Brain Blenderstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-176982007-11-13T07:53:44-06:00All about what's coming...sometimes it's about other things...but mainly about being ahead of ahead.TypePadnew sitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-414883902007-11-13T07:53:44-06:002007-11-13T07:53:44-06:00hey guys, sorry for the serious delay in posting the new site. The link is www.culturewav.es More coming as to how and why this has occurred. Just know I am in New York on a media tour for CultureWaves, and...brainblendersThe Move Happens This Weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-402198802007-10-15T01:19:28-05:002007-10-15T01:19:28-05:00Well, the new site is almost done. I am moving my blog efforts over to a new location this week. Announcement happens Monday or Tuesday unless something else breaks...brainblendersBefore I Die: Golf Crosstag:typepad.com,2003:post-395327602007-09-28T19:21:47-05:002007-09-28T19:21:47-05:00Couple of people have told me about this new sport that sounds like the coolest thing since three-man wiffle-ball. Golf Cross originated from New Zealand, due in a large part to the fact that the natives didn't have the room, or the course management capacity to make original golf work. So, develop a game that doesn't take smooth fairways and pristine putting greens - hello Golf Cross.brainblendersTwo Week Progressiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-392324312007-09-21T13:51:43-05:002007-09-21T13:51:43-05:00Been on the road for two weeks and decided to chronicle the event with a series of photos from my laptop. Well, I got busy doing - you know - work and only took three pictures. But, the three I took tell a story of the road over the course of two weeks. From left to right they detail the beginning to the end of the trip.brainblendersCup o' Coffeetag:typepad.com,2003:post-388674012007-09-14T00:59:23-05:002007-09-14T00:59:23-05:00Check out the size of this cup of coffee. I think the size of the cup determines the amount of discretionary income that a society has. I am in San Francisco this week, and the cups in the Marina area of town determine the income present in the neighborhood. More photos to come. BTW, sushi rules at Umami. I would love to eat there every night. Lot's of work left to do over the next two weeks...hope to post more soon.brainblendersMediocracy Held Swaytag:typepad.com,2003:post-384356772007-09-03T22:46:11-05:002007-09-03T22:46:11-05:00One of my favorite sayings is "Bored people, are boring people". In other words, if you are bored (which SO many people are) then you aren't trying to not be bored. My point is...I don't intend to go down easy here. It is my intention to call for more fascinating information, displayed in a way that drives you back...again and again. This is why I am considering moving my blog into a new area, and in that I mean a new site. Stand by for imminent news about BrainBlenders coming out with a move announcement. One in which mediocracy will not be an issue!brainblenders8,000 Milestag:typepad.com,2003:post-381316692007-08-27T01:12:25-05:002007-08-27T01:12:25-05:00I just got my AA Advantage email telling me that I should pack a bag. Actually they just told me that as of 8/14/07 (current, right?) I had almost 8,000 miles this month. Which means; a) I went from New York to L.A. 2 & 1/2 times, or b) a bunch of other places a lot of times. It was "b", by the way. Not complaining, mind you...just explaining my iTunes and video game purchases as of late. Really...how much can you read on a plane? Well, quite a bit actually.brainblendersDallas - Tucson - Boston and all I have to show for it is this barf bagtag:typepad.com,2003:post-379960332007-08-23T01:41:41-05:002007-08-23T01:41:41-05:00The vomit bag says www.brainblenders.com, "a.brain was on this bag - I sat on it for an entire flight. Thats my name on my blog - not to imply that my brain is in my nether regions.
This is all part of my plan to overcome no advertising budget on a free blog by promoting my blog on airplane vomit bags. Help me out...write www.brainblenders.com on any and every bag you encounter during your flights, or wherever you might run into vomit bags. Thanks brainblendersThe Plight of the Flighttag:typepad.com,2003:post-377762192007-08-17T01:32:30-05:002007-08-17T01:32:30-05:00I'm thinking we need to help the TSA do their jobs more thoroughly. That's why, I am considering calling for a "All Nude Wand Demand Day". One day in the next few months when everyone who goes through any Checkpoint gets completely undressed and demands to be wanded. This will ensure that the employees of the TSA will have full access to any and all the information they might need that day. This would boost their morale, as they would finally be able to go home that night and say their families..."the air was safe today, of that I am sure." Let's all make sure and get connected on this one, I recommend hugging your TSA agent after the wanding, to make sure they know how much you care...then get dressed.brainblendersiWood = iCravetag:typepad.com,2003:post-376112682007-08-14T00:02:00-05:002007-08-14T00:02:00-05:00AHHHHHHH I Want one! I don't need it, hell...nobody needs it. I mean, if I'm totally honest, I probably didn't actually need an iPhone. There I said it.
But, that has nothing to do with the iWood by Miniot. These absolutely gorgeous phone cases are carved from one piece of wood and fit perfectly around your iPhone. They come in Cherry, Walnut, Oak, Padouk, and Mahogany. Padouk?brainblendersThe Lord of War - the life of a bullettag:typepad.com,2003:post-376074802007-08-12T23:37:56-05:002007-08-12T23:37:56-05:00One of the greatest openings to a major motion picture I have ever seen. Absolutely beautiful, especially in contrast to the ending of the sequence. Cinematically it's beautiful, and the story the life of a bullet tells ends shockingly. The whole move is just ok, but the opening has always stuck with me.brainblendersNew BrainBlenders Photostag:typepad.com,2003:post-374287742007-08-07T22:52:48-05:002007-08-07T22:52:48-05:00Have started another Flickr site, this one for BrainBlenders...and will be adding new photos from the last few adventures. Just doing my part making the world a smaller place. Link.
More this week from NYC are coming. All photos are shot with my iPhone.brainblendersAll the Good TV Happens to be in Miamitag:typepad.com,2003:post-373199262007-08-06T00:25:58-05:002007-08-06T00:25:58-05:00I'm not going into any more details about the shows, cause they are cool enough for you to check out if you're interested, but here's the bottom line on both shows, they are weird. Burn Notice is not a modern day Miami Vice with gratutitous shots of Miami beach scenes and techno music. Well, yeah...actually there is a lot of beach babe scenes and techno but the writing is clever, funny, and offbeat. Dexter, on the other hand is a running sketchbook of the insane ramblings of a methodical serial killer pretending to be a normal person. Both bring something new to TV for me...which is to say not the same step and click pattern of 99% of television on the tube today. This isn't American Idol, You Think You Can Dance, or Who Wants to Marry a Schitzu. This is different, and odd, and therefor good TV. TV that you might actually want to watch, not just wade through before you crash.brainblendersOne Month Later, the iPhonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-369999642007-07-30T00:52:50-05:002007-07-30T00:52:50-05:00I simply love the ability to grab the screen and make it bigger or smaller. Whether it's pictures or Safari, using the screen as a device unto itself is just about the coolest way to interact with your data. The best way to show people just how badass the iPhone is only requires you to open up a web page and grab the screen and make it bigger. End of story everything else just feels like plastic in their pockets after thatbrainblendersSpeedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-367628102007-07-25T22:46:57-05:002007-07-25T22:46:57-05:00"Everyone thinks they are moving fast until someone runs up their tailpipe."
Life is moving fast at the moment, could anyone participating in the modern marketplace argue that with me? At my job we spend quite a bit of time watching, listening, and interacting with people in order to determine what really drives them, and one thing I can tell you for sure about the current state of people's lives is...busy. brainblenderswidget maniatag:typepad.com,2003:post-362303202007-07-15T23:28:01-05:002007-07-15T23:28:01-05:00I seriously recommend discovering all you can about Widgets. Widgets are third party web
apps, depicted through graphical representation, that offer desktop or mobile users the opportunity to dial into a specific functionality right on your desktop or mobile device.brainblendersiPost with my iPhonetag:typepad.com,2003:post-359904062007-07-01T17:16:09-05:002007-07-01T17:16:09-05:00I am officially on vacation this week, but that didn't stop me from acquiring the new iPhone just prior to my flight out of town. I mean, a geek has got to do what a geek has to do right?...brainblendersMom, my cocaine tastes like Kool-Aidtag:typepad.com,2003:post-358626342007-06-27T13:23:07-05:002007-06-27T13:23:07-05:00Flavored cocaine is the new hottest drug on the west coast these days. One of the street names is Tutti-frutti, which is a far different cry from the candy of my memory. Also known as "drips" or "Koolcaine", (and I propose the future name should be "Pixie Stix") the product is reportedly being sold at a 40% increase on regular coke.
Reason for orange, strawberry, or vanilla flavored cocaine? Apparently coke gives you a horrible after-taste in the back of your throat, so the flavor gives you a pleasant taste with your high. Joy-joy-joy...welcome back to the crazy crack days of the 80's??brainblendersHotel 21c Museum tag:typepad.com,2003:post-346566042007-05-29T21:51:20-05:002007-05-29T21:51:20-05:00This is one of the coolest hotels I have ever stayed in, and it's not in the middle of New York, or Vegas, or San Francisco. It's the Hotel 21c Museum in Louisville, KY. In this photo I am standing in front of the elevators looking at a GIANT video of myself with letters falling down on my frame bouncing off spelling out words like "justify" and "pandering" and "cheesy art props", kidding about the last one. It's just one more example of how 21c Museum Hotel has raised the bar on boutique hotels, and brought a very cool vibe into the otherwise, Holiday-Innness of the hotel traveler.brainblendersPac-Man's Skulltag:typepad.com,2003:post-343293742007-05-21T17:23:35-05:002007-05-21T17:23:35-05:00This is awesome! I know you'll love it, be creeped out by it, and ultimately hope that one day your own head would look this way - if you own head could be placed on display as a skull.
An artist collaborated with a paleontologist to recreate what the video game Pac-Man's skull would look like if it had in fact, existed and then died from apparent ghost-induced homicide. Kidding on the last part, clearly Donkey Kong did him in. This only further speaks to the fact that video games have been a critical part of our culture for some time...and it seems they will only increase in awareness.brainblendersLap of Luxurytag:typepad.com,2003:post-342172002007-05-19T11:40:55-05:002007-05-19T11:40:55-05:00So I served coffee and passed out bagels all from the back of the plane sitting on an igloo cooler. Not the most glamorous of travel...being a steward on a plane no larger than a custom van with wings. But, at least I'm adding to my resume. If anyone needs an air-clown on a tiny plane in the near future...contact me.brainblendersLove at first use!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-338069802007-05-08T11:15:16-05:002007-05-08T11:15:16-05:00People, let me tell you about my best friend...ok, well not my best friend, but a super-cool coffee maker called the Keurig. The Keurig is a single cup coffee maker that utilizes coffee pods to deliver the same, exact desired taste everytime you make a cup. One of the best features is the ease of use. Simply drop the pod in the top of the Keurig and press a button - boom, coffee! It's hot, tastes great and the clean up is a simple as pulling the pod out and throwing it away. For those one cup situations this is the coffee maker to own.brainblendersSkystream 3.7tag:typepad.com,2003:post-331766762007-04-21T22:41:13-05:002007-04-21T22:41:13-05:00Had a chance to go to a conference this year that opened a conversation about energy conservation and many experts said that the future of energy conservation was actually in personal energy development. That blew me away! To tell the truth, I had no idea that affordable home energy opportunities were that close at hand. After hearing about thermowells, new solar capturing devices, and home size wind generators I was convinced that the next home I owned would be outfitted with as many energy supplying elements as I could manage.brainblendersCool Site, Great Gamestag:typepad.com,2003:post-329109722007-04-14T20:35:05-05:002007-04-14T20:35:05-05:00This is a very cool site. Neave.com The jump page is fun to play with (Neave Imagination), but once you get past that the micro games are awesome. Frogger, Simon, Asteroids, Space Invaders and more. At last check I was number 19 on Asteroids...yeaaa!!! This site has a lot on it, flash based stuff...and I dig it. Play some games, check the fun, and give this guy some love.brainblendersAn Open Letter to Sid Meier's Pirates!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-325289922007-04-04T22:17:21-05:002007-04-04T22:17:21-05:00Well HELLO NANCY!
What kind of pirate game has the pirate doing dance contests and fighting scenes as graphic as a Barney special? Sid Meier's Pirates! for the PSP that's what kind of game. I rented this game from a local video store and am I ever glad that I just rented it. This game fooled me for like the first few moments, and by the time I had finished playing it I somehow had received a subscription to Martha Stewart's Living and was listening to Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits. This game forced me to walk outside and punch a tree, then I sent a donation to the Arbor Day people - that is so unlike me...I never send donations to tree people.
Just for kicks and giggles I looked up cheat codes for the game and only one statement came up, "You've already been cheated jackass."brainblendersMy Humps By Alanis Morissettetag:typepad.com,2003:post-324420002007-04-02T23:06:34-05:002007-04-02T23:06:34-05:00Quite possible the best song she has ever done! Joking, of course - but it is hilarious to hear the song in her beautiful voice, the lyrics just sound that much more absurd though. The parody is better than anything weird al has done in a long time, especially when she headbutts a guy. I will say the most lacking part is her dancing...good thing she can sing!brainblendersAll Medicine Should Taste Like Robitussintag:typepad.com,2003:post-322016342007-03-27T22:42:13-05:002007-03-27T22:42:13-05:00There are many new-fangled cough syrup's available for parents to give their kids that taste good. Products like Jack and Jill's Raspberry, Mucinex Cherry, Triaminic Thin Strips (not technically even a syrup), Triaminic Liquid Bubble Gum, and then there is Fruit Punch Flavor, customizable flavors, and who knows what else.
I have two beliefs when it comes to getting rid of colds and nagging coughsbrainblendersGenius Qualitiestag:typepad.com,2003:post-321110522007-03-25T22:55:07-05:002007-03-25T22:55:07-05:00Who do you want to be when you grow up?
“I want to be a genius.” the child replied.
A genius huh? Did you know that history has placed that moniker “genius”, on some wildly successful and possibly crazy people?
“Yeah, I want to be like that.”
Successful or crazy?
“Remembered in history.”brainblendersThis is My Boomsticktag:typepad.com,2003:post-316539862007-03-14T21:50:06-05:002007-03-14T21:50:06-05:00One of the greatest movies of all time, Bruce Campbell vs. The Army of Darkness, and if you don't agree - you have a problem I can't pronounce. Or, maybe you just don't have a sense of humor? Well, now that I think of it, I'm probably not the best OVERALL judge of a "sense of humor". Probably, a better analogy is if you like reading the comics in The New Yorker then stop reading this post now.brainblendersSome of these things write themselvestag:typepad.com,2003:post-313337942007-03-07T21:50:04-06:002007-03-07T21:50:04-06:00On my way to the hotel in Orlando, FL when I notice the cab driver has a cross stitch deal next to his seat. So I asked him how long he had been cross stitching? He says, since I was 8. We started talking about cross stitching and whatnot, because, frankly he did not look like he should be cross stitching (by the way - I have no REASON whatsoever to even begin talking about cross stitching, I'm clueless basically.)brainblendersMighty Mousetag:typepad.com,2003:post-311361322007-03-03T00:47:29-06:002007-03-03T00:47:29-06:00The best thing about the mouse is the fast response, the second greatest thing about it is the scroll wheel which works vertically and horizontally. Vertically it obviously scrolls your page up and down and horizontally I have it programmed to go back or forward for my website surfing needs. I spend a lot of time online in the evening, reading the sites, tracking information, and watching clipmarks. The third most wonderful element of the design is how easy it is to travel with. My desk is about 20 different places a week and the MM is always ready to work. Do yourself a favor and check this baby out.brainblendersIt's a matter of perspectivetag:typepad.com,2003:post-307854882007-02-23T09:30:04-06:002007-02-23T09:30:04-06:00Ok, ok...I've been out of commission for a bit (bit = month and a half). But, I'm still here and still watching the site everyday...and was struggling to think of what I wanted to say as a return article until...brainblendersBrainBlenders awarded top site in 2006tag:typepad.com,2003:post-149511212007-01-01T14:42:55-06:002007-01-01T14:42:55-06:00If you would like to make your own newspaper clipping go here.brainblendersTide gets the "Bomb out"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-149217932006-12-30T02:05:35-06:002006-12-30T02:05:35-06:00Here's a topical article from your's truly, which never happens by the way. I do topical stories like Saddam does turtlenecks, like Rosie does shutting her pie-hole, like Mike Tyson does staying out of jail. All that, but completely opposite.brainblendersSony eReadertag:typepad.com,2003:post-147447092006-12-19T01:29:11-06:002006-12-19T01:29:11-06:00But, I digress. The real problem lies in the fact that they have not developed a working software interface for the Apple system which leaves me "up the creek" as far as loading content all the time, like new books and RSS feeds which the device is also designed to handle. I am willing to wait as I have access to PC's on occassion and could load my works from there. But, tonight I tried to load the program on a PC I have at home and to no avail...it cannot connect to the internet due to some horrible PC mystery which apparently would require an actual programmer to unravel.brainblendersShuffletag:typepad.com,2003:post-145581372006-12-09T18:15:30-06:002006-12-09T18:15:30-06:00Now I have been very pleased to kick the new shuffle. I also have the original shuffle, but the stick-look leaves me feeling less than satisfied. The new version though, with it's handy little clip on feature and tiny size is PERFECT. I am a true fan than is more than pleased to just clip it on and walk through the airports with my soundtrack on. If you don't have an MP3 player and would like a good entry point...definitely get the new shuffle.brainblenderslong day of traveltag:typepad.com,2003:post-144210772006-12-02T00:20:34-06:002006-12-02T00:20:34-06:00my heart goes out to all the road warriors stuck wherever they may be this weekend. for I, you see am one of those fortunate few who have had the opportunity to get to know their coworkers much better than...brainblendersGears of War Commercialtag:typepad.com,2003:post-142005192006-11-20T15:47:51-06:002006-11-20T15:47:51-06:00But the real reason I bring the commercial up is the contrast of the action and the song. Unlike Donnie Darko which fits the song STRONGLY - the Gears of War advertisement is a bit of a contrast. One person responding to the commercial on a blog stated, "that's a fan-made piece of stuff, not an ad. I can't really see Microsoft using "Mad World" for an ad for Gears of War."
This same person said, "then again I might be wrong" - well guess what skippy? You are wrong. The rules, they are changing. Microsoft and companies like it are adapting the way they communicate to people. Less, let's follow a method, and more, let's make a compelling stand-along piece that moves people to react to it. Watch the commercial and tell me if you had a reaction - I'm interested.
brainblendersIt's What Dad Doestag:typepad.com,2003:post-141798742006-11-18T12:18:43-06:002006-11-18T12:18:43-06:00if I was completely honest with you...at no point in my young life did I think I would be spending most saturday's in a gymnastic facility watching my children running around doing "gymnastic" things. and I love it! it is...brainblendersQuote/ Counter-quotetag:typepad.com,2003:post-140705482006-11-13T08:23:10-06:002006-11-13T08:23:10-06:00Football combines two of the worst things in American life. It is violence punctuated by committee meetings - George Will.
brainblendersFaith Hill Needs New Managementtag:typepad.com,2003:post-139730402006-11-08T06:28:10-06:002006-11-08T06:28:10-06:00OK...I so rarely do this but here comes some unadulterated "entertainment" fodder for your reading pleasure. First off, Faith Hill and her manager are clearly delusional - especially if they think anybody believes this,
brainblendersIt has been a weektag:typepad.com,2003:post-141798612006-11-03T12:56:29-06:002006-11-03T12:56:29-06:00I need to recap my Paris trip soon, but this has been a week!brainblendersParis - Day Three (don't let le monsieur get you down)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-136295922006-10-25T04:05:14-05:002006-10-25T04:05:14-05:00Even queso which is a type of cheese to my people would be on the "thou shall not pass list." Fromaged-out, as one would say - if one had made up the word "Fromaged".brainblendersParis - Day 2tag:typepad.com,2003:post-136091722006-10-24T18:21:06-05:002006-10-24T18:21:06-05:00Went to the Sial show...walked around in the 90 degree heat INSIDE the expo center, with the serious smokers from other countries. The reason French people are so thin is that they don't eat, instead they smoke and drink tiny cups of coffee. Joking of course.brainblendersParis Day 1tag:typepad.com,2003:post-135738192006-10-23T07:16:11-05:002006-10-23T07:16:11-05:00Hit the ground running at @ 9 AM Paris time, made it through the security and out into a rainy Paris Saturday morning. If you want advice, fly out of the country, and people will line up around the block...brainblenders