Michael Wender's Posterous - "If you can email, you can blog with Posterous!"

Since discovering this recipe last week, Beth and I have already made it twice. We both agree it is one of the best homemade pizzas we've had in a long time. Check out this visual recipe:

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August 6, 2008

Last week, Beth and I arrived back from our 2008 Mexico Mission Trip in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. We spent July 19 through 26 in Mexico followed by a couple of days in San Diego. The trip exceeded our expectations. We are blessed with some great friends in Mexico, and our time spent with the women at the Women with Purpose Shelter was a treasure. I've started writing some of my reflections, and I hope to publish them in the coming weeks. In the meantime, enjoy some photos from our trip:

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August 6, 2008

Light a Candle, Magically

I've known about this trick for a while (I think I saw it on Mr. Wizard when I was a kid); however, I have yet to personally meet anyone who is familiar with it. The video included with this post demonstrates the trick:

Blow out a lit candle.
Allow the smoke to rise from the wick.
Hold a flame in the smoke rising from the wick.
Watch as the candle "magically" re-lights.

If I remember correctly, I believe what's happening is that the flame causes the combustible materials in the smoke to ignite sending the flame back down the smoke to the wick.

Have you ever seen this trick before?

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July 17, 2008

HowTo: Fold a T-Shirt in 2 Seconds

If anything was ever made for viral video, it's this quick and easy demonstration of how to fold a t-shirt in 2 seconds. Amaze your friends and neighbors and get your clean clothes put away in no time.

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July 16, 2008

A Good Friend is Someone Who Will...

A good friend is someone who will bail you out of jail, but your best friend is the one sitting next to you saying "that was awesome!"

(HT: Filed Under Awesome)

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July 14, 2008

Posterous + XML-RPC = New Blogging Gateway?

Dear Posterous Devs,

Since discovering Posterous last week, I've become quite enamored by how easy it is to post here. For example, right now I'm writing this post from my Gmail account. Posting to Posterous is so easy that it has me anxious to promote it to persons who have never thought of blogging before. Therefore, consider this a heart-felt thanks and congratulations.

As a future option, have you guys ever thought about allowing Posterous to interface with other blogging softwares via said softwares' XML-RPC gateways? For example, I would love to be able to use my Gmail account to post to my WordPress blog. And, while it is true that it is possible to post via email with WordPress, WordPress's built-in feature doesn't come anywhere close to the email parsing sophistication of Posterous.

If I could integrate Posterous' "post from anywhere" capabilities into a WordPress blog, I could easily see myself using it with some of the custom WordPress blogs that I design and build for my clients. Then training them to post to their blogs would be as simple as telling them to send an email to Posterous.

Finally, consider this as just a question/suggestion. Perhaps this isn't a direction you guys are interested in pursuing. You already have the makings of a great community growing here, and like you guys, I am excited to see what will happen as you make blogging as easy as writing an email.

So, Posterous Devs what are your thoughts on this? Garry, Sachin, et al.