Ryan Joy (atxryan)

• On my way to see tonight’s performance of "i google myself", by Jason Schafer… produced by my friend Mark Pickell’s Capital T Theatre. #
• I’m trying to go to the doctor to look at my shoulder ‘cuz I’m told it’s the thing to do. I’ve never been one to seek medical help though. #
• It’s proving more difficult than I care to deal with. If I’m able to see someone tomorrow, I’ll go. Otherwise, I’ll handle it myself. #
• @codehooligans: yep, snowboarding related and wii-bowling exacerbated. #

The Austin American-Statesman has partnered with Quattro Wireless and updated their mobile web portal. You can view the new mobile site by visiting http://statesman.com in your mobile browser, or directly by visiting http://statesman.qwapi.com. I’d never seen the qwapi.com domain before, but a little Google search shows that the service is quite popular with content portals. The NBA, CoverGirl, Boston.com, and Playboy Mobile all use the service to deliver mobile content.

Interestingly, visiting the root domain qwapi.com goes to a GoDaddy domain parking page.

Jade, Bryan, and I took a snowboarding trip to Salt Lake City, Utah January 24-29th. Neither of them had ever even seen real snow and none of us had ever been skiing, snowboard, or otherwise.

We drove from SLC to Eden and stayed in a vacation condo at Wolf Creek Resort, which we found through Valley Lodging. I thought it was a pretty good deal for a group of three and it was absolutely beautiful in any direction.

Our 3-day rentals and first-time lessons were purchased at Powder Mountain, though we really ended up splitting our time between there and Wolf Mountain: one of the country’s largest at 5,000 acres and Utah’s smallest at around 85 acres. Honestly though, Wolf Mountain was perfect for our needs. Only on the third day was I confident enough to take on the majority of Powder Mountain’s green trails. Oh, and we were able to use our $23 half-day lift ticket to ski into the night at Wolf.

I made good on my promises not to break anything though I did bust my shoulder up a bit and even went to the doctor for it.

Photos:

More photos at http://flickr.com/photos/atxryan/tags/saltlakecity2008/

I had a great time and can’t look forward to doing it again next year!

• I’m always intrigued by the various state blue laws that I encounter around the U.S. Most are really silly. #
• Jade and I are treating ourselves to pedicures before preparing for our flight back to Austin. #

• it’s snowing sooo much. The mountains are closed so we’re heading to SLC early. More pics: http://flickr.com/photos/atxryan/ #
• These are some treachorous driving conditions. Barely able to make out the road, 40 yard visibility, and snowing hard. #
• Oh, and we’re driving down the side of a mountain next to a frozen lake. Whew. #

• Today was a lot bumpier. We went to a different resort and although the day was gorgeous, there was no fresh snow to soften our landings. #
• Jade and I are going to go night snowboarding now! It’s so exciting! #
• icing my shoulder at the condo. my last night run I took a very long trail and only fell once near the end. That fall was very, very hard. #
• Whiskey helps. #

• Today was awesome. Much falling and many bruises later, I’ve got the basics of snowboarding down. Tomorrow we’ll hit some harder slopes. #
• Using iPhoto for the first time because Jade’s Canon Powershot won’t connect otherwise. I hate that, like iTunes, it makes me import. #
• I’m going to have to challenge the instructor to a double-diamond, back-country race to win back her affection - http://tinyurl.com/2ac4k3 #

• Made it to Salt Lake City. It’s white and cold and great. We’re making the drive through the mountains to Eden now. #

• *chiming in to @twitterpeeps* Well, there’s a .an, but it’s closed to foreigners. I will be appealing to the Netherlands Antilles. #
• Tried to create @twitterpeeps account after I referenced it but was told "Username can not contain ‘twitter’" - damn. #
• Heading to the Austin Creative Commons Salon @ Cafe Caffeine because I’m curious and it’s close to my house. I’ll prolly not stay long tho. #
• Got to Cafe Caffeine only to find out that the Creative Commons thing is *next* month. ah well… #
• I ended up meeting the Mac Guru (http://mac-guru.com) and had a great conversation with him. He may be an asset in the future… #
• Taking my roommate to the airport for our trip to Utah. My flight is not for another 12 hrs. #
• Looks like the State Bar of Texas is moving into our building. They join LatinWorks and State Farm Ins. as confirmed neighbors of ours. #

• Just finished a productive meeting with a client. Now I’m at The Ginger Ma for tonight’s Austin Web Design Meetup. #
• Posted: Breaking with protocol http://tinyurl.com/2m9qea #