The 25th Hour ~karenjcardoza.com~ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog Ramblings of a mom, teacher, super patriots fan & new media junkie in need of an extra hour each day! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 841369http://www.feedburner.com Training Camp Day One http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kcardoza/~3/345096546/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/24/training-camp-day-one/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:27:04 +0000 kjcardoza http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/?p=369 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Training Camp Day One", url: "http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/24/training-camp-day-one/" });]]> I didn’t make it to camp because it was closed to the public but here’s a quickie show for Day 1.

MrsB150 First Day Wash-Out

If the ground isn’t too saturated tomorrow and they hold public practice I’ll be there. Keep your eye open for daily posts and podcasts. :-)

Go Pats!!

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Current Schedule as of today is:

THURSDAY, JULY 24 —Public practice cancelled due to rain.
8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Morning practice
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Evening practice

FRIDAY, JULY 25
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Afternoon practice

SATURDAY, JULY 26
Training camp practices are closed to the public due to the New England Country Music Festival.

SUNDAY, JULY 27
8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Morning practice
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Evening practice

MONDAY, JULY 28
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Afternoon practice

TUESDAY, JULY 29
8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Morning practice
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Evening practice

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Afternoon practice

THURSDAY, JULY 31
8:45 - 10:30 a.m. Morning practice
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Evening practice

**Remember to call the Pats hot-line 1-508-549-0001 before heading out to camp for any last minute changes.

Also, the following players are on the active  PUP (Physically Unable to Perform) list and can return to action anytime during training camp when the are physically able to do so.

  • DL Jarvis Green
  • RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis
  • CB Ellis Hobbs
  • OL Nick Kaczur
  • G Stephen Neal
  • OT Oliver Ross
  • LB Bo Ruud
  • LB Mike Vrabel
  • WR Wes Welker
  • C Ryan Wendell
  • DL Mike Wright
  • S Rodney Harrison

    • I spent the morning with a friend so all is good. See you tomorrow. Go Pats!

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    ]]>     http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/24/pats-practice-cancelled/feed/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/24/pats-practice-cancelled/http://www.utterz.com/utts/7f/7fa13ede5ad6d7b6e6163c0ec2698c2f.mp3     Podcamp Boston 3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kcardoza/~3/342748740/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/22/podcamp-boston-3/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:34:56 +0000 kjcardoza http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/?p=366 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Podcamp Boston 3", url: "http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/22/podcamp-boston-3/" });]]> Podcamp Boston 3I had been looking forward to Podcamp Boston 3 as soon as the dates were announced and planned on going to the Saturday session because of easy train access.  However, when something else that I was REALLY looking forward to was planned for the same day, I had to bow out and thought that I would have to take a pass on PCB3.  Luckily, things fell into place and at the last minute I ended up being able to take in the Sunday session. I so prefer public transportation but thanks to GPS and free parking I made the drive in to Boston. Despite tons of traffic getting out of there, it worked out ok.

    The venue was beautiful (albiet more spread out than last year’s PCB2) and I immediately headed up to the 3rd floor for some coffee and to put down my bags and get a look at the schedule.  I finally got to meet @DougH whom I’ve interacted with online for quite some time and was introduced to Steve Coulson of the Advanced Guard and YesButNoButYes fame while chatting with CC Chapman.  Apparently, I made his day by raving about how much I love my daily visits to his site. :-) I hung out by the Utterz booth and talked to them awhile and took home my very own Bessie :-).

    When it was time to head down for the unkeynote, I settled in to the auditorium and stayed for David Fisher’s presentation on Advanced Audio Techniques, then CC’s Personal Branding session. Of course, it was nice to see old friends like Len Edgerly (even if we didn’t get lost together this year) and meet a some folks that I’ve only seen online  on Twitter and Seesmic like @philcampbell, @chriscavs,  @jeffhinz, (Mike)  @istarman, (Sarah) @rojopelo, (Tracy) @tapps, (Dana) @wankergirl and many more.  While I didn’t hang with those Seesmic folks and missed out on the Seesmic Session and the live Push My Follow recording it was still nice to meet face to face even briefly.  I told myself before I got there that this year I would go up to people to introduce myself and I’m glad I did.

    After hitting the food court and meeting Keith Burtis at lunch I took in Chris Brogan’s Social Media session then the Extreme Website Makeover with Chris Penn, Michele Wolverton, and Whitney Hoffman.  I picked up some good tips in that one, specifically a site called Website Grader and the All in One SEO Pack plug-in  for Wordpress. It’s not that I’m producing my content for business purposes but heck, if I’m going to do all the work it might as well be found!

    While it was a relatively mellow podcamp for me, (compared to the highly social experience for many of the campers) it was nice, productive day which got my wheels spinning just in time for daily podcasts and training camp reports from  Patriots Training Camp, which opens this Thursday, July 24th!  I’ve still got lots to do before then but it was a most excellent weekend!

    For more content on the web search for tag pcb3. Here’s the public flickr stream to get you started. ;-)

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    ]]>     http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/22/podcamp-boston-3/feed/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/22/podcamp-boston-3/     Simple Green Solutions http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kcardoza/~3/341991098/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/21/simple-green-solutions/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:18:28 +0000 kjcardoza http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/?p=365 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Simple Green Solutions", url: "http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/21/simple-green-solutions/" });]]> Green TeaHome made Iced Green Tea with Lemon, Honey and GingerI’m a huge water drinker and literally drink something from the minute I get up until the minute I go to bed. While I like water, sometimes I’m in the mood for something different. Instead of drinking bottles of premade diet green iced tea with citrus, I’ve been brewing a pot of green tea in the morning, adding my own lemon and ginger and putting it on ice to drink throughout the day. I prefer this to the bottled version for a number of reasons:

    • It’s not sweet which is the way I like my drinks.
    • There are no artificial sweeteners, colors, or chemicals in it.
    • I can water it down as much as I like.
    • One tea bag will brew enough for me to drink weak iced tea all day.
    • It costs me just pennies instead of dollars per day if I were to drink bottled green tea.
    • There’s no individual packaging to have to recycle (or pay for)
    • Even the teabag and lemon rinds end up in compost bin.
    • It’s fresh and delicious!

    The second green tip is so simple that I’m amazed. I woke up the other morning after a huge rainstorm to find that I had lots of little tiny ants around my sink.  Not wanting to use spray chemicals or purchase ant cakes, I googled for a  natural solution.  Lo and behold, the suggestion to sprinkle baby powder along their point of entry to prevent them from crossing over it, actually worked!  So, my sink area looked like I had gone on a bake fest and failed to clean up the scattered flour for a couple of days but it was worth it!  So far, no more ants.

    These are just two easy, cheap, and green solutions for every day situations which cut out the chemicals, saved me some money, and didn’t harm the earth. What do you do?

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    ]]>     http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/20/uttering-from-podcamp-0/feed/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/20/uttering-from-podcamp-0/http://www.utterz.com/utts/36/36e84b2015303edd10e2c7f18d190d70.mp3     Projects… http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kcardoza/~3/337651810/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/16/projects/#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:45:45 +0000 kjcardoza http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/?p=362 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Projects…", url: "http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/16/projects/" });]]> Well, I managed to finish my bathroom painting project and I’m really happy with the way it turned out. Despite having to do multiple coats of paint to cover what was there and parlaying it into a 2.5 day job, I’m glad I did it. I’m hoping to finally open a book tomorrow for the first time all week.

    Finished bathroom

    Right now, I’m trying to figure out why the podpress player isn’t displaying on my podcast page since upgrading to wordpress 2.5.1. There’s actually a 2.6 version out right now but I’m trying to get to the bottom of this issue before adding another upgrade to the mix and ending up twice removed… ;-)

    So, tomorrow looks like a work around the yard day and get caught up on all that I let slide while putting on my handy man hat.

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    ]]>     http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/15/keeping-busy/feed/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/15/keeping-busy/     Summer Days…. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kcardoza/~3/330252433/ http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/08/summer-days/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:19:52 +0000 kjcardoza http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/?p=360 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Summer Days….", url: "http://karenjcardoza.com/blog/2008/07/08/summer-days/" });]]> The 4th has come and gone and it seems like summer is flying by already. I’ve been extremely busy running errands and working around the yard but man… I LOVE MY SUMMER LIFE!!  It’s the simple things that really make me happy:

    Of course, once Patriots Training Camp starts on July 24th, my life will change considerably as I’ll be “on duty” and my free time will be cut way back.  However,  I do hope to keep up with as much as I can.  For now, I’m planning on enjoying each and every moment of being home.

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