Spring's Blog

2008-08-21T15:17:00.001-05:00

adding ping.fm to sidebar on http://spring.net/blog and to http://ping.fm/AV8Ne - also adding profilactic sidebar

2008-07-31T21:42:00.001-05:00

http://ping.fm/rfOJh Spring.net interviews Will Pate. He cohosts CommandN video podcast w Amber Macarthur. Founded Raincity Studios (byte). Will �can�t talk� about new ventures, but talks TX bbq

2008-07-26T10:39:00.001-05:00

http://ping.fm is a pretty cool way to push to twitter, facebook, friendfeed, etc. dm me for invite code, I have a few left

2008-07-23T21:33:00.001-05:00

http://ping.fm/ZBEo2 is video interview w Deanna Zandt alternet.org she put on a great party for Hightower at netroots nation

2008-07-23T17:36:00.001-05:00

the hurricane in the Gulf just reached out and tickled Austin

2008-07-22T16:18:00.001-05:00

hour long video screencast interview with @Tamar Weinberg of Lifehacker, Mashable, Techipedia showing at http://spring.net/blog & itunes

2008-07-07T23:16:00.001-05:00

catching up on tour de france programs I missed over the 4th

2008-07-03T11:44:00.001-05:00

need help doing video interviews at netrootsnation.com July 17-19 Austin TX dm or email me

2008-06-30T10:59:00.001-05:00

AZ School Works Interviews Munoz Jr. and Loredo on Roosevelt School District Receivership (http://ping.fm/bb0vl)

2008-06-27T13:03:00.001-05:00

Hillary obama unite now on cnn

2008-06-27T08:15:00.001-05:00

heading to Home Depot to pick up parts for my malfunctioning ice maker, gotta have ice in TX

Friday morning at Jo's

2007-02-23T11:36:00.000-06:00

It’s Friday morning at Jo’s and there are a couple of dozen folks enjoying the chill air. Tom, with the green bandana, is sweeping up aound the place and extolling the virtues of the new espresso machine, the La Marzocco. We’ll have the scoop on this in an upcoming blog episode. It’s a nice view from the Jo’s front deck of Amy’s Ice Cream, Zen restaurant, and the Hotel San Jose. Tom cranks up the ipod and the music resumes.

We found 63 photos on flickr matching the search phrase Jo’s Coffee.

Jo’s has a MySpace page at myspace.com/joshotcoffee and soon there will be a guide to MySpace on Jo’s blog. What would you like to see on Jo’s blog, send us an article or post something in our comments.

Tags: myspace, flickr, Friday, soco, espresso, austin, texas, xl, joscoffee, cafe, life

Goodnight

2007-01-28T19:51:00.000-06:00


A little comedy at home with Paul and Dot.

Team Hotel San Jose's Chris Brewer video podcast

2006-12-21T06:28:00.000-06:00

Watch the video podcast at http://touroftexas.com/podcasts/sjhcycle.mpg Chris Brewer, Discovery Channel “primary journalist”, does a video podcast on the outlook for this year’s Tour de France, the Discovery team with Ivan Basso, the Flying Forehead, and his Team Hotel San Jose. Barry Lee and Todd Reid head up Team San Jose. Today is Barry’s 42nd birthday and the team is showning pedaling off to South Austin for a 3 hour ride. “The Discovery team is looking great with Ivan Basso, says Chris. Lance is riding with the team and grooming Basso as his successor. We takea look at the Madone 5.9 SL with the Powercontrol V with “more information than a man needs to know”. We also talk with several other Team San Jose members, which numbers over 300 members. The interview takes place in front of Downtown Jo’s, which is the site of tonight’s moveon.org event and showing of “An Inconvenient Truth”. from http://teamhotelsanjose.com

Team Hotel San Jose is a new kind of racing team and sports club, led by athletes who are dedicated to serving the community by working with disadvantaged and at-risk youth, developing the skills of beginning and intermediate cyclists, and cultivating the most incredible regional racing team you've ever seen. The core team members are a motivated group of professional and ex-professional cyclists, cycling enthusiasts, and triathletes, who ride with respect for all, regardless of experience. We welcome road cyclists and mountain bikers, runners and multi-sport athletes, men and women, and girls and boys.

birthdayparty

2006-12-11T16:40:00.000-06:00

Jan and Neil Cronk put on a birthday party for about half a dozen folks, me included, at their home in North Austin. Neil is a talented painter whose work appears at many restaurants and galleries around town. Here's today's video podcast of that event. Shown below is the paiting of Neil’s that hangs in our living room in Cedar Creek.

Testing BlogJet

2006-12-11T16:35:00.000-06:00

I have installed an interesting application - BlogJet. It's a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com

"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination." -- Albert Einstein

Web2.0Slides.com | Web 2.0 Slideshow

2006-05-01T08:48:00.002-05:00

I'm looking forward to seeing ads on the site!

Web2.0Slides.com | Web 2.0 Slideshow

2006-05-01T08:48:00.001-05:00

great job!

Web2.0Slides.com | Web 2.0 Slideshow

2006-05-01T08:48:00.000-05:00

great job!

Travel Channel shows Chasing Lance

2005-12-21T14:09:00.000-06:00

Chasing Lance film debuts on Travel Channel Thursday Dec 22 at 7 pm CST
Lance Amstrong News on our Blog - The "docureality" show produced by the Discovery Networks Travel Channel will air on Thursday night, Dec 22 on channel 58 (Grande Communications) and channel 33 (Time Warner).Many local Austin media outlets carried coverage of this event. On the last day of the Tour de France several thousand people showed up to cheer Lance on and sign several giant yellow cards that the Outdoor Life Network brought to the event.
Here's the email from producer Bill Delano about the event Hey Ya�ll~ Tune in tomorrow night for my first film, "Chasing Lance: a Fans Story"!!! Its a great show, was a thrilling adventure and will forever stand as testament to what two friends can do with a camcorder, computer, and a dream. Here's the TV Guide sum up: Join five Americans on an emotion packed thrill ride as they chase the Tour all around France supporting their hero in his seventh and final ride. These are true fanatics who do far more than vacation, they redefine what it means to be a true Fan. Let everyone know and check it out on the Travel Channel on Thursday, December 22 at 8 and 11pm EST (7 and 10 pm CST).

The Austin Chronicle: News: Naked City

2005-08-15T10:13:00.000-05:00

The Austin Chronicle: News: Naked City

When is "affordable housing" not entirely affordable? When the housing development in question is called "Spring." On July 29, developers Robert Barnstone and Perry Lorenz (of the famed high-end Nokonah at Ninth and Lamar) and Larry Warshaw (of the decidedly more affordable Eastside Pedernales Lofts) announced their plans for a new 36-story, 200-plus-unit condo development at Third and Bowie called Spring.

According to the development team, the project is unique because it will be built on a relatively small, 6,500-square-foot "floor plate" – as opposed to the more common 16,000 to 20,000 square feet – in order to keep costs down.

"For the first time, living in downtown Austin will be a real option for teachers, firefighters, young professionals, and middle-income families – not just the very wealthy," Lorenz said.

Of course, one might argue that living downtown was entirely affordable for all of the aforementioned before high-end projects like the Nokonah began poking up all over town.

Although Lorenz and company may call Spring "affordable," for the rest of us, whether the development will be the way for the pushed-out to get back in is a matter of debate:

The so-called affordable units will cost "around" $250K, with some under $200K, Lorenz said. Back to the drawing board, boys. –

Jordan Smith

Lance's next riding partner: Bush

2005-08-15T07:51:00.000-05:00

Lance's next riding partner: Bush

Lance's next riding partner: Bush

August 15, 2005

President George W. Bush is getting plenty of bike time during his ranch vacation and next week he'll hit the trails with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he'll travel to Crawford, Texas, on Saturday to ride with the president around Bush's ranch.

"It's a dream scenario for me," Armstrong said. "Now that President Bush doesn't run anymore, he rides his mountain bike fanatically. People wonder why he stays at the ranch so long, it might be the mountain bike trails."

Bush has become an avid biker in the last couple of years, after a knee injury forced him to give up his jogging routine.

"Like a lot of baby boomers, my knees gave out," Bush explained to seven journalists who accompanied him on a two-hour ride Saturday. "And I believe that mountain biking is going to be an outlet for a lot of people my age. I'm 59, and people are going to realize you get as much aerobic exercise -- if not more on the mountain bike -- without being hobbled."

Bush said he prefers mountain biking to road biking, where riders often shave their legs and wear Lycra shorts. "There are certain things that age brings with it, and not wearing the form-fitting Lycra shorts is one of them, if you know what I mean," Bush joked with the reporters.

Mix 94.7 raises over 400,000 for Cancer

2005-08-15T03:24:00.000-05:00

JB and Sandy on Mix 94.7 FM Radio raised over $400,000 for the Kelly Davidson Cancer Research Activity Wing at the Dell Hospital over the weekend. Lance called in to the show which was livecast at two of Austin's biggest malls (Barton Creek and Lakeline). Way to go, JB, Sandy and the group!

Sunday TV news shows

2005-08-14T04:41:00.000-05:00

Sunday TV news shows

ABC's "This Week" - Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong

Windsor Tribune - Windsor man spots Lance Armstrong

2005-08-05T10:32:00.000-05:00

Windsor Colorado Tribune -
Windsor man spots Lance Armstrong

Windsor man spots Lance Armstrong
By T.M. FASANO
Posted on Friday, August 05 @ 08:03:07 PDT
The lights were out in Windsor, but Zach Mitchell knows whom he saw — the greatest cyclist in Tour de France history.

Mitchell, 21, a 2001 Windsor High School graduate, said he’s not crazy. Mitchell said he is 90 percent sure that the man he saw riding a bicycle in the rain at 9:30 a.m. Thursday was none other than Lance Armstrong.

Mitchell said the man looked just like Armstrong, the winner of seven straight Tour de France races.

“He looked right at me,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell said the man he thinks was Armstrong had no body fat, was wearing a yellow jersey (not that yellow jersey, though) and spiffy Nike cyclist shoes and gave the thumbs up to the curious people in the five vehicles who slowed down to gawk.