October 24th, 2008
TwitterHat, the next idea
I get really discouraged about creating web ideas when I see they already exist. I know competition is good, but in the end I usually figure I don’t have enough time, money, or motivation to compete, even if I think (or know) I could make the same idea better. So to get around this, I [...]
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October 21st, 2008
Order of Ecclesia, more Castlevania
The Castlevania series of games is one of my favorite franchises, but honestly, I haven’t played all that many games from the series. I played all the NES incarnations and then pretty much jumped to the DS titles when I got mine this past summer. Only recently have I booted up the old emulators to [...]
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October 19th, 2008
Getting Coached
One benefit - nay, perk - of having worked in TV/Radio media for all of my career has been the unique opportunities (read, freebies) that have come along the way. From concerts to sporting events to free zoo passes and weekly pizza, there’s always something, including the occasional run in with a “celebrity.”
For the most [...]
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October 14th, 2008
Twitter for better business
I recently sat in on a Marketing with Twitter webinar and have all but been convinced that Twitter is important and I need to capitalize on it. I took a think and realized that the best place for me to Twitter is at work, mostly because I’m in front of a computer all day so [...]
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October 13th, 2008
Give the album a chance
What was the last new release album you bought at the store? If you’re like me, you haven’t purchased a new album in a long, long time. Sure, an album from the used store every now and then is fine, but the music you’re buying is probably at least five years old. New music seems [...]
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October 11th, 2008
Halloween means zombies
Everyone seems to like zombies. Maybe they’ve just become hip over the past few years, but it seems like everyone can enjoy a good zombie movie or story.
I think zombies are one of the most flexible horror monsters. It seems the rules for zombies are pretty loose, so long as they are dead and hell [...]
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October 11th, 2008
Elevating your game
I’m not so much a competitor as I am one that likes to watch people compete. I enjoy organizing and getting people psyched about competition but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m good at whatever it is I’m organizing - usually some sort of video game. But as many times as I’ve tried to organize things [...]
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October 7th, 2008
Somehow I gained an intern
Through luck or curse, I got an intern at work. I’m not really sure how, but I’ll give credit to Human Resources for keeping my name high on their list when a random multimedia student came across their desk looking for work. I don’t really consider myself manager material and really don’t desire to be [...]
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October 7th, 2008
Customizing Hot Wheels
Having already covered the modification of Hot Wheels cars, we come to customization. Frankly, customization is the easy modding and something we all probably did as kids anyway, I know I did. A bottle of paint and a brush goes a long way for a kid. I still have one of the cars I painted. [...]
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October 5th, 2008
Some rules for racing
My whole motivation for the Hot Wheels Derby track was because I got tired of poker games. Not only do I not think poker is any fun, it’s too serious. People take it too seriously, not to mention it’s complicated - at least for me…way too much to think about during a regular game. So [...]
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October 2nd, 2008
Seven things
Somehow I’ve managed to not find myself on a lot of friends’ forward lists, and without actively playing on MySpace, I avoid getting those “Things About Me” surveys. Not that those surveys would really bother me, it just seems like they never change and are always so long. But today I got called out in [...]
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September 28th, 2008
Modifying Hot Wheels
When I was little there was only one good way to take apart your Hot Wheels cars - throwing them against the wall. Or often in my case, smashing them between bricks. Either method is quite efficient, but with my whole Hot Wheels racing kick in full gear, I needed a more “mature” way to [...]
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September 24th, 2008
My how they grow
This is a pure proud parent post. Currently we’ve supplanted the need for real children with dogs (it works for now). Our puppy Roxi is just around eight months old. When we got her she was just six weeks old. She’s a good puppy and a smart one too, but damn she’s big!
Her first trip [...]
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September 24th, 2008
When Smackdown came to town
Despite the current slump wrestling is in, going to a live show is still good entertainment. The WWE rolled back in to town recently for a taping of Smackdown and ECW, and once again The Pops and I enjoyed a Sunday together. Getting two shows for the price of one sounded like a really good [...]
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September 23rd, 2008
Welcome back Mega Man
While I still think the Wii has come out as the weaker current-gen console, despite it’s ever-rising sales, the Wii continues to have a few surprises up its sleeve. The Homebrew Channel is a must-have for any retro-loving Wii owner, and there are a few titles on the horizon that look worth while, the WiiWare [...]
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September 23rd, 2008
Game show host heroes
We’re sitting watching a little TV while we relax following a very nerving day after Jen’s surgery. We don’t usually watch much TV outside of Monday, so I’m not real familiar with what’s on. So I’m skipping through the channels and hit ABC to find “Opportunity Knocks,” which is a family trivia show. Overall the [...]
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September 22nd, 2008
Finally, a good use for Twitter
Despite my involvement with getting my company on the Twitter bandwagon, I was still confused with Twitter. I didn’t exactly know where it fit in…until today.
The wife is heading into surgery to get a lump removed from her back hip. Wonderfully it is (probably) benign, but it is large, about the size of your fist. [...]
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September 17th, 2008
When hurricanes hit Ohio
Ohio was not made for hurricanes. We’re made for flooding and snow. So when the last parts of Hurricane Ike came through we were very unprepared, and not just us personally, but us as a city. (I know this tale pales in comparison to the real disaster along the southern coast, but hey, I’m allowed [...]
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September 14th, 2008
At a toy crossroads
As my Hot Wheels racetrack project reaches the end of Phase 1 and is being tested, I’m quickly reaching somewhat of a toy dilemma. As I test my racetrack I’m finding the flaws, some of which I can probably fix, others I can’t. One of things I can’t control is the handling of the cars [...]
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September 13th, 2008
One extreme deodorant
So we’re at Meijer killing a Friday night and I find myself standing in deodorant aisle, and boy is there a lot of deodorant! To be honest, I’m not usually the one that does that type of shopping. I simply put it on the list and Old Spice finds its way back home - magic! [...]
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September 11th, 2008
My Hot Wheels track, half way there
Reading about all the creativity going on elsewhere, I was re-motivated to pursue my want for a Hot Wheels race track. I wrote a while back about Hot Wheels drag racing and how I thought it will be fun for just about anyone. Then I waxed on about how I was going to build my [...]
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September 4th, 2008
Google Chrome, great, another browser to deal with
Since everyone else is talking about Google’s Chrome web browser, I suppose to a good web nerd, so should I. My first reaction to Chrome was, “Really? Another browser? Perfect…just one more thing to test and debug when I build my web sites.”
As if having to check my sites and applications in IE6, IE7, Firefox, [...]
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September 2nd, 2008
Jerry Reed, that guy from Scooby-Doo
Next to music, cartoons could be the biggest influence in my life. I’ve learned a lot from cartoons over the years and continue to enjoy them to this day (although the newer cartoons just aren’t as good). My knowledge of classical music comes from cartoons, my first taste of Rube Goldberg came from cartoons, and [...]
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August 26th, 2008
Why I can’t stand college football
It’s football season and I really hate football. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I hate college football. A large part of this hatred comes from the fact that I work for a company (and in a town) whose economy is almost entirely based on college football. So not only do I have to deal with [...]
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August 19th, 2008
Winnie’s new digs
In the great menagerie we call our home lives a cat, a dog, a turtle, and a dog - in that order. Out of them all the turtle, Winnie, requires the least amount of attention. She probably doesn’t get enough attention, actually, but so it goes. She’s a turtle. It’s funny that most people probably [...]