Original Post: See, There IS an i in Team

Let’s count stats shall we…

Michael Jordan

• 6-time NBA Champion
• 6-time NBA Finals MVP
• 5-time NBA MVP
• 10 NBA Scoring Titles
• I could go on…

LeBron James

• 2-time NBA MVP
• ZERO Championship Rings

Perhaps this video will help you remember. I need not post every epic Jordan moment here however… How quickly they forget:

I’m a huge Jordan fan though. I grew up in the burbs of Chicago during the Bulls six-peat era (in which the 91-92 and 95-96 teams are still in the Top 10 Teams in NBA History) which probably spoiled the game of basketball for me… I’ve never enjoyed watching the game as much as I did back then.

Nobody has controlled their team like Mike did, nobody is as powerful of a threat as Mike was. I watched every game, watched every move he made on the court, studied how he controlled the ball, where his feet went, where his hips led him, how he moved the ball and even his eyes when they zoomed in enough. Jordan WAS the game – nobody can do what Mike did; not LeBron, not Kobe, nobody.

Nuff said – End rant.

Original Post: Pippen Just Don’t Know. Jordan > LeBron

At least they kept their pants on *shrug*

Original Post: Arizona Yelp crew Flash Mobs Scottsdale Fashion Square

It’s taking me a bit to pull it all in and figure out how to specifically organize it on one site but that’s kind of the randomness that is me, and it’s just something I need to do after some thought. Does this mean I’m closing down the posterous site? Well, kind of. I’m going to leave all that data up there and untouched as most of it ranks fairly well (unintentionally mind you) but I’m more likely than not going to pull some of the more popular posts over here to reindex and ‘own’ them more-so than I do being hosted at posterous.

I’ve also been moving hosting around and better grouping my stuff so I’m no longer paying for 4 different servers and dealing with the headaches that accompany that. Currently working on pulling all my stuff into this newly built WordPress Multisite install on one mega hosting platform and pushing domains to dedicated IP’s and all sorts of fun stuff. Need to move a lot more but going from four servers to one is going to be so awesome.

As usually I’ll be working through the Holidays. Have a happy season and I’ll see you on the other side… (did I mention I love Ozzy?)

Original Post: Changes Underway at UpChuck – Standby

Couple of quotes to think about:

• The top 1% of income earners in USA earn 23.5% of ALL income, more than the entire bottom 50%.
• The top 1/10th of 1% of income earners earn 12¢ of every dollar
• Between 1980 and 2005, 80% of all income went to the top 1% in America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5OtB298fHY

Original Post: The Middle Class is Disappearing

Typical to get a rhino for ‘rynoweb’ but at least there was no web involved lol…

Get your Horrible Logo at horriblelogos.com – he also does horriblejingles.com too – some funny ones there too (like the one he did for Gangplank). Enjoy.

Original Post: Horrible Logos does rYnoweb

I think people forget just HOW LONELY it is at first, being an entrepreneur, being an artist, being someone trying to do something different or worthwhile. How tempting it is to just follow the herd [of sheep]. But that ol’ bordeom thing is the deal breaker.
Either way, we choose our own path, ultimately. That choice is rarely an easy one. C’est la vie.

To buy it, or to gift it to me (worth a shot right?) visit the GapingVoid Gallery

Original Post: Wolves are Lonely

Currently I capture with a Flip Ultra HD and a Samsung NV24HD (update: don’t use either of these anymore).  I edit my video using Final Cut Express and when ready I use:
1) File > Export > Quicktime Movie…
- I also make sure the “make movie self-contained” is checked. That saves all the stuff I’ve done to the video and revisions, transitions etc.  This .mov is your source – you can always open that up and make changes later and re-export – so always save this version somewhere safe.
I then drag that file into MPEG Streamclip (free) to drop out a clean version for online. I use the following settings.

2) File > Export to Quicktime…
Settings:
- H.264
- frame rate: current
- every: 30 frames (try auto)
- quality: Best
- data rate: auto
Size:
- HD 1280 x 720 16:9
- De-interlace Source Video

Sound:
- Format: AAC
- Rate: 44.100
- Quality: normal
- Bit Rate: 128kbps

3) Upload to Vimeo and YouTube with good titles, descriptions and tags (yeah I know there are others but I focus on those)

May not be the best process but it has worked well and I get compliments on how good the videos look, however I’m always open to suggestions and love learning from the experts.
Let me know in the comments.

Original Post: Video Export Settings

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
- Henry Ford

Original Post: Embrace Failure and Learn From It