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With Glare In My Glasses I Say: Happy New Year!

// December 30th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Blog, Business, Community, Holidays

Yeah, my glasses are too reflective, but that’s not what’s important. It’s almost 2010! Happy New Year everyone! Can you believe it’s the end of 2009? It’s the end of a decade too! I just got used to writing ’09 on my papers!

I have been on the internet for years, but this past birthday of mine, September 23, 2009 I started my website. I started making YouTube videos, and producing content for the online world. I’ve come a long way in just a few months and plan on continuing to grow! These past few months of producing content have been fantastic and I look forward to another year, and another decade, just a great as this past one! I’ve got some great things and announcements coming, and 2010 is going to be great!

Thank you to everyone, and Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

// December 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays, Life

The Holiday Season is just an incredible time of year. You get to spend time with your family, relax, have some days off from school and work (and there are presents). The atmosphere is just amazing. Enjoy it! Everyone deserves it!

Happy Holidays

Dynamic Wallpaper Clocks

// December 4th, 2009 // No Comments » // Apple, Holidays, How To, Life, Reviews, Tech

http://geeks.pirillo.com/video/dynamic-wallpaper-clocks – Yep. It’s another screencast for Lockergnome’s YouTube channel. I am still waiting on them to be uploaded, but they should be rather soon now.

Many geeks – myself included – like to change our wallpapers. I even have a few different programs that do just that (and if you still are using the wallpaper that came with your system that has a Dell logo or something – it’s time for a change). But, Wallpaper Clocks, cross platform – although only free for Mac OS X, are truly awesome dynamic wallpapers that display the time on some of the greatest and highest quality wallpapers that I’ve ever seen. The selection of Wallpaper Clocks is huge, and open to developers to add to. They also have a number of nice ones for the holiday season as well. They are clever, original, functional, and just an awesome thing to have as your wallpaper. And most people I know don’t have anything like this, either.

One Month To New Year

// November 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays, Life

In just a few hours it will be December first, and you know what that means – it’s just a month away from New Years. Now I never was, nor ever will be, the kind of person that would go into the city to watch the glass ball drop at exactly midnight on New Years Eve. Actually, I have too much trouble even staying up at my own home to watch the ball drop on TV, or even just see the clock turn to 12. Despite wanting to do this, I just have never been able to. I’ll just have to put this on my list of things to do before I die.

At that same time however, we all know that this past year has been a bad one for just about everyone. The economy is pure crap right now, and people left and right have, or are loosing their jobs, their homes, their cars. I am extremely thankful for everything that I have, from my health to my family, and to the fact that, while my family was effected by the major recession we are in now, we have mostly come through (I guess you could use that line as my late Thanksgiving post). We will – thank god – be okay. I still live in a beautiful house, and am still able to enjoy the pleasures of life. Yet, not everyone can say that. Everyone knows someone who is having a difficult time, or have lost their jobs. Everyone knows someone who, maybe, hasn’t yet made it through this resection, or maybe haven’t yet recovered.

The ability to help someone else is something we all have. Using whatever power, or capabilities you have, it goes such an incredibly far way to help someone else. It is pure kindness, and we all could do it, to whatever extent you are able to.

I hope that this post is something that won’t need to be rewritten any time soon. Despite probably not actually going to be able to watch it, I hope that when the ball in Times Square does drop in just a month, things will change for the better. It is still a month off – a month filled with holidays, spending time with your families, and happiness. And so I write this post to tell you: enjoy it all now – don’t take a second for granted. And when it does become 2010, we all hope to have a better year than this, and with any luck at all (and help from everyone around you – as well as maybe the government) that may yet, be the case.

Happy Holidays…

My Holiday ThinkGeek Order

// November 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // Gadgets, Holidays, Life, Tech

I have ordered from ThinkGeek countless times – I just love getting and collecting gadgets and gizmos and ThinkGeek is by far the best place to do just that. They have the largest selection of anyone, and a lot of the stuff you can only get from them because they either invented it, or they are exclusive carriers. So, for this years holiday season I placed yet another order with them.

And you know, even if you’re not a tech geek like myself, you’ll still find things on ThinkGeek that you’ll just “have” to have. It’s just that kind of store. It shows you things that you never knew you needed! I guarantee you, that if you browse around their store for just a few minutes, your cart will be filled with things that you’ll probably end up buying (maybe that should have been a disclaimer?).

You should have seen the box all this stuff came in! I also got a shirt and bag for school that are not pictured here, so this box was huge. I just have to wait until it is actually a Holiday to be able to open them now… :)

I really have enjoyed all the cool products I’ve gotten from ThinkGeek over the years, and I look forward to placing an order with them again some time. Of course, if you would like to do that, just head on over to http://thinkgeek.com and check them out. Be sure to tell me what you think!

It’s That Time Of Year

// November 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Life

Well, in just a two days it’ll be Thanksgiving, and for me, that just means that I can start the countdown until, well, whatever holiday you happen to be celebrating. Whether it be Chanukah, or Christmas, or whatever – now is just an incredible time of year.

I usually spend my Thanksgiving at my grandparents house, and this year will be no exception (although they finally got around to installing a wireless router, so I’ll have something to do now :)). And, you know what? I really truly enjoy spending time with family. Everyone just has a great time, and it is really enjoyable.

The truth is that I just find the atmosphere around this time of year is just incredible. Everyone is happy, and I just find this time of year especially enjoyable. Yes, because of the presents and gifts (who doesn’t like presents?), but also, and more importantly, because it’s just so easy to enjoy yourself and relax. Schools have off, your family is together, you get to spend time doing what you like to do – and it’s all just great.

So, happy holidays to all of you! Enjoy it while you can, because before you know it, it will be the Holiday Season of 2010.