If you have not seen Dirty Jobs, then you may not know of Mike Rowe. I’ve always enjoyed the show and thought that Rowe was the perfect host of the …
Mostly Lisa Gets Her Pilot’s License
To close the New Media Expo, I had the opportunity to run Flip for Lisa Bettany. We had a lot of fun shooting this segment. I hope you enjoy it …
Farewell Tim Russert
In journalistic world dominated by sound bytes and bombastic blowhards, Tim Russert stood out and stood above the rest of the pack. To my mind, he was the Walter Cronkite …
Final Draft Templates for Comics
It was Antony Johnston who first switched me on to the joys of Final Draft, and gave me a copy of his own comic-book template to go along with it. …
From Russia With Love!
Well, we are here. Actually, we’ve been in country for four days now. The weather has been … well … Russia in winter. Translation: it is freeeking cold! 😀 The …
The Road to Open Water Diver
Today, I took the first major step in fulfilling a lifelong goal … PADI Open Water Diver certification. I had a lot of fun at the course taught over at …
WETA discuss 3D Effects in LotR
Alias traveled to New Zealand for the world premiere of The Return of the King and to meet with four of the key players at Weta Digital to find out more about the 3D effects in the third movie. Scott…
Neil Gaiman on Blogging
Re: Journal – by burrowsWilliam Gibson just stopped blogging [williamgibsonbooks.com], stating that informal blog/journal writing gets in the way of writing fiction. Is there a conflict for you between maintaining your journal and writing fiction? How do you manage your…