Stupid DVD Rentals

The way we watch movies has changed in so many ways over the past several decades. When everything switched from VHS tapes to DVDs the experience of watching films at home took a huge leap forward. But.....not quite far enough. I think we are experiencing a new transition now with Blu-Rays and streaming and I am extremely excited about this. While VHS tapes provided much lower quality and had to be rewound and all that, DVDs get SCRATCHED!!! It drives me INSANE!!! Last night my wife and I tried to watch the 1933 version of King Kong and we coud only watch the first 15 minutes. What a nuisance. It may be so that the video rental industry is in its decline and my kids may never know what a video rental store is but I am pretty much indifferent to that now. I am so sick of renting movies from Family Video or the library and getting dirty scratched up discs. Streaming will be so much better.

New Blog Address and Design!

Just set up a new address for this blog. No changes for you but the blog's URL will now be www.kyleblog.net. I am also in the process of re-working the design of my blog. It is my hope that I will be able to start developing more great content for everyone here and make my blog a place for useful information and entertainment. I plan on making a series of tutorials and would love your suggestions on topics that I could cover, particularly relating to technology and the Internet but not limited to by any means. I also enjoy writing up Top Lists and other such nonsense and love to see others create such things as well.

Anyway, check back here for lots more to come!

Top 10 Breakfast Meals

Breakfast is an extremely important meal and makes a big difference in your day. These are my top 10 favorite breakfast meals.

1. Breakfast Enchiladas
   
2. Eggs Benedict
   
3. Biscuits and Gravy
   
4. Blueberry Pancakes
   
5. Strawberry French Toast
   
6. Breakfast Burritos
   
7. Scramble
   
8. Egg Sandwiches
   
9. Omelette
   
10. Bacon, Eggs & Toast
    

What are your favorite breakfast meals???

Blowing Up Melons

Video I made recently of my siblings and I having fun with some old melons.

There is also a lot of cool stuff going on at The Wild North which is another very cool blog I write for that has a new blog post every day and lots more cool videos.

Great Show at Cuppa

Just completed another fun show at Cuppa today. It was so much fun. Somehow everyone found out it was the day before my birthday and Mandy made me a delicious apple pie. It was so cool! I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to hang out with all these great people over at Cuppa and to play our music.

Michigan just beat Northwestern too, as I predicted. 6 and 0 for the first time since 2006! Very exciting. Last I checked the Tigers were rained out. I really hope they can beat Texas.

Go BLUE!!! Go TIGERS!!

Also, look forward to some cool new stuff from Ian and I soon. We have some neat musical ideas in development. All credit goes to the amazing support we get from our (dare I say it?) fans. We couldn't be more grateful.

Michigan Wolverines 2011 predictions after week 5

Here are my 2011 Michigan Wolverines predictions after 5 weeks of great football:

• Northwestern - WIN
• Michigan State - WIN
• Purdue - WIN
• Iowa - WIN
• Illinois - LOSS
• Nebraska - LOSS
• Ohio State - WIN

We will finish the season 10-2. I am hoping for a share of the Big Ten Title with Wisconsin as well but that might be dreaming. Anyway, there you have it.

More of the Same

Still trying to come up with a good band name. A friend suggested the "Spice Boys" which I was considering. Anybody have any good ideas? Ian and I are talking over some cool ideas and trying to see how much spare time we can afford to work on our music projects. We have been really inspired to take it all to the next level since we have received so much support from everyone.

Lots of other stuff on my mind lately, mostly business related but not a lot that I can discuss publicly yet. Soon I hope. We'll see how things work out.

In the meantime I am still promoting The Wild North and working on an ever increasing number of side projects. Also read a really cool blog post from one of my oldest friends, Kenny this morning. That was really neat. And my family just got back from a great vacation to Marquette and my wife finished knitting her first sock!

How To Make a Video Blog

The Easiest Way To Make a Video Blog

You will need:

• Computer with Internet
• Blog
• Webcam and microphone
• Something interesting to say

1. Create/login to a YouTube account. If you have a Google account for a Gmail or Blogger you should be able to login with that after you create a username. I recommend creating a username similar to your blog name to help your readers find you there as well.
2. Make sure you have your webcam and microphone connected and installed properly, then go to the YouTube webcam video recorder.
   
3. If prompted, select "Allow" in the Flash player to authorize the recorder to use your webcam. Then hit "Record" and speak your piece. When you are finished hit the "Stop" button.
4. When the video has finished processing, hit "Publish". You will then need to enter in the information about your video. Basically the "Title", "Description" and "Tags" are the essentials. If you are unsure about any of the fields just leave them blank.
   
5. Hit "Save Changes" and go back to your blog.
   
6. Start a new post and select the "Insert a video"button.
7. A window should pop up with three options on the left side. Choose "My YouTube videos" and you should see all of your YouTube videos show up. Your newly created video blog should be the first so select it and hit "Select".
   
8. Your video should now appear in the body of your post. Now it would be a good idea to give the post a relevant title and then you are ready to publish. Congratulations, you are now a video blogger!

Notes: This is done using the new blogger layout. Some commands may be slightly different in the old interface. Also, for WordPress users, Step 6 and beyond would be only slightly different:

1. On the YouTube page, click on "View on Video page" or go to "My Account-->Videos-->NEW VIDEO". Then copy the URL (link address) of that page.
2. Go to your blog and start a new post.
3. Click in the body of the post and paste the URL. When published it will show the video.

If you have any questions or comments I would love for you to leave a comment below so as to continue the discussion and share the information with others.