January 2009
18 posts
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Midnight Marauders
The spot is coming together but we are far from completion. The following weeks will definitely be trying times and will require a lot of energy and focus. We’ll be working straight through the new year to meet our deadline. Hello hell weeks… LIVE BULL Stay tuned… Oh, and… HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Jan 1st
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How The West Was Won
Nice. VERY nice. Next up: Indy… lets go BOLTS! Right after the game, TK (Victory, Segue, Wildboyz) said wassup via iChat using his wireless card from the parking lot of Qualcomm. Thanks for making me feel like I was there, hahaha.
Jan 1st
December 2008
36 posts
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Mobile Armored Strike Kommand
Saw this on The Social Trust blog… And YES, I TOTALLY REMEMBER THIS CARTOON AND THE TOYS!!! So awesome.
Dec 27th
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First things First!
So I was telling my sister about Slumdog… I haven’t had the chance to go see it yet but I told her about the premise and how she should go see it and how all my friends say its so good, etc… its all about looking out… hey, thats what brothers do. Anyways, Millionaire happened to be on TV and we were watching it for a bit then my sister told me about the YouTube videos of...
Dec 27th
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It's the Cheese
I kind of have a secret obsession with home goods/housewares/interior design. Friends call me weird but I think it has to do with an appreciation for design beyond the graphic/digital variety. This is Top Design territory. Its the little things you find around the house that are overlooked… but without them makes the house incomplete. The fake empty decor boxes near the fireplace, the fancy...
Dec 27th
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808s and Expiration Dates
Kevin Pereira from G4 and Attack of The Show has made a parody of Kanye West’s use of pitch auto-correction. He did it on GarageBand. (Source: NOTCOT) Execution was pretty good… I think it should have been a little longer (and without the reference to his mother’s death). Man, I wanna get back into editing.
Dec 27th
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New Life
I threw in my towel at 4-8. It was just too frustrating to watch… I stopped following games. I thought our season was over. Three weeks and three straight wins later… out of nowhere (to me at least)… all the pieces fell into place and we’re on the brink of another AFC West title. WTF. Sunday night vs the Denver Donkeys… already expecting the largest crowd. ...
Dec 26th
Weeks Worth
Happy Holidays, everyone! The past weeks have been so busy just going through the daily operations… sometimes I won’t even know what day of the week it is. But one thing is for sure: I’m behind on this blog… almost two weeks! Such a blog scrooge, I know. Lets pick up where we last left off… Two Fridays ago (12/12) Tish and I hit up the new Veggie Grill at the...
Dec 26th
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Little Brother
Blackberry Bold’s little brother… the Curve 8900 will hit T-Mobile on February 18th. Better camera, smaller form factor, no 3G. You can say its a cosmetic upgrade… a damn good one! I believe this will be RIM’s #1 selling device in 2009. Been seeing more and more BB in people’s hands lately… (Credit: Gizmodo)
Dec 24th
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Fullerfuns
Travis and Vince from Orisue dropped by last Thursday to get some quick product shots/teasers for their upcoming season. Louis did his magic and now the images can be seen on the Orisue site as well as the newsletter if you’re subscribed. Bet you can’t eat just one… Bumble Bee? Stay tuned…
Dec 16th
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Rumor Mill
Macworld 2009 is less than a month away and to my surprise its been strangely quiet on the Apple rumor front. Until today… iPhone nano? “iPhone “nano” rumors have persisted for some time with speculation that Apple could introduce a smaller/cheaper version of the iPhone. The site claims the product will be announced at Macworld San Francisco 2009.” (Read more) A...
Dec 16th
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Jizz In My Pants #2
(Photo credit: Marvel) X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (Watch Trailer) Finally… GAMBIT! alksdjfadJIZZZZZfjakdjfal
Dec 16th
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Jizz In My Pants
If you thought “Dick In A Box” was great… wait till you get a load of this (pun intended)… SO FUNNY and creatively inspiring at the same time… kinda makes me wanna go shoot a short. For shits and giggles… LOL.
Dec 16th
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The Block is Hot
20 Classic Hip Hop Album Covers Recreated in LEGO (Credit: Format Mag) LEGOS 4 LIFE!
Dec 13th
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OS X 3D?
Your Mac OS X desktop may become exactly as messy as your real-world one if Apple finally develops this newly-released patent, which describes a 3D desktop that obeys the laws of physics. (Credit: Gizmodo) Not likely to happen anytime soon… but I can already picture Stevie announcing it. Stevie: Good morning, let’s talk about OS X. OS X has been the best operating system...
Dec 11th
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Video Camera
Nikon just announced the D3x, and popped out the D700 a little bit ago, so next to be updated is the D300, right? Here are the first round of supposed specs for the D400. (Credit: Gizmodo)
Dec 11th
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Shotty!
(Credit: Engadget) This is awesome. One screen showing two separate things. Another reason shotgun is still the best seat in the house errr… car… errr… Mercedes (its an S-Class BTW… good luck). Death of the shotgun navigator… shotgun DJ. Read about the tech here.
Dec 11th
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Computer Love
I want to make her look, feel and act as human as possible so she can be the perfect companion. So far she can understand and speak 13,000 different sentences in English and Japanese, so she’s already fairly intelligent. When I need to do my accounts, Aiko does all the maths. She is very patient and never complains. - Le Trung, creator (Credit: Gizmodo) My dad was watching this story on CNN...
Dec 11th
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Mobile Memories
Usually when I’m out, my camera of choice is my Blackberry for its convenience and quickness factor since its in my hand 90% of the time. The D40 gets a little/no love nowadays… yea, I know most of you deal with larger, heavier cameras like the D300s and the 40Ds. I guess I’m still getting used to it. The Blackberry’s quality is decent under ideal lighting conditions. Not...
Dec 10th
Test Your Awareness
I got 13.
Dec 10th
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Plane Crash in SD
  Man who lost family when jet hit house: I don’t blame pilot (Credit: CNN) So sad.
Dec 10th
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Run #3
   Got worse! As long as I’m sweating and burning cals its all good. I should be gunning for 2 miles a day though. I think I need to figure out when the best time to run is. Any thoughts? Check out that dip… maybe this post should’ve had “Da Dip” title… geez. I run like the economy. UPDATE: I added a goal. Thats about 3 runs a week (accounted for...
Dec 10th
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I Dip, You Dip, We Dip
Doesn’t look like Black Friday escaped the sad face known as the US economy — the NPD Group just ran the numbers and found that overall sales during the weekend after Thanksgiving went down eight percent from 2007, which is the first decline ever. (Credit: Engadget) Hit the link for more.
Dec 9th
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HUGE
The Hundreds just unveiled their newest collab with Disney. Collaborations happen everyday in the industry but I think this one takes the trophy. I won’t be surprised if they came out with a straight to DVD/Blu-ray short on The Hundreds-ized Lost Boys. Love em or hate em, this is truly a commendable accomplishment. Congrats. See more at their blog.
Dec 9th
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Rock Hard: Abs Edition
Watch out Guitar Hero/Rock Band… this is Rock Hard: Abs Edition. This guy… he starts off sounding pretty decent until he slows down slo-mo status and then takes a little break. LOL! So weird but hey, whatever gets the job done… his abs are probably better than mine. I’m sure. UPDATE: So I guess this guy’s name is Max or “Max the Ukulele Punk Rocker”...
Dec 9th
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Nike-
Just came back from a run (if you can call it that). Check out the stats… Last year I ran once. One day in 2007 like it was a holiday or something. This year I managed to get in two workouts as you can see from my handy dandy Nike run tracker above (cool). I guess thats an accomplishment in itself. I was much better in October but I guess weather can affect your workout. My goal is to...
Dec 9th
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She Bangs
Got this off Toe-Knee’s blog… had to post. Remember the XBOX ad that was banned (everyone shooting each other with finger guns at the train station?)… check out this audition tape. Old lady Original commercial (banned) Cool commercial. Creativity vs. Censorship…
Dec 9th
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Time Flies
Monday morning. Second desk, closet, dining table Meet the latest addition to the fam: Money Moustachio… all the way from Chicago. Sponsor me! Wow how time flies when your blog hopping… you know what I’m talking about. Read, scroll, look, scroll, click on “Previous Entries”… repeat for the next three hours. Thank goodness for scroll wheels I can just...
Dec 9th
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The Hundreds x Disney
Crazy. Disney??? Crazy. THEHUNDREDS // DISNEY // THE LOST BOYS from Bobby Hundreds on Vimeo.
Dec 8th
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Tears of Koy
Seeing this man tonight at the Brea Improv. (Taken from JoKoy.com) With his catchy phrase, “I Love Orange Chicken,” Jo Koy continues to embark on a comedy career that transcends his goals. Recently named as one of the “10 comics to watch” of 2007 by Daily Variety, comedian Jo Koy continues to raise his fame and stature in the comedy and entertainment world. His dynamic...
Dec 8th
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Creative Juice
I love Advertising Age! Check out the Creativity TOP 5 for this week… notable: Doghouse and Bike Hero. http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=132813&sectionId=top_5 They don’t have an option to embed… probably subscribe perk or something. Enjoy.
Dec 5th
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Magazine Clip
A little sneek at the latest JONARI ad I created over the weekend… slated to hit the pages of Heavy Hitters come early next year. I’m currently accepting projects for 2009. Design inquiries: info@thomasphantom.com
Dec 4th
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Planting Seeds
Now with the Ketchup Post out of the way (scroll down), a sense of order has been established and blogging feels right. Anyways. The next few weeks I’ll be spending a lot of time in Fullerton. I can’t really disclose why and what I’m doing there (maybe you can come up with a good guess from all the teasers on this blog… we love teasing btw). You’re gonna have to wait...
Dec 4th
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Monday
Under construction.
Dec 4th
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Quality > Quantity
Sorry for the lack of quality updates. I want this blog to be a mix of my life, personal opinions and little tidbits of cool (mostly gadgets, funny stuff, events) as seen through the eyes of the PHANTOM at least. Lately, I’ve posted some random stuff just for the sake of posting because it turns out people actually read this blog. I’m currently going through probably one of the most...
Dec 4th
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Ken Lee
WOW. LOL. Thanks J for the link.
Dec 4th
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Mapple
Few have been spared the satire of Matt Groening’s long running animated sitcom. Last night, The Simpsons took on Apple, or uh, Mapple for a full 6 minutes of lampoonery — a pretty harsh ride at a two-joke per minute pace. It all starts when the Springfield mall gets its very own Mapple store, “it’s so sterile,” gasps Lisa upon entering. Perhaps the best exchange...
Dec 1st