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I heard you can even have people order pizzas for you. For real.

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More Charlie Rose. Twice as much, actually

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Right and Left

This is fascinating (so much so that I think it has already made the rounds online but it deserves a 2nd run).

Who needs originality?

So I had knee surgery on Friday. Nothing major but enough to leave me icing and elevating for 48-72 hours. Which means it's time watch some movies and add to my Netflix queue. Yesterday I was looking through the Netflix new releases page when I noticed a strange new design technique. These three DVDs were all on the same page. Apparently Hollywood marketing departments, never the most original of groups, has lost any remaining ambition (not to mention class). Oh well, I'm sure the 17 year old boys are scooping these babies up.

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IMA Interactive Says...V.5

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Working So Hard

Ah, the beauty of a six day week. Here are some pics from two PMA projects that we worked on Friday and Saturday. On Friday we delivered our final edited movie for a video wall installation at The 88. There were a lot of things that could have gone wrong and luckily none of the technical gremlins appeared. This was a cool project with the video being displayed on four 42" plasma TVs. As you can see, the project is still being constructed, hence the hard hats.

On Saturday we were back at Soma Grand for more owner testimonials. The shoot went very well (mainly due to our crew).

And now it's Monday again.

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Eliah Natasha - A Special Kind of Atmosphere

My niece not only sang this song, she also wrote the lyrics and melody. Eliah's pop, Christian, did a great job with the music. When I heard the song, I was pretty impressed considering my niece is only 7. Jeff had a great idea that I should make a video. I had my niece over for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and we set to make the best video we could in a day. Jeff's niece, Lauren, showed up in the middle of our shoot and danced in the video. We were pretty lucky to have such a great time with our nieces. Jeff helped out a bunch, including the editing, and we finished the entire video in 11 hours. I think it turned out great. We all had a ton of laughs making it. A ton.

When you make videos for a living, it's great to do something fun, something that's for your family and something that will be remembered forever. I love my niece Eliah so much and I think you're going to love her too when you watch this fabulous display of her talent and panache!

Watch This

And notice your reaction.

Frank Lloyd Wright interview

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Stuff White People Like

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Why I Don't Pay Attention to Most News

Hear is some more nonsense from the Chronicle (after the killer snake story from a while back).

First Job Cuts At Google
Net titan gets set to lay off off about 300 workers from its DoubleClick unit. And more pink slips may be coming.

The sky is falling! Run for cover (or better yet, buy a paper to protect yourself. It's scary out there!).

The truth is that Google acquired DoubleClick. When two companies merge there are often employee redundancies (two CEOs, etc). Google isn't laying off Google employees they are simply culling the herd as the companies merge. However, "Google Makes Rationale Business Decision" doesn't sell papers, does it?

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