Amber Mac

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Hey.  Hope that everyone out there is having a wonderful holiday week.  Am guessing a lot of you ate too much, but still wish there was one more box of Turtles under the tree (OK, maybe that's just me). 

I'm still in Halifax and sad to say that it's good to get back to my computer to catch up on my surfing (and surprisingly worthwhile news about the Hilton family).  On Boxing Day, my brother (Jeff) and I dragged my parents over to the computer to watch some classic Internet videos (e.g. dramatic chipmunk, etc).  The newest on our "favourites" list is posted above - Baby trained to give the evil eye.

Jeff and his wife are pregnant with twins, due in February, so if they can teach the girls to give the evil eye I will be uploading it to YouTube asap (they will be like the Double Mint twins).  I promise.

Happy New Year!   Good luck with all your resolutions (this is a poor "role model" of good Jan. 1st ideas!).

March 14th, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (13)

We've been doing commandN now for two and a half years, hard to believe.  The video podcast is 100% for sure the most enjoyable part of my work week.   In fact, let's be honest, it doesn't even feel like work.  It's full-on fun.  We run the show, a simple weekly chat among some fellow geeks.

We shot our holiday episode last night - and my bro Jeff and his friend Chris did their seasonal picks from Halifax.  This show will be our last until 2008, so I wanted to take a chance to thank a few people here. 

1.  The fans - I read each and every email/comment, so please keep them coming.  There's NOTHING better than getting feedback from our viewers.
2.  Brian McKechnie (AKA Bamcat) - I always joke about Brian being the glue, but the truth is that he is the glue.  He helped us to launch the show pretty much from Day 1.  I can't say enough good things about Brian, and there is no way to explain how much work he puts into the show (from shooting in freezing cold weather to editing out our bloopers to uploading each episode online).
3.  Jeff MacArthur (AKA my brother) - I haven't lived in the same city as any other family members in more than a decade, so it's awesome being able to do commandN each and every week with my big brother Jeff (the biggest geek in our family).

4.  Mikey Lazazzera (AKA Hot Stuff) - I started the show with Mikey almost a thousand days ago with an iSight cam and a PowerBook.  Although Hot Stuff is no longer on the show, he is one of my dearest friends and I hope he'll show up for some guest visits.
5.  Will Pate (AKA Beta's Dad) - Much thanks to fellow PEI-Islander Will for stepping up as co-host.  We don't have a budget, a fancy set (OK, that's obvious!), or any real structure/rules, but Will keeps on driving down from Sudbury to Toronto every Tuesday (a three-hour jaunt) just to do the show.  Hugs.
6.  Beta's Babysitter (AKA Beta's Babysitter) - Although we never really see you on the show, you keep Will's puppy happy during our cold evening shoots.  Much love from canines and non-canines alike.

That's all for now.  Here's to an amazing 2008!
-Amber

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This video mash-up has been around for a while, but my friend just added it to his Facebook profile so I had to share it here.  This is why I love the Internet.  There is no other medium that could/would showcase such a compelling collection of moving images and music in such a, well, shareable way (original can be found here).  On a semi-related note, I'm not even sure that music channels play music videos anymore; they're too busy re-running episodes of The Hills or The O.C. 

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