Justin Ward 2.0

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Things added in January, 2008

Heavy Metal Drumming from Ernie and Bert

Posted on January 25th .
[Quite possibly the funniest drumming / Sesame Street mashup video that you'll see all week -- this is just friggin' hilarious...](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs)

Declaring RSS Backruptcy

Posted on January 21st .
I've officially unsubscribed from every feed that I've ever added to my Google Reader. I think I needed a clean slate. I realized I was reading things that ...

Innovation via Perfection

Posted on January 20th .
[Scott Karp just wrote a killer post on the art of perfecting existing technologies as a way of innovating](http://publishing2.com/2008/01/15/future-of-digital-media-perfecting-existing-technologies-for-people-on-the-web/), something he suspects will be driving the future of digital media ...

Who do you believe?

Posted on January 17th .
[NPR: Dozens Claim They Spotted UFO in Texas](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18146244) Read that article. Then ask yourself a serious question about who you believe more -- the military or 40 different people who ...
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Ankle Injuries

Posted on January 16th .
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Quarter-life Crisis

Posted on January 14th . %
For the past month or so I've been half-heartedly joking that I've been suffering through an early-life crisis, but that didn't really take full shape until I actually *read* the ...

Victory is Mine

Posted on January 13th .
I'm pretty pleased to say I'd held true to [my early in the week resolution](http://www.justinward.org/08/01/07/step-away-from-the-computer.php) -- I stayed away from the computer for a lot of the week as I ...

Step Away from the Computer

Posted on January 7th .
I've had a super hard time disconnecting lately, especially over the holidays and the past weekend. Knowing what I know about myself, this is wont to cause a little ...

What did NYE look like to you?

Posted on January 4th .
Umphrey's McGee 12/31/07 Midnight Celebration from justinpward on Vimeo. I've spent most of the week on the computer getting back into the world of [Live Music Blog](http://www.livemusicblog.com) and ...

Forget about your house of cards…

Posted on January 2nd .
[Radiohead - "House of Cards" (live, Scotch_Mist)](http://youtube.com/watch?v=2yZBE5qLw8Y) [video] Did anyone stay home on NYE to watch the Radiohead webcast? If you did not, which is likely, you can head ...
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My Year in Cities: 2007 Edition

Posted on January 1st .
Thanks to a nice reminder from [John](http://johnzeratsky.com/articles/2007/2007_the_year_in_cities), I thought I'd get to writing my annual year-in-cities posts documenting where I ...

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1st .
It's time for bed after a fun night ringing in 2008 at the Umphrey's McGee show, but before I retire to bed I wanted to get a quick post up ...