Monthly Archives: August 2011

Africa

I mentioned this on twitter yesterday, but you would think after another 24 hours the song would be out of my head.   The worst part the only thing stuck in my head is the refrain.   So thanks to Kevin Smith’s latest Smodcast – you too can now have Toto’s Africa stuck in your head. …

August 26, 2011 – 1:26 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Videos | Comments (0)

The Past Versus The Present

Last night, in regards to the story I posted yesterday, Xie asked me why am I always writing about the past.   My answer is that I want to get enough down that if I ever become famous someone can write a pretty authentic biography.   The conversation did also move into my belief of preserving …

August 25, 2011 – 3:24 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing | Comments (0)

XBMC for Apple TV2

Yes, I know that this software is available for a while.   I actually had it months ago until Netflix stopped working on my Apple TV2 (for the rest of the post the Apple TV2 will be referred to as ATV).  When Netflix stopped working I was forced to try and upgrade the firmware.   …

August 25, 2011 – 1:33 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Technology | Comments (2)

The Time I Found Out My Girlfriend Was Engaged – Not to Me

To start this, this story happened years ago.   I have been married to my wife for 12 years and we have been together for 14.  This story takes us back to my single college year.   I was young, dumb, and eighteen.   This is almost literally a full lifetime ago.   To tell …

August 24, 2011 – 3:14 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Family and Friends, Personal Writing, Poetry | Comments (4)

Script Writing

Yesterday a friend posted a picture of himself with another male friend.   It gave me the idea for a web video series.  It didn’t necessarily include the two people in the picture, but it did inspire me to the idea of a sitcom.   After some interaction with him on Facebook I pitched the …

August 23, 2011 – 10:51 am | By Creeva | Posted in TV Shows | Comments (0)

Popular

This was always a video I enjoyed that attacks the idea of expectations and living up to social norms.  Just popped in my head today and thought I would share.

August 23, 2011 – 10:36 am | By Creeva | Posted in Videos | Comments (0)

The Tide Raises All Ships

I wanted to get back to writing more, and I used the mashup site I’ve been working on as a visual reminder of much I am not creating these days.   This has gotten me to put more down on the screen in the last week.   What I have noticed is that one other …

August 23, 2011 – 10:33 am | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing | Comments (2)