Team Zissou Gathers: TMBC09!

Rob had an awesome birthday party that gave me an excuse to pull on the Captain's Speedos again.


After conferring with my Junior Frogman, we agreed to issue the following statement:

Team Zissou is proud to announce the acceptance of applications for our special "Weekend Intern" program. This special opportunity will be run for one session only this year, during the 2009 Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge (10/31 & 11/1?). Unfortunately, due to Operation Hennessey hogging all of the grant money, Team Zissou will be unable to provide free registration for TMBC09. However, all Team Zissou members will be issued a t shirt and red cap. In 2008 Team Zissou was the top, maritime-themed team in the Duo-Enduro Category at the Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge. Team Zissou seeks to continue its dominance of the Duo-Enduro category over all rivals, including Operation Hennessey. (It is rumored that Operation Hennessey will challenge Team Zissou if they are able to find matching bicycles.) In addition to racing interns, Team Zissou also has openings for support staff, up to and including Continuity Editors and Topless Interns. Please forward letters of interest, curriculum vitae and self-portraits to friendwes_at_mac.com.

Rained Out Broom Brigade Alley Cat Race

Yup, it was just too darn wet to ride last week for either Critical Mass or the Broom Brigade alley cat race. Critical Mass comes around every month, but there's so much interest that a makeup date for the alley cat has been announced:



This time around the race will go off rain or shine. The finish will be at Cogan's Bar, and the start will still be at Blair Middle School on Colley Avenue.

Come on out!

Calling All Artist: Bike Racks in Downtown Norfolk!

The Downtown Norfolk Council will be installing bike racks this summer, and they have released a Request For Proposals. So if you've got an idea for a cool, custom bike rack, here's your chance to get the funding (up to $8,000) to design & build it!

Deadline for proposals: May 8th, 5pm!

Alley Cat Friday: The Broom Brigade

The Broom Brigade:




8pm, Friday March 27th.
Meet at Blair Middle School steps,
Spotswood & Colley, Ghent.

Entry Fee:
Dollar Store Dust Pan.
Dollar Store Hand Broom.
That's It.

The Fine Print:
2-Person Teams. Bike Lock, Brown Paper Bag & DigiCam recommended. Race for Bragging Rights. That's It.

Creative Scam Spam: Nigerian Wedding Photography

Apparently this is some kind of check-kiting scam:

Hi,
My name is Mr. Mike Mcgeeb .I am planning to have my wedding
ceremony on April 9, 2009 at Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Marshfield
Missouri, 515 East Washington Street, Marshfield MO 65706 .
I am looking for a good photographer who will come and do the snap
shots on the D-day.
I came accross your listing on the net and decided to contact you.
I want to know your charges for the following required services if
you are to work for between 6 and 8 Hours on that day.
We will select the best 100 copies of different snaps photos in
both black and white and coloured and in Two main sizes and dimensions
which is required for my personal use at home,
1)16" x 12" (405 x 305mm) approx. including post and packaging
2)12" x 10" (305 x 204mm) approx. including post and packaging
3) I want just one Panoramic images size 18" x 6.5" (457mm x165mm)
30 10x8 prints in album.coloured Snapped in the church and at the
reception.I want is for me and my wife, Our parents, the officiating
ministers and our guests.
I will be requiring your service for atleast 6 Hours at both
occasions (church and at the reception). The church is Holy Trinity
Catholic Church - Marshfield Missouri 515 East Washington Street,
Marshfield MO 65706 . If you are out of Missouri, I will pay the
transportation charges to and from the party venue so I want you to
indicate in your email if you are out of Missouri and state what it
will cost you to get transport to Marshfield Missouri so that we both
can work it out and also the total amount you will receive for the
whole services at the occasion.
We will have the photographs snapped at the wedding forwarded to the
Publisher of a Magazine Company in U.S so they could feature it in
their celebrity journal so due to this, I want the pictures neat and
nice.
However,I will be making the payment by means of a Check. Let me have
your full Names, Address, Phone Number, where the Cheque will be mailed
to for the payment.Moreso, should you be out of state,
the Hotel accomodation will be provided for by me. Waiting to read from
you soon as regards this.
Thanks and have nice day.
Regards.

Mike

Stupid Hurts: Bridal Portraits on the Mainline

Gosh, I just don’t know why I didn’t think of this myself…Wedding Photographer Tom Munoz, in a demo for the new PockWizard ControlTL accessory, posed a bride on the mainline, and the video is posted on YouTube.


Based on the fresh ballast, shiny rails & concrete ties, I’m going to guess that Tom was shooting on either the CSX or Florida East Coast line in his hometown of Fort Lauderdale. It must be the low resolution of the web video that keeps me from making out the blue flags on the line and/or the assistants watching Tom’s back…I’m sure the track foreman was just out of frame, too…



Kudos to Tom, though, for bucking convention & refusing to tie the bride to the rail with strips torn from her own dress! Pure Genius!!!

Stay off railroad tracks, folks.
Not only is it trespassing, it's stupid.
Fast trains run silent.
Trains kill trespassers dead.

Muckin' About

Photoshop CS4 has a great new Photomerge command. Most of the work of putting the montage below together was done automatically.



And I struck upon a moderately genius way to organize all of our digital media cards at work:



Some of you young farts might not recognize a 35mm mounted slide sleeve...definitely old school!