http://www.jasonbayer.com The Personal Blog & Website of Jason Bayer Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blog Action Day took place on October 15th, 2008 when over 12,000 bloggers banded together to discuss a single issue - POVERTY.  Unfortunately, I didn't write a post on the 15th, but I wanted to share my story about how I was inspired to take action through Blog Action Day ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/10/22/blog-action-day-effect/ A couple of weeks ago, my son goes to power up our Xbox 360 to jam out to Guitar Hero 3, only to find 3 red lights flashing endlessly at him.  He called me downstairs to check it out.  I uplugged the machine (AV cable and power supply) so see ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/10/06/xbox360-3-red-lights-of-death-fix-review/ To kick off the annual arts season, Enjoy the Arts/START presents Greater Cincinnati’s annual 20 Days & 20 Nights Festival of Arts & Culture. A funky 20-day and 20-night, non-stop arts extravaganza, the 20/20 Festival takes place at venues across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky neighborhoods. The 20/20 Festival audience is ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/10/03/cincinnati-20-days-and-20-nights-festival-of-arts/ September 23rd was my youngest daughter Olivia's 4th Birthday!  We started off the day taking some photos before school when the sun was just right down by a lake in our neighborhood.  After celebrating her birthday at pre-school, Jess & I took her out to First Watch (imagine that!) for ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/09/26/olivias-4th-birthday-photos/ Since switching over to Apple’s iPhone 3G a couple of weeks ago, I have found myself trolling the App Store looking for mobile apps that can help me to organize my life and increase productivity which in turns saves me time.  The other day, I stumbled on an app called ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/08/26/use-evernote-remember-everything/ There are only about 2 weeks before the start of the NFL regular season but it isn't too late to get your Fantasy Football league started! I've been hosting my league on Fantasy Football Commissioner at CBSSports.com since 2001 and I've been an extremely satisfied customer. This award winning Fantasy Football ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/08/19/cbssportscom-fantasy-football-commissioner/ I've been pretty inactive on the blog lately, so I'm trying to get back into the groove.  I've been testing out some new technology on the web recently so I thought that would be a good place to start.  I recently purchased an iPhone 3G and have been exploring some ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/08/18/pandora-radio/ It's been a while since I posted, so I wanted to update you as why I haven't been posting as often. Well, for the past 2 weeks, I've been waking up at 5:30AM and hauling my butt out of bed to attend a new yoga studio that just opened ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/06/30/moksha-yoga-northern-kentucky/ Today I read a post on ZenHabits.net that really hit home for me... it was regarding taking more personal responsibility in our lives and not blaming others. It's a theme that I've been addressing for the past year, and this post was a good reminder to me that I ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/06/11/how-can-i-take-more-personal-responsibility/ I'm off to the Great Smokey Mountains & Gatlinburg, TN to attend a weekend retreat called "High in the Smokies", which is an annual weekend of "caring, sharing, growth and serenity" for recovering people (AA, ACA, Al-Anon, CoDA, etc.) and their families. I'm looking forward to meeting some new ... http://www.jasonbayer.com/2008/05/22/high-in-the-smokies/