Happy New Year from Durham NC
Here’s a picture from the American Tobacco District from earlier this evening, before the security guards asked me to leave. Here are some other pictures I took this evening at American Tobacco and at Durham’s Bus Station.
Movies with No Signal
This video is a compilation of movies, mostly from the horror genre, where people find themselves is perilous situations, only to discover they have not cell phone signal.
Call All Santas
My nine-year-old daughter still gets presents from Santa Claus. It is hard to tell if this is true or not, but this year she has gotten concerned with contacting St. Nick himself. Her mom has always told her that parents communicate with Santa by fax or email. Well recently her 11 year-old brother convinced her that she could actually call Santa herself, and his number is 1-800-NORTHPOLE.
Tonight she dialed that number and was so shocked by the response, she hung up. She quickly realized that she did not dial Santa. She is still pretty innocent and doesn’t use bad language. She had to whisper the words to her mom. The voice on the other end of the phone said, “Please hold, a hot porn star will answer your call shortly.”
My Brand Identity was used as a Noun
Years ago when I named my blog Digital Papercuts, I didn’t really think about it as a brand. When I joined Twitter two years ago, the ideas of social media authenticity and online identities were still based on anonymity, so I did not use my real name. My profile is @dgtlpapercuts, based on my blog name. Well, today I discovered a Twitter conversation that used my online identity, my brand as a noun. That means I made it, right?
The Beatles 3000
Sometimes history adds perspective, and sometimes it adds Scottie Pippen.
Peter Climbs Rocks
Last night Peter had a lock-in with his Scout troop at a local indoor rock climbing place. That means they got there around 9pm and were able to climb until 2am. After they were done climbing, Peter stayed up until about 4:30am. They got up at 7:00am to leave. I expect he will be a bit tired today, but he hasn’t shown signs of it yet.
Spinal Tap and Engineers
This is Spinal Tap has become such a cultural touchstone that everyone knows it goes to 11.
We Got That B-Roll!
If you have ever edited a video and wanted to drop in some footage while the main speaker or narrator continues, that’s called b-roll. The name comes from film editing where your main footage is the A roll and you need to cut in some footage from a secondary roll, or the B roll. This shows that any business function can be pitched as an informercial, especially with tongue firmly placed in cheek.
(Thanks for Greg for tweeting this)
Sleeping Grace on the Couch
I used to take pictures of Grace while she was asleep. Click here to see all of them. Anyway, the other night she said she wanted to sleep on the couch. I’ve never slept on the coach before, she said. So I let her, and I had to take a picture of her.
Peter and Grace in Florida
Here are Peter and Grace on our Thanksgiving trip to Florida. I didn’t take too many pictures on the trip, but here’s a link to the ones I did take.