Sep
2
2008
Was watching Leno tonight and Eva Longoria Parker made an appearance to promote an upcoming awards show.
Being a Spurs fan, I know who she is but I’ve never seen her do an interview before. I must admit, she seems like a VERY COOL person! Even shock comedian Russell Brand didn’t get to her with his off color jokes. I love the way she ended the interview.. She reaches into her shirt and pulls out some M&M’s to give to Jay and Russell..
Great interview! Way to go Tony. She seems totally cool!
As my blog readers know, I’m heading to LA this week as a Technical Consulatant for the MTV VMA’s.. Our hotel is right around the corner from Eva’s restaurant Beso. Because of her coolness, I’m going to take as my people as I can round up for dinner there.. That is IF we can get in!
Link to Beso info HERE
Sep
1
2008
Ok.. For those that know me, you won’t be suprised to hear that I’ve found a new hobby.. Paintball. It started with my son requesting a Paintball birthday party. During my research for his party, I started looking to the costs of buying a paintball gun. WOW! You can really spend some cash on paintball. One of my long time NewTek clients runs an awesome paintball website called War Pig. He gave me some advice on which paintball gun.. Opps.. that should be paintball marker to keep from scaring people away from the sport.. 😉 Being the cheapskate that I am, I turned to eBay for a more affordable alternative.
Got a GREAT deal on a Tippman Custom 98 with mask and paintball hopper for just $40 including shipping.
When the gun arrived, a bunch of NewTekkers took turns shooting paintballs at Tim’s outdoor pizza oven.. Sorry Tim.. Wow! What a blast..
Here is a shot of Irene King taking out her aggression on a stack of pallates behind NewTek
On Saturday, I took the paintball gun to the ranch. My son Noel had a great time shooting a little target practice with our new gun. Notice that I added a $4 roll of camo tape to the gun to make it look super sweet..
Noel takes aim at some aggressive boards.. 🙂
Aug
28
2008
What a cool night! First webcast was live from the field and was hosted by Bob Papa and Giants legendary linebacker Cark Banks.
After about 10 minutes of traning, Giants staffers ran their first live webcast with TriCasterCark Banks and Bob Papas give fans a preview of the Giants v. Patriots game
Carl Banks and Bob Papas give fans a preview of the big game.
Philip Nelson rolls the TriCaster to it's next location.. The locker room.I got a break and enjoyed the game before heading down the locker room for our final webcast of the day, the coaches Post-Game press conference.TriCaster is setup and ready for the post game press conference.
Aug
28
2008
We’ll.. I’m here at the Meadowlands getting ready for out big webcast tonight!
Philip Nelson on the field at Giants Stadium
We are doing two webcasts for tonights SuperBowl rematch with the Patriots.
Today we are doing two TriCaster tests with the World Champion New York Giants!
1st Webcast – Live Pre-Game from the field. TriCaster will be streaming a low res stream using a cellular modem
When: 5:30PM Eastern
2nd Webcast – Live Post-Game from the locker room. TriCaster will be streaming using a standard Ethernet Internet connection.
When: After the game.. Around 10pm.. Time depends on when the game ends.
There will be a link on the Giants homepage.
We’ve been doing various tests throughout the day and things have been going very well. Wish me luck!
Philip
Aug
28
2008
This morning, on America’s Newsroom, FOX News gave viewers a behind the scenes look at their setup.. During this story, they mentioned TriCaster by name and also gave it some camera time! I’ll try to find a clip that I can link to!
Thanks FOX News and Megyn Kelly for the cool story!
Aug
26
2008
With NewTek’s recent release of LightWave 9.5, I was interviewed by Andrew Lippe of Sports Video Group about how LightWave is impacting sports graphics.
Check out the interview HERE
Aug
26
2008
If this ad is true, then giving the keys to our country to Obama would be VERY scary…
Aug
26
2008
After many great years of shooting with it, I’m finally selling my trusty Canon GL2.
It’s on eBay HERE
Aug
24
2008
Have a great week coming up! I’ve been invited by the SuperBowl Champion, New York Giants to come to the pre-season Giants v. Patriots game and do two TriCaster tests!
First test – Live sideline pre-game webcast
Second test – Live locker room post-game webcast
What makes the pre-game webcast cool is that we are going to be testing a live TriCaster webcast using a cellular modem. Should be a fun week and could lead to some awesome live coverage for NFL fans this upcoming season.
Will keep you posted on how the test goes.
Aug
21
2008
Philip Nelson switches a concert from the MTV VMA's 2007
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