Josh Fix

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | Video on TED.com

2011-08-04T05:59:00.000-04:00

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education | Video on TED.com

Came across this great perspective of where technology in education may/is going in the near future. Enjoy.

1st Round of Photos from our Jamaican Wedding

2010-04-04T09:39:00.006-04:00

We are in the process of going through the actually wedding photos and will get them uploaded in the near future but for now I have uploaded a few shots from the week at Sandals Whitehouse Resort. Amy has put a few photos from the wedding and our week in Facebook.

You can either view the photos below or follow this link. Fix Jamaica 2010

Snow Ball Fight at Stone Mountain, GA

2010-02-20T06:31:00.002-05:00

We went up to Stone Mountain for Snow days to sled and have a snow ball fight. Well as it turns out Mother Nature helped us out with a bite of extra snow. It wasn't just the little kids that had a good time. Thanks to the Julian's for sharing their monster truck camper with the Fix family.

Railroad adventures

2010-01-11T14:37:00.001-05:00

Just to make a 3 hour mtn bike ride a bit more adventurerous in sga, we add a railroad bridge crossing. Choo choo!

Test post

2010-01-11T09:00:00.000-05:00

First post from mobile phone

Muscatine, Iowa High Bridge at Night

2009-07-24T06:46:00.002-04:00

This is my hometown bridge that takes you across the Mississippi from Iowa to Illinois. Pretty cool!!!!

The email that I received this image in mentioned that Muscatine power and water absorbs the expense?

Muchachoville ain't so bad!!!!

South Georgia Cycling BLOG

2009-07-24T06:41:00.002-04:00

Vonnie put together a blog for SGC. Check it out, he has a very creative touch!

The team is going to transition from the website to the Blog
for the ease of posting.

Check it out @ http://southgeorgiacycling.blogspot.com/

We're ENGAGED =-)

2009-07-06T08:29:00.006-04:00

We arrived in Boulder on Friday, July 3rd, to a beautiful afternoon in Boulder. We headed downtown to get a slice of Nick & Willy's Famous Take & Bake Pizza. We ran in to Willy and hung out and caught up while we enjoyed our slices. Amy quickly realized where I learned to cook.
We got up Saturday, July 4th, and headed up to the Indian Peaks Wilderness. On our way we stopped at Moe's bagels where I got my favorite a garlic bagel with herb cream cheese. Yummy breath!!!!! We arrived at the Brainard Lake parking lot at 9 AM and began our ascent up Mt. Audubon (13,233 feet). Amy blasted up it like a warrior and became one with nature on the way up. I guess during college she was the squirrel queen but on this day she was chipmunk and marmot queen.

All joking aside, we say a ton of wildlife and it was great to be above tree line for about 4 hours. We actually were in a pocket because we were above the clouds down in Boulder and Denver but yet it was absolutely beautiful and clear above tree line.

Here is Amy summiting Mt. Audubon, you can see some clouds coming in behind us. That is Longs Peak and Rocky Mountain National park behind her.

Once at the top we hunkered down out of the wind and had a picnic.

Which is when I asked her to spend the rest of her life with me.

I think the big smile means YES!!!!!!!!

More to come... we are heading up to the Aspen area Monday afternoon and then down to Telluride on Wednesday to visit Uncle Kevin, Annie and Emma.

Not something you see everday?

2009-06-24T14:21:00.002-04:00

I came across this picture not to long ago and thought I might share it with my fellow bloggers/cyclists. You see some funny stuff sometimes while out on your bike. I have ridden in many group rides around the country but I believe this might be the first...

Please take your own bag!!!!!!!

2009-06-23T15:17:00.004-04:00

I have seen a PowerPoint of this powerful message but recently I noticed that the HomeMade Biscuit Eater had posted on her blog a link to a website that paints a very clear picture of why we don't need to use plastic bags.

Please do your best to show this to the people you love. They need you to help them realize their responsibility.

Thanks

Thomas University

2009-06-17T09:57:00.002-04:00

If you know of someone that is looking to further their education, please point them towards Thomas University. Or have them view TU's commercial on YouTube.

Internet Safety and Your Kids

2009-03-26T09:38:00.005-04:00

Even though I generally use this blog for personal stuff, I figured that maybe some of my readers may have children and reading this list of things to do with Internet Safety and your Kids might be advantageous. Happy Reading!

Internet Safety Tips

While Internet filters are part of the solution, Internet safety policies and guidelines can help make the inthe Internet a safer experience for your family.

Here are some general guidelines:

Place your computer in an open room with the monitor facing out. This allows you to see and control what is occurring on the Internet. Educate your children about the Internet, both the positives and the potential dangers. Explore the web with your children and talk with them about their online activities. Type in child-friendly web site addresses for younger children.

Bookmark child-friendly web sites. This allows your children to easily get to safe sites that they have used before. Teach your children that Internet safety means never giving out personal information over the Internet. Share your Internet child safety experiences, both good and bad, with others.

Teach your children to refrain from chat rooms. Don’t install Peer-to-peer (P2P) applications. A high percentage of what occurs with children and peer-topeer applications is related to either illegal or immoral activities.

Teach children to crash and tell. If they encounter a bad experience, they should feel comfortable in immediately turning off the computer and talking with a parent about the experience. Never allow your children to meet with someone from an online session unless the parent approves. Know the parents of your children’s friends and keep a list of your childs approved cyber pals.

Teach children to never open e-mail from someone they don’t know. Never respond to an “unsubscribe” option on a pornographic email. If you or your child receives a message that is harassing, of a sexual nature, or threatening, forward a copy of the message to your ISP, and ask for assistance.

Internet child safety is crucial in creating a fun and safe family Internet experience.

Credit to Jerry Ropelato from Family Safe Media

Regions Albany Bike Race 2009

2009-03-16T16:32:00.008-04:00

Same as with the snickers marathon. i will work on a report over the next couple days but I wanted to post pix. Especially this one....

You can see my public photos on Picasso

And Wooly has his public photos on Flikr

Don Adams has posted photos of the Time Trial and Criterium Races and they are available for free download. The digital images are suitable for printing and can be viewed on his photo site. Don is very generous to offer these photos and I encourage you to consider Southern Light Images when you need a photographer.

Snickers Marathon 2009

2009-03-16T16:28:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone! I just wanted to go ahead and get the link to the photos up here so that folks can see. I will work on a report over the next couple days.

Please see my photos on Picasso of the Snickers Marathon 2009

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T07:45:00.003-05:00

This post is for someone very special to me. I love her and look forward to many more Valentine's Days together. I hope she enjoys her gift this year.

This picture always reminds me of her wonderful, fun, exciting, adventurous, intelligent, and amazing spirit.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!

I LOVE YOU

PezCycling News

2009-01-09T08:56:00.003-05:00

I am often times pulled to Velonews.com to catch up on my cycling news fix but as many men do, I surf to the daily distraction on PezCyclingnews.com to check out the latest in cycling distractions. Up until yesterday I have not been entirely sold on PezCyclingnews.com for a outlet of cycling news, but yesterday I read the story in the one of the online mags speciality column where folks in and around cycling get PEZ'd. This particular interview was with El Jefe` de PezCyclingnews.com.

I am love the underdog story about the guy or girl that starts something and does something for the love of doing it. PASSION for what you do is an attribute that I deeply admire. So take a minute and look over the interview, I believe that it will inject a little rocker fuel into your excitement about life, cycling and passion for doing things that we love.

WORD!!!!!!!

Christmas in Iowa 2008

2008-12-29T10:08:00.004-05:00

I wasn't able to travel and attend the festivities in Iowa this year but it appears that Grandma and Perry had a great time. Check out the pics.

It appears that Perry wasn't doing so well and maybe Grandma won?!?!?!?!?!

Tarah is just enjoying her babies!!!!!

B-day @ Mexico

2008-12-13T06:01:00.015-05:00

Amy had a birthday this past Wednesday and since the options for dining are so plentiful in Albany, we headed Casa Tapatia for some yummy chicken fajitas, margs. and some chips and salsa.
Lane had a great time at dinner. He has always loved to eat limes and we caught some funny pics of him in action.

We also met a group of cycling friends for Mexican to celebrate Amy's birthday the previous Saturday. But we had our own fun on this special day.

Camilla Java

2008-12-12T19:35:00.004-05:00

Camilla Java is located in historic downtown Camilla, Georgia. I highly recommend that the next time you are passing close to Camilla that you make a special trip to get a fresh brewed cup of java, buy a pound of fresh roasted coffee and/or get one of their delightful peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with local peanuts that are made into homemade peanut butter (YUM!). Don't tell Amy but I stop and get a cookie everytime I pass by! Did I mention that their soup is do die for and the grilled panini's are wonderful?

The atomosphere is relaxing and rejuvenating. So stop by Camilla Java and get some hippy crack!

Boure' Sportswear - boure.com

2008-12-05T14:17:00.004-05:00

Boure' Sportswear is Ned Overend's bicycling clothes and outdoor apparel for road cycling, mountain biking, and Nordic skiiing, designed and manufactured in Durango, Colorado.

Take a minute to visit their site and see why their clothing is some of the best available for an active life style.

Feliz Cumpleanos!

2008-12-02T16:51:00.003-05:00

Yeh! I made it to 34. I have to admit that when I was 18 I never thought I would make be 34. I knew I would make it there but just thought it would take forever.

My little brother sent me a text message calling me Gramps. I laughed and told him that the funny thing is that I don't really feel physically older but instead just feel more responsible or at least am suppose to be more responsible.

As a matter of fact I have to say that I may be in just as good of shape as I was when I was 18.

I definitely feel better today then I did at my 21st B-day. All I can disclose it that I crashed my bike on the way home and put cotton socks over my toes before I passed out to not get blood on the sheets. When I awoke the next AM, for some reason the socks were stuck to my toes. Guess I didn't put 2 and 2 together on that one.

Anyway, like many of my B-days, last night I spent my evening eating sushi with people that are special to me.

Thank you Amy and Lane, I had a great B-day.

Old Friends

2008-11-30T07:40:00.004-05:00

I was browsing the class of 93 website this morning after Dave had sent out an email reminding everyone about the new feature that he added (facebook feature).

I came across many great stories and photos. Thanks everyone that is willing to share, it is great to hear about folks that we spent so much of our lives with.

One that I would really like to point out is Rachel Peters. Check out what she is up to! If you have never been to Prescott, AZ then on your next trip to Arizona you need to stopped by and see why Rachel has found happiness. It is a beautiful place. Lots of Love to you Rachel!

9 degrees and the Cat Meowed

2008-11-26T10:45:00.001-05:00

Amy and I traveled this past weekend to Dick's Creek near Dahlonega. We stopped by REI on the way up Friday night so that Santa could pick up Amy's new 20 degree Cat's Meow.

During the week my extensive weather research led me to believe that the temperature might dip a touch below freezing but more than likely no colder than 25 degrees. Well... we found out later from a local yahoo that the temperature at her home had dipped to 9 degrees. IT WAS COLD!!!!!

Saturday morning was very cold, we had sat in the car for about 2 hours and were nice and toasty and thus thought that it would be OK to try to ride around 9 AM. We were wrong (I was, Amy just trusted me). We road for about 15 minutes and both were on our way to getting frostbite on our hands. We turned around and got back to the car ASAP. The sweet guy I am, I let Amy warm her hands on my tummy. Learned that one time in Colorado.

We headed to town to drink more coffee and shop! The square in Dahlonega is wonderful. We especially enjoy visiting The Crimson Moon. Around noon we headed to Dahlonega Wheelworks to see what has been happening! Jon the owner was around and fully caffenaited. He has a cool shop, check it out!

We started out on our ride Saturday around 1:45 PM. Headed out for 3 Gap - Woody's, Wolfpen, and Neal's. Uphills the temperature was great but very chilli on the downhills. Coming off Neal's at dusk was bone shivering.

Saturday night was fabulous. Good wine, rice and black beans, big camp fire and a little snow provided a calm and enjoyable evening.

Around 10:30 PM we heard a dog off in the distance, apparently trying to chase or catch a wild animal. Next thing we know their is a set of eyes off in the distance. I flash my headlamp just in time to see a dog running up the road. We are a bit freaked out at this point because we had recently watched The Strangers (in fastforward mode because neither of us could stand the suspense) and are both still a bit jumpy!

We decided it was time to head into the tent and get warm. I am pretty sure that I was asleep in about 30 seconds since I drank most of the wine and ate two bean and rice burritos (YUM!) This part of the story is according to Amy since as I previously mentioned I was in a state of Zen! About 20-30 minutes later Amy is awoken to something moving about the camp site. She tried to awake me but I was in Zen mode. The something which she believes was a dog moved around the camp site, smelling and peeing! Amy tried numberous times to awake me but only got incoherent mumbles followed by a deep breathing. After giving up on me to protect her the wild animal (dog) eventually left the camp site.

Sunday was beautiful! We awoke and worked together to make breakfast and pack up camp. I had scoped out a hike up the Western side of Brasstown Bald. I was not sure of the distance and we found out at our arrival that the hike up would have been 5.5 miles.

We hiked 45 minutes straight up to the ridge line and found a beautiful spot where we could see the Brasstown summit, sit and sun bathe.

We head back down the trail to the car after about 30 minutes of mediation. Shot down 400 to DICK's @ Lenox and finished up some Christmas shopping, to arrive home in Agony, GA around 8:30 PM.

It was a great weekend and I am very happy to have Amy to spend weekend's like this with.

Visit my Pica sa Web Album for all the photos

DJ Clinton Sparks Smashtime Radio

2008-11-26T06:55:00.000-05:00

A month or so ago I was doing my daily Velonews reading. It was about the time that the Vegas Bike show and CrossVegas was going on. Jeremy Powers a cyclecross racer for Cannondale/CyclecrossWorld.com was being interviewed and mentioned DJ Clinton Sparks. I followed his link and found the shizbaum of training music. Check out "SmashTime Radio," featuring CLINTON SPARKS and the hottest and latest, hit records, freestyles, remixes, blends and exclusives, we're bringing the hottest music from the streets to the global radio scene with millions listening, the airwaves are on FIRE!

Lindsey & TJ Halloween Party 2008

2008-10-26T16:46:00.002-04:00

Mankiller and her faithful Flash!! What a speedy couple!

Stevianna pulled out his high school cheerleading uniform.

Elaine and Rod spent a good amount of time with their great costumes.

The guys were having a blast. TJ always provides a party environment.

Mankiller was hotter then ever.

The Happy Hosts!

The girls all looked great in their costumes. Especially Belle!

Seemed like everyone had a great time. I may have had too much fun. Sorry Lindsey!

Mark's Melon Patch

2008-10-19T18:43:00.000-04:00

This past weekend Amy and I took Lane and his best buddy Miles to the Mark's Melon Patch to ride the hayrack ride...

play in the jump castle, eat boiled peanuts, ice cream and play in sunflowers.

The boys also posed in the Frankenstein and Dracula faceboard.

We all had a great time but I am worried that Amy may have found her a sweet farmer to spend time with...

Everyone had a great time and we look forward to many Halloweens together.

Adventures in South Georgia

2008-10-07T20:48:00.000-04:00

This blog is created to share the many adventures in South Georgia. I will continue to post videos, pictures and any other documentation of all the great things that I find to do in South Georgia.

This weekend is the 12 hours of Conyers. South Georgia Cycling team will be representing in the 6 hour race. Steve, Vonnie and myself are racing the Expert class and Clark will be representing in the Beginner class. Rumor has it that Jim will be out there also racing in the Expert class.

Check out our recent events and happenings on the South Georgia Cycling Website.

Check back for more!!!!!!