uTodd, because sometimes @tsand thinks bigger than 140 characters

Behind the scenes of the Sesame Street‎ Google Doodle

tsand — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:19:27 +0000

I was sworn to secrecy until today…

My daughter and I were given the rare opportunity to help create a Google Doodle for Sesame Street. The photo shoot was awesome, the Google bots were super nice, and lunch kicked ass (even though we had to pay). Imagine our disappointment this morning when we saw that we were taken out of the final Google Doodle. Still had a great time in Mountain View. Thanks Google!

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Ever been asked to save the world?

tsand — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:06:35 +0000

Me either… but I have a feeling things are about to change.

Still not making sense?

Let me break this post-meal snack down for you, into easier to consume pieces… Yes, I realize they are just fortunes stuffed inside cookies, but stranger shit has happened (example: I watch Glee regularly)… so here we go:

An alien will be abducting you shortly.
He/she is going to ask you to save the world.
Once saved, the world is going to owe you… BIG TIME!

Update: Guess I’m not alone in the “An alien of some sort will be appearing to you shortly!” fortune game. Thanks Google, for allowing me to sleep at night.

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Imagication – the unseen story

tsand — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:16:09 +0000

Two photos are required to make one imagication photo.

The original posted on scene by a someone who believes in Creative Commons (big thanks, w/o you, this wouldn’t be possible).
A photo taken to insert into the original (read: Photoshop FTW!).

Thought it would be nice to show you how they come together, so I’ve created a new set on flickr that I will add to as time permits: Imagication – the unseen story

The photo below actually fooled an AdAge blogger who linked to it in a story on SXSW. That totally made the trip to Austin worth it.

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The Muffin Song

tsand — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:20:28 +0000

At first I was like… “WTF is a child doing with a penny toupee?”

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Eating a club sandwich while listening to music

tsand — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:33:51 +0000

Video description via YouTube: “Accidentally skipped lunch, usually no biggie. However, I brought in a Cousin’s sub, and it was a Friday (read: eat it now or it will sit in the minifridge all weekend and be ruined by Monday). Next video location w/ this song: Sam’s Club.”

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Beer Rebate FTWi!

tsand — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:55:15 +0000

Next time friends from Florida ask me why I live in Wisconsin I’m sending them the link to this post…

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Saturday MMM (morning music madness)

tsand — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:02:52 +0000

Dance off in the living room spawned by a little Fatboy Slim.

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Ever play betchacan’t?

tsand — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:16:59 +0000

Hotel charged $12.95 for wifi…

…so I let the kids play a game of betchacan’t in the room.

PLEASE NOTE: My daughter didn’t partake in the fun. She actually got out the hotel stationery and some crayons and wrote a “thank you” note to the hotel for providing the service so daddy could have computer time… not sure I’ll ever fully understand the opposite sex.
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Entering manhood: Step 28, the pie eating contest

tsand — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:29:19 +0000

And so begins a new video series with my sons…

Video description via YouTube: “Entering manhood requires many steps… ice fishing, goose hunting, gag shake drinking, and the list goes on as far as the father’s imagination will allow… a little known ritual is the hands-behind-the-back banana cream pie eating contest, which is only performed on the 27th day of July. This is a video of that once secret ceremony, one in which Parker whips Chase’s ass. For Parker manhood will come soon, for Chase, there is always next summer.”

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Hurry, hang two lanterns… Plaid invades Wisconsin by boat

tsand — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:21:03 +0000

That’s right, sometime this morning (Tues, July 21) the Plaid crew will float across Lake Michigan and land on the Milwaukee shoreline. I believe this is a direct attempt to not only insult me, but also the lovely city of Green Bay. Really, what’s wrong with the Mackinac Bridge and a GB tour stop? There better be some serious deck side twitpics of nautical themed pashmina afghans, or it’s an extra tablespoon of salt in the wound.

To counter this punch to the gut, I will be traveling to Chicago to cut them off, hopefully for a Tuesday night beer chug, or perhaps a Wednesday lunch date (fingers crossed for Chicagoland SUBWAY restaurants having Chicago dogs and Italian beefs). Shortly after I win them over with my charm, I’ll slash the tires of their Ford Flex or slap a sticker on its bumper, haven’t decided which pill to slip them yet.

I mean, I thought I knew @darrylohrt and @davidplain, hell we had lunch together at SXSW in the spring, even placed my foot in darryl’s basket while @benkunz (currently guest blogging at brandflakesforbreakfast.com, another Plaid success story) gazed at my ass. Guess people change, sure hope Ben has changed…

Blossoming vendetta aside… Plaid is awesome. So stick up your virtual thumb, and go for a ride:

PlaidNation is a rolling celebration of creativity and a demonstration of social media in action. It’s a Plaid Ford Flex driving through the country meeting creative, marketing, brand and internet workers, and celebrating their innovations. Every aspect of the tour is broadcast on www.plaidnation.com. Like the best reality show, but better.

Original photos by plaidnationphotogallery (flickr), @DavidPlain (twitpic) and bradjward (flickr).

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