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If you ever need to wind up and store a lengthy cord or cable, here's a video showing the "over-under" technique.

You simply must do it this way, comma, period. Learn this simple trick once, and you'll use it for the rest of your life. It's like tying your shoes, except easier...and it's that useful.

I may have linked to this in a previous post somewhere, but tonight I felt compelled to post it here (again), just to share one of my minor, yet undoubtedly useful skills.

For decades (literally), I have known this technique existed. I had seen it performed on occasion, usually by some low-ranking sound tech, but never had the need to interrupt someone who was so obviously busy doing their job. (It's not like people do this for fun...right?)

The other night (okay, it was several weeks ago) I was cleaning up the garage, and there they were: twisted and tangled in a poorly-wound mess. What's my first answer to any simple problem: speak with the interwebs.

Alas, the wonderful little 5min.com video we see here. What a great world we live in.

Snowboard Dallas from John Neese on Vimeo.

Valentine's Day in 2004 brought unexpected amounts of snowfall in Dallas. For some strange reason, I knew it was going to be big. I think it may have been just high hopes combined with good fortune, but regardless, I was prepared.

Having lived here all my life, I knew a few people who knew a few places to check out. This particular park was on the other side of town, about 20 minutes in regular traffic. At 5:30am I took a few shots of the back yard and then loaded up the dog for our trip to the hill.

I was really stoked to ride my new snowboard. The riding part of an earlier trip to Colorado ended after one day and a torn AC ligament in my shoulder. This was going to be my last chance to check it out and break it in.
 
I only had about an hour before the locals saw me doing what I was doing (and where I was doing it), and I'm not a big fan of doing business with the police. The video is brief, as was my ride. I did, however, have a chance to scrape up a little baby ramp to play on.

Good times, indeed.

I love me some snowboarding...I love me some rally cars...and I love me some Primus.

When Ken Block (owner of DC Shoes, and pro Rally America driver) asks about how much speed he'll need to hit a big jump (in his CAR)...Eddie Wall says,  like a true rider, "Uh, yeah, I dunno, I'd pretty much just say straightline it."

Right on, Eddie. Right on. I'd pretty much stay out of the way.

No snowboarders were injured in the making of this video. However, Ken's Subaru teammate, Travis Pastrana, did have an unfortunate collision of his own a few weeks ago.