new perspective

I'm glad my son's blogging about his experience as a code warrior. To be honest about it, I didn't really understand how much time, effort and heart went into this "little" project. So here's a public, heart-felt "Thank you!" for a job well done...

THANK YOU, JOE!

Welcome to Fincast

Wow what a day. The 4th of July and an unusual one at that.

I'm pleased to announce that my podcast is officially named, up and running, not just as a posted .mp3 audio file, but as a true, automatically-downloading-into-your-audio-player-via RSS-feed-Podcast. What does that mean? Simply that you can now subscribe to FINCAST here, or continue to listen to it via this blog, here.

Thanks to CodeFin for the original code to make this magic happen.

less is almost always more

A few posts ago I shared some quickly edited excerpts of interviews with librarians about Pioneer, Utah's Online Library. The segment ran almost five minutes (4:20). Long ago I learned that shorter pieces are almost always stronger than their more verbose parents (hmm...is there a generational lesson here?) and so I worked to cut the piece differently, more effectively and shorter for last Friday's meeting of the UEN Steering Committee.

Here's the 2:07 version...

(yet another in ongoing series of Fincast Podcasts)

Magnathon Triathlon

Magnathon Triathlon
Originally uploaded by rfin.

Swam, biked and ran my first triathlon today in Magna. Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation included a novice category in the Magnathon Triathlon so those of designated with an "N" only had to swim 200 meters, bike 12 miles and run one mile. I finished in 1:20.52 which was good enough for a first place ribbon in my age group. Dave and Dalon also scored blue ribbons in their age groups. All in all a great first triathlon experience. I knew I'd be OK with the swimming and biking but the run was the intimidating part for this former non-runner.

On Golden Pond (budget version)

On Golden Pond (budget version)
Originally uploaded by rfin.

I've seen sunsets on the Great Salt Lake since I was a little boy living on the hill in Bountiful. I still see the lake, sometimes in unlikely places.

Antelope Island Moonlight Ride

Antelope Island Moonlight Ride
Originally uploaded by rfin.

It's been a year since I first heard of the moonlight journey across the Great Salt Lake to Antelope Island. Friday night we rode the ride, howled at the moon, fought the wind, gulped free food and drink at the vistors center, fought our way back across the causway, then Jeep-pooled it back home--all by no later than 2:00 a.m.