Two weeks left

August 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

To help us finish The Ghost Club by donating to our Kickstarter campaign.

We’re doing good. We’ve got 50 backers, and we are about 25% funded. But with two weeks left we really need your support.

Here’s a bit about The Ghost Club:

When a team of reality TV ghost-hunters makes contact with actual ghosts, the pseudo-scientists get a terrifyinglesson in – be careful what you wish for.

Here’s a bit about Kickstarter:

Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Artists (like us) in a variety of disciplines use Kickstarter to raise money from energized patrons all over the world. Rather than rely on a few investors to fund their projects with large investments, artists receive funds of varying levels from hundreds, even thousands of fans from all walks of life in any corner of the world, increasing the level of awareness for their projects. Kickstarter is ALL OR NOTHING. Artists set a fundraising goal and a fundraising deadline and if they don’t raise the entire amount by that deadline, they do not receive any of the funds!

And here are some photos of me as Jimmy, the lead Ghost Clubber:

Hunt Your Own Ghosts – A New Ghost Club Kickstarter Premium

August 9th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink

Donate $60 to help us finish The Ghost Club, and start building your own ghost hunting kit with this fancy laser with a scope attachment that creates a grid of dots:

The laser grid is an essential tool in the hunt for the otherworldly. This handy little device displays a pattern of lights on a wall and you can see if something crosses it quite easily by the interruption in the light pattern.

Hey! That’s me and William Forsythe.

August 4th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

William has always been one of my favorite actors. My favorite performance of his is JD in American Me. He’s a bad ass. He’s also fabulous in Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead, hilarious in Raising Arizona, and just plain fun to watch in Dick Tracy.

Oh yeah, and freakin’ awesome in The Ghost Club.

It was a pleasure to watch him act, even if he was intimidating to act with. And, as a writer, it was such a treat to hear him say words that I’d written.

Please help us finish: The Ghost Club — Kickstarter.

“Maybe that’s how they make contact…”

August 3rd, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Here’s the poster design for The Ghost Club, by yours truly:

The subtitle for this poster oughta be: “Scary? Nah. These are the sexy ghosts.”

That’s right, not only do I write, act, and design software, websites, and mobile apps, I design posters too. I also do props and digital effects. You know, in my copious spare time.

Like what you see? Please help us finish the film, by:

donating to The Ghost Club

Awesome premiums…

July 25th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

When you donate to The Ghost Club, not only will you get the warm, fuzzy feeling of helping us finish our movie, but you can get some really cool premiums as well, including a TGC scarf as worn by Parnell, our chief ghost hunter tech, and some of the bizarre devices we use in the film to find our spooky little friends.

Donate to The Ghost Club

Parking Auction in the news

July 21st, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

CBS reporter Alex Silverman interviewed one of Parking Auction’s co-founder’s– Brian Rosetti.

Check it out: Parking Auction App Helps You Find Or Sell A Parking Spot In New York City « CBS New York.

Here’s a quote from Brian:

“Well, we look at the pain that’s out there and we’ve seen stats in certain neighborhoods in New York where, you know, 40 percent of the traffic is due to people cruising looking for parking,” says Rosetti. “People will wait upwards of 45 minutes to an hour. I know on my block here on the Upper West Side, I have neighbors who, after they’ve given up looking for a spot, double park on my block and they’ll idle.”

Revisiting – The Ocean Portal

July 21st, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

My favorite project from 2009 is the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s Ocean Portal. The team at the Smithsonian was fantastic, the goals of the project–promoting ocean literary and awareness–near and dear to my heart, and the final design is really fun.

They’ve been steadily adding great, new content to the site like this new photo essay about what goes on under the arctic ice:

and informative blog posts about all things ocean–new discoveries, interesting critters, and exploration:

But my favorite content on the site is still the awesome timeline that shows ocean predators over the past 542 million years that we launched with in ’09. Here are 2 of my favorites:

Under the Hood – Dave Hill Photography

July 21st, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Dave Hill is an amazing photographer who creates cinematic inspired photo-fantasies. His latest set is an homage to the pulps. Beautiful stuff. He’s recently released a video pulling the curtain back, and showing his work behind the scenes. Dave basically sculpts and collages together layer upon layer of different photographs until he creates his fantastic compostions. As someone who has always been compelled to step behind the sets, or sneak into the hidden back rooms, I am mesmerized by the video.