Sep
8
2010

The Cult – Definitive Music Video Collection

In honor of a recent “Cult” concert I’ll be attended, I wanted to share a definitive list of music videos by the greatest rock band of the 80’s and quite possibly of all time. Enjoy.

We will open the collection with one of my all time favorites, “Wildflower”

Lil Devil

She Sells Sanctuary

Firewoman

Love Removal Machine

Sweet Soul Sister

Edie (Ciao Baby)

Born to be Wild (Live)

Wild Hearted Son

Black Angel (Live)

Painted on my Heart

Brother Wolf, Sister Moon

Flowers in the Desert

Note: I’ll be adding to this list as I find new cool Cult videos to share.

Sep
7
2010

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

Sep
5
2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-29

Sep
4
2010

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 it ripple through my social networking buffet.

Recent changes to twitter have thrown a wrench into my plans. I updated my WordPress Twitter plugin, Twitter Tools, and learned that due some changes in Twitter, I had to register my blog as a Twitter application. I’m not a programmer or web developer and once you start diving into API and various “programmer speak” my eyes glaze over and I go play FrontierVille on Facebook. I spend about 30 min trying to decipher the instructions for setting it up and then came to the conclusion that I really don’t need Twitter integrated into my blog.

Good bye Twitter on my blog.. I’ll miss you.. Actually.. I don’t think I will!

 

Sep
3
2010

“I love boobies” bracelet being banned from schools nationwide

I “Heart” Boobies braceletes are creating a stir and raising awareness for breast cancer. While at Buffalo Wild Wings today, I noticed my server wearing the bracelet and asked her to take a pic.. of the bracelet.. (Your mind is in the gutter).. She didn’t really want to be on camera but handed me the controversial time so I could take my own pic.

I Love Boobies I Love Boobies

USA Today posted a story about schools banning these bracelets. Read it HERE

You can order these online at Amazon.com

Aug
31
2010

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 real cameras into LightWave 3D and allowed James Cameron to see the virtual worlds in realtime.

Aug
23
2010

Miss Universe Crowning Moment – Live tonight!

Brett Michaels & Natalie Morales at Miss Universe

Brett Michaels & Natalie Morales rehearse for Miss Universe 2010

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 TriCasterâ„¢. We are expecting to have interviews with Miss Universe, the hosts, judges and may we’ll get a few words from Mr. Trump!

Watch live at MissUniverse.com

Aug
22
2010

Article: What happened to losing?


Photo courtesy Terren in Virginia

As a father of 4, I have a pet peeve.. So many parents are shielding their kids from failure. They are giving their kids a false sense of success and therefore setting them up with unrealistic expectations about how “great” they are. Niel Swidley of the Boston Globe wrote a very good article today called “What happened to losing”.

Read it HERE

Aug
16
2010

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.

 

Girl quits job on Dry Erase Board 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

Aug
10
2010

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!

 

Photo Courtesy http://thechive.com

I think NewTek needs to hire this girl!

Check out the story HERE