Maegan had her birthday at Ray’s Splash Planet, a small indoor waterpark. Maegan and a bunch of her friends had a blast on the water slide, the lazy river, and especially “The Vortex”. After swimming we had pizza and cake in a party room.
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Jul 262006
I found this blog post which explains the inverse correlation between the number of people involved in a design and the quality of the end result. This post is specifically about web design but it can easily be applied to any creative work. Click here to read the entire post.
Jul 252006
Pugs have literally been bred to be pampered. According to Wikipedia: “Pugs were kept by [Chinese] royalty and were pampered and spoiled, and the expectation of such treatment is a characteristic that seems to remain with them to this day.” Our Pug puppy, Hobo seems to be no exception to these characteristics. He often flips [...]
Jul 232006
Patty and I each bought inexpensive (downright cheap) mountain bikes this weekend. I doubt either bike will ever see an actual mountain trail but now we can finally go riding around the neighborhood with Maegan.
Jul 222006
I’ve been waiting for this day all year. No, not the premiere of the movie I’m in – the opening of the new Super Target at River Gate. Hooray! River Gate is a new 60,0000-square-foot shopping center being built just a few miles from my house. There’s not much in the way of retail shopping [...]
Jul 172006
This is one of several billboards put up as part of a promotional campaign by WCNC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte, NC. They are promoting the accuracy of their newscast’s weather with the following text: “It’s not that they are wronger… We’re just righter.” P.S. Incase you’re wondering… No, they don’t have any weather talent [...]
Jul 152006
Last week a former colleague returned to the station for a visit. This week the trend continued with another blast from the past. Mr. Eric Gross (on the left in this photo) was in for some corporate training from our sister-stations in Oakland. Eric was our station’s graphic artist when I first began in ’98 [...]
Jul 122006
Ever since I was a kid I’ve considered the Major League Baseball All Star Game to be a sacred national holiday. It’s should your patriotic duty as an American to watch the game, and for a Mets fan such as myself, to root for the National League. Of course the past decade has been pretty [...]
Jul 072006
I had lunch today at The Penguin with a good friend I used to work with. I worked with Kraig Koelsch from 1998 to 2004, when he worked for the original GoCarolinas.com (which used to be a few offices down the hall from me) and then for wsoctv.com (just downstairs). After a few years with [...]
Jul 042006
Happy Independence Day to everybody. Please note I’m wishing you a happy “Independence Day” and not a happy “4th of July”. Despite what you’ve become accustomed to, the holiday is not officially called “The 4th of July”. Sure it happens to falls on the 4th day of July but on New Years’ Day do you [...]