From the monthly archives:

February 2009

A Visit to the KLAS Channel 8 News With Dave Courvoisier

February 12, 2009

Ok folks. For those of you who missed it, last week I was in Las Vegas at the Parallel’s convention. I posted some pics and some video, but the highlight of the trip was when I got to go to the Channel 8 studios with my friend Dave Courvoisier and watch him film the nightly [...]

I Take Issue with Mark Cuban’s Open Source Funding Plan

February 11, 2009

Mark Cuban pitched an idea over on his blog in which he offers to fund business plans for people, but only if: People completely detail out their business plan in public. The businesses must show a profit within 90 days. You use the bank of Mark’s choice and allow him control over expenditures. Unfortunately, I [...]

Tutorial: How To Seal Your Garage Floor

February 11, 2009
Thumbnail image for Tutorial: How To Seal Your Garage Floor

Hey folks. You ever been in someone’s garage and they have that really nice sealed floor? Yeah, well that’s what I’ve got in my garage and I absolutely love it! So when we got another house, one of the first things we wanted to do was seal the floor. And this time we wanted to [...]

Layered Tech TV: Episode 2 – Server Security

February 10, 2009

For those of you who are keeping up with every little piece of bad film I appear in, here is the second episode of Layered Tech TV. In this episode, we talk about security and the actions you can take to ensure that your server is not compromised. My guest on the show is Layered [...]

You Can Call Me Al Music Video and Lyrics

February 9, 2009

You know what? This is going to be a great week! You just gotta believe that. And to get you started here’s a great little song by Paul Simon called “You can call me Al”, and the even better video featuring Paul and Chevy Chase. I remember the first time I saw this song, which [...]

(More Than) One Man Loves Bob Parsons’ Blog

February 6, 2009
Thumbnail image for (More Than) One Man Loves Bob Parsons’ Blog

So, tonight I was over on GoDaddy.com registering a bunch of domain names (using my handy discount code GB1 from GeekBrief of course). Afterwards, I stopped by Bob Parsons’ blog as I often do (if he had Woopra, he would know it was me coming back each time!). I love Bob’s blog, because he is [...]

The Fountains of Bellagio in High Definition

February 5, 2009
Thumbnail image for The Fountains of Bellagio in High Definition

As a follow up to yesterday’s post with photos from Las Vegas, here is a video that I shot of the fountains outside the Bellagio with the same camera, the Canon 5D Mark II using the Canon 15mm Fisheye lens. I’ve never seen anyone else shoot the fountains with a fisheye, but it works out [...]

99 Photos From the Las Vegas Strip

February 4, 2009
Thumbnail image for 99 Photos From the Las Vegas Strip

I’ve been in Las Vegas for the Parallel’s convention over the last few days. Since I’ve been lugging my huge camera around taking pictures quite a few folks asked me to share them so they could take them home as well! So here you all go! These photos were captured on a Canon 5D Mark [...]

Sonic Booms Explained

February 3, 2009

I was trying to explain to someone how a sonic boom works when a jet breaks the sound barrier. Usually when I do that once, I like to document it here on the blog. In this case, I actually found a great video that lays it all out! When an object passes through the air, [...]

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →