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2007-03-16T17:34:00.001-05:00

TIME OUT!

2007-03-01T20:11:00.001-05:00

moving to wordpress.. here goes!

BUM RUSH THE CHARTS

2007-02-28T21:35:00.000-05:00

So I found this pretty interesting and I will definitely be participating!

"On March 22nd, 2007 we are going to strike fear into the hearts of the music industry and make an independent music artist #1 on iTunes.

Podcasting gets little respect from traditional media. To them we're little more than a joke, than amateurs. What they don't understand is that podcasting is more than just a delivery mechanism - it's a social movement. People are growing sick of the watered-down, cookie-cutter content that networks and record companies expect us to enjoy. We want and deserve more. Big corporate media derives its power by having the
resources to mass market their product in a unified effort, which is why they think they're better than us. On March 22, 2007, we're going to give you a chance to change that.

A bunch of us podcasters started thinking, we can do better. We can match and exceed the reach of big media, corporate media, labels, and the entrenched interests. That's why, on March 22nd, the podcasting community is going to take an indie podsafe music artist to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street. The track we've chosen is "Mine Again" by the band Black Lab. A band, mind you, that was not just dropped from not just one, but two major record labels (Geffen and Sony/Epic) and in the process forced them to fight to get their own music back. We picked them because making them number one, even for just one day, will remind the RIAA record labels of what they turned their backs on - and who they ignore at their peril.

What's more, we're going to take it a step beyond that. We've signed up as an affiliate of the iTunes Music Store, and every commission made on the sale of "Mine Again" will be donated to college scholarships, partly because it's a worthy cause, but also partly because college students are among the most misunderstood and underestimated groups of people by big media.

If you believe in the power of new media, on March 22nd, 2007, take 99 cents and 2 minutes of your time to join the revolution and make iTunes "Mine Again". If you're a content producer (blogger, podcaster, etc.), we're asking you to join up with us and help spread the word to your listeners. Nothing would prove the power of new media more than showing corporate media that not only can we exceed their reach and match their purchasing power, but that we can also do it AND make a positive difference in the world. If we can succeed with this small example, then there's no telling what can do next.

For more details, come visit bumrushthecharts.com (bum rush the charts dot com) or send an e-mail to bumrushthecharts@gmail.com if you want to help out. It doesn't matter where you are or who you podcast with, we'd love to have you on board"

[ read more about this here ]

MERLIN

2007-02-27T23:24:00.000-05:00

Merlin has a new show. Check it out!

LA

2007-02-26T00:17:00.000-05:00

[ view more flickr photos here ]

LA was great! Pretty much a very random weekend of events ranging from Stephen Baldwin buying me gum, the Oscars, partying Paul Allen's, meeting Axl Rose and hanging out with Karen from Jumpcut again! I mean, those are just the highlights (other than meeting groovr, of course) and pretty much all I'll leave you with. I hardly even took any photos. What is this world coming to?

Anyways, I need to catch up on sleep..

FLIGHT

2007-02-25T07:53:00.000-05:00

Texting my blog an entry.. at the airport and sad that I missed GeekRiot lastnight. But, I did meet Axl Rose. I'll update soon!

PARTAY

2007-02-25T00:02:00.000-05:00

Partying groovr style.

HAPPY BDAY STEVE

2007-02-24T15:16:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to Steve Jobs!

I'll be celebrating by going to Paul Allens house. Ironic?

WHALES

2007-02-23T14:00:00.000-05:00

I'm still alive! :) Just haven't had much time to internet. I know I've said it before, but finally I'll be switchin to wordpress. I have a new tasty theme by the one and only Michael It should be up sometime in the next few days.

Stephen Baldwin bought me a pack of gum.

I <3 groovr

GROOVIN' LA

2007-02-22T04:08:00.000-05:00

I'm going to LA to meet groovr. I'd suggest you join if you're not already a member. I'll be updating via shouts and photos on groovr ONLY!

REVVER LOVES SNOW

2007-02-22T04:07:00.000-05:00

Thanks, Revver <3

CREATIVE MARATHON

2007-02-21T03:49:00.000-05:00

A quick video (with not so great sound quality) to promote the Creative Marathon to be held over at the Creative Treehouse [ view website here ]

Creative Treehouse to Host 24 Hours of Art
Bellevue, PA, Feb. 16th, 2007 — Creative TreeHouse, a new artists’ collective, will host a 24-hour Creative Marathon for local artists beginning at 8pm Friday, Feb. 23rd at 517 Lincoln Blvd., 2nd floor in Bellevue and culminating with a free gallery show and sale open to the public at 8pm on Saturday, Feb. 24th, complete with free appetizers, drinks and live music.

[ view full press release here ]

RADIOS

2007-02-20T03:52:00.000-05:00

Weeee, Desiree and I have offically started our own PODCAST on talkshoe.com

Now, I wouldn't exactly advise listening to this because it's quite terrible (yet still humoring to us) but I'm going to post the link anyways.. Why not? We had the option of making it private but we don't like to keep secrets, really.

[ listen to our first learning talkshoe podcast ]

Our talkshoe profile is located [ here ]. We'll keep you posted on when we do decide to hold our first real podcast. Be sure to join our mailing list on our website because we will send out a reminder prior.

Secondly, I'm not longer a fan of 105.9 the X (a popular Pittsburgh radio station). Granted, they've been slowly going down hill for as long as I can remember but today they pretty much pushed me over the edge. If I ever turn that station on again, it will be purely accidental.

One of their DJ's who's name I won't mention (just kidding.. it was Grimm) went on a tirade of sexist remarks that I need not get into. I proceeded to call in and his closing remark to me was something to the effect of "..and this is why men should make decisions and not woman."

Wow.. Just wow. .

GEEKRIOT 2/18

2007-02-19T03:28:00.000-05:00

GeekRiot 2/18/07

[ listen here ]

Michael from groovr.com graced GeekRiot with his presence on this weeks episode.

A few links we discussed throughout the night:

- GeekRiot.tv
- Creative Treehouse
- Virb.com
- Current.tv
- GeekRiot.tv

* fixed the audio link. Thanks, Karen!

EVERYTHING YOU HATE ABOUT MYSPACE

2007-02-18T23:03:00.000-05:00

Everything you hate about MySpace.com Virb.com fixes. Even in it's beta form, Virb just about covers every aspect of what a great Web 2.0 social networking site needs... and even a few "cute" things that aren't needed, but give the site that extra edge that most lack.

Unless today if your first day on the internet and you managed to make tastyblogsnack.com one of your first websites (thanks), you probably have a blog and are a member of flickr. Thankfully, Virb understands the importance of importing RSS feeds and soon they will allow you to do just that with your external blog and flickr photos. This is pretty important to most users and many sites are accidently neglecting. Can a website be too egotistical to allow for RSS integration from an outside source? Possibly.

If you've ever woke up in the middle of the night crying in a cold sweat from a nightmare, then you might know the feeling of what it's like attempting to customize your MySpace page. Virb is extremely customizable allowing beginners and CSS experts to dabble and test their design skills. The basic editor allows you to add change the organization of your layout and color scheme. With the advanced editor, you have free reign to design your own template. Also in a future update, they will have the option for you to save your themes for use at a later date. Beautiful.

The little things about Virb is what shows shining potential over most others. Fans of last.fm's iTunes or other audio player (there are others?) will love their virbtunes plugin, allowing you to publicize your mp3 plays over your profile. In their video player, there is a "cute" little lightbulb that will dim your browser screen to improve visibility. The Virb user homepage is neatly designed giving you quick access to all of your content, including friends, music, photos, blogs, groups and your settings to customize your profile. If you wish to browse user profiles with their default customization, they've added that option at the top of every page. Brilliant? Yes.

MySpace has been a great run for everyone on the social networking bandwagon, but it is time to move on. For a website that has been around over 4 years, it's almost impressive at how terrible it truly is. Most people are to the point that receiving errors isn't something out of the ordinary and it's just brushed off with a click somewhere else. Only on MySpace is that an accepted practice.

ETC

2007-02-17T02:47:00.000-05:00

BRITNEY

If you haven't heard, Britney Spears shaved her head and then ran out and got a pair of red and pink lips tattooed on her wrist. She might just be crazy, but with everything she's been going through since the release of her first album, I'm surprised it's taken this long.

I wanted to blog about how she's absolutely insane just as everyone else has been doing. I honestly feel bad for her. Granted, she's the one that put herself into celebrity status, but once you're in it, how do you get out? It almost makes me sad to look at these photos to see what's become of her. I can't even imagine how she must feel. No matter what she does, it's going to be blown up the next day in some tabloid or on the cover of some magazine with the truth stretched beyond belief.

PHOTOHUNT

Will Powers is the next Photohunt prodigy (is there a first one?). I witnessed a miracle the other night.

CREATIVE TREEHOUSE

Tonight I spent hanging at the Creative Treehouse. If you are in Pittsburgh, be sure to check out the 24 Hour Creative Marathon on February 23-25.

PODCAST

While we were at the Treehouse, I called into Bill E and TT show about 20 minutes in and rambled about life, sandwiches and the internet. Also, Jesse took over the phone for awhile and talked about the upcoming event at the Creative Treehouse.

[ listen to the podcast here ]

TACO BELL

2007-02-16T14:19:00.000-05:00

HAHAHAHA

2007-02-15T04:26:00.000-05:00

I did manage to move all my posts over to Wordpress. I started working on a new theme for it but soon was sidetracked and I couldn't stand to look at that standard blue theme any longer. So, I quickly switched back to this one for the time being. The worst part is over though.

A few random thoughts before I head to bed:

- GeekRiot blog will be found at geekriot.tv
- I'll be in LA the 22-24. If I don't return home, blame the snow.
- Add groovr to your MySpace Page
- Add the Mommy Pack My Lunch comedy page to your MySpace

The end.

..and yes, there are times I have more meta data than actual content. Sorry.

tags technorati : wordpress, blogger, geekriot, groovr, snow, myspace, theme, sidetracked

IT'S TIME

2007-02-15T04:20:00.000-05:00

I'm switching over to wordpress tonight. I think I need some coffee and a nap first. Things will be messy in the next 24 hours :) I can promise you this.

HAPPY VALENTIMES DAY

2007-02-14T23:01:00.000-05:00

Yep. Happy Valentimes Day. Is it just me, or do a lot of people not realize that it's tines?

Why is it that? I recall my old roommate saying Valentimes more than once. I guess I was too busy trying to breakout of my room when she would tie my door handle to the step banister with a USB cable to call her out on the mispronunciation of a holiday. True story.

Anyways, I hope you all had a great day of chocolate eating while watching online cupid parody videos. Desiree and I missed the boat on that one. Shoot..

STUPID SNOW

2007-02-13T23:48:00.000-05:00

MORNING

2007-02-13T04:51:00.000-05:00

Morning blog. I'm at the airport. I want to go to bed more than anything. Actually, I can't wait to eat something.

Ok, boarding now.

Bye!

PODCAST CRAZINESS

2007-02-12T23:22:00.000-05:00

Tonight I invaded (sorry!) The Last Shot Podcast on Talkshoe, a SportsTalk show held every Monday. Tony, who is one of the hosts, made me a great liner that I linked in one of my previous entries. Well, little did I know that I mistyped the link and it didn't work. So, here's the intro he created for me.. it's pretty funny. Thanks again!

[ listen to intro here ]

GeekRiot 2/11/07

[ listen here ]

Ah, this episode of GeekRiot was pretty entertaining. I typically listen to net@nite prior to GR, but for some reason the internet decided to bail on me just as it began. I figured I'd take a quick nap before GeekRiot but I ended up sleeping way into the beginning of the show. So, feel free to listen as they stone me to death for being late. Surprisingly, we did manage to talk a little technology!

Oh, and why are we not friends on Groovr yet?

I DYED MY HAIR

2007-02-11T23:42:00.001-05:00

blackhair
Originally uploaded by ijustine.

weeeeee

PYTHON

2007-02-11T22:54:00.000-05:00

SNAKES ON A NECK

2007-02-10T23:59:00.000-05:00

[ view more snake photos on flickr ]

At lunch today we were all sitting and waiting for our food. Someone noticed that there was a man walking down the street with a huge 7 foot yellow python curled around his neck. Naturally, Desiree and I raced over to him with camera in hand.

We ran over to the man and he handed Merlin (the snake) over into my arms. Merlin kept "sniffing" me and slowly wrapping himself around my neck. My only thoughts were to try and keep his little face away from me, negleting the fact that he could just strangle me at any point if he so chose to do so.

I always thought I'd be reluctant to hold one of these creatues, especially since I never have previously. As he was getting his face closer and closer to mine I did get a little nervous. It's very hard to tell how an animal might react to someone. I have no prior experience with the mannerisms of snakes. Surprisingly, I fell in love with this little guy. He was so loving!

Someone left me a MySpace comment a long time ago on my "Snakes On A Plate" video that said something to the effect of "You look like someone that would be afraid of a real snake". I'll fight you.

As a side note, there is a law attempting to be passed in Florida if you own a snake that is more than 2 inches in diameter, you must have a high-tech identification tag implemented into it's body. This is to cut down on owners releasing them into the wild where they can be a danger to other wildlife and people. At least this way they will know who's responsible for letting it free.

We miss you, Merlin. If the random man would have taken credit, I would have bought you :(

Then again, if I did purchase him.. there is the matter of taking him on the plane?

FISHING TIME

2007-02-10T23:57:00.000-05:00

The first segment of MPML TV: Fishing

GUTTING FISH

2007-02-09T00:33:00.000-05:00

Ahh, today I gut (gutted?) a fish at the pier after dinner. It was tasty. Too bad I had already eaten..

[ view more flickr photos from the pier ]

I'm starting a new section of mommypackmylunch.com. It's going to be called Mommy Pack My Lunch TV. We'll be "broadcasting" live from different locations etc. The main site will still be just for the sketch type videos. The TV section could be promising. I'll have a quick video up there tomorrow. I'll blog it. No worries.

Time for bed. We're leaving Tuesday and I'm going to be so sad. I do not want to even think of returning to Pittsburgh. It just might be the biggest nightmare ever. Aghh.

On the upside, the day we get back there's a podcamp meetup and next weekend I believe they'll be filming here in Pittsburgh for Macbreak. Then at the end of the month I'll be in LA for a few days. In between there are a few other random things, but I can't blog all of my secrets, now can I?

ANNA

2007-02-08T01:56:00.000-05:00

There's a handful of things I want to discuss tonight: Anna Nicole Smith, my headache, text messages, and Fall Out Boy. Welcome to my blog.

ANNA

As tragic as it is, I hope Anna Nicole Smith's death will teach everyone a lesson that garbage weight loss pills are not a good idea. I don't care what anyone says, TrimSpa is going to be paying a pretty penny to keep this one quiet.

I found this quote and couldn't help but share. This is from Anna Nicole's interview with CBS regarding her weight loss while on TrimSpa.

“That really shrinks your stomach. It really shrinks until you can’t eat much and you’re not hungry. So, I’ve had to taper off the pills. I take like two a day now. I don’t take six a day anymore. It’s really hard to eat, because, for me, it’s like I’ve lost my appetite. So I have to really, really push myself to eat.”

Oh that's awesome. I'm done with this subject. Enough said.

TEXTING HEADACHE

Today while napping to rid myself of a migraine.. I tried to remember the last time a minute had gone by that I didn't receive a text message. The constant sound/vibration of getting text messages today drove me to the point of ripping the battery out of my Treo so I could nap in peace.

Sitting here now thinking of how angry I was about not being able to just 100% shut my phone off, is pretty funny. I suppose my reaction was appropriate though.

Back to my entire life revolving around texting. I do love it, so let's not get the wrong idea here.

It's funny how spell check thinks texting is spelled wrong. Stop that!

FALL OUT BOY

Tonight Desiree and I were watching Jimmy Kimmel Live. We discussed how much she doesn't like Fall Out Boy and I tried to convince her that I like them. I've tried pretty hard in the past to not be a fan, but they just have some catchy beats that I can't help enjoying.

Well, that was before I saw their live performance tonight. The crowd was going crazy. Cheering, chanting and singing the lyrics to one of the worst live shows I have ever seen televised. It seemed as thought they were saying:

"Look how terrible our new songs are and look at you fools eating it up and buying our CD" Love, Fall Out Boy

Thanks guy. I look forward to hearing your CD that I illegally download.

I mean, what.. just kidding. I buy all of my music from the wonderfully amazing iTunes Music Store.

RIGHT NEAR THE BEACH

2007-02-07T23:45:00.000-05:00

[ beach flickr photos here ]

Ahh, today was just awesome! I'm officially learning to surf!!! If you can't tell, I'm very advanced and soon I'll be ready for my first competition.

We spent most of the day at the beach today and had plans to create a new video, but opted to just enjoy the beach instead. Although, we did film a video for Rex (the Yahoo Talent Show winner) telling him how much we miss him. He's awesome.

On that note, we're also going to be visiting the Renzhe Parkour ninjas this weekend (they're from Florida)! They are such an awesome group of guys. I can't wait to see them again.

Lastly, Desiree and I called into Bill Alexander's podcast tonight. I'm really not even going to bother typing out the details because you'll just have to listen to the craziness. I'll be posting it tomorrow. Tony from thelastshotpodcast.com created an AMAZING one liner intro for me [ listen here ]

LAST MOMENTS ON EARTH

2007-02-06T03:22:00.000-05:00

Just a trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida? Not for astronauts Desiree and Justine.. Join them in their final moments on earth.

[ http://www.mommypackmylunch.com ]

GEEKRIOT 2/4

2007-02-05T02:30:00.000-05:00

GeekRiot 2/4
Shawn Smith & Justine Ezarik with guests Parry Gripp, Nathan Mazur and Desiree Cramer's awesomness in the background :)

[ listen here ]

This is a pretty long show and very random.

Dez and I filmed a new video today while we were at the Space Station! We'll be completing the editing tomorrow. I updated Twitter today with the various stages of our expedition. Groovr is also filled with tons of pictures from the day of space fun.

Florida is great and I'm tired. xo!

SPACE TIME

2007-02-04T00:34:00.000-05:00

Dez and I made this wonderful photoshop probably a year and a half ago. Now, the dream will come true.

Tomorrow we're visiting the Kennedy Space Center! I've always wanted to be an astronaut. Mostly just so I could return to my home planet (whichever that would be).

Ah, I can't wait.

The GeekRiot podcast tonight was pretty much out of control. We won't even go there!

CHARLOTTE, NC WIFI

2007-02-03T20:57:00.000-05:00

Aw, I can't check my Myspace on Charlotte's server! Boo. All that adult content. Tragic.

Anyways, sitting at the gate waiting for my connecting flight. They are announcing names over the loud speaker. They just called Ronald McDonald up to the service center. I really dont know what's going on, but I sure hope he's not in trouble. We're pretty good friends but I know he's quite the trouble maker.

I GOT THE POWER

2007-02-03T18:15:00.000-05:00

I was so excited about not forgetting my powercord that I figured I'd do a little Macbook photoshoot with it, even if I do kinda look/feel like a trainwreck.. :) People walking by watching me take pictures of my powercord was well worth it.

There is no one else so far at this gate for this flight. Makes me a little nervous. The weather is crappy and it's one of the coldest days of the year so far.

I'm not sure why I can never find a Starbucks in the Pittsburgh Airport. Is there not one? *tear*

FLORIDA

2007-02-03T16:11:00.000-05:00

Desiree and I are heading to FL for the next week or so for vacation, work, and to shoot some awesome videos. You kids stay tuned, because they will be pretty great.

..at least the ideas we've randomy shouted to eachother from our rooms seem promising.

I'll update at the airport, of course. I still need to pack and as of now, my suitcase will again be over the limit. I always promise the airport checkin peeps I won't do it again.

NEW CLOTHES

2007-02-02T13:31:00.000-05:00

I'm sitting here at work and Neal IM'd me this and told me I should buy it for him:

Did he miss the memo on my love for Blogger lately? :) No matter how frustrated I"v been lately, I'd probably still wear this. Brown and orange is a slick color combo.

[ buy it here ]

As a side note, I want to start a collection of awesome dorky tshirts. So hot.

I HATE YOU

2007-02-01T23:59:00.000-05:00

Yeah, that's right. I hate all of you!#%^#$@!#$%#%

I could punch you all right now in the mouth and not even think twice about it.

Why? Well, why not tell me last month "Oh, hey Justine.. Probably a bad idea to start using blogger.. why not check out Wordpress?"

THANKS!#%^

Just kidding. I love you. I'm switching over so if I'm down for a day or so, that's why! Thanks for the tips and support on the swtich. I need it. I'm so emotional right now about this.

BLOGGER.. GRR!

2007-01-31T17:58:00.000-05:00

Blogger really does anger me. I'm not going to lie and I can no longer hold it in. I thought I'd be really cool and host it myself.. but, obviously that wasn't in my best interest. It takes 3 years to republish and I've only been at this a month.

So, here I sit. Frustrated and wanting to punch Google with my fist of fury. I don't want to host it on their servers. Perhaps Wordpress is in order. Hmmmmm...

tags technorati : angry, blogger, ijustine, makes

LUNCH

2007-01-30T23:54:00.000-05:00

Ahhh so Desiree and I had our first photoshoot for mommypackmylunch.com. We've decided to stick with the name and make it work! So, obviously.. here is our first step. The next step will be actually redoing our site to be somewhat functionable!

I'll be posting a few more photos from the shoot at a some point this week.

tags technorati : bag, desiree cramer, ijustine, justine ezarik, mommy pack my lunch, photoshoot

GEEKRIOT 1/28

2007-01-29T23:10:00.000-05:00

Hello, friends. Here's the first GeekRiot podcast that I officially co-hosted. Recorded live lastnight!

[ listen and download here ]

Hosted by: ShawnSmith
Title: #20 - Geek Riot - Live After Net@Nite
Time: 01/28/07 10:10 PM EST
Duration: 1:36:02
Description: Guest Brian from Alive in Baghdad. First show of our new co-host Justine Ezarik.

[ listen and download here ]

I'm listening to it right now, you know, since I might have forgotten what I said. The part where Skype killed me and I trail off into "yah yah yah yah yah yah yah yah..." is pretty amazing.

Few things we discussed:

- Bet I lost with Shawn about Justin's laptop
- xTrain: Online video training
- Cinemanix: Motion capture studio in Pittsburgh
- Mac UK ads
- The 90s and flannel
- Meebo: Web-based chatting
- Guest Brian from Alive in Baghdad and Alive in Mexico
- .. and more!

Remeber, we record live every Sunday typically at 10pm directly after net@nite. To listen, talk and chat... head on over to TalkShoe.com

tags technorati : alive in baghdad, apple, brian, cinemanix, geekriot, itunes, live, mp3, podcast, shawn smith, talkshoe, uk, xtrain

XTRAIN

2007-01-28T22:39:00.000-05:00

I'm now hosting Nightline on ABC since my few second debut..

HA HA HA just kidding.

..but, this Thursday and Friday I did spend in Dallas, Texas filming a show for xTrain called 60 Second Guru.

Now, normally the show would be a tutorial teaching you something in 60 seconds. The topics that I chose were Online Video Editing, MySpace Popularity, Blogging Tips, and Creating Viral Videos. Basically these were shot in the style of videos that most people are used to seeing that Dez and I would typically create. This includes: running around the street doing parkour, dancing on the desk, mock myspace mirror shots, and even falling in random places.

The studio that we shot at was amazing! It's called Splash Media. Here's a video directly from YouTube about xTrain and Splash Media about their partnership:

Splash Media operates one of the most technologically advanced television studios in the world. We combine the best systems available with solid engineering and top-notch graphics. Since its launch in 2005, TSTN has received international acclaim for its content as well as its look, but the most common question asked by visitors is, “Where’s the studio?” TSTN programs are produced by only five or six people in the control room. Even more astounding is the number of crew on the floor in the studio: zero. Computer-guided cameras are all controlled by one person. The studio is a bluescreen room, and virtual reality sets are keyed into the final video feed. Camera moves are monitored by the virtual reality servers, where minute adjustments to the set give the studio depth. The final effect is flawless.

Splash Media reinvents television technology

Moving right along with my media from the filming.. On the topic of "Creating Viral Videos", I mentioned that the "quickest and most painless way to create a viral video, is to make a video blog". Thus, here is my mockery of a typical video post you'd find on YouTube:

Last but not least, here's my version of the SplashMedia tour.

(Most of this footage was filmed 5 minutes before I ran out of the studio to catch my flight)

[ Check out the photos on Flickr here ]

tags technorati : blogging, dallas, ijustine, internet, splash media, travel, travelling, viral videos, xtrain texas

SERIOUSLY

2007-01-28T00:56:00.000-05:00

tags technorati : annoying, desiree cramer, ijustine, justine ezarik, seriously, video, video blog

ROLLING OUT

2007-01-26T21:28:00.001-05:00

OK ok.. Its go time. Heading home.. I love mobile blogging. Pretty much the coolest thing since snack packs.

AHHHHH

2007-01-26T20:57:00.001-05:00

I'm taking a nap and waiting for my delayed flight. And yes, I'm sleeping and typing this. Obviously.

JUMPCUTTING AIRPORT

2007-01-26T20:00:00.001-05:00

..no wifi but I'm wearing the best TSHIRT EVER!! Lots of treats coming up upon my return to Pittsburgh. Huge thanks to SplashMedia / XTrain for being so awesome dot com Seeeee yaaaaa in Pittsburgh.

POWERLESS

2007-01-25T15:59:00.001-05:00

Ah, here I am sitting by this wonderful power outlet in the Airport waiting for my flight to Dallas. This is the ONLY one in the near vicinity of my boarding gate. I searched under sandwiches, people and small children to find this wonderful treat to plug my Macbook Pro into.

Now, I'm sure if you are reading this, you'll also notice that there is nothing plugged into it.

Why not?

I'll give you one guess....

technorati tags:apple, magsafe, macbook, pro, ijustine, idiot, forgetful, oops

GEEKS AND DALLAS

2007-01-25T04:41:00.000-05:00

FIRST:
GeekRiot this Sunday at 10pm on Talkshoe. Be there or just be extremly not awesome whatsoever.

SECOND:
I'll be in Dallas shooting some really sweet videos on Friday. That's about all the details I'm going to give you. For more information, stay tuned here and via Groovr for photo updates and more.

tags technorati : dallas, ijustine, texas, travel, travelling, viral videos, xtrain

PTI / YAHOO

2007-01-23T23:55:00.000-05:00

Tom Green proclaimed her "...the Clay Aiken of this competition" but to PTI, Justine E. is our web celeb. Known by Yahoo! visitors as "iJustine," she is a PTI 2004 Multimedia Technologies graduate. iJustine tapped her creative, video and editing skills to make it to the final five of Yahoo!'s Talent Show.

Pittsburgh Technical Institute - iJustine on Yahoo! talent show

PTI featured us on a mass email to past/present PTI students about our success on the Yahoo! Talent Show last month. Be sure to check it out! [ read more ]

tags technorati : ijustine, internet, multimedia, pittsburgh technical institute, pti, tom green, yahoo talent show

TAP DANCING

2007-01-23T09:39:00.001-05:00

The Art of Tap Dancing includes a set of heel and toe taps with screws to convert your shoes into practice taps, and a 32-page book that provides the history and how-to of this lively and rhythmic art form.

Barnes & Noble.com - Books: The Art of Tap Dancing Mini Kit, by Jennifer Leczkowski, Other Format, Mini Kit

This is seriously so funny. Neal and I were at Barnes and Noble Bookstore yesterday at work (getting some coffee) and I saw this little box on the self. It is a kit to convert your shoes into tapshoes. Honestly.. this is exactly what I need to live my life to the fullest extent.

Man, I have so many ideas for these..

technorati tags:tapdancing, tap, art, dancing, book, barnes, nobe

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CHECK IT OUT

2007-01-23T02:41:00.000-05:00

[ Revver ] Check out our videos on Revver's Featured Creators

[ Yahoo! Video ] The infamous Apple video was featured on Yahoo! Videos today

Juding by the comments, the Yahoo kids are still not fans of us

[ Geek Riot ] Hosted by Shawn Smith

Description: Tonights guest is a rising star in the web geek world. She just placed 2nd in the Yahoo Talent Search and is now a Host on MacBreak. Join us for some geek chat.

[ Net@Nite ] Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte

Leo and I discussed Twitter and Groovr for a few.

tags technorati : amber macarthur, featured, geekriot, justine ezarik, leo laporte, revver, talkeshoe, yahoo talent show

SO I GOT THIS HAIRCUT

2007-01-22T00:33:00.000-05:00

..and I filmed it:

[ NORMAL VERSION ]

[ PSYCHOTIC VERSION ]

tags technorati : haircut, ijustine, jumpcut, justine ezarik, video blog

GEEK RIOT

2007-01-21T13:13:00.001-05:00

01/21/07 10:10 PM EST 60 min #19 - Geek Riot - Guest Justine Ezarik from Macbreak

TalkShoe - Talkcast - Geek Riot - Live After Net@Nite

tags technorati : blogging, ezarik, geekriot, ijustine, internet, justine, shawn, smith, talkshoe

BYE BYE COPPER TREO

2007-01-21T03:15:00.001-05:00

Haha, saw this post on Engadget and had to laugh at their wonderful description on the color of the discontinued Treo:

"..the 680 in Copper (i.e. the creamy-pukey-orange Treo) is "no longer available" according to Palm's site."

Copper Treo 680, we hardly -- no, we never knew ye - Engadget

In other news, I'm 100% in love with the Flock browser. I'd like to proudly admit that here and now to everyone. It's just a bit faster than Firefox but is still Mozilla based. It integreates with most popular blogging websites and photosharing sites.

You can also drag and drop photos and links directly on to Myspace comments or drop them into a dock-like snippet station and save them for later.

It also has a built-in blog window that allows you to drag and drop anything content from the web directly into your blog entry.

technorati tags:flock, treo, 680, palm, copper, discontinued, cell, engadget

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YAHOO EMAIL

2007-01-20T12:58:00.000-05:00

Anthony said he saw me in his email. ha ha

tags technorati : anthony mahramus, email, flyer, ijustine, jumpcut, justine ezarik, yahoo talent show

TIMES ONLINE INTERVIEW

2007-01-20T12:53:00.000-05:00

A few short clips from the an interview with the Times Online

[ also view at Mommy Pack My Lunch . com ]

tags technorati : times online, goburgh, scott tady, jacki, parkour, interview

TIMES ONLINE LEARNS PARKOUR

2007-01-19T23:20:00.000-05:00

Desiree and Justine teach Times Online and Go Magazine how to do Parkour.

[ also view on Mommy Pack My Lunch ]

tags technorati : beaver county times, desiree, goburgh, ijustine, justine ezarik, magazine, mommy pack my lunch, pittsburgh, scott tady, times online, video

VIDEO DELIGHTS

2007-01-18T23:55:00.000-05:00

Oh do I have some tasty treats right out of the amazing Jumpcut editor. I'm beginning to think every other word I type is Jumpcut. Perhaps some therapy is in order (new video concept?).

Anyways, let's move on with the videos, shall we?

I MET JUMPCUT (IRL)
Random clips of Jumpcut and Macworld

tags technorati : antics, dancing, ijustine, internet, jumpcut, karen, macbook, macworld, times online, video editing, videos

MACBOOK ANTICS
"This is what happens when you throw together macworld, 1 camera, 2 macbooks, and 2 girls with too much energy." Video by Karen!

[ View her longer edit here ]

So amazing.

GO BURGH INTERVIEW

2007-01-17T23:51:00.000-05:00

Today was quite eventful and should allow for a few multimedia blog updates the next few days.

Beaver County Times [ timesonline.com ] and Go Magazine [ goburgh.com ] did an interview with me today about the various things I've been up to (our videos, the internet, Yahoo Talent Show, Macworld, etc).

After all was said and done, they mentioned that one of their favorite videos was the Parkour sketch Desiree and I did. I quickly called her up to join us and we taught them our version of Parkour.

Look for the Beaver Times parkour instruction / interview video tomorrow.

Check out our friends in Renzhe Parkour that we met via the Yahoo Talent Show if you want to see some real skills!

Last but not least, the iPhone video is currently featured on Yahoo Video:

Thanks to Jumpcut for being so magical :P

MACWORLD PHOTOS

2007-01-16T23:50:00.000-05:00

Tonight was a post-podcamp meetup. It's really great to see what random projects everyone has been working on. If you don't know what Podcamp is, perhaps a Google search is in order?

Finally I flickr'ed some pictures from Macworld:

[ View them all here ]

So, they are basically just a lot of me, everyone from Jumpcut and the iPhone haha. I definitely took more video than photos. That seems to be a trend.

SNOW

2007-01-16T09:12:00.001-05:00

Number one reason I need to leave Pittsburgh..

INTERNET ADDICT

2007-01-15T22:13:00.000-05:00

HELP!

Blogging and the internet has officially taken over my life. I try to mirror posts on all of the various other websites I'm a member of, but it definitely has taken more time than I'd like to dedicate to such things.

So, how do you spend less time blogging but still manage to post to all of your favorite online communities? Hmm, as soon as I figure out the best method, I'll let you know. This has been dubbed: Project Blog.Snack

The first for the GROOVR video series is complete. Take a look at it here:

[ Join the site here ]

Also great news, Desiree has finally purchased her first domain. Sometimes I wonder how we've managed to be friends for the past 4 years and she's yet to purchase one.

Look like another day without the Macworld photos. Maybe tomorrow!

GROOVR.MOV

2007-01-14T23:45:00.000-05:00

Today we shot a quick video for Groovr. The idea for this is an extremely mini-series/promo set of videos that will involve a handful other people in Pittsburgh. Whatever you do, I want to film it and incorporate it into this set. Videos will be from 30 seconds to a minute and a half depending upon what you'll be doing.

If you've been living under a rock or never read a blog entry of mine about Groovr, it's a new text-message-based networking site that allows you to "check-in" to locations that is then published online. After that, your friends will be able to see what you're doing via the web or text message update. Check it out for yourself: http://www.groovr.com

Look for that video tomorrow as well as photos from Macworld (finally).

MACBREAK

2007-01-13T23:20:00.000-05:00

"New MacBreak Host Justine Ezarik shows us some of the cool Mac gadgets and software from the Macworld expo."

[ Click here to watch ]

Also check out Macbreak weekly, live from the 12st Amendement in San Francisco:

MacBreak Weekly 23: Live From Macworld
MacBreak Weekly 23b: The Macworld Aftershow

For more complete coverage of everything at Macworld, head over to twit.tv

..and now, here's my fake Steve Jobs proposal remixed with the ABC Nightline footage:

STARBUCKS

2007-01-12T13:00:00.001-05:00

Aw.. Starbucks wrote my name on my cup. So cute....? (mobile update by my now outdated and really uncool Treo)

I LOVE JUMPCUT

2007-01-12T05:31:00.000-05:00

First things first.. Ben gave me my first Google shirt. Thank you! Mark this day in history.

Secondly, I just got back to my hotel room with all intentions of heading to bed. First the various email/social networks needed checking and then to Jumpcut to see if there are any new videos. Well, Weibel has been creating some great candid CES shorts for the past week, and I just noticed there was a parkour CES spoof!

Now, you may or may not have seen the spoof video Desiree and I created about about our friends who actually do parkour. Just in case you missed it, you can view our video right here:

Alright NOW check out the CES spoof version live from Vegas compliments of Weibel:

That was amazing. You guys are great.

[ "What is all this parkour nonsense you've been talking about?"

Well, to keep it short and sweet, parkour is running, jumping, climbing and other complex techniques inspired by human movement over, under, around and through obstacles in one's environment. The goal of parkour is to adapt one's movement to any given obstacle in one's path. ]

Enough about parkour, you say.. more about MACWORLD! That will all be coming up in the next few days. To get your Mac fix that was not fed in this post, feel free to visit MacBreak on twit.tv for some amazing coverage by some amazing people including Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, Alex Lindsay, John Foster, and Kendra Arimoto and I.

Tomorrow is the very last day of Macworld. I'll be checking in one last time before my flight to see if there is anything that I may have missed. After that, it's back to the east coast. Tragic.

SILLY CISCO

2007-01-11T11:00:00.000-05:00

Big deal.
Just change the name Steve.

For all I care, call it the PoopSnack Mobile by Apple Computer, Inc.

My only real complaint is Cingular only.. Granted, my ABC quote said otherwise, I'd really love to be able to choose my own service provider. Having Sprint and Verizon already, I'm not exactly too keen on adding on a third.

I've heard and read a million different possibilities/rumors as far as when the iPhone (or, as I'll now refer to it, the PoopSnack Mobile by Apple Computer, Inc) is open to other providers.

The price point I feel is pretty fair. The Treo 700p originally retailed at $619!!!!! As I said previously, the iPhone is currently priced at $599 for the 8GB model and $499 for the 4GB model. That's all well and good, but what about a new user agreement? With a 2 year plan, the Treo 700p's price was significantly knocked down to $399.

Come on Steve.. You're already forcing Cingular upon us! Perhaps you could at least pay for our early termination fees? Just a thought, my friend.. Just a thought.

REQUEST UPDATE

2007-01-11T00:11:00.001-05:00

Ashot says 'Update tasty blog snack right now'

YOUTUBE NIGHTLINE

2007-01-10T17:24:00.000-05:00

Ah, here's the infamous video from ABC's Nightline. Karen and I are at 1:10 and 4:30. It's a really great news clip about the iPhone. Watch it all!

After you're done with that, there is a tasty treat over at MPML also. I put up two new videos :

iPhone

Keynote Proposal

I have so much to blog about, and no time to do so. I've hardly had time to even take pictures. I'll catch you all up as soon as possible.

ABC? NIGHTLINE? GOOD MORNING AMERICA?

2007-01-10T10:17:00.000-05:00

Agh, so apparently Karen and I were interviewed by ABC during the Macworld Expo yesterday and it's been aired on Nightline and Good Morning America. Well, as you know if I'm in joke mode, good luck with getting me to say anything serious. I guess I missed the part where the woman said she was from ABC, so I continued to answer any question as I would normally.

ABC: "So, how long have you been a Mac user?"
Justine: "Ah, actually the day that I came out of my mom was it. I even have an Apple shaped birthmark.."

Yeah, I told ABC I've been Mac user since the day I came out of my mom. I really don't even remember what I said, so I hope that was the extent of it. Ooops.

It makes me nervous that they found something to use.. WE'LL FIX IT IN POST!

Also, I have two really short videos coming. I'll post them here and on Mommy Pack My Lunch. The one is on the iPhone!

IPHONE

2007-01-09T13:52:00.001-05:00

dsc_0186.jpg
Originally uploaded by ijustine.

I'm so emotional right now. The new iPhone has been officially released.

Steve Jobs: "So how are we going to take this to a mobile device? Get rid of all the buttons, and just make a giant screen. So how are we going to communicate? We're going to use a stylus -- no. Who wants a stylus?? Yuck!"

Hahaha.. Steve Jobs doesn't like a stylus. That was by far my favorite quote so far.

Coming in at $599 for the 8GB model and $499 for the 4GB model.

Stay tuned for more..

MACWORLD AND JUMPCUT

2007-01-09T04:08:00.001-05:00

Going backwards through my day, since I like to post photos first.. I had dinner with Karen, Ashot, and Steve from Jumpcut tonight. They are just as awesome as their videos (and that's pretty awesome).

Today has been pretty crazy busy. Since I didn't sleep at all last night, my morning was pretty much a blur. While at the Pittsburgh Airport, I got some breakfast and a huge coffee that I so desperately needed. After finishing my breakfast and poking around at the internet on my phone, I accidentally knocked over the entire coffee right into my lap. Brilliant. I spent the next 45 minutes trying to find somewhere that sold some stain remover and almost missed my flight.

I slept the entire trip to Vegas. I don't even remember the takeoff. I believe I fell asleep before that even happened. Falling asleep makes it sound so peaceful. Passing out or near death nap is more like it.

Tomorrow I'll be at Macworld hunting down some great Mac accessories to review for MacBreak. Mmm tasty accessories.

tags technorati : airport, bed, breakfast, clumsy, coffee, expo, hotel, internet, macbreak, macworld, san francisco, sleep, tired, travel

GROOVER, COFFEE AND VEGAS

2007-01-08T16:26:00.001-05:00

Ah, waiting to board my flight to SF in Vegas. I did manage to sleep the entire way here which wasn't that great.. I had an aisle seat, but somehow made do. Coffee helped and now I'm ready for nap #2.

I was pretty excited to check into the Pittsburgh Airport via Groovr this morning to find out someone already had been there! Go, Groovr go.

Time to go. Bye!

tags technorati : flight, groovr, internet, macworld, mobile, plane, travelling, treo, vegas

SLEEPY

2007-01-08T07:01:00.001-05:00

It's 7a and I haven't slept yet. I made it back from NY to my house around 5p yesterday and up until now I've been trying to catch up on the last week or so. I still hadn't completly unpacked from the last trip to New York and that was in the middle of December.

Now I'm just tired and need some coffee.

My flight is at 10:50a. My thoughts were that I'd be able to sleep on the flight there so let's hope that holds true.

Time to finish packing and awake Desiree to take me to the airport.

tags technorati : coffee, macworld, new york, san francisco, sleep, tired, travel

MACWORLD

2007-01-07T23:59:00.000-05:00

I'll be heading to San Francisco tomorrow morning for Macworld 2007. I'm pretty sure if you know me at all, you'll know just how excited I am to be able to attend this year. Steve Jobs?

I believe since I was born, I've been using a Mac. My first was an Apple Lisa. It's almost as though she is a long lost sister of mine.

Anyways, I'd love to ramble on about my life as a Mac user, but alas.. it's 4am (I've backdated so it looks as though I did indeed update on the 7th) and I've yet to actually finish packing. I'll save my Mac flashbacks for another day.

THINGS TO CHECK OUT:
• 2006 Montage created using Jumpcut is on Mommy Pack My Lunch.
• Tons of Groovr updates from my trip. Join the site to follow my travels.
• Add the Mommy Pack My Lunch Myspace comedy site here.

** As a reminder, photo updates will be on Tasty Blog Snack and Vox throughout the next few days!

tags technorati : 2007, blogging, comedy, expo, groovr, justine ezarik, macbreak, macworld, mobile, mommy pack my lunch, san francisco, steve jobs, updates

NY NY NYYY MOBILE

2007-01-06T17:41:00.000-05:00

Still in NY with terrible cell reception and no computer. Sprint... Why must you torture me so?

tags technorati : internet, journal, mobile blogging, new york, skiing, text message, travel

MAC WORLD AND NY

2007-01-05T19:54:00.000-05:00

Still in New York and I only get cell reception randomly throughout the ski lodge. There's a small section of the kitchen table that I'll actually be able to send photos without an error. Its so warm here that skiing was never even an option. Its basically 60 degrees and raining. Mud fest dot com.

We're coming back Sunday and then Monday I'll be flying out to San Fran to attend Mac World. I've wanted to go since I came out of my mom, so this is pretty exciting.

In other news, I was really worried that I lost my wallet but Desiree informed me that it was in a dark corner under a pile of clothes in my room. That would have caused some issues at the airport. Considering I think that I also lost my birth certificate.. lol

Ah, oh well... I'm going to bed!

tags technorati : apple, cameraphone, mac world, mobile, moblog, new york, qotd, san francisco, travel

LEAVING

2007-01-04T11:35:00.001-05:00

I'm going to NY to ski (aka, hang out because I can't ski and there isnt any snow) until Sunday! The bad news is, I forgot my Macbook powercord. Seriously. I'm crying right now.

Anyways, I will be mobile blogging via Vox : http://ijustine.vox.com

I'll also be attempting to update at Tasty Blog Snack as well, but seeing as how I just reset that up, I haven't checked to see if my mobile settings are correct.

Last but not least, if you're on Groovr I'll also be updating there the most! If you're not on Groovr, then what are you waiting for?

tags technorati : groovr, ijustine, internet, journal, justine, justine ezarik, mobile blogging, new york, skiing, tasty blog snack, text message, travel, vox

2006 YAHOO TALENT SHOW

2007-01-03T20:11:00.000-05:00

Here's an article that was posted in a Carnegie newspaper about the Yahoo Talent Show.

"Under the screen name "ijustine," the Carnegie resident entered numerous fun and interesting video snippets including juggling a stranger's cell phone outside of Wal-Mart, waiting all night (as 11th in line) to purchase a Play Station 3 (also at Wal-Mart), and arguing with a co-worker about stealing her stylus."

Read More | Digg Story

tags technorati : blogging, carnegie, digg, gateway, ijustine, internet, justine, justine ezarik, new york, news, promo, video, web, yahoo talent show

GROOVY GROOVERTIN

2007-01-02T17:52:00.000-05:00

I'm going to be creating several promo videos for this new text message based Myspace kinda site. It's called Groovr.

Basically, you can "check in" to different locations via your phone and it will be updated on the website. Your friends can also see where you're at, check out the photos posted in that location, and join you there by doing the same!

Anyways, just go here, sign up, and take the tour to see how it works.

After that, I'm looking for people in Pittsburgh that have some sort of unique talent or job that I could film you "checking in" using the website. For example, a band member "checking in" on stage, resturant cook/host/hostess, student, etc. Anything! What do you do that might be interesting?

Let me know! Sign up here! If you have any questions, just ask me.

I'll have an example promo video up shortly of my version in the next week to show you what I'm looking for.

tags technorati : cell, groovr, join, mobile, phone, sms, text message

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2007-01-01T23:34:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year! Resolutions?! Mine is to update a blog every single day for the next year. Can I do it? Yes.. I can. For the first week or so I will focus on LJ and Vox since they are easiest to update. After that, I'll be switching and hosting one of my own again (you know, like tastyblogsnack.com?). I'll also continue to mirror posts and it will be RSS'd on Facebook.

My goal is to at least do a text update a day, if not a photo or video one. Guess we'll see how it goes.

New Years Eve was great. A bunch of us went to Town Tavern for the night. Tasty snacks and delectable drinkies. I haven't had this much fun on New Years ever! Thanks to all that made it great.

I'm not doing a year end photo wrap up like I did last year because I really am kinda lazy.. BUT, I did create a Jumpcut video with clips from all of our videos this past year! Oh how fun.

tags technorati : blogging, internet, new years, resolution, resolutions, tired, wrap up