new name

A new client called me today to ask a question about using our online software. It may help you to know that she sounds like a 20-something southern girl from Louisiana, but I'm not sure. (Obviously I'm only not sure about the age part, I know the other 2 for sure.) Anyway, the convo started like this:

Me: "CNS. This is Luke."
Young lady: "Hello, Mr. Luke ..."

I have no explanation. That's it. That's the end of my story.

the dude from thrashin'

i'm extra proud of this one. i just watched last night's (1/23/06) episode of 24. in the 2nd half-hour, a henchman is let into CTU by another henchman. the henchman that is let in is the bad guy from the ridiculous 1986 movie thrashin'. sadly there are no good pictures of him in thrashin', but i was amazed to see that the dude is still alive.

-if you don't know about, thrashin', here's a good link that summarizes the whole movie with pics.
-here's the only thrashin' picture of the guy that i could find
-here's the dude's imdb profile, notice thrashin' (playing tommy hook) and 24 (playing hank)

unite

let's all get together and agree on a couple things:

1. we all know that when we're done leaving a voicemail, we can either hang up or press 1 for more options ... stop telling us. side note, we all also know that i can push 5 to send a numeric page now. just give us the damn beep.
   
2. when the senior high school picture guy says, "ok now just touch your hand to your chin," DON'T!
3. we don't need extra song titles in parentheses in order to help us realize what song it really is. examples:
1. pride (in the name of love) - u2
2. rebellion (lies) - arcade fire
3. leave (get out) - jojo - my personal fav
4. why can we remove the parenthetical titles? because this conversation has never happened:
• you like that song, "leave"?
• huh, "leave"? don't think i've heard that one. -- OH! you mean "get out"?! YES! that song totally rules my ass.
  

this is nuts

so i just ran my first marathon. 26.2 miles. to see the exact 26.2 miles that i ran, click here and watch the video.

pwned

if you know anything about me, you know this dunk and i have a history. props to my bro, dave for finding this.

if you don't know anything about me, then let me tell you that this is the greatest dunk ever. i will not argue about this.



i may never post again just so this will be the top post for all time.

the 'diocrush

ok, so i was recruited to create the official audiocrush hand signal. let's get down to brass tacks.

criteria as decided by me (in descending order of importance)

1. ease of use - it shouldn't take 3 different people holding your fingers and 6 minutes to execute this thing
2. originality/coolness - we don't want to be mistaken as members of the crips/it shouldn't mistakenly says "i think shakira rules!"
3. relevance - if possible, the signal should organicly relate something "audiocrush"

with that said, we basically have 2 options

1. create a hand signal that is only "audiocrush" because we say it is ... similar to dane cook's su-fi.
2. create one that really says audiocrush or something like it. if i could actually make my hands say "audiocrush" ... well, i wouldn't be writing this blog. i'd be selling the services of my superhero-like hands for thousands of dollars an hour.

so here are the runners-up:

the rock mod

• concept: it's something we all know with a twist, audiocrush rocks and so should its hand signal
• pros: easy to perform
  
• cons: doesn't really stand out, kinda sucks

a is for audiocrush

• concept: make one of those special lower case a's <-- like that one
• pros: very representative
• cons: would probably be mistaken for an offensive gesture in certain foreign countries

into it

• concept: this is how deaf people say "into" - linky
• pros: soooo inside the AC circle, only the true AC listeners would get it, also ironic that we're using sign language to talk about something that deaf people would have a hard time enjoying
  
• cons: casual observers will mistake you for busting a rhyme, i may have offended people with one of the jokes in the "pros" section
• comical extra: check out what other sign i learned

and now for the winners. by popular demand, we're gonna go with 2 options for the hand signal. the public spoke ... i listened. take your pick. mix it up.

one handed option ...

the abstract

• concept: the thumb = 1, the fingers = 3, a and c are the first and third letters of the alphabet ... audiocrush
• pros: easy to perform, stands out
• cons: requires a "concept" description that involes equals signs, multiple commas and an elipsis

two-handed option ... for when you're really feeling it

audiocrush

• concept: use both hands to make an A and a C, obviously the C is a little jaggy
• pros: very easy to flash, representative, generally rules
• cons: your right hand doesn't really look like a C -- ah who am i kidding, there are no cons

this is it people, take this and run with it. seriously, sprint. spread the word, express yourself, let no picture go un-branded.

page rank

this is strictly for google page rank.

http://audiocrush.us

and the show is pretty good. i guess. if you like laughing.