Hell’s bells

You should get a Google Chromebook

Graphic of man with big eyebrows says, “I don’t normally surf the Internet. But when I do, I just Brows.” 

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What we’re working on

Here’s a rough cut of an event promo that I just sent to a client. Feedback good and bad welcome. The video quality is not tiptop, because it’s just a rough share.

Just trying to think what someone would think if they saw this for the first time. Would you get it? Would you want to have been there? Would you suddenly want to redo your kitchen with the products in the video?

Gear envy

Every time I see one of these inexpensive, bad-ass cameras that you can mount to your car, helmet, surfboard or whatever … I say, “I want one” to Tina. And she rolls her eyes. She passes it off as a fleeting lust fest.

Until just now. We’re waiting for a video to render, and I found this video. Now she wants one, too.

I’ve seen them just driving down the road … people will have them attached to their car roof. Check it out. You will finish this video thinking that you’ve done all the things in the video … so cool.

It’s Wednesdog!

Say hello to my little friend Taz. Isn’t he a cutie pie.

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Taz is regular-reader and Chicago visitor Biodork’s sweet canine. Biodork and her hubby adopted Taz and they love him to pieces. Here’s what she has to say about Taz:

We adopted Taz from a shelter called Noah’s Bark (I wouldn’t kid about something that marvelous) in 2004 when he was six years old. He looks all sweetness and “pet me!”, but is not a trusting dog, and so we keep him away from the human folk. He loves to play with other dogs and cats though, even though Prada usually smacks him upside the head (thanks goodness she came to us declawed!) when he gets too friendly. He LOVES to be chased and play keep away with his squeaky toys.

The weather this weekend is going to be cool yet celebratory!

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I’m excited that the weather this weekend is going to lighten up the population load and give us heathens a chance to loot the heck out of some empty churches. There’s some great equipment in churches (projectors, cameras, etc.) I’m headed straight for Willow Creek, but I think I’ll need a bigger car.

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Social networking

I keep meaning to return to this post with the video from Hungry Beast about Offline Social Networking.

You may have watched the video. But assuming you didn’t, two guys take social networking to the streets as a sort of experiment to see what real life would be like if you lived out social networking. It shows the funny side of what it would be like if you screamed into a bull horn that you’re drinking a coke or that you’re in a relationship.

I’ve talked about why I don’t use facebook to proselytize non-belief. I feel that it’s as awkward as that guy in the office that brings up Jesus standing two stalls over in the bathroom. To make things worse, I get awkward when a man’s man asks me what the score is or asks me who I’m going for tonight in the game.

I’m the guy that turns red-faced and says, “Man, I feel like crap, but I don’t know who’s playing.” And then I walk away.

So I guess it’s not just proselytizing a religious perspective that I find awkward on facebook. It’s the things that others feel passionate about, but I don’t. When Joe Blow writes, “Go Bulls.” I shrug. When someone writes a religious update, I tend to screen cap it with the intent to post it here later and make fun of it.

Ha ha. How clever.

I consider Le Café Witteveen to be a small corner of the ginormous Internet room, and if you get close enough, you could hear what I have to say.

I certainly don’t give a howling hoot what you do on facebook or twitter, or LinkedIn for that matter. I thought that the Hungry Beast video sold my point a little harder and validated my perspective.

Although, if you start the conversation, I find myself wanting to “like” it or comment … and then all my friends see that I’ve liked a Betty Bowers photo that demeans Christianity in some way.

Orange you glad you read all this right now?

Ken Ham whines about homeschooling

From Ken Ham’s silly, silly blog:

If, as we say at Answers in Genesis (and we truly believe), the teaching of billions of years and evolution directly undermines the authority of God’s Word, then sadly, homeschool conferences are rife with such material at various vendor booths. There are also a number of books that portray Noah’s Ark as a child-like, fairy-tale “bathtub ark.” Additionally, many books use the word “story” for accounts in the Bible. The trouble these days is that the word “story” is usually taken to mean “not true” or “make-believe” or “fable,” so we discourage the use of the word “story” when talking about the Bible’s accounts of history.

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Hipstamatic there’s a Chinese tea for that

Just like there’s an app for everything in America, there’s a tea for everything in Chinaland.