I’m crazygonuts busy around these parts, so just enjoy this stuff…

• Amazing Roger Federer trickshot on Gillette ad shoot
• NSFW Tribute to Ray Bradbury
• KFC Skinwich

Small Business/Tech Links…

• How to Use Facebook Places
• 10 Essential Free E-Books for Web Designers

The year of reconnection and strengthening bonds continues…

I have a lot of online friends, many of whom I’ve never met. Skampy and I have known each other for we think 12 years. Once every 6-8 months one of us will send an IM, tweet, email, random facebookery, etc. and catch up a bit. She has a cool job in social networking for NBC and does lots of cool shit like cook stuff and alien humping. She’s basically one of those people that make you feel insignificant and as if you’ve wasted your life… so you’re probably all better off not talking to her, so screw her. But in all seriousness, there’s something about a friend that has remained a friend throughout big life changes. Good to hear from ya, Skamp.

After getting the kids to bed, I received an email from my father-in-law (I refuse to call him an ex-father-in-law, I’m keeping him!) asking me to give him a ring. He had a couple of questions for me about connecting his laptop to his TV, but he also let me know about a film on Leonard Cohen I might want to check out – I’m Your Man. Sweet.

• WiFi Call – thanks Mel
• Drunken Slap Fight
• Apparently, the Law & Order theme song really pisses dogs off
• Juggalo News
• Shitty Chad from Shitty Nickleback gets pissy when a pickle gets more fans than his shitty band
• Disabled Kids are God’s Punishment – what the fuck is wrong with you Bob Marshall? Listen, I do my best not to judge someone for being a Christian – I know that jackasses like Bob Marshall are the extreme, not the norm. But can someone send a memo out to all Christians that might have any sort of public voice and just avoid the whole, “God is punishing you because you’re gay/sinning/not white” thing?
• Ouroborus – thanks Adam

Links for my geeky homies…

• jsFiddle
• How to Build a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business
• IE6 Funeral

I got to watch my little angel dance yesterday…

Pictures…

Videos… 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

• Drop of Water – thanks Mel
• Elephant Sneezes – thanks Mel
• VentriloChoir on Hungarian TV

Oh and speaking of awesome… Phils won game one!!!

Links for my geeky homies…

• Meet Zong+ – mobile payments platform, potential Paypal killer
• Facebook Reveals Next 6 Months of Platform Features
• Verizon Droid Demo
• 10 Small Business Media Marketing Tips
• iPhone Wedding Cake

He’s half boy and half dog. Yogi just doesn’t get that he isn’t ideal lap dog size. (that’s Bubs underneath him by the way)

Book Review

Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion – I first saw Gary Vaynerchuk at FOWA 09 Miami, this hyper dude from Jersey that has built a wine empire employing social media shook the crowd with his very honest and passionate talk about his approach to life, wine, and most importantly, business. Gary V woke me up in a big way that afternoon. I was ready to kick ass and change shit after hearing him talk, but my job fell apart and I channeled all that power right into my web design business. And it’s working. Gary and I are fairly close in terms of wearing hearts on our sleeves and being from New Jersey (technically he’s from Belarus and I’m from South Florida, but let’s not split hairs). But the one thing I really identify the most with Gary V is the concept of if you do what you love, it’s impossible to fail.

Ok, now the book… well, Gary’s presentation is tough to top and this book mostly does a good job of giving you the “Gary V experience”, but I think the problem with Gary V in book-format is you don’t get the pacing back and forth on stage, the thick North Jersey accent, the why-is-that-guy-wearing-such-a-big-fucking watchband?… you miss out on a little of what makes Gary special, his passion. Don’t get me wrong, the book is great, the message is clarion clear and I will recommend it to every small business owner I know (and more importantly, every guy humping a miserable cubicle not doing what they love). But what’s missing is something you can only get from watching Gary’s videoblogs or seeing him in person – that gregarious passion. All that said, great book and at only 160 pages, not too big of a time commitment either.

• xkcd : Tribute to Geocities
• Hilarious Skittles Commercial

Links for my geeky homies…

• TaffyBox
• imo.im – very cool, browser based, multi-network IM client
• Social Games : How the Big Three Make Money
• Fully Functional iPhone 3GS Halloween Costume
• Be a CSS Ninja with your Font Dragr

Why you never leave yourself logged into facebook when I’m around…

• regretsy – thanks Vodkafish
• Creator of This Should Lose Their Knitting License – thanks Mel
• Corporate Logos That Tell the Truth
• yo baby, check out my turban
• Racism in the Elevator

Links for my geeky homies…

• Lu.ly – real time facebook and twitter updates in your toolbar