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09/11/11 – Mt. Marshall

Posted on September 11, 2011 by MillerNo Comments

Leaving Lake Colden at dawn to ascend Mt. Marshall – one of the high peaks in the Adirondacks

09/10/11 – Lake Colden Basecamp

Posted on September 10, 2011 by MillerNo Comments

08/21/11 – 13.1 miles

Posted on August 22, 2011 by MillerNo Comments

I finished my first 1/2 Marathon today with a time of 1:47:13

Knowledge and Mileage: Morocco

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Miller5 Comments

This past September, I journeyed to Morocco on a long-overdue adventure with 3 of the best travel companions you could ask for. The trip took us through Marrakesh and into the High Atlas Mountains. From sleeping in luxurious Riads to the floor of a Berber family’s home, it was quite the experience. Here is a video I made recapping the trip.

The music is by an amazing singer songwriter named Madi Diaz. ‘Let’s Go’ is the track she was kind enough to let me use. Go buy her records. Now.

My trip to the HighLine

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Miller7 Comments

I just took a quick swing into and out of NYC, catching up with some great friends whom I haven’t seen in the better part of decade.  It was awesome to hang with Rachel, Micha, and Katha and one of the highlights was checking out the High Line in Manhattan.

Last year attended The 99% Conference in NYC and one of the keynote speakers was Robert Hammond who (along with Joshua David) spearheaded the project. Robert gave a great presentation which you can check out by clicking here – on how the project was born and how he helped to start a movement in the community to bring it to fruition. I was immediately fascinated by not only the look and feel of the High Line but also how it came into being.

Here’s a quick video of the park that I shot of us at the High Line as well as some footage of us enjoying the mustache exhibit by Dave Mead at the Chelsea Market.

Have YOU been to the High Line? Would love to hear your thoughts on the park – or David Mead’s photos. Those mustaches are fierce. Fire away in the comments.

SXSW, Moonlight Towers & Serial Killers

Posted on March 17, 2010 by MillerNo Comments

This evening I had the best cab driver ever, leaving the SXSW Interactive festival. Driving through the streets of Austin, he asked if we had ever heard the story behind the many moonlight towers that light up the city. What follows is HIS account of how the moonlight towers came into being, with links I found that have a more detailed account of the story and the history associated with them.

Austin was home to the first recorded serial killer. In 1884 a series of murders prompted the city to install these towers to better light the city and improve public safety. Most of the towers still exist today (map).

The killer would be on the loose for the better part of 1884 and was linked to the murder of several women who were servants throughout the city of Austin.

Though the perpetrator was never caught, many suspect that his rampage continued across the Atlantic. In 1888 a killer also brought panic to the city of London. We know him as Jack the Ripper. It turns out that there was a very interesting connection between those London murders and Austin murders in terms of the victims and the methods used. But the connection goes deeper. One of the suspects in the London  murders was a cook who went by the name Maurice. As it turns out, he had previously been employed at The Pearl House – in Austin. He left the city in January of 1886, the murders ending just 3 weeks prior to his departure.

There’s a great (but long) piece about the Austin murders written by Katherine Ramsland that you can read by clicking here. It goes into much more detail than I’ve put down or that our cab driver shared with us. Big props to Austin for staying weird and having cab drivers well versed in local history.

Cayman Islands 2009

Posted on August 30, 2009 by MillerNo Comments