Same crap… different blog.

I was reading about Sprout over at Techcrunch and I just had to share how cool I think this tool is! Basically Sprout let’s you create Flash “widget” which can then be embedded into other sites such as blogs, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Typically doing work in Flash is complex and time-consuming but Sprout has made it relatively easy. For instance, here’s a quick little widget I made to show off the RSS feed of this site:

Pretty neat huh? The best part is the time it took to create this was less than two minutes! I’ll have to play around with this over the next few days and see what else I can come up with since the widget above is pretty useless in my opinion. It was really more of a “proof of concept” if you will. Enjoy!

As some of you may have noticed, I’ve recently been somewhat absent on my blog here other than Twitter updates here and there. This is mainly due to life being rather hectic from a work perspective as well as my recent vacation from said work. Now that I’m off vacation and work has slowed down some, I’ll be back to blogging at least 3-4 times per week along with the daily Twitter stuff that’s automatically posted up. This is actually one of my many New Year’s Resolutions for 2008. Here’s the full list if you’re interested:

• Get my ass back to the gym on a daily basis and put some muscle weight on to my now slim frame (I’m still at over 25 lbs lost since this time last year)
• Blog more regularly and at more length
• Keep my Twitter feed updated at least a few times per day
• Work on my side projects that I’ve been “back-burnering” for quite some time now
• Find a way to actually make money online through blogging and whatnot (this comes back to the afore mentioned side projects)
• Be a better man in general (I know this is somewhat vague but I know what it means and that’s what really matters honestly)

Well that’s the list… let’s hope I can actually accomplish most of it by the end of the year! I know I can do a couple of them fairly easily but the last two will definitely be the most challenging at the end of the day. Anyone else out there have any difficult yet personally important resolutions they’d like to share?

P.S. Yes, I know I haven’t updated the diet updates for a few days now but I was on vacation and just didn’t have the time. I did keep a log of the daily data though and will be posting the updates to that category tomorrow!

From the quiz I just took it would appear that I can take on a group of 24 five year old kids and win:

If you want to find out how you’d do, click on the button above to take the quiz yourself. How many kids can you take on?

Winner at JohnChow.com - Apparently I won a review by CashQuests.com by subscribing to John Chow’s RSS feed by email. I’ll post a link up to the review when it’s published.

Are you right or left brained? - Interesting article/test to see if you’re right or left brained in nature. For the record, I’m right brained.

Maddox on fashion?!? - Maddox is back at it with another classic on women’s fashion. This is a must read folks!

21 Halo 3 Easter Eggs - While the site navigation is somewhat confusing (click on the links at the bottom of the article to go to the next page), this is a great collection of some really cool little “easter eggs” put into Halo 3 by Bungie. You gotta love these guys… they make a great game AND take the time to put in stuff like this to entertain those who take a closer look!

My Halo 3 service record - No, I’m not bragging. I just thought some of you might want to check out my stats so far in Halo 3 since it’s the been the biggest thing keeping me from blogging recently. Also, hit me up for a friend request on Xbox Live if you want and we’ll play some matches.