Hobo Code

Days have been jam packed with rafting, hiking, programming, video editing, eating ice cream cones, and other good stuff. I've made some great changes to Hobo2.0Lifestyle.com to go along with the latest episode here in Jackson Hole.

For you web nerds out there, it's been a dive into php and the Google Map API to get it where it is now, but the results are great. Each episode now has a whole experience, not just the video. Now it's all on one page, a big map showing markers of where I've been on the trip with all my photos geotagged (pinpointed in the exact location they were taken) right on the map, and of course the video that pops up right on the same page. It took some figuring out to get it how I wanted it, but good times are rolling now.

So what's next? A couple more weeks in Jackson Hole, a visitor to look forward to, progress with MoBubble (another site I'm working on, details coming later next month), and some traveling ahead of me. I'm trying to get to Vegas in mid-late august, anyone think they can get me a ride? I'll be in Wyoming and Montana a bit, and I can always catch part of a ride east bound if it means landing in a spot where someone can head back west towards Vegas. In September I'm going to Sacramento. That's the story so far.

Hobo on The Road

Here's the latest episode from Hobo 2.0 Lifestyle, "road trip - episode 4". Also check out the map from the trip to see my route and stops.

You can easily subscribe through itunes or youtube to always get the latest episodes. If you use a different podcatcher/reader then you can subscribe here (I recommend Google Reader if you're not using anything yet, it works with your gmail or google account).

Nathans Hotdog Eating Contest

I went down to coney island and watched one of the most intense sporting battles of my life. Here's a video I took of the event.

Wild Flying Thing

A little more action from the outdoor starbucks jam, here's a fresh video.

Trip to Assateague

Last week I went to Assateague in Maryland camping. Good times, I filmed the second episode for Hobo Lifestyle and took a bunch of pictures.

Flashy Marine

My brother just got back in town on leave after spending time in Iraq and other spots around the world with the Marines. It's great having him around, here's a video of a "welcome home" he received on the ride back from the airport into town.

Bursting out the Bubble

The past week has really been a blast, good times on every front. Good people, good times, and plans for future good times have dominated my time. As I write this I'm working on a solid 36 hours without sleep and still not feeling too tired, there's just too much fun to be had.

I've spent some great times with old friends and new alike, and even doing things with old friends that I should've been doing more of a long time ago, like recording some songs with mark and sean. I'll post those as soon as I finish mixing them, in the meantime you can always check out the latest video of a recent jam session.

I got around the city throughout the week, and even got down to Coney Island for a day at the beach and to enjoy Nathan's hotdogs, god I love those. As much time as I've spent with friends hanging out or playing music, I've some how made a ton of progress on the website front. The Music Slice redesign looks awesome and slick, plus we've set a new launch date, June 14th. I haven't even posted that to the official Slice blog, so consider yourself privileged to that information.

I've also made significant improvements to the Hobo 2.0 website, making it run smoother and adding some new videos, blogs, and other good stuff. I'm also starting to get requests (demands?) from some friends to put them on my route once I set off on that great adventure.

Another semi-secret site I'm working on involving photos is also getting pretty close to being ready, I'll actually fill everyone in on that pretty soon, but it's really cool.

I uploaded a couple new photos to my flickr account, like me in the bubble above, and also just uploaded a video of me battling a 3 year old at the rubix cube, so enjoy those if you'd like. Until the next time, have fun.

Visibly Drunk Episode 1

Mark and I's show is now aptly titled and ready to go, welcome to "Visibly Drunk". Here are some funny outtakes from the most recent episode. We had a special guest on the show, and these are our attempts to catch her face on camera. You can check out the Full Episode here after if you'd like.

Trip to LA

Just got back from LA, it was a great trip. I went with my mom and little sister, who's sole motivation was to meet Dylan and Cole, which is the poor man's Mary-Kate and Ashley from the "Suite Life" on Disney. We did eventually go to a taping of the show where she got to walk around the set, and then she got to meet them, I took a short video of the encounter.

We did a whole lot of driving all around LA and checked out everything. My favorite drive was most definitely up the Pacific Coast Highway, which goes right by the ocean and can't be beat when you're in a mustang with the top down, good times.

We even drove down to San Diego, and beyond to Coronado. Traffic is pretty nuts, a 5 lane highway and it's packed, go figure. Janet always found a way to go shopping whenever she could, and got plenty of clothes. Myself, I picked up a tiny camera to better capture videos and pictures on my Hobo travels, as well as a couple harmonicas to make some music along the way.

I liked LA though, everyone is pretty laid back for the most part, there was a whole lot of street music, even more so than new york as there were certain spots you could go that would just be packed with different styles. Things are generally pretty expensive it seemed though, and a lot of "image" stuff going on. The only other downside was how spread out things are with a lack of public transportation. I'd rather not have to deal with a car.

Oh yes, and In-N-Out burger, now I see what everyone has been talking about. Definitely the best 'fast food' burger I've had, and at a fast food price. Still can't compete with the Shake Shack of course, but they're in two different burger classes anyways.

You can check out all the photos I took in picasa web albums here, or just check out my favorites I posted on Flickr here. You can also check out the other video I took of the one man jam on Santa Monica Pier.

Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel

Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel
Originally uploaded by ken flannery.

Pretty chill spot, not a whole lot though but some rides and a one man jam - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F-yPxH32Hs

Mark Tubridy and Ken Flannery Experimental Show #2

This is our second experiment episode making a show about nothing in particular. There's maybe 8 seconds of black silence before the video starts... my bad.

Sean's Nail in the Foot Video

Here's a video of our time at the hospital getting the nail pulled out Sean's foot, the doctor had to saw off his shoe first, good times. You can also check out some pictures on flickr.

My Trip to Jackson Hole

The trip out to Jackson was great, lots of skiing and good times. Here's a video and a link to all the pictures I took while I was out there.

Jackson March 2007

Rehearsal Video

We're playing an open mic night tomorrow at a place that doesn't have a drum kit, so I'll be working with the djembe. We got a quick rehearsal in tonight, I did a quick edit down and posted that to youtube.

Subway Music Magic

They're called Naturally7

Concert sauvage dans le métro !
Uploaded by lapapsprod

Best Dunk From All Star Weekend

I'm a Mac, and I'm a New Yorker

OK, OK, last one.

What is Web 2.0?

Great video offering an explanation:

I'm a Wii, and I'm a PS3

Just found this after my last post, had to put it up.

Mac Gets Owned

If you checked out digg today, you no doubt saw the heavily, heavily dugg story tearing apart the "I'm a mac, and I'm a PC" ads. It resulted in an astounding amount of comments, just about 900 when I last checked, which is the most I've ever seen on digg myself, usually stories rack up 200-300 if it's really interesting, sometimes more for really touchy topics.

The overwhelming consensus was that macs are inferior when compared to PCs when considering each and every benchmark, and the overpriced machines are limited by not being open, a move for planned obsolesce to sell more hardware at a premium to those who want to see themselves as "trendy". The article is a quick and decent read, but the comments are diverse and really drive the point home.

I found this video, a spoof on the ads. There's plenty of these going around, but I like this one.