Notes on Kyle Anderson

Bike Stolen, Bike Recovered, Thief Arrested. All in the span of a couple of hours.

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 03:19:04 -0400

Bike stolen, bike recovered, thief arrested, all within a couple of hours.

Confessions of a Human Hat Rack

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 19:26:42 -0400

Changing careers and asking, “Who exactly am I?”

Why I'm Leaving CNN

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:58:08 -0400

CNN comes under criticism from the top minds of Reddit on a regular basis:

/r/Wikileaks - Censorship: CNN Cuts feed of Rep. Chris Collins When He Brings Up WikiLeaks

/r/The_Donald - CNN CAUGHT ON OPEN MIC. Tells “focus group” voters what to say about tonight’s debate!!!

/r/HillaryForPrison - CNN Cuts Live Feed When Reporter Talks Poorly of Hillary Clinton

Outrageous! Clearly, I cannot conscionably continue to support such shoddy journalism! I quit!

… Except, these are all conspiracy theories.

Recipe: Sous-Vide Rosemary Pork Chops with Fig Compote

Sat, 06 Dec 2014 00:09:46 -0500

Pork chops are one of those tricky foods to cook. I’m willing to bet at least half of the chops you’ve ever had were tough and/or dry to some degree. This has a lot to do with the use of direct heat, fast cooking time and a lingering adherence to the old USDA recommended internal temperature of 160º F. (In 2011, the temperature was lowered to 145º F.) The sous-vide cooking method - rediscovered by French and American engineers in the 1960s and recently popularized by Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine - takes a wholly nontraditional approach to cooking, one that is more involved yet eliminates overdone meats once and for all.

When Cooking Becomes Tenuous, in a Good Way

Sat, 09 Aug 2014 23:57:24 -0400

Using sous-vide, and following many failed attempts at Modernist cooking, I’ve successfully, pleasantly produced Ginger Garlic Steak, grill-seared. Here’s how!

Can't Waste Good Walking Weather!

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:17:59 -0400

The Atlanta area has seen heavily overcast skies with the occasional drizzle over the last several days - Portland style - and boy has it been wonderful.

Mild temperatures begged me to go outside and walk with Goose. Not only did we leave the house four days in a row (where we normally go out once every three days), we also set personal distance records.

Thanks to the lack of glaring sunlight, we were able to hit the 6 mile mark on Friday and the 5 mile mark today. Without the overcast skies, we both are kaput at 4 miles. Gotta love it!

Vacation Walks - Flagstaff and Phoenix

Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:46:29 -0400

Walking on a regular basis just wasn’t part of my lifestyle growing up. (Maybe the extreme heat of the Mohave desert played a role in this.) But once I moved on to college in Flagstaff, living on a pedestrian campus for four years demanded it. Walking to most places instead of driving is something I truly miss about living in Flag.

Thankfully, I had the opportunity to visit Arizona and see some old friends and meander through the streets I used to know so well as a college student. The weather could not have been better.

Walk 6: Not a Cloud in the Sky (And that's not a good thing.)

Thu, 18 Jul 2013 22:16:19 -0400

77-83° | Comfy then Hot | 4.53 mi.

Continuing on with being ambitious, Goose and I tried to hit 5 miles once again. This time, it was the heat that made us fall short. What started out as comfortable weather quickly turned into a hot mess as the sun beat down unopposed.

After perusing beautiful neighborhoods we hadn’t seen before (above), we reached the downtown square and Goose was ready to quit. He was panting more heavily than usual and took every opportunity he could to take a break. He’s such a loyal dog, though, and will always hop up ready to go whenever I decide a break is over. I’m just trying my best to not push his body too far.

Instead of literally going the extra mile (home), I popped in to Starbucks and borrowed Haley’s car, offering to pick her up at the end of her shift. This worked out well, and goose was perfectly fine once he was back home. Overall, an average walk but I’m glad we got it in!

Walk 5: Doggy Socializing Time!

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:28:23 -0400

73° | Mostly Cloudy/Mild | 4.27 mi.

By some miracle, I was up before 9 a.m. today, so I was eager to get outside before the temps rose. I was also a little ambitious about walking five miles today and left it at four and a quarter, mainly because when we passed the dog park there were three other dogs playing! Couldn’t pass that opportunity up, since this park seems to be pretty quiet during the week.

We met a very nice grandmother and her three grandchildren, and Goose got to play with their dog Sodie (as in sodie-pop) as well as another woman’s two dogs, Coco (above) and Shelly. One of the young boys (about 8 years old) told me about a time when he ate a Lego. Good job, kid!

Dog parks are great when others are around because when the dogs get along, you get along. Interactions like this give such a great sense of community.

So, even though we didn’t hit 5 miles today, our 4.27 miles was apparently a personal record plus Goose got a ton of romping and running out at the park.

Note for the charts below: The huge spike was caused by an unusually long traffic light with an awkward crossing. Gonna have to find a way around that intersection, especially since it’s a two lane road leading up to it with no sidewalks.

Walk 4: Walks over games, apparently.

Sat, 13 Jul 2013 22:18:31 -0400

74° | At Dusk | 3.75 mi.

After taking a ridiculous amount of overtime at work this coming week, I made a conscious decision to relax as much as possible today, especially by playing the many games I’ve acquired through this and previous years’ Steam Summer sales. (This year: Bioshock Infinite, CS complete, Borderlands 2 w/ DLC, LA Noire w/ DLC, and Antichamber.)

But there’s something about the weekend that just draws me to do things around the house, so I did. After most of the work was wrapped up, I took Goose outside for a walk to take advantage of the mild evening temperatures I’m normally busy during.

We hit the square first. (Goose likes to people watch.) Then we did our 3 mile walk in reverse, but when we got closer to home, it was clear we both had enough energy to go a bit farther, so we did. Pretty satisfying late-evening walk, and Goose got a nice bath afterward.

Walk 3: Sweaty Neighborhood Roaming

Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:55:36 -0400

80° | Partly Cloudy | Hot.

When you approach something from a different angle, you’re bound to see it differently. We set out on a route opposite of what we normally take, starting with a climb up 40 feet instead of ending with a slope down. So even after passing it many times before, I noticed this wonderfully odd house for the first time:

I almost didn’t go on this walk, but Haley said that Goose was rambunctious all morning and needed to let out some energy. I took care of some hard drive/file juggling and we set out, though I half regret not leaving sooner - the outside temperature rose five degrees in that time.

Goose was breathing pretty heavily half way through, and I was cramping up from yesterday’s 4-miler, so we cut this one short at 2.5 miles and 2 water breaks. At least we got some time in.

Walk 2: Misty and Wonderful

Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:40:45 -0400

73° | Overcast | 80% chance precip.

Goose and I tried a new four mile route today, stopping twice for a water break. We also made it to Starbucks by the square just at the end of Haley’s shift to surprise her with a visit. (I tried one of their new soda drinks - the spiced root beer [venti, 180cal] - and it was pretty good. Maybe not $3.25 good, but pretty good.)

The weather was my idea of perfect - room temperature and misty with overcast skies. Overall pretty enjoyable, though the route we took could use fewer main thoroughfares, as it’s noisy and makes Goose anxious.

Walk 1: Not really a walk

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:06:25 -0400

This weekend’s yard work amounted to about 15 miles worth of walking, all before this blog’s first official walk.

WalkBlog Introduction

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 17:59:26 -0700

It would be an understatement to say the last four months have been eventful. From buying a new home, to adopting a (then) three-month-old puppy, a lot has unfolded in such a relatively short amount of time.

Assuming so much responsibility has significantly accelerated the amount of work I voluntarily put into my home, my family, and myself. Chores no longer carry the usual negative connotation as everything I do to maintain and improve life for my family gives a sense of pride and accomplishment. I feel strong ownership of action, more than ever before, and I’m compelled to make the best out of every moment.

Let's Go, Goose!

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 18:19:49 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6nEA5FyBxA

This video was shot with a GoPro camera attached to Goose’s walking harness. I’ve been told it can be a tad nauseating, but at least it’s only a minute short.

Track by FLYamSAM - “The Offbeat”

EDM Looking Glass - Complete

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:48:36 -0500

This project really stretched my editing muscle and patience. Forget basic projects where a timeline had a few bits of audio and video with maybe a few titles and transitions. The vision I had when I first recorded the mixset in July sealed in an editing destiny of heavy use of cuts, speed adjustments, and frame-by-frame alignments, not to mention gathering and capturing hours of footage from VHS tapes

EDM Looking Glass - Previews

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:42:14 -0400

In the year plus since leaving the west and starting work at CNN, I’ve been focusing intently on my career in professional video production so much that I have neglected personal projects. This fact began to trouble me recently, and after helping a good friend find his way around Premiere Pro, I became inspired to work on a project of my own.

Two months ago, I created and published “edm looking glass #1,” originally and blandly titled “glitched creation,” to satisfy the urge to make something not for work. It’s a minute and a half montage of archive film and VHS footage set to modern electronic dance music, or EDM. The particular song was “Choose Me II” by Xilent, recently featured on BT’s compilation album “Laptop Symphony.”