Author Archives for Michael

The Oatmeal: How to Suck at Facebok


To all my Facebook friends out there, here’s a humorous rant about the typical Facebook types.  If you’re easily offended, you may not want to read this.  It’s a little bit o’ smartass, but I like it.
I’ve started following TheOatmeal’s posts since reading “How to use an Apostrophe“.  I think his illustrations are fun and [...]

The Passenger


This animated short by Chris Jones is a dark and humerous style that I love.  “Beware the Goldfish” is an apt description from io9.

Meet the Eigenharp


These guys remind me so much of my days in college as a music major.  Not to mention the crazy-cool Eigenharps they’re playing.  And if you like Moby and James Bond themes, definitely have a listen.
Thanks Boing Boing and Alan.

Take the Yellow Lane to Dallas


Here’s a fantastic Disneyland video from 1958, “Magic Highway USA” that explains all the wonderful technology we should be seeing today.  This includes, color-coded lanes (apparently, yellow leads to Dallas), Ceramic keels that creates bridges as it traverses the crossing, and escalators for cars for crossing difficult or steep mountains.

Unfortunately, it seems that we’ve only [...]

How NOT to use Apostrophe’s


It’s just one of those minor annoyances, but every day I see apostrophes used where they’re not needed.
Apostrophe.me is a simple and easy to follow “flow chart” explaining when and how to use apostrophes.
The  parent site, TheOatmeal.com, has several fun reads including “How Web Design Goes Straight To Hell”
Thanks to Lifehacker.com
Current Mood: Awake

At Angles for my Birthday, 1995


I moved to Oklahoma City in the summer of 1993, and spent most of my “coming out” years at Angles on 39th Street.  Angles was (at the time) the coolest dance club in OKC, with DJ Checkerz (Michael Chechoratti(sp?)) at the helm most nights.  Checkerz got most of his music from Oaklawn Records, formerly at [...]

ATU Marching Blast From the Past


I’ve recently been doing a little cleaning up of boxes from my college years at Arkansas Tech University and ran across some marching layout/designs from 1991-1992.  For all you band geeks out there, this may be a little bit of cool.
Unknown Show, 1991-1992
Here’s a show from before our director made the switch to computer-based show [...]

Halloween Came Early This Year


Cedar Springs’ Halloween street party was this past weekend, and friends Jeremy and Tician came down from OKC to join the party.  A great time was had by all, even though Ticia lost her cell phone and her ID.
Since all my friends that are waiting with bated breath can now see the photos.  See the [...]

Black Tie: A Formal Engagement


When our friend Jeff invited us to the Black Tie Dinner, I had heard about it but didn’t know much.  I kind of expected a dinner with a bunch of guys in tuxedos.  What I didn’t realize is that the Black Tie raises over $1 million dollars a year for North Texas charities.  This year, [...]

You Gotta Hear This: Passion Pit


I stumbled across “Little Secrets” by Passion Pit today and instantly fell in love with this song.  It’s a bit of 80’s fun with just a little Mika mixed in.  I can’t but help moving to it.
Here’s a video by Jay Diaz featuring the song.

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Current Mood: Silly