Friday Music Video – Soulive – Vapor
Okay, I like my jazz with a touch of funk. These guys give me what I need… Dig Deeper Wikipedia Band Site MySpace Live Show MP3 Downloads at Archive.org
The Media Debate, Part Deux
To paraphrase, the battle for print publishing is over, the battle for media itself has begun… Several years ago, Leo Laporte predicted that 2007 would be the year of the podcast, and that 2008 would be the year of online video. He was pretty much right on the money. Things have changed for big media in so many fundamental ways. In so many ways the problems facing video providers (formerly known as “television”) are, as with the print publishers, about…
There may be method to the Apple Madness
I haven’t tried it yet, but there are reports from many sectors that Apple is offering free wireless access for Iphone users at Starbucks locations. Very strange when you consider that we have Edge network access and generally don’t need a regular wireless network. Here’s the method though: there is a minor hack that will allow PC or Mac users to access for free: all they have to do is fire up Safari and then going to Edit->Advanced checking off…
We’re Going to the Olympics…
I haven’t rowed since my years on the heavyweight eight at St. Johns. Here’s a new sport I can get into…
We Had a Dream…
I wonder what the world would be like today if Martin Luther King had lived. If instead of the legacy of Rodney King and Louis Farrakan, we had embraced our inner angels, rather than change fired in the forges of darkness and sulfur we had change born of light and love. How different would our world be if we had been brought together, rather than rended apart. I wish we had the dream…
The budding videographer
I was cleaning out my digital camera today and found there was a whole collection of videos on it. Thing is, I’ve never shot any digital footage with the camera. So I watch, and as it turns out, I guess we’ve got a budding videographer in our midst. Actually, this is more of a test of video handling in WP 2.5 and frankly, it’s not without issues: File size limits appear to be in affect and I don’t know where…
I’m back…
…with a new blog. I’m now working as Senior Developer for Premium Websites at NameMedia, Inc. and since I’m not working with Vario Creative anymore, I really couldn’t continue to blog there. I wish Jill the best, but I found over time the little issues of working on my own, such as not knowing how much (if any) cash was coming in the door, whether or not I’d be able to afford health insurance (as often as not, the answer…
Microsoft to Force IE7 Update on Feb. 12
From InfoWorld… To my knowledge this will be the first time a software company reaches out and forces consumers to update their product. Apparently MS is worried enough about security issues in IE6 that they are going to force an update to IE7. My general feeling is that it’ll be a good thing to get everyone up to date on their browsers, and it ought to hasten the day when IE6 is but a memory. Frankly, the only people who…
Andy Olmsted – How To Help
In a follow up to my post last week about fellow St. Johns High School Alum Andy Olmsted (whom I undoubtedly crossed paths with, but didn’t personally know), his friend Hilzoy relays the families wishes for donations to: Capt. Thomas Casey Children’s fund P.O. Box 1306 Chester, CA 96020 It sends a shiver down my spine to think that the family has asked for donations to go to the charity of a man who served under Major Olmsted, who also…
Back to the Stone Age
About 6am the power went out in El Casa Grande – and it’s just come back. The the classic scene was my 8 year old walking into the bedroom with the controller for the PS3 with a forlorn look on her face. I had everything packed up ready to take kids and computers to my moms where there’s power and internet, when the lights flickered back on to the cheers of the kids. The take away for me is how…