http://morton-cook.com/blog Mon, 17 May 2010 18:05:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't believe it's been a month since my return from The Caribbean. I'm finally getting around to posting a summary. It was awesome. Trinidad Our luggage was delayed on the trip down do to a delay in Dallas leading to a very close connection in Miami. We also could not ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/trinidad-tobago/ What are the odds that two men born on the exact same day would have so much influence on history? http://morton-cook.com/blog/happy-200th-birthday-lincoln-and-darwin/ Cities97 Finally got past a lot of red tape with Beck's label and has posted the Beckumentary. You can view the edited version with concert footage here. Here is the uncut interview. If the video isn't showing up (something's been weird with Vimeo lately), try here. http://morton-cook.com/blog/my-beck-interview-is-finally-up/ At the beginning of the year, I started a series of posts about my New Year's Resolutions. Here is a look back on the project. As you may recall, I divided my resolutions into two categories: Personal Growth and Goals. The first being general habits, behaviors and attitudes I ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/2008-personal-growth-and-goals-part-iii/ As many of you know, I am a pretty big fan of Beck. He was in St Paul last night for a concert with MGMT. A few weeks ago, I heard about a contest sponsored by Cities 97. The winner was going to get a backstage pass and to ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/my-evening-with-beck/ I decided just for fun to make wordles out of the four major speeches from the two major political conventions this year. Wordle is an online application that makes images out of large blocks of text. The more frequently a word is used, the larger it appears in the image. I ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/the-acceptance-speeches-at-a-glance/ We got back from Alaska (and Canada) on Saturday night. It was an awesome trip. Here are the highlights. Day 1: Vancouver We had the morning in Vancouver before boarding the ship. We went to the top of Harbour Centre to view the city. I've never been on a real shrimp ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/alaska-cruise/ At 9:15 tonight, Laura and I will be catching a plane to Vancouver. Tomorrow afternoon we will board the Diamond Princess for a seven day cruise to Anchorage. I'll post tons of pictures after the trip, and hopefully some during. Until then check out the bridge cam. ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/heading-to-alaska/ I spent the afternoon of Independence Day grilling, swimming and sunning at the apartment of some friends in downtown MPLS. I also got to try out my new camera lens. The view from Symphony Place apartments is pretty decent. At dusk we headed down to the river to watch ... http://morton-cook.com/blog/4th-of-july-in-minneapolis/ Next installment of the Crappy Phone Cam Pics From a Concert series. Laura and I went with Ben and Kelly to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd last night: Previous installments: The Mars Volta at Roy Wilkins Auditorium http://morton-cook.com/blog/kenny-wayne-shepherd-at-the-cabooze/