Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
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Sunsets, Beards and Friends on Flickr
So I finally got around to adding a bunch of pictures from my BlackBerry to Flickr so I can share them with everybody. So far you can see pictures of my lame but hilarious beard, sunrises and sunsets on my way to and from work, my six year old son’s fantastic drawings, my friends and a whole host of completely random and useless junk.
I’m also adding a link on the sidebar to my Flickr photostream right below my email, RSS, Twitter and LinkedIn. So feel free to check it out!
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Monday, January 4th, 2010
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Father of Gravity Makes Doodle Move
In honor of Sir Isaac Newton’s birthday, Google introduces the first Doodle to use animation. It seems fitting that Google used JavaScript instead of Flash or an Animated GIF to produce the effect. That would have been like cheating. Instead, they created a simple equation to help “explain” why the apple falls. Just as Newton helped explain the Universal Law of Gravitation through a calculus-like method of geometrical analysis, Google uses an interval function to make the apple drop.
Sir Isaac Newton, an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist and theologian is generally regarded as one of the most influential …
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
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Merry Christmas, from me to you
With Christmas just one week away, I’m bringing you some pure holiday entertainment. I came across this song last year after hearing it on the radio and have been in love with it ever since. Boney M is disco era super group that is going to have you singing and grooving along to the holidays this year. Merry Christmas!
Mary’s Boy Child – Boney M.
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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A Man’s Home is His Castle…
And truer words were never spoken when that home is the hands of this father & son team. The newest LEGO commercial (and possibly new campaign) aimed squarely at adult men speaks this proverbial expression loud and clear. Using a voice reminiscent of the late John Facenda (of NFL films greatness) LEGO manages to capture the ear of the casual viewer during ESPN commercial breaks and the like. I first saw this during SportsCenter and have seen it multiple times on the guy-centric sports channel. It does the job effectively as everyone who has seen it immediately wants to get out the bricks …
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Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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Wow. This is awesome.
An Oakland Raiders mascot with an extremely crowd- friendly moustache. I found this logo (circa 1970-something-awesome) when looking for old NFL logos and I just knew I had to do something with this picture. The guy above is a perfect embodiment of what the Raiders stand for; I really don’t need to say anything else. I just remember growing up with friends whose dad was a big Raiders fan. I’m not really sure how Oakland got to claim the color black as their own, there’s plenty of teams who have black as their main or alternate uniform color. In any case, no Starter jackets or beanies here, …
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