This is the reason they still call it Hollywood even though half the shows look like they are filmed in New York City.
Virtual Backlot Reel
Also See: Why Doesn’t My Website Show Up in Google?
Don’t Believe Your Eyes
February 25th, 2010 — Viral Video
$300 YouTube video lands $30 million contract
January 11th, 2010 — YouTube
According to CNN, the following YouTube clip named “Panic Attack” cost $300 to make (not including equipment) and helped land a $30 million Hollywood contract for the director.
Fede Alvarez’s short film “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack!) featured giant robots invading and destroying Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
It is 4 mins 48 seconds long and was made on a budget of $300 (£186).
So far it has had more than 1.5 million views on YouTube.
“I uploaded (Panic Attack!) on a Thursday and on Monday my inbox was totally full of e-mails from Hollywood studios,” he told the BBC’s Latin American service BBC Mundo. via BBC
SEO Reading and Friday Link Finds
January 23rd, 2009 — Public Relations
Get listed launches. Google is destroying the web? Should you sweat the small stuff with SEO?
- Get Listed offers a great tool to manage local listings
- How Google is destroying the web
- Is your blog advertise friendly?
- Six ways to get people to say yes I’m almost done reading the book this post is based on, and it is an excellent read.
- Do the little things in SEO make a big difference?
- Google to push semantic search in 2009
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College Bowl Game Schedule 2009
December 8th, 2008 — Business
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2008-09 College Football Bowl Schedule
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| Bowl Game | Date/Time | Site | Matchup | Network |
| EagleBank Bowl | Dec. 20 11 a.m. |
Washington, D.C. | Wake Forest vs. Navy | ESPN |
| New Mexico | Dec. 20 2:30 p.m. |
Albuquerque, NM | Colorado State vs. Fresno State | ESPN |
| St. Petersburg | Dec. 20 4:30 p.m. |
St. Petersburg, FL | South Florida vs. Memphis | ESPN2 |
| Pioneer Las Vegas | Dec. 20 8 p.m. |
Las Vegas, NV | BYU vs. Arizona | ESPN |
| R+L Carriers New Orleans | Dec. 21 8:15 p.m. |
New Orleans, LA | Troy vs. Southern Miss | ESPN |
| San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia | Dec. 23 8 p.m. |
San Diego, CA | TCU vs. Boise State | ESPN |
| Sheraton Hawaii | Dec. 24 8 p.m. |
Honolulu, HI | Hawaii vs. Notre Dame | ESPN |
| Motor City | Dec. 26 7:30 p.m. |
Detroit, MI | Central Michigan vs. Florida Atlantic | ESPN |
| Meineke Car Care | Dec. 27 1 p.m. |
Charlotte, NC | North Carolina vs. West Virginia | ESPN |
| Champs Sports | Dec. 27 4:30 p.m. |
Orlando, FL | Florida State vs. Wisconsin | ESPN |
| Emerald | Dec. 27 8 p.m. |
San Francisco, CA | California vs. Miami (Fla.) | ESPN |
| Independence | Dec. 28 8:15 p.m. |
Shreveport, LA | Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois | ESPN |
| Papajohns.com | Dec. 29 3 p.m. |
Birmingham, AL | Rutgers vs. N.C. State | ESPN |
| Valero Alamo | Dec. 29 8 p.m. |
San Antonio, TX | Northwestern vs. Missouri | ESPN |
| Roady’s Humanitarian | Dec. 30 4:30 p.m. |
Boise, ID | Maryland vs. Nevada | ESPN |
| Texas | Dec. 30 8 p.m. |
Houston, TX | Rice vs. Western Michigan | NFL |
| Pacific Life Holiday | Dec. 30 8 p.m. |
San Diego, CA | Oregon vs. Oklahoma State | ESPN |
| Bell Helicopter Armed Forces | Dec. 31 12 p.m. |
Fort Worth, TX | Air Force vs. Houston | ESPN |
| Brut Sun | Dec. 31 2 p.m. |
El Paso, TX | Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh | CBS |
| Gaylord Hotels Music City | Dec. 31 3:30 p.m. |
Nashville, TN | Vanderbilt vs. Boston College | ESPN |
| Insight | Dec. 31 5:30 p.m. |
Tempe, Ariz. | Kansas vs. Minnesota | NFL |
| Chick-fil-A | Dec. 31 7:30 p.m. |
Atlanta, GA | LSU vs. Georgia Tech | ESPN |
| Outback | Jan. 1 11 a.m. |
Tampa, FL | Iowa vs. South Carolina | ESPN |
| Capital One | Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
Orlando, FL | Georgia vs. Michigan State | ABC |
| Konica Minolta Gator | Jan. 1 1 p.m. |
Jacksonville, FL | Nebraska vs. Clemson | CBS |
| Rose presented by Citi | Jan. 1 4:30 p.m. |
Pasadena, CA | Penn State vs. USC | ABC |
| FedEx Orange | Jan. 1 8:30 p.m. |
Miami, FL | Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati | FOX |
| AT&T Cotton | Jan. 2 2 p.m. |
Dallas, TX | Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss | FOX |
| AutoZone Liberty | Jan. 2 5 p.m. |
Memphis, TN | East Carolina vs. Kentucky | ESPN |
| Allstate Sugar | Jan. 2 8 p.m. |
New Orleans, LA | Utah vs. Alabama | FOX |
| International | Jan. 3 12 p.m. |
Toronto, Canada | Connecticut vs. Buffalo | ESPN2 |
| Tostitos Fiesta | Jan. 5 8 p.m. |
Glendale, AZ | Texas vs. Ohio State | FOX |
| GMAC | Jan. 6 8 p.m. |
Mobile, AL | Tulsa vs. Ball State | ESPN |
| FedEx BCS National Championship | Jan. 8 8 p.m. |
Miami, FL | Oklahoma vs. Florida | FOX |
Chris Matthews bias? Media at its worst.
November 7th, 2008 — Consultant, Media Relations, Politics, Public Relations, Utah Public Relations
I’m happy for Barack Obama, but the blatant “Obamamania” in this country is a little concerning when it occurs in the media so openly. See the video of Chris Matthews saying his job is to support the president? Then read the quote from Theodore Roosevelt.
“Every man who parrots the cry of ’stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ’so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.” - Theodore Roosevelt
Hi (High?) traffic blog posts
October 27th, 2008 — Public Relations
I was looking over my web traffic stats for my blog this morning, and found the following posts seem to generate lots of discussion and traffic. I never thought they would.
Barack Obama, Cocaine Use and 60 Minutes - This post details why I think the news media never really covered the fact that Barack Obama admitted to snorting cocaine.
Obama/Palin Dancing with the Stars - This is a Photoshop mockery of Barack and Sarah Waltzing or doing the Tango or something.
Why you should vote - This was a collaborative blog post that a couple of other people agreed to write and post at the same time I did. See (Announcing my future candidacy, Chris Knudsen) and (Why you should vote, Connor Boyack).
Barack Obama is not black? - This is one of the most ridiculous claims I have ever heard, so I posted a video of the woman making the claim.
Hmmm… Maybe I should write more about politics.
Obama/Palin: Dancing with the Stars
October 23rd, 2008 — Politics
Proposition 8: Marriage in California
October 8th, 2008 — Public Relations, Utah Public Relations
These Proposition 8 videos are worth watching as they discuss the marriage issue which will be on the ballot in California next month, an issue that was already decided on by 61 percent of voters and then overturned by four activist judges.
