http://www.crackerhammer.com Multimedia Content Design, Management And Promotion Services by Michael Mercadante Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:43:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en crackerhammerhttp://feedburner.google.com The 2010 Project Twenty1 Filmmaking Competition begins tonight at 7:00PM, with the reveal of a &#8220;secret element&#8221; that all of the films must include.  That reveals starts the clock ticking on our 21-day production period.  Our film has to be completed and turned in by Saturday, August 21 at 7:00PM.  Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been done since we entered the competition more than two months ago.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://www.crackerhammer.com/production-begins-in-9-hours.html" title="Production Begins In 9 Hours&#8230;">Continue Reading--41 words in total</a></span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/cbG0Yogy9mE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/cbG0Yogy9mE/production-begins-in-9-hours.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/production-begins-in-9-hours.html I launched my MySpace page in 2003 or 2004, and launched a Facebook page in 2005 while back in college at Temple University.  I wanted to make my profile stand out a bit, so I took a quick self-portrait photo and used Photoshop to embed my face on a series of pop culture photographs.  Some of the images turned out better than others, and my variant of the Mona Lisa (I call it the &#8220;Mika Lisa&#8221;) is still my favorite.  This is not only a fun way to stand out in social networks, it&#8217;s also a great way to keep honing those Photoshop skills.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://www.crackerhammer.com/photoshop-fun.html" title="Photoshop Fun!">Continue Reading--14 words in total</a></span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/b3MrGJSQhtU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/b3MrGJSQhtU/photoshop-fun.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/photoshop-fun.html My first article for the new website Science Fantasy Universe was published a few days ago.  Be sure to check out &#8220;Futurama Reborn!&#8221; and leave a comment on that site to show support!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/XqLMB2pSwuM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/XqLMB2pSwuM/read-futurama-reborn-at-sfuniverse.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/read-futurama-reborn-at-sfuniverse.html My daughter&#8217;s second birthday was Sunday, and we put together a themed party around her favorite show &#8211; &#8220;Yo Gabba Gabba&#8221;.  My wife designed a birthday cake of a three-foot-tall standing Muno, but trouble arose just an hour before the party.  Watch the time lapse video I created below to see the attempt and her fantastic recovery.  The guests all thought it was delicious!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/2emgI7CPQik" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/2emgI7CPQik/birthday-cake-time-lapse-video.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/birthday-cake-time-lapse-video.html Give your company, product or service the professional website it needs to succeed and compete in today's market!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/ZiK_KNxzml0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/ZiK_KNxzml0/summer-special-custom-web-2-0-websites-as-low-as-250.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/summer-special-custom-web-2-0-websites-as-low-as-250.html I recently watched and reviewed the Spike Jonze film Where The Wild Things Are, and thought I'd hit the other film made from a beloved children's book that was released in the fall of 2009: Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/krphT_bhdQ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/krphT_bhdQ4/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs.html James Cameron has invited us to watch him masturbate for three hours. Freaky pervert.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/6XNQWLyq96Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/6XNQWLyq96Q/why-i-wont-see-avatar.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/why-i-wont-see-avatar.html Thirty minutes into this film, I understood why Disney abandoned their attempt to adapt Wild Things to the big screen 25 years ago: some things are just better in small doses, and maybe this also applies to Spike Jonze.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/u2ZOmjgaZIk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/u2ZOmjgaZIk/where-the-wild-things-are.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/where-the-wild-things-are.html The driving force bringing the masses before this movie is the final screen appearance of actor Heath Ledger, whose death-by-overdose at the hands of Mary Kate Olsen in 2008 nearly killed the entire project.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/LAXc5NsXYPM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/LAXc5NsXYPM/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/the-imaginarium-of-doctor-parnassus.html My grandfather, Louis Joel Mercadante Sr., died in 2004 at the age of 80. Six years later, I've found a recording of his voice on an old answering machine.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/xGDScrY9f4E" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/xGDScrY9f4E/rescuing-my-grandfathers-voice.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/rescuing-my-grandfathers-voice.html Team CrackerHammer will have exactly 21 days to complete a short film completely from scratch.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/1Ok8MSV5_CE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/1Ok8MSV5_CE/team-crackerhammer-joins-21-day-film-competition.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/team-crackerhammer-joins-21-day-film-competition.html As Managing Editor, I selected the pieces for print and did the layout for the entire magazine in Pagemaker and Photoshop.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/7ELL4RBHQF0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/7ELL4RBHQF0/underage-thinking.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/underage-thinking.html With both the U.S. and Russian space shuttle programs gone, what is the future of space travel?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/pzMayv9-SaI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/pzMayv9-SaI/space-shuttle.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/space-shuttle.html A quick explanation of the French Revolution.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/MRCeovqhiYA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/MRCeovqhiYA/french-revolution.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/french-revolution.html The project called for an opening "background video" explaining the project, as well as a step-by-step video tutorial teaching consumers how to take the skills tests contained within.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/iI7-Dotity8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/iI7-Dotity8/roadwise-review.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/roadwise-review.html It was decent pay and helped improve my skills (and my reflexes), but one of the best perks was meeting many WWF veterans I remembered watching on television as a kid.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/QAUzhHaVutc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/QAUzhHaVutc/professional-wrestling-video.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/professional-wrestling-video.html A current, professional headshot is critical to whether you land the role, or even the audition, and it is as vital to you as a business card is to someone in the corporate world.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/TvNNZBwFXWA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/TvNNZBwFXWA/is-your-headshot-current.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/is-your-headshot-current.html Joomla is a free, open-source content management system that provides an alternative way to create a website.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/u68_MW6Anh4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/u68_MW6Anh4/set-up-a-joomla-site.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/set-up-a-joomla-site.html At various moments, the film stirs reactions of sadness, pity, fear and hope. But never disgust.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/u9WyoIxO4uQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/u9WyoIxO4uQ/defendor-review.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/defendor-review.html An original portrait of her child is the perfect Mother's Day present.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/xvV1N2j16RM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/xvV1N2j16RM/the-perfect-mothers-day-gift.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/the-perfect-mothers-day-gift.html It's Record Store Day, a national celebration of vinyl and independent record stores, and Siren Records is the epitome of such a store.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/l82uA6wLsJc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/l82uA6wLsJc/record-store-day-recap.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/record-store-day-recap.html Creedence Hundley sat quietly on the little riverbank, trying to fit the muzzle of his Remington into his bellybutton.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/Z8pOMhyFuko" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/Z8pOMhyFuko/creedence.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/creedence.html This morning, while scrolling through Netflix titles on the Wii, I came across a 2009 film called World's Greatest Dad.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/0g0p4dUV_Ao" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/0g0p4dUV_Ao/worlds-greatest-dad.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/worlds-greatest-dad.html With President Barack Obama's announcement today, I thought I'd go back and rank the best five astronaut movies.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/5eaZzPTUP9I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/5eaZzPTUP9I/top-5-astronaut-movies.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/top-5-astronaut-movies.html View all my t-shirt designs here, and buy this or any other at CrackerHammer Shirts.  Remember, send me a photo of you wearing one of my t-shirts, and I&#8217;ll enter you in a monthly drawing for a free t-shirt!<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/VKlGy4hWt9w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/VKlGy4hWt9w/new-t-shirt-design-destination-moon.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/new-t-shirt-design-destination-moon.html A soft rustling behind me alerts me to another presence. I roll over, coming face to face with a coelacanth, nature’s ugliest fish.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/E_hELabOtgA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/E_hELabOtgA/conversations.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/conversations.html The other fruit laughed as she wept to herself. Millicent loved the master very much.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/jqAzQDKfjok" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/jqAzQDKfjok/when-the-master-comes-home.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/when-the-master-comes-home.html Philly six-piece band The Gerunds is the new project for ex-Dag Nasty singer Peter Cortner, who's been away from music for nearly 20 years.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/gx4ZBh9H4nE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/gx4ZBh9H4nE/peter-cortner-interview.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/peter-cortner-interview.html Okay, I'll admit I'm currently under the influence of bad 1950's sci-fi films. That said, here is today's new T-shirt design.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/QPK6Px1gAHg" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/QPK6Px1gAHg/todays-new-shirt-design-mad-robot.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/todays-new-shirt-design-mad-robot.html Artwork design for the &#8220;Monster Attack&#8221; t-shirt.<br/><br/><span class="readmore"><a href="http://www.crackerhammer.com/new-t-shirt-monster-attack.html" title="New T-Shirt: Monster Attack!">Continue Reading--7 words in total</a></span><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/crackerhammer/~4/0jqulaqKBtk" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/crackerhammer/~3/0jqulaqKBtk/new-t-shirt-monster-attack.html http://www.crackerhammer.com/new-t-shirt-monster-attack.html