How Do You Spell Dirty? D-E-T-R-O-I-T

When one travels for the NCAA Tournament during the spring, one hopes for a spring-like setting.

I got Detroit.

In the foreground of the above photo, you'll see Windsor, Canada. In the background? Yup. Detroit.

Not only does it feel a bit unclean, but it snowed all day yesterday so now it's dirty... and cold. Don't let this view from the 34th floor of the Marriott fool you.

None of my pics do it justice. Sadly, I was not carrying a camera to get a shot of the homeless guy I had to step over who was sleeping in the middle of the sidewalk last night.

Aside from the setting, the tournament site itself is setting up to be pretty cool. Ford Field is the home of the Detroit Lions (perennial losers) and will host KU vs. Villanova tonight. 72,000 for college basketball? You can't even see the players from this seat, the highest in the building.

I'm dreaming of San Antonio next week. I'm sure the Jayhawks will let me down.

March Madness

Spent my week in Omaha covering Kansas and Kansas State in the NCAA tournament. Kansas State tanked today. Kansas moves on to Detroit and I'm going with them.

Always looking for the unique angles and I sure didn't find one by setting up this remote.

I'm usually not at a loss for things to say, but it's been a long week. Maybe i'll be better about blogging from Detroit.

Lucky 13

Without planning on doing it, I ran my first half-marathon today.

That's 13.1 miles. Thirteen very. long. miles.

My previous best was 10 miles (several times) and I was determined to outdo that today. Once I got to 11, I realized I couldn't really feel anything below my waist anyway, so why not just try for the 13.


13 miles from Travis Heying on Vimeo.

I actually feel pretty good right now. I'm sure tomorrow will bring a different story, like hip replacement surgery.

Oh yeah, it took me 1 hour and 58 minutes.

High Def Online

Always amazing what you can discover on the internet, and tonight that discovery for me was Vimeo.com.

Vimeo is a website that allows you to upload video, just like YouTube, but they'll allow you to upload 1280 x 720 HD video instead of the blurry swill that YouTube posts. Probably doesn't mean much to you, but when you've been producing video that gets squeezed into a 320 x 180 window, something 4 times that size and streamed over the web is pretty amazing.

Funny... I was once told, and not very long ago, that there was no point in shooting HD video. You'd never be able to get it online.

The downside: I'm getting old sitting here waiting for the upload. Well over an hour for a 2 minute video.

The video, btw, is one I did recently on a Wichita tattoo artist. Click on the link below the video if you want to watch it in HD.


Wichita Tattoo Artist from Travis Heying on Vimeo.

You Won't Have To Hear About It Ever Again

Here's a 360 degree mosaic of the kitchen and dining area. It's finished.

I can move on with my life now.

Safety First!

After sending out the call for a mitre saw, good 'ol Randy Bradbury came through for me.

Here I am making my first cut. Lots of drama here.



All fun aside, I worked harder than a one-legged man at an a** kicking contest this weekend. (with apologies to my one-legged friends) I should finish today. Teresa hosts book club tomorrow so the deadline is drawing near.