Moon Eclipse Feb 20, 08, 6:22 p.m.

It's about half way dark now... excellent clear, cold winter's sky.

Oh and... check this out.
http://www.techdo.com/images/lar…

Riverfest '07 (Fireworks!) Sep 3, 07, 11:07 a.m.

The Famous Rozzi's rocked the river again last night. The 40th year celebration of Riverfest.

5,300 shells, 40% of which go off in the last 2 1/2 minutes.
More than a half million people at ground zero...
Two full barges parked in the middle of the river downtown.
An awesome 'waterfall' effect from two bridges that face each other.
Many new and previously unseen fireworks effects.
HUGE, Massive, explosions overhead. (Some BIGass fireworks!)
Big gold 'drippy' ones that looked like weeping willow trees were huge.
An awesome synchronized sound track.
30 minutes of fireworks fun, slow getting started, saving the best for last.

(O.B.T.W. - The Rozzi's supply Disney's fireworks).

Even though these are NEVER done justice on video...
The Full She-'bang' can be found here

http://www.wlwt.com/video/140344…

Enjoy

Duct Tape Disguise Aug 14, 07, 1:41 p.m.

http://www.wlwt.com/video/138856…

Loser...

Interesting... Aug 10, 07, 5:42 a.m.

Very 'Zoom-quilt-like'

http://interact10ways.com/usa/in…

R.I.P. - Kurt Vonnegut Apr 11, 07, 8:49 p.m.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/ne…

Google Maps - Swim? Apr 6, 07, 6:47 p.m.

I Google/maps a place to find the mileage to it, for tax purposes. It's a banquet / reception hall here locally called the 'Drees Center'. I goggled 'Drees' and it found Drees, Germany. Big mistake, however note item #21.

http://maps.google.com/maps?sadd…

Swim across the Atlantic?

When I printed it, it says that it should take me "29.0 Days" to swim it.

//Guess I'd better leave soon...

Frozen Waves Mar 6, 07, 11:21 a.m.

Wow.

http://www.tubepicks.com/2007/02…

YouTube Video Links Jan 6, 07, 8:15 a.m.

Acres of 'em....

http://notes.torrez.org/files/11…

Happy New Year!

Elmer Fudd Dec 22, 06, 3:01 p.m.

Just learned that Google can be configured with with a few "different" languages.

Click 'Preferences' next to the search bar, and on the preferences page, under the pull down window for languages, you'll see,..

"Elmer Fudd"
"Klingon"
"Bork, Bork, Bork!" and
"Hacker"

Ha Ha... "Pwefwences"

(Please don't Time line me)

< Ouch! Prooofread. Mar 23, 06, 10:19 p.m.

"dusty's got not one, not two, but count em.. THREE laptops"

shilohous
(mar 23 06, 19:50)

and 1 big glaring typo...

"At Lindell Studios. YOU come first. Customer satisfaction is our NO.! concern.

...NO.1 maybe?

(Sorry, it's late. I'm crabby. Time for sleep..... zzzzz......zz.)

Stoned! Jan 18, 06, 8:56 a.m.

Captain Kirk sold his kidney stone.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…

That's boldly going where...

Selling Pixels Dec 30, 05, 9:47 a.m.

Hmm...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051…

http://www.milliondollarhomepage…

Question, Advice Oct 31, 05, 2:30 a.m.

Can one of you fabulous designers here tell me what's the best way to approach the construction of a website that uses a playlist to feed an imbedded video player? I need to put together a site that would show video clips of participants in an event, and also pull one of several ads that would run before the selected video clip plays, after being selected by the user. I would like it to be random as much as possible in selecting the advertising clips, (say, from a folder of ads). The best example I can find would be http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?…

Ideally, the player would always be getting video that was being streamed to it live, then interrupted by the user selecting a particular clip, (preceeded by a random ad in a folder), and then returning to the live stream once the selected clip has played through, or after it has timed out.

Is this something that can be done with Shockwave, or is another software more effective in developing this kind of site? Should it all be done with scripting, incorporating RSS, or approached another way?

Any input would be most helpful and appreciated. I would hate to get halfway down the road in developing something only to find out that there is a simpler way to do it.

Thank you very much in advance for your advice and helpful input.

Fireworks! Sep 4, 05, 9:01 p.m.

Our Labor Day 'End of Summer' Celebration - Riverfest...

Fireworks timed to a custom soundtrack - here streamed in low resolution playback.
It's about 30 minutes long and thunderous!

http://videoimg.wkrc.com/htm/wkr…

(The local radio station's mascot is a frog... that's why there are frog noises in it.)

Mensa Winners May 24, 05, 4:44 p.m.

Subject: Washington Post's Mensa Invitational Winners

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are this year's winners:

1. Intaxication:
Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

2. Reintarnation:
Coming back to life as a hillbilly

3. Bozone (n.):
The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

4. Foreploy:
Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

5. Cashtration (n.):
The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.

6. Giraffiti:
Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

7. Sarchasm:
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

8. Inoculatte:
To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

9. Hipatitis:
Terminal coolness.

10. Osteopornosis:
A degenerate disease.
(This one got extra credit.)

11. Karmageddon:
It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. Decafalon (n.):
The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. Glibido:
All talk and no action.

14. Dopeler effect:
The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.):
The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. Beelzebug (n.):
Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. Caterpallor (n.):
The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

18. Ignoranus:
A person who's both stupid and an a**hole

Random Act... May 7, 05, 9:52 a.m.

of Kindness, Part III

iTunes Free Songs from iTunes.com (enter code for free song download - first come, first served.

Free Song #1
BKV93
HQPIO

Free Song #2
ETQIG
CWIGT

Free Song #3
6S9B9
XRVYL

Enjoy...

Random Act of Kindness Apr 4, 05, 8:05 p.m.

Free Tunes @ itunes for whomever wants it....
(from my Diet Pepsi cap...)
Hurry, ends 4/11/05

Free Song #1
I7N6K
NYTR

Free Song #2
V943G
36KRT

Enjoy!

PayPal? Jan 18, 05, 11:03 a.m.

I have a musician friend that wants to sell CD's from his website. I've been looking into PayPal and it seems that he should get a 'Business" account so he can accept Paypal & Credit Card payments also. My question(s) are... do you need to set up a whole Storefront, Shopping Cart system, AND sign up for Paypal? Is there a simplier way to do this? What would you suggest the best, safest, and least expensive way to sell CD's on-line?

Thanks very much...