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POV in a documentary

“I don’t think anybody can be objective or nonpartisan. My take on this is that everybody has a point of view, so what’s wrong with expressing that point of view? But it seems to me, and this is a line

Posted in old blog, Socially Aware Media

Fox News Debates

Has anyone else seen any of the Fox Republican Debate from last night? I caught the tail end (with Guiliani refusing to stop talking),?and then watched the focus group afterwards. Was it just me, or was it incredibly fake? I’ve

Posted in old blog, Random Ramblings

End of Year Wrap Up

I thought I’d do a bit of a year end by the numbers wrap up: 0- Number of resolutions made for 2007 1- Computer that died and so far is still unreplaced 3- Countries visited 6- Major moves 15- different

Posted in old blog, Random Ramblings

MediaStorm Doesn’t Go Far Enough

The reason most journalists are journalists is this desire to help people- to tell their stories. MediaStorm has found a way to tell these stories in an innovative way. Their focus is “social documentary projects incorporating photojournalism, interactivity, animation, audio

Posted in old blog, Reviews

A Few Christmas Presents

Hope your Christmases are/were as merry as mine. And I had ham balls- how can it get any merrier? Here’s a few presents I thought I’d give you, hopefully bringing you enjoyment, challenges, and my latest video project (in that

Posted in old blog

Welcome Diggers

Welcome to the hundreds of people already streaming in from Digg to check out my tutorial on how I pulled off the Dorm Room Door illusion. It made it to the front page of Reddit a few days ago, and

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Arming the Churches for Christ

When Jeanne Assam, a volunteer security guard, shot a gunman at New Life Church in Denver on Sunday, she was lauded as a hero by law enforcement and her pastor. And my first thought was… she had a gun? In

Posted in old blog, Random Ramblings

Apps

ChinStr.apps is a niche hobbyist app development company, specializing in apps for birders and homebrewers and in making Big Data relevant. Read more about ChinStr.apps.