Stuff Josh Likes

Chevron

Joshua Parkhurst — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:17:36 +0000

Chevron gas may have a nostalgicness to it for me since my parents always used Chevron when they filled up the car as I was growing up. But once I moved out and lived on my own I used a few differnt gas stations and found some places were better than others. Having a Shell station right by my house and never having any issues with Shell gas I began pumping from there on a regular basis. No problems thus far. However two days ago I found myself low on fuel and at work. Across the street is a Chevron gas station. I didn’t hesitate to cap it off. The next day to work I noticed my car was running significantly smoother. I was moving faster easier and accelerating better than I had been before. I had no idea that it would make any difference. Well needless to say I will be going back to Chevron with techron from now on. I guess my parents were actually right about something… And well in my case they are right about most things.

Photography

Joshua Parkhurst — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:30:21 +0000

Brilliant invention.

Slamball

Joshua Parkhurst — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:49:30 +0000

Just had to mention this sport. This is a retarted idea that that went terribly right. I would love to find a court that I can play on. Slamball Game.

Orabase

Joshua Parkhurst — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:46:58 +0000

This is random, but I love it. If you don’t know, Orabase is an over-the-counter medicine for canker sores. I had a canker sore when I was a kid and it was swollen and and I accidently bit it while chewing food. Ever since then I have trouble not biting it and creating agonizing pain in my mouth. And it is interesting how when you bite your lip or your cheek how it swells up and then you end up just biting it again cause it sticks out. This cycle prevents it from ever healing… or so I thought. Intoducing Orabase! I know I’m way to excited about this but it works miracles if you ever have the above problems (may just be me). Not only does it reduce the swelling immediatly it creates a rough outer surface to your sore that your teeth kind of glide pass when chewing food. It also speeds up the healing process incredibly! I love this stuff.

SEO

Joshua Parkhurst — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:40:06 +0000

While I’m on acronyms… Search Engine Optimization is something that can easily empower somebody and somebody can easily understand. Recently I have made SEO into a sport, as my wife puts it. I have created website after website for the sole purpose of finding out what SEO strategies work and don’t work and where and how and why. It as been fun, I became obsessed with it, and now I’m going to write a book on it and sell it to you, jk.

ROI

Joshua Parkhurst — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:11:36 +0000

Return On Investment. Who doesn’t like that. But that acronym gives me inspiration and something to acheive becuase I feel that if you can acheive a little ROI you can multiply it a million times and make it a huge ROI. In many cases that’s not true but I love believing it! ROI, I’ll tell you how I did it and then I’ll sell you a book, jk.

…that’s supposed to be a positive ROI.

Graphic Design

Joshua Parkhurst — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:39:15 +0000

I’m a graphic design artist, so I like graphic design. So this may not be anything cool for anyone other than graphic designers. There you’ve been warned. If you are a graphic desinger and you have yet to visit this site it is great for multiple reasons all of which I’ll let you figure out on your own: SmashingMagazine.com

Ultimate Frisbee

Joshua Parkhurst — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:34:38 +0000

So along came a genius sport: Ultimate Frisbee

Ergo along comes the greatest Ultimate Frisbee Disc store in existance for Ultimate Frisbee: Disc Ace

Ok so maybe I’m a little bias seeing as how I designed and built the site. But it’s still swank.

Bacon Explosion

Joshua Parkhurst — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:31:20 +0000

Introduced by my friend Chris, I give you the greatest invention since food: Bacon Explosion

I have not tried it yet, but I plan too. I will comment again once I have.