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Posted by Nodnarb.net 2 weeks 3 days ago.
For the past 25 years, Springfield has held a \"First Night\" event on New Year's Eve. First Night is a celebration of the arts that benefit programs and services of the Springfield Area Arts Council, such as grants and resources to local artists,...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 4 weeks 11 hours ago.
I recently bought a GoPro Hero camera. It's a great little cam that you can mount almost anywhere. While I haven't recorded myself doing anything extreme with it, yet, I wanted to try it out in some way. I decided to take a short, leisurely bike ride down...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 month ago.
I've wanted to make a stop-motion movie for a while. Below is trail number one. The images were shot at the Sangamon Valley Trail bike path in Springfield, IL. Check out the video and read the notes below.The Experiment
I ventured down to the Centennial P...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 5 months ago.
Tuesday, August 30, was the final flag retreat ceremony of 2011 for the 114th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry at the Lincoln Tomb in Springfield Illinois. The 114th is a local group of Civil War-era reenactors who perform at many ceremonies at histor...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 5 months ago.
This year, I went to the downtown Springfield Old Capitol Blues & BBQ festival for the first time. The annual festival features BBQ competitions, blues music & all the BBQ you can eat. I can easily say this was the largest crowd I've ever seen at...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 7 months ago.
Happy birthday, again, America. Across our nation this weekend, citizens are venturing out to their respective city parks and other locations to catch firework shows. Despite the heat and humidity, we did the same. The following were some of my favorite s...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 7 months ago.
It was so nice outside yesterday I decided to go outside for a bit when I got home from work. I walked around the house to check out how well, or not so well, the lawn has been. We've had a ton of rain lately, so I was expecting decent results. On my way,...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 11 months ago.
Hey there! I'm just now posting my follow-up to my follow-up. There's no unboxing video for you to enjoy. I figured it wasn't worth it when I received a padded envelope (right on time, I may add). ThinkGeek made good on the order for the \"Meh.\" ...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Much to my surprise today, I received a ThinkGeek shipping conformation that was completely unexpected. You see, I never bothered following-up from my previous post on my ThinkGeek shipping snafu. Ironically, I figured \"meh\"... The shipping c...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Happy holidays, blog! I forgot about you for a while! Before 2010 is history, I wanted to share a little Christmas-related story with the Internet. We all know shopping online is convenient, time-saving, and an overall joy compared to fighting retail cro...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Yes, the Illinois State Fair was two months ago, but I recently posted some new photos to the photo site that I wanted to share with the world. By world, I mean both of you who read this blog (thanks!). Each year at the fair, entertainment companies and ...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
August means Illinois State Fair time in Springfield. Since moving here in 2002, I've been to the state fair almost every year. While wading through the deep-fried foods, barnyard animals and people of all shapes and sizes, I occasionally see something th...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Having recently purchased a laptop of my very own, I began to wonder what would happen if my Precious was lost or stolen. What would I do There are commercial applications available, such as LoJack and others, that provide services to locate and rec...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Oh, Nexus One, you had such promise! What happened On Friday, Google put the final nail (ok, maybe next-to-final) in the coffin of their grand experiment in the direct-to-consumer mobile phone design and sales business, namely the Google Nexus One. As...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Now that July is more than half-way over, I thought it would be a great opportunity to share fireworks photos from our recent Seattle vacation with you. Why is now the perfect time, you ask Well, I planned it that way! You see, everyone else shares their...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
On June 6, thousands of hot rod owners invaded downtown Springfield for the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour 2010. The Power Tour is a one-week, multi-state car show trek involving many cities. This year's tour spanned seven cities from Iowa to Alabama from Ju...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
The Springfield Park District has once again launched its summer \"Music in the Park\" series of concerts in the city's parks. The photos below are from the first performance of the year on May 23 in Washington Park, which featured The Sensational...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
My girlfriend and I attended the grand opening event of Erin's Pavilion at the Edwin Watts Southwind Park here in Springfield on May 19. Southwind Park, unlike most parks, was designed from the beginning to be accessible to all people with special needs....
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
Happy birthday, Billy Joel! To celebrate Mr. Joel's 60th anniversary of breathing and doing other things, central Illinois' #1 Billy Joel cover band, Silly Joel, assembled once again, this time at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in downtown Springfield o...
Posted by Nodnarb.net 1 year ago.
The above photograph is of my buddy Ryan riding his bike in March. He and his brother were helping me complete a photography assignment I had from an intermediate photography class at the Springfield Art Association, taught by local photographer Sarah C...
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