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I want to make a show that is a mix between Good Eats with Alton Brown and Video Professor. The goal of the show is to educate those who are new to technology. The show would be educational and informative as well as quarky. So the question is: How do I get this started? What are [...]


Back in the day (the 1800′s) gentlemen carried calling cards. It was used to introduce yourself, request a meeting (date), and even express condolences. In today’s modern society, it feels like a calling card would not be necessary, but I argue, that there is no better time to have your own calling card. You have Facebook, [...]


As I was having dinner with my cousins tonight, I realized that Las Vegas has done some amazing things to remove money from your pocket. Here are three things that I feel are the smartest. ONE: Beer Pong at O’Sheas – imagine you are in college, you have been playing beer pong in your dorm [...]


I needed an HDMI cable to hook my xbox to my TV. So I headed to Fry’s in Las Vegas and asked the sales associate for some assistance. He took me to the cable section and said, “This one is perfect for an xbox to TV connection.” I thanked him and he was on his [...]


I just completed reading “Friends with Benefits: A Social Media Marketing Handbook“. Did I enjoy it: Yes. Can I recommend it: Maybe. If you are totally new to social media (as in you don’t have a Facebook or Twitter page) for your business, you will get a lot out of this book. If you run [...]


So as I am preparing to move from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, I turn to my favorite source of furniture, CraigsList.org (CL). Unlike past attempts to furnish my pad, this time I am living alone and need everything for my place. Jumping from ad to ad, I have come to one simple conclusion: the [...]


Goodbye Nikki, you were a great dog and you took care of my mom and dad. We will all miss you very much. Thank you for your loyalty, love, and licks. My parents had to put our dog to sleep today. She had bone cancer and it was too deep to operate. My mother is [...]


So I just got a lovely call from my credit card company, Capital One. It was a courtesy call and they wanted to make sure I know that the federal government has required them to call me. Why, because of the new credit card regulations that are taking effect in Feb. She was letting me know [...]


So it’s Christmas time and I’ve been watching a lot of holiday movies. So the question is, what’s your favorite, non-traditional, holiday movie? Here is my list for 2009: Bad Santa Die Hard Planes, Trains and Automobiles Christmas Vacation Gremlins


Here’s a labor day playlist you can pop into your CD player – enjoy and have a safe weekend. Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder Moondance – Van Morrison Wave of Mutilation – The Pixies Starry Eyed Surprise – Paul Oakenfold On the Road Again – Willie Nelson (Don’t Fear) the Reaper – Blue Oyster [...]


On Monday, Verizon announced that if you pay them $69.99/month (on a one year contract) or more for Fios Internet or $29.99/month for Version DSL, you deserve free Wi-Fi at Verizon’s Hot Spots located across the country. Verizon has partnered with the Wi-Fi service Boingo to offer access in thousands of locations throughout the U.S. [...]


I have made some minor changes to Noise Inside My Head. I have started pulling Tweets from my (useless) Twitter account and I now post Google Ads on the site. Why…? Why not. Someone finds there way to my site, maybe they will click an ad. In all this, I have found an interesting little [...]


I am in love with keyboard cat, and I love the song, so I made a ringtone. Please feel free to download this MP3 and use it as your new phone ringtone. Every time I hear keyboard cat, it makes me happy. Right Click for save options: keyboard cat ringtone MP3


I did that little podcast thing…the one with music. Well, I have all the files and updated all the links. If you would like to link to the podcast in your iTunes, you can. Here is the URL you can paste into the pod-catcher: http://www.noiseinsidemyhead.com/category/noise-inside-my-head-podcast/feed/ Enjoy


So it’s been a few months since I wrote here. It turns out that I really have nothing to say in essay form. So check out my Facebook profile for all the minor, useless info. For the hard-hitting, life changing items, I’ll post that stuff here.


What can I say – 2008 was a lot of fun 1) Music: That’s Not My Name by The Ting Tings [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 2) Images: 2008 Year in Review


The forecast for 2009 is out and it’s looking good if you have about $300K to throw at a home. The housing prices in Los Angeles County are expected to drop 25% in 2009. 10 worst real-estate markets for 2009 The housing market hasn’t bottomed out yet. For the third quarter, the closely-watched S&P Case-Shiller [...]


Yes – this is going to be a rant about AT&T Wireless. This will be an act in four parts – enjoy. The iPhone incident - when the 3G iPhone came out, I wanted one. So I took a half-day at work and lined up at the Apple Store in Marina Del Rey. It was [...]


The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority announced that tourism dropped by 10.2% in October. The drop is the largest since October 2001 when Vegas saw tourism decline by 14.1% in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks. In addition, the average hotel room price in Southern Nevada dropped by more than 14% to $115.68, and [...]


So Christmas is just around the corner. Most people have decided not to exchange gifts this year. But if you look real close, you can find some killer gifts for low low prices. However, if you have some money, there has never been a better time to be selfish. Here are some gifts I will [...]


So I have been using Yelp! for about nine months. It just keeps getting better. I first heard about Yelp! last November when I attended a Google workshop. At the time, Google was catering to small business and trying to get these business to spend some cash on ad words and ad sense (Google’s online [...]


So I met a girl at a bar (it was a birthday party actually) and I felt a bit of a connection. She asked me if I was on Facebook and I told her I USED to be on Facebook (and MySpace) but I canceled my account because I was tired of the spam and [...]


It’s been five years since I started Noise Inside My Head. You need to read the whole thing – it’s pretty amazing. Some of it really sucks, some of it is pretty cool. Thank you to all the loyal readers.



There was a time, back in the early 80′s, when a revolution took over the country. It was a music revolution. It was MTV. MTV showed music videos from all over the world. It was the radio station of a generation. Now we have MTVM – aka Videos online. Please go and watch some awesome [...]