very intrigued. I am even quoted at the bottom of the page as saying, “I am very interested to see what comes of this project.” So I’ve decided to help spread the word for him. The day of choice is Saturday, the 2nd of June, between 2:00 and 2:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Mark it down on your calendars and feel free to spread the word to others that may find the project interesting. Additional details can be found by following the link at the top of the entry.

Is anyone on Twitter? I’m not sure that I completely understand the concept of this website, but according to them, “Twitter is a community of friends and strangers from around the world sending updates about moments in their lives.” It’s like a mini blog, or maybe an instant message to the world. It has many similarities to MySpace, but instead of conversations with one friend, you can have conversations with all of your friends. I think the site could be pretty useful, but it will take some time. If you want to check it out, here is my profile. Be sure to “follow” me.

If that doesn’t interest you, maybe this will. There is another Woot-Off going on right now. If you need a reminder of what this is, here is what I wrote the last time. I haven’t bought anything yet, but I will definitely be watching closely.

For those of you yet to experience the wonders of a DVR (are you living in a cave?) I am selling our old ReplayTV box on eBay. The beauty of this system is that it can be used with just about any cable, satellite, or standard TV setup, as long as you activate and pay the monthly $12.95 fee for the programming guide. We loved this system, but currently Comcast offers a built in DVR for cheaper than $12.95, so we switched over to that.

We used our DVR to tape American Idol last night and zoom through the 2 hour show in less than an hour and a half, just by skipping the commercials. I’m still a fan of Chris Sligh even though I had no idea what song he was singing. I also think that Blake Lewis is going to do really well in the competition as well. I though the show was a little below average when compared to past seasons, but it was just the first real episode. The girls will be singing tonight. Be sure to check out the early predictions on DialIdol.com, if you want to ruin the surprise all season.

I think I’m really late on this one, and although I’ve used the Last.fm website before, I finally downloaded their program that will track what I’m listening to. Now I can easily display a chart listing my most recent listened to tracks:

This chart is actually just an image that is stored out on the Last.fm servers, so it is not actually a real time list. They do have some feeds available that provide more accurate details. I’ll probably look into some wordpress plugins to better display the feeds, and hopefully I’ll get some charts on some of the other pages of this site. For now, you can view my profile page.