rodney says

A few months ago a ran across a contest on a fellow blogger’s site and it was all managed through this thing called Rafflecopter.

Instead of trying to keep track of entries in 50 different places (Facebook, Twitter, blog replies, etc), Rafflecopter makes it easy by keeping all the entries from different networks in once place and helps you randomly select a winner. No more drawing names out of a hat or copying and pasting entries into a different service.

I was able to beta-test their service before they officially launched, and now they’re live for everyone!

If you have ever run a contest, sweepstakes or giveaway on your blog or if you ever plan on it in the future…you need Rafflecopter.

To help celebrate their official launch, they are giving away some cool prizes (iPads and Kindles)!

If you’ve ever had a drank in a red party cup, this song is for you.

This is one of my favorite burgers in Sacramento, CA.

Makes you want to chomp into it, right?

This “I Love Hamburgers” t-shirt was printed for the burgerjunkies.com website launch by ForwardPrinting.com

When the Downtown Sacramento Partnership asked me to do a menu preview blog for their yearly Dine Downtown event, my only response was “you had me at menu”. Check the full review by clicking the post title link above!

I’ve decided I want to blog more. Rather than just thinking about doing it, I’m starting right now.  I will be posting on this blog once a week for all of 2011.

I know it won’t be easy, but it might be fun, inspiring, awesome and wonderful. Therefore I’m promising to make use of The DailyPost, and the community of other bloggers with similiar goals, to help me along the way, including asking for help when I need it and encouraging others when I can.

If you already read my blog, I hope you’ll encourage me with comments and likes, and good will along the way.

Signed,

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My buddy Seth told me I should write a blog post like this, recapping the things I “shipped” in 2010. I figured I’d modify it a bit and include my general wins and things accomplished for 2010.

It also works as a nice reminder for me to finish up that last 10% of the various projects I’d like to launch.

Without further ado, here’s my year in review:

• Lost 30+ pounds
• Organized and hosted a successful meetup for T-ShirtForums.com
• Celebrated the 5 year anniversary of T-ShirtForums with our largest t-shirt design contest to date.
• Added a paid, premium version of Tweetaways.com and added a shortlist of companies using the service to the Tweetaways homepage.
• Helped my niece launch her fashion blog (hosting, blog setup, hired a designer to create a cool logo)
• Launched the DTG BATTLE ROYALE contest to find the best Direct to Garment printer in the world :)
• Celebrated over 6,400 fans on the “i hate clowns” Facebook page
• Bought a 1969 Cadillac DeVille Convertible (and promptly gave it its own website :)
• Pulled off a successful (surprise) family roadtrip to Disneyland
• Attended my first NFL/Raiders game thanks to my super duper wife!
• Saw B.oB perform live at Aria in Las Vegas
• Rode a mechanical bull for the first time (no pics for you!)
• Taught my daughters how to eat an ice cream cone without the ice cream falling off the top
• Surprised my wife with a hand painted (by yours truly) sunflower vase for our anniversary
• Tried the KFC Double Down sandwich (and lived to tell the tale)

Tell me about your #YearInReview. What stands out for you?

When I was younger, I thought… “If I ever have kids, I wanna be just like Cliff Huxtable from The Cosby Show”

Somewhere along the line, I think I became more like Fred Sanford (or Al Bundy).

I’m working on making my way back to at least a Bernie Mac kinda dad, and one day maybe I’ll reach Obama status (not politically speaking, just parentically speaking :)