rodney says http://rodney.org this is my blog. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:08:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Run giveaways on your blog with ease with Rafflecopter http://rodney.org/153/run-giveaways-on-your-blog-with-ease-with-rafflecopter/ http://rodney.org/153/run-giveaways-on-your-blog-with-ease-with-rafflecopter/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:57:00 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/153/run-giveaways-on-your-blog-with-ease-with-rafflecopter/ 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)!

Through their cool widgets, you can enter their giveaway right from this blog post below (and see Rafflecopter in action):


a Rafflecopter giveaway
]]> http://rodney.org/153/run-giveaways-on-your-blog-with-ease-with-rafflecopter/feed/ 0 Red Party Cup song from Toby Keith – Red Solo Cup! http://rodney.org/147/red-party-cup-song-from-toby-keith-red-solo-cup/ http://rodney.org/147/red-party-cup-song-from-toby-keith-red-solo-cup/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/147/red-party-cup-song-from-toby-keith-red-solo-cup/ If you’ve ever had a drank in a red party cup, this song is for you.

It would pair nicely with this “I’m Fat Let’s Party” t-shirt from SEIBEI
(use coupon code RODNEY for a 10% discount)

]]> http://rodney.org/147/red-party-cup-song-from-toby-keith-red-solo-cup/feed/ 0 Bacon Cheeseburger at Ford’s Real Hamburgers http://rodney.org/144/bacon-cheeseburger-at-fords-real-hamburgers/ http://rodney.org/144/bacon-cheeseburger-at-fords-real-hamburgers/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:02:29 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/144/bacon-cheeseburger-at-fords-real-hamburgers/ This is one of my favorite burgers in Sacramento, CA.

]]> http://rodney.org/144/bacon-cheeseburger-at-fords-real-hamburgers/feed/ 1 5 Color Water Based Ink Special Effects Screen Printing with Puff Ink for Burger Texture http://rodney.org/124/5-color-water-based-ink-special-effects-screen-printing-with-puff-ink-for-burger-texture/ http://rodney.org/124/5-color-water-based-ink-special-effects-screen-printing-with-puff-ink-for-burger-texture/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:10:21 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/124/5-color-water-based-ink-special-effects-screen-printing-with-puff-ink-for-burger-texture/ 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

]]> http://rodney.org/124/5-color-water-based-ink-special-effects-screen-printing-with-puff-ink-for-burger-texture/feed/ 1 My guest blog post previewing a menu for River City Brewing Company in Sacramento http://rodney.org/115/my-guest-blog-post-previewing-a-menu-for-river-city-brewing-company-in-sacramento/ http://rodney.org/115/my-guest-blog-post-previewing-a-menu-for-river-city-brewing-company-in-sacramento/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:41:00 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/115/my-guest-blog-post-previewing-a-menu-for-river-city-brewing-company-in-sacramento/ 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!

]]> http://rodney.org/115/my-guest-blog-post-previewing-a-menu-for-river-city-brewing-company-in-sacramento/feed/ 0 Fancifying words is my hobby http://rodney.org/109/fancifying-words-is-my-hobby/ http://rodney.org/109/fancifying-words-is-my-hobby/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:07:43 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/109/fancifying-words-is-my-hobby/ http://rodney.org/109/fancifying-words-is-my-hobby/feed/ 2 I’m Posting every week in 2011! http://rodney.org/108/i%e2%80%99m-posting-every-week-in-2011/ http://rodney.org/108/i%e2%80%99m-posting-every-week-in-2011/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:37:00 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/108/i%e2%80%99m-posting-every-week-in-2011/

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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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:

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

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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 :)

]]> http://rodney.org/92/fatherhood-isnt-reality-tv/feed/ 1 You Sound Like a Broken Record… http://rodney.org/78/you-sound-like-a-broken-record/ http://rodney.org/78/you-sound-like-a-broken-record/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:18:00 +0000 Rodney http://rodney.org/78/you-sound-like-a-broken-record/ Today, I said to someone jokingly “You sound like a broken record”.

Right after the words left my mouth, it already felt awkward. That simile has totally lost its relevancy in 2010. My kids don’t even know what a record player is, let along what a broken one would sound like.

Heck, just yesterday, Steve Jobs held an Apple keynote event where he introduced a new icon for iTunes 2010 saying that iTunes digital music sales will surpass CD sales by April of 2011.

Soon, “you sound like a scratched CD” won’t even make any sense :)

What’s next? “You sound like an MP3 played on a device that’s low on internal memory?”

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