Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. If you are looking for similar events check out my weird Austin, unique Austin, and immersive Austin lists. Event P...

Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. Event Premise It’s been said that 80% of success is showing up. I believe it. Lots of people dr...

Since it was so much fun in 2013, I decided to hold Slackathlon again the next year. I decided to change up most of the events and see if I could get the overall time down to under six hours. (A six hour athletic event hardly seems in the spirit of "slacking"). I invented some things that would keep...

Slackathlon was an event I created and held in 2013 and 2014 for my friends. I’m not sure where the idea came from. I remember being inspired by the many triathletes in Austin and deciding that the rest of us should be able to enjoy “athlons” as well. SATURDAY APRIL 6th - No training? No problem! Sl...

Note: This was drafted on 1/26/2021. My process is to draft a post, then revise it and schedule it a week or so later. Often this means posts are a month behind or more. This particular post I discovered in draft form on May 5th. It's ancient so I'm going to wrap it up and back-date the post to Janu...

Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. Event Premise This was the first event that I thought up for the Experimental Event Series. It...

“The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between” - Mozart Music is not just the notes and sounds that you hear. It’s also the silent pauses between the notes and sounds. Without the silence, songs would be an unrelenting succession of notes that nearly no one would care to listen to. Good...

Wish you could apply the SnapCam filters to other people in your Zoom chat? It turns out you can apply the effects to anything on the internet. Here's how my friend Rebecca and I figured it out as we were preparing for the Austin Messy Homes Tour. A Few Important Notes This technique results in two...

Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. Event Premise As I detailed in the post about the event series, I was trying to come up with re...

Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. Event Premise There’s not a lot of New Year’s Day celebrations in Austin. There’s a few polar b...