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I realized I don’t often post some of the work I do from my full-time job on here. Why not? It’s something I work very hard on! This video was something I did a few months back regarding a new thermal camera the company I work for was releasing. The voice talent is Jim Jakala, a talented fellow who records for a lot of radio and TV.

FLIR i-Series Showcase Video from Extech Instruments on Vimeo.

There have been a few inquiries for people wanting to check out my ‘Road Trip for Obama’ web project. If you’re looking to watch the whole project, you can check out Vimeo Channel here. Once again, it was a great project, and I hope all of you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.

‘Road Trip for Obama’ was a tremendous success, we got quite a bit of traffic and press on the project. All-in-all the project was exciting, and I’m glad that I did it!

Looking forward, I’m currently developing a two new web-based projects, one is a bit of a reimagining of an older project, the second is something entirely new. As always, I don’t want to give away too much. I will talk about the former though.

I’ve written the first 5 episodes of a new episodic weekly podcast. Inspired by my previous ‘Hello the Podcast,’ the new show will be released weekly, and deal with the day-by-day challenges of a twenty something. I really missed doing ‘Hello,’ and I definitely feel like I left it unfinished. But instead of returning to those characters, I think it is only natural to come up with all new people, and start from scratch! I always considered ‘Hello’ a very successful experiment, so this will be the culmination of everything learned on that project.

So, I’ll be working on the scripts for the next few weeks, and casting the new male lead. So if you’re interested, drop us a line via the feedback form!

Less then a week till I leave Watertown to head out for my road trip down to D.C. The closer the inauguration events get, the more excited I get! I thought it’d be a good idea to ask you readers about questions I should ask folks during my interviews. I’ve got a slew of questions, here is a sample:

-Did you vote for Barack Obama, and why?
-If yes, what are you looking for out of the next four years from his presidency?
-If no, why, and how do you feel about him now?
-What are you afraid of? What sort of change are you looking for?
-Where were you when you heard the election results? Is there something specific that you know you’ll never forget?

Those are just a few, and of course, their answers will determine a lot of the direction of the interview. What do you guys think would be good to talk about?

So I’ve mapped out locations that we’ll be stopping in along the way to inauguration, and with Google Maps neat embed feature, you can see some of the potential places I’ll be stopping below.

Is there any place on the way that you think we definitely shouldn’t miss? Drop me a line!

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My first project in almost 2 years is finally coming off the ground! January 15th I’ll be embarking on a road trip from Boston, MA to Washington D.C. with my longtime friend and collaborater Gregg Swiatlowski to produce a new documentary.

The new film, currently titled “Road Trip for Obama,” will chronicle our journey to D.C., stopping to interview folks along the way. We are looking to find people who voted for or against President-Elect Obama. We are going to ask them why they voted the way they did, what their looking for from an Obama presidency, and what their afraid of.

This site will become a central hub, and for the first time, you’ll be able to follow along as we work on the film. Utilizing services like Ustream.TV, Youtube, and Twitter, I’ll be uploading content as we travel to D.C, ending at Inauguration.

This is an exciting new project, and I look forward to sharing it with all of you!

The official URL of the site is roadtripforobama.com, it will be up and forwarding in a few days, in the meantime, just click the tab above!

There we have it, officially I’ve converted my entire personal website to a wordpress blog. I have to say, Wordpress certainly makes life quite a bit easier, above you’ll find a menu that will take you to learn a little bit more about what it is I do and have done!

Now that this is complete, I’ll be moving on to my next project which begins filming in the middle of January!

I’m currently revamping this page to take over what is now Arabian Productions.com, so if this looks a bit unfinished, its because it is!

Once it’s done, I’ll focus on the blog for the new internet video project I’m working on.

In the meantime, need holiday gift ideas? Go over to lonelyreviewer.com for some!

So things are moving on a new project I’m working on, I don’t wanna talk to much about it, but in short, its a new documentary. I’m going to begin shooting it in mid-January, and I’ll probably be using my website as a platform for folks to travel along with me while I put the film together. It’s a project I’m very excited about, and my first in almost two years! So stay tuned!

I gotta say, its pretty exciting to see something you’ve made for sale on the internet via a distributor. So for those of you who’ve been looking to buy a copy of Kreating Karloff, I’m proud to say that day has come!

The film will be available on DVD with a load of special features (including my proud short “Booth”) November 19th through a wide array of distributors, but currently is available for preorder at Oldies.com for the low price of $7.95.

Hope you guys like the film!