Category: Entertainment

Stan Winston – Special Effects Legend and LightWave Guru, dead at 62

This is been a weird week where two of my heros have died unexpectedly.. First Tim Russert of Meet teh Press and now Stan Winston. Stan was the genius behind the speical effects on some of the greatest horror films of all time including Aliens, Jurassic Park, Predator, Edward Scissor Hands, Batman Returns and many […]

Tuesday June 17th, 2008 in Entertainment, Technology | No Comments »

My band Dead End Project – Live tonight @ Conroy’s!

DEP will be rocking Conroy’s tonight from 9:30pm to 2am. Come hang out! Conroy’s Pub 9091 Fair Oaks Pkwy Boerne, TX Two exits past Leon Springs off of I-10!

Saturday June 14th, 2008 in Entertainment | No Comments »

Basking in the Sweet Blue Glow of TRON

I’ve had a TRON arcade game for a few years but just recently, I rediscovered the greatness of the game. I have it sitting near my office at NewTek and it is rarely turned on.. Until NOW! for some reason, I got the urge restore TRON to it’s glowing glory of yesteryear and relpace all […]

Thursday June 12th, 2008 in Entertainment, NewTek, Technology | 1 Comment »

Anyone got singles? Fox News Reporter gets a tip live on the air!

The joys of live television.. You never know what may happen. During a live report, a Fox News reporter impressed a fan so much that he felt the need to tip her a buck!

Wednesday June 11th, 2008 in Entertainment, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Who wants Free LightWave and upgrades for 5 years?

I recently posted about NewTek taking the entire staff to see the new Indiana Jones movie.. ON THE CLOCK.. Yes.. It’s a cool place to work.. Now, NewTek is doing something even cooler for our clients and cool friends… It’s called “LightWave 3D Model, Animate and Render Contest 2008” and the prizes are pretty sweet.. […]

Monday June 9th, 2008 in Entertainment, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

My Scorpion can beat your Earwig in a fight to the DEATH!

My friend, Andrew who is obsessed with Pirates and Ghengis Kahn, sent me a link to this AWESOME Japanese website call JapaneseBugFights.com… It’s basically REAL bugs fighting to the death.. Streaming Video of the most fierce fights in the bug kingdom presented as if it were a live sporting event on television.. It’s funny to […]

Friday June 6th, 2008 in Entertainment, Sports, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Tropic Thunder Viral Video – MTV Movie Awards

Holy Crap.. This was the funniest bit of the show.. Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr and Ben Stiller… The bit centers around Ben Stiller trying to convince black and Downey to help make a shameless virial video to promote their upcoming film, “Tropic Thunder”. Seeing Jack Black get hit in the nuts with a hammer […]

Sunday June 1st, 2008 in Entertainment | No Comments »

MTV Movie Awards 2008 – Coldplay

Just arrived in my DC hotel and I’m checking out the MTV Movie Awards.. Coldplay has really hit a goldmine with their recent PR.. Starting with the AWESOME iTunes commercial during the NBA playoffs and following that with a live performance on the MTV Movie awards… It was funny.. In case someone didn’t immediatley make […]

Sunday June 1st, 2008 in Entertainment | No Comments »

Discovered a new cool ROCK band – Versailles

At A-Kon tonight, the headlining band was Versailles. I had never heard of them but they SERIOUSLY rocked! Word of warning, these “girls” have adams apples! Check them out on Wikipedia HERE Check out their MySpace Page HERE Update: August 2009 Just got word that the Bass Player, Jasmine You has pass away.

Saturday May 31st, 2008 in Entertainment, NewTek, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

A-Kon Day 1

Whew… Day one of A-Kon is almost over.. We had two seminars today and attendance was great in both! I was very suprised, considering that this was a week day.. The hotel is PACKED and they are expecting around 10,000 attendees! Lots of great things to see today.. Here we see Graham and his new […]