Blog De Dred

Creative Christmas Decorations

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:40:45 GMT

Click the picture to see the source and hear the story about this display.

David Pogue @ The Aim Institute 2009 IT Futures Forum

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:56:58 GMT

I shot and edited this video together to show what went down at this year's AIM IT Futures Forum. We brought in David Pogue, who is a personal technology columnist for the New York Times, and a bit of an internet celebrity.

Weird.

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:06:04 GMT

Found at Virus Comix - Subnormality

Trotter's Epic

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:44 GMT

Click this picture to hear Trotter's Epic!

A dude I play World of Warcraft with told this story a few times over ventrillo. I had him tell it a 3rd and final time, but this time I actually recorded it... and then I remixed it to the beat from the video in the previous post. I think its pretty funny, but it seems to be hit or miss with the people I show it to... at any rate, its not meant to be derogatory towards anyone's race or culture - its just a true story that occurred as told by an eye witness - with a sick beat. :)

Note - click the picture/link above and it will take you to the site that is hosting the file. You can stream it from there, download the .mp3, or download it as a ringtone... why you would want to download it as a ringtone, I don't know, but the option is there.

Prisencolinensinainciusol!

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:33:07 GMT

This is an Italian actor/musician from 1972. This song is supposed to simulate what English sounds like to people who do not speak English.

The beat is universally sick tho :D

Say, dog, whose ride (car) is this?

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:12:09 GMT

I was helping my girlfriend do a powerpoint for her sociology class and this was in her text book... I had to screenshot it from the .pdf file and upload it... I love when textbook authors try to be real...

My reflection would be short -

"Pedantic authors of college textbooks should leave slang and attempts at demonstrating real life conversations out of their work."

It is Fall once again...

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:48:27 GMT

My front yard this morning was shrouded in leaves.

Domo Kun truck!

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:42:19 GMT

This dude was driving in front of me when I was on my way into work the other day, so I reached into my backseat and grabbed my XTi.

This Fall - The Photographer

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:34:36 GMT

I was bored and had this random footage on my hard drive...interesting mock tv show preview.

**note - I corrected Youtube's clipping issues. This version is as it was originally meant to be seen.**

***anothernote - Youtube's version never played properly either... Trying Viddler :D***

Around Azeroth: Warning Sign

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:32:30 GMT

A screenshot I took has been featured on www.wow.com!

Click the picture to see the actual page.

Pictured in the screenshot is my level 80 Mage, Plavalaguna on the Executus realm. I am the guild leader of a guild called "Light up the Darkness".

The Plague of Humanity

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:20:25 GMT

So true...

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:04:58 GMT

although my normal response would be "np"

Queen Elizabeth I Brochure

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:25:15 GMT

Remember back in high school when teachers made you make brochures about obscure topics one wouldn't normally make a brochure for? Well my brother had one of these asinine projects assigned to him a week or two ago. His topic was Queen Elizabeth I...who the hell makes a brochure about a person? Anyway...he asked for help on it and I agreed to help him blow this pointless project out of the water.

First Part

Second Part

When printed and assembled properly, it folds like a three way brochure would. Needless to say, we got an A and the teacher's request to "utilize the project for examples in future classes"

Dear Teachers,

Plz stop assigning dumb projects.

kthxbai

I have two Level 80s!

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:48:12 GMT

This is my 2nd level 80 (the one in the middle). Arcane Mage named Plavalaguna... She is named after the Opera singer who got pwned in the 5th Element. The surrounding people are members of my guild who do chain heroics with me all the time. Thanks for helping to gear me out guys!

Nightdred - Level 80 Hunter - WOW Armory

Plavalaguna - Level 80 Mage - WOW Armory

Splitting Headache

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:59:19 GMT

Found this over at Teophoto's DeviantART page

RIP Richard Wright

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:19:08 GMT

About a year or more ago, I had Dan perform his Pink Floyd tribute to Richard Wright who had recently passed away. This was set to be in the second episode of my Controlled Chaos podcast, which I scrapped due to content. This is one of the best things that came out of doing the podcast, and I felt it was a shame no one got the chance to view it. Here it is, more than a year later, for your viewing pleasure. Hope you enjoy.

Youtube made his introduction a little hard to hear.

In the first part he says "This is an imitation of every Pink Floyd song ever done".

In the second part he says "This is Kermit the frog singing Wish You Were Here".

A day in the Old Market (Downtown Omaha)

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 07:15:48 GMT

This afternoon I met up with a friend of mine named Dan who plays guitar, flute, and sings. He has another friend named Ken who is a ninja/guitar player who also showed up. They performed on the street corner with vocals, flute, guitar and nunchakas...yes, you read that right...nunchakas. Stationed in between Spaghetti Works & Vivace in downtown Omaha and I was there to videotape the event. Below are the videos gleaned from today's activities.

An Introduction to the Madness...

"Lets see if we can wake up the people in the next county!"

A "Shrouded Day" original song called "Lost Your Way"

A cover of America's "Horse With No Name"

Flute & Guitar harmonizing..wait..what?

This is a decent song, but it is very slow.

My girlfriend's brother Tony released a commercial this week!

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:29:16 GMT

Pretty epic, hope it works out for you Tony!

New Earphones

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:40:03 GMT

Picked up some Skullcandy Ink'd earbuds for $20 at Best Buy over the weekend. They sound amazing and come with several caps so you can use the ones that actually fit your ear!

My old earphones were the ones that came with my ipod...Apple Earbuds...I don't think they actually fit any human's ear.

Epic WWII Posters

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:11:09 GMT

McFry Monster!

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:49:56 GMT

PC vs Mac

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:48:10 GMT

Femur severation looks like this...

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:12:11 GMT

He had his staples taken out yesterday.

If Popeye were real...

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:02:52 GMT

"That's all I can stands, and I can't stands no more!"

Update Your Blog Regularly...

halloweentowne@gmail.com — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:55:59 GMT

Wow I've been neglecting my blog for far too long...I suppose it is time to post an update and make that age old promise of "updating more often" so here I am saying...sorry for the recent lack of updates...and I'm back!

My cousin Adam was in a freak wakeboarding accident (I've had to ensure that I call it WAKEboarding and not WATERboarding in the "wake" (pardon the pun) of the recent ethical topic of waterboarding as it relates to times of war and terrorism...) and he broke his femur basically in two.

As many of you may recall from your 8th grade anatomy unit, the femur doesn't just break. It is the strongest bone in your body, stronger than concrete! Adam somehow managed to twist his femur just enough that the stress of being lifted out of the water combined with the twisting torque caused what I have dubbed "immaculate pain" in the form of bone severation.

I created a card for Adam with my trusty Macbook Pro and Photoshop CS4. I have uploaded it for all the denizens of the blogosphere to enjoy.

Adam is doing much better now...even managed to drive to my house from his apartment!

***note***
Above, I used parentheses within parentheses - to those who know the reference - (In Parentheses)