NAB? Apr 13, 12, 12:59 p.m.

Anybody heading out to NAB in Vegas this year? I leave tomorrow...
NAB - National Association of Broadcasters

Crit My Lunch Mar 2, 12, 9:49 a.m.

Liverwurst with Muenster, mayo and red onions.

DIRTY Sour Cream and Onion Chips

and Water.

User to iPhone vids? Feb 16, 12, 11:27 a.m.

Anyone have any great examples of a person shooting a video of themselves on their phone?

Untappd Dec 3, 11, 3:38 p.m.

Anybody on this beer drinkers site?
You basically "check in" whatever beer you're drinking, wherever you're drinking it and connect with other beer drinking friends and earn badges.
Admittedly dorky, but it adds a sense of purpose to your drinking...

http://www.untappd.com

Who's in and what's your handle???

Canon 550ex Flash Question Nov 5, 11, 3:49 p.m.

I have a 550ex flash that I use with a Canon 10D, but the problem with the flash is that on two separate occasions, the AA batteries inside the flash exploded and left a crust on the connectors.
Is this flash salvageable? If so, what's the best way to clean the battery connectors?

NYC Friday Night Fights Nov 4, 11, 1:53 p.m.

If any of you city QBN folk are looking for something to do tonight, there are some great fights tonight at The Hall at St. Pauls on 9th Ave btwn 59th-60th. It's amateur muay thai fights and am boxers and is really a cool scene.
It's in the basement of a church, ring announcer, ring card girls, beers, and some pretty decent fighters. I've been once before and had a great time.
https://www.fridaynightfightsnyc…

New Fairey Murals Oct 5, 11, 7:29 a.m.

Asbury Park, NJ is the latest to receive the works of Shepard Fairey. Punk legends are his subjects...
http://cmsimg.app.com/apps/pbcsi…

NASA ringtones Sep 25, 11, 5:34 a.m.

For all you space nerds, some NASA official ringtones.
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/soun…

Melbourne Recruiting Agency Sep 9, 11, 7:07 a.m.

I just heard from a friend who took a new job as a recruiter for Artisan in Melbourne. I told him since there were some users from Aus on here I'd post up his info..So give him a shout if you're looking for some work! Super cool guy called Bats...
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/anth…

Company Site: http://www.getartisan.com.au/

NY Quiksilver Pro Sep 9, 11, 5:25 a.m.

There's a decent swell out there from Katja.
Streaming live...
http://www.quiksilverpro.com/liv…

iPhone on Two Machines Sep 7, 11, 5:14 p.m.

Yarrrrgh! I'm trying to copy music from my work G5 to my iPhone, AND copy music from my home Mac Book Pro. If I sync the phone with one machine, I can't drop music onto it from my other machines.
I've tried this kid's video

Which is the same method as this guy,
http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/…

And it's not working....Anyone have any ideas????

SD Sound guy? Aug 18, 11, 8:06 a.m.

Not sure if any of you peeps know of a sound guy for a video shoot in the San Diego area this Saturday? Our original guy just flaked...
Miguex? Are you a SD native? Any recos? Thx in advance!

The Geordie Shore Jun 24, 11, 7:31 p.m.

Is this for real?

flash ad - user initiated audio Jun 21, 11, 12:09 p.m.

I have a flash banner 300x250 with audio.
The client wants the visual to loop but only hear the audio when you mouse over the ad.
The flash file now is basically an flv with sound that I imported to the Flash timeline and spit out a swf. Can I control the audio of the FLV if it's not on it's own layer in Flash? If so, how?

Healthy Confrontations Jun 9, 11, 6:19 a.m.

My friend and I have recently started talking about how most people tend to avoid a non-violent confrontation. They'd rather swallow their pride and not say anything about what's going on, than risk a non-violent verbal callout. So..this is an email I get this morning from my friend.

6:56 a.m., 86 degrees
Exxon Gas Station, Radburn

Gas. I need gas before making the commute to work. I pull into the local Exxon gas station, but the majority of the pumps are blocked off, so I’m forced to pull up in an awkward way, directly facing another car, a mini BMW. A woman in her late twenties is sitting in her car, gassing up, perhaps starting to sweat like myself. The type of fierce, nasty look she shoots me, you'd think I just killed her unborn children.

The audacity I had to gas up in such a way that now forces her to put her car in reverse as opposed to drive is obviously a huge fuckin’ offense. SO...

Like a gentleman I lift my sunglasses up so she can see my sincere, civil face. Through face gestures and hand language I tell her, in a really nice, jesting way, to calm down (hands facing palm down, motioning downward), it’s early in the morning (point to the imaginary watch on my wrist), and then wipe my forehead (the impending heat). Finally, I point to the blocked off gas pumps. That’s it. With a humbling embarrassment she looks away...end of exchange?

NO.

Then.

There’s a knock on my window.

6:57 a.m., 87 degrees

A man in his late forties/fifties is tapping on my window. He’s a big dude, a bit pudgy; his tight jeans, work-boots, and Chuck Lidell Affliction t-shirt tell me so.

SD lowers his window.

We’ll call him “Affliction”. I’ll be “SD”

Affliction – Bro., what did you say to that girl?

SD – Why?

*They’re far too many ‘bros. and ‘dudes to type into his dialogue, so I’ll leave the majority of them out.

Affliction – Dude, why were you yelling at the girl, bro.?

SD – I wasn’t yelling. I didn’t say a word. All I did was motion for her to calm down, relax. It’s early in the morning, it’s a scorcher (I didn’t say that), and to just generally relax, the majority of the pumps are closed off, and I had to grab this one.

Affliction – Bro., you shouldn’t talk to girls that way.

SD – I appreciate you confronting me on it, but that’s what I was doing to her in a friendly way, you know life is good, relax, I’m getting gas just like her.

Affliction – Bro., dude, that’s not right.

SD – Alright man.

Affliction wasn’t happy with our intelligent exchange, so he proceeded to stand by my car in protest. Uncomfortable, yes. Finally...

SD – What do you want to do? Beat the shit out of each other in a gas station parking lot because I have to get gas.

Affliction – Bro., whatever you want to do.

*At this time, in my head, I said, “Fuck this motherfucker.”

SD – You’ve been taking some MMA classes haven’t you?

Affliction is now stunned by my observation (blatant, duh), psychological profile. Already, he’s defeated.

SD – Maybe I’ve been taking some classes too. Maybe I’ve been training for twenty years. Maybe I’m even a teacher, so maybe we can beat each other down at 7 in the morning. Maybe I have my Kali fighting sticks in my car too. Let it go.

Affliction mumbled some bros., and dudes, turned around, and got back in his very shiny Mercedez Benz.

7:00 a.m.

$50 worth of gas to fill my tank. Don’t we control the oil fields in Iraq, isn’t that why we went there in the first place?

I never liked Chuck Lidell, and Affliction t-shirts are just shirts, not a BJJ, Muay Thai, UFC superman cape giving you professional fighting skills. ‘Get back in your car, bitch. I have to go teach 9 & 10 year olds. As I pulled out, I waved to the girl, she waved back, and apologized.

(healthy) Confrontation – 2

Apathy – 0

Gentlemen, stay cool, and have a great day.