http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ en-us doug@shoutstudios.com 2007-04-18T14:31:08-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000377.html Came across an interesting service while poking around geocaching.com. It's a service that will make a map, either US or world, with the states/countries you have visited highlighted in red. Below are my maps, leave yours in the comments. create... 377@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2007-04-18T14:31:08-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000372.html Since becoming a vegetarian nearly three months ago, I have discovered many foods that I never would have tried. Without meat, the variety can become very static if you stick with meat substitutes such as boca burgers, chiq'n, or even... 372@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2007-04-13T12:47:22-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000368.html It's officially been one month since I started my vegetarian lifestyle. I can't say it's been easy, but it also has not been hard, given that I had been working towards this for the last few months of 2006. I... 368@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2007-02-01T15:53:45-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000364.html 2006 is drawing to a close, much quicker than I could have imagined. Not the greatest year, given all that has happened, but not the worst either. I don't remember making, or if I did, what they are, any new... 364@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2006-12-26T15:30:46-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000332.html It's that time of year again, the 13th annual Relay For Life to benefit the American Cancer Society is coming up starting tomorrow. This year I decided to join the planning committee to help out with the publicity/photography aspect of... 332@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2006-06-08T08:03:15-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000300.html Last night, I went with a few friends from work to see the Serenity movie. I was impressed, satisfied, and disappointed all in the same movie. My thoughts on the movie are below. Beware, there may be some spoilers so... 300@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-10-04T09:04:25-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000282.html With John getting his new phone and getting back into shooting for Engle publishing as well as donating my time as a photographer to the ACS for their Relay for Life event, I have started lusting after some new toys... 282@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-09-12T09:55:18-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000277.html NPR had a story today about Penguin publishing company selling all 1,082 of their classics as a set via Amazon.com. John and I decided we needed to look at the list out of curiosity and see both what was on... 277@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-08-24T21:08:10-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000276.html After borrowing the DVD's from a friend at work, I've done some searching around the net looking for websites and other such fan fare material for the series and/or movie. Thanks to the TWiT podcast, I found The Signal, a... 276@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-08-24T15:06:04-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000271.html I have been borrowing the Firefly complete series DVD from a friend at work over the past month and watching it in my spare time (what little I have). Like most good science fiction series, this has a western flavor,... 271@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-08-05T11:30:02-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000256.html While on our way out to Indiana today, I was looking for a local NPR station around Pittsburgh. I called John and had him look up the local station for me. He found WDUQ out of Pittsburgh. Of course, I... 256@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-05-12T21:39:44-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000255.html Some "light" reading for the week. The Pseudoscience of Intelligent Design. I won't detail this. Those of you who know me, know where I stand on this issue. Not Milk. An interesting collection of articles putting forth the idea that... 255@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-05-02T11:16:43-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000254.html This weekend, my brother-in-law and I went to the movies to see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Earlier in the day, I had finished reading the book, so the novel version was fresh in my mind. I must say, I... 254@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-05-02T08:37:37-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000250.html This year again, I will be participating in the American Cancer Societies annual fundraising event, the Relay for Life at Lancaster Catholic Highschool. The ACS has set up a website where you can donate safely and securely. Take a moment... 250@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-04-11T17:01:38-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000236.html Last night, I finished reading what I would consider the best novel I have read in years. It's been a long time since I've read something that has been able to keep my interest and make we want to continue... 236@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ General 2005-03-07T11:39:12-05:00