Category: Technology

Early Viral Video: Dancing Baby

The Dancing Baby video aka Oogachaka Baby swept through the internet like a wildfire and even catipulted the dancing baby to a co-starring role on “Ally McBeal”.. Interesting piece of NewTek trivia.. The dancing baby scenes for Ally McBeal were done by NewTek’s VP or 3D, Rob Powers.  

Monday October 25th, 2010 in Entertainment, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

Pilot Refuses Full-Body Scan,Says TSA Doesn’t Make Travel Safer

  Last week in Las Vegas, I was asked to go into the full body scanner and refused. I was subjected to a public pat down that literally touch EVERY part of my body.. I applaud this ExpressJet pilot for taking one for the team and raising awareness for the frequent molestation that travels get […]

Wednesday October 20th, 2010 in Family Safety, Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Father and Son send camera to space!

I think this guy wins cool Dad of the year award. Sending a camera into space and working the sucker eating kid into the video = Awesomeness Enjoy amateur space fun! Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.

Tuesday October 19th, 2010 in Family Safety, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

What is Rocket Lightning?

Learned something new this morning that I wanted to share with the readers of my blog.. Rocket Lightning. According to WikiPedia, Rocket Lighting is created by firing a rocket into a storm could with an attached grounded wire. This wire triggers lightning with spectacular results! Read the Wiki article on the Lightning Rocket HERE

Tuesday September 7th, 2010 in Technology | No Comments »

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-29

@sarahEmagee I have the skills of "Miss Cleo".. You psychic friend! 😉 in reply to sarahEmagee # @sarahEmagee Here is some packing music for you.. The Cult – Electric, Smithereens – Especially For You, Adam And – Strip. in reply to sarahEmagee # @AmberJLawson Have some party fun for me at #EMMY10 parties! in reply […]

Sunday September 5th, 2010 in Technology | No Comments »

Bye Bye Twitter

I would say that I’m one of the more well versed social media guys in my circle of friends and have always tried to make sure my various “tools” are linked together. Here on my blog, I’ve had Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Plaxo all integrated to allow me to do a single post and have […]

Saturday September 4th, 2010 in Technology | No Comments »

Learn how the virtual worlds in Avatar were created!

My good buddy Rob Powers was the mastermind behind the virutal worlds in the hit movie Avatar. During SIGGRAPH 2010, he did a presentation in the NewTek booth that showed you how he created these award winning effects. In this video he’s not show the actual Avatar worlds but he is show how they linked […]

Tuesday August 31st, 2010 in Entertainment, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

Miss Universe Crowning Moment – Live tonight!

Ever wondered what it’s like to be Miss Universe during the first 30 minutes after being crowned? Watch the Crowning Moment Webcast tonight immediately following the NBC Telecast! YES.. This historic webcast is powered by the NewTek TriCaster™. We are expecting to have interviews with Miss Universe, the hosts, judges and may we’ll get a […]

Monday August 23rd, 2010 in Entertainment, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

Hoax: Girl quits job using dry erase board

TechCruch broke the story and then followed up with a well done article about the fact that it was a hoax.     Who is this mystery girl? Elyse Poerterfield an actress in Los Angeles. Check out the TechCrunch story HERE Check out theChive.com post admitting the HOAX HERE

Monday August 16th, 2010 in Technology, World Gone Wild | No Comments »

Girl quits job using dry erase board and company mailing list!

Gotta love this girl. After hearing her boss make insulting comments about her she decided to quit her job in a VERY public way.. Sending a sequence of 33 pictures of herself with messages written on a dry erase board. LOVE IT!   I think NewTek needs to hire this girl! Check out the story […]

Tuesday August 10th, 2010 in Technology, World Gone Wild | 1 Comment »