Mike's Daily Lockup

My first movie made in iMovie for iPhone 4 - Go USA!

So after waiting in a 13.5 hour line for an iPhone 4 down in Irvine (I have to give a shout out to Scott and the Geniuses at the Apple Store), I have to say I have been blown away by what the new iPhone can do. I don't really consider my self an Apple "fanboy," I still run Windows for work (and also Linux when you really have to dig in), but I had to say the chance to stand in line on launch day was actually fun. You may be saying in your head, this guy is nuts (Trust me, I get that alot even outside of standing in line for 13.5 hours), but I could not have been in line with a better group of people. One guy flew in from New York, another was from Arizona, a group in front was from the video game company Blizzard, a family from England, and a flight attendant. While some in line dropped off due to waiting too long or having appointments, we kept encouraging each other to stick it out, we may have moved mere inches at one point for two or three hours, but we all stood firm. When a fight nearly broke out in the afternoon we all wanted to tweet it or blog it. After getting sunburned again for the umpteenth time this year, I really need to move to Seattle, I'm starting to get one heck of a tan.

We joked we all could have gone to happy hour over at Yard House and still get back in time to wait some more in line. But when we finally made it in, the bar we all sat down at was the Genius Bar. We were all sunburned and tired, but we all gave high-fives and fist bumps in celebration when we got our new iPhones. I just have to say while it was great to make new friends, I've done the line waiting (previous record for me in line was waiting for Indiana Jones at Disneyland on opening day - 6.5 Hours) but I'll never do it again, the next time I make new friends, it'll be with a beer at an actual bar.

The video above was made entirely on my iphone, since this is just a demo I only used some pictures, (I hope to add some video footage from the USA v. Algeria game from the ESPN Zone and footage from the where I watch it on Saturday)

Upcoming Blog Posts: SoCal Transit Forum and Gov2.0LA Camp

With things being a little busy lately, I do have one blog post nearly in the can (well, on my iphone) and a second one to be written today after Gov2.0LA.

Stay Tuned

Davis at the Buzzer

Guess who made the highlights, look closely.

The Cramer/Stewart Smackdown

Here is the Daily Show from last night, Enjoy:

The Financial Meltdown Explained

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

After Obama's Address to Congress last night, here is a good explaination on the current financial crisis. I would also recommend Frontline's "Inside the Meltdown" if you want even more of the nitty-gritty.

I'm just a fact junkie...

VOTE!

You better have voted already if you're reading this. If not go vote, I'll wait. Come back 7pm Pacific for the OC election night live blog.

9/11 Never Forget

The skyline of New York is very different now, we will never forget.

William's Road Trip: DNC Denver

Since I had to stay back here in the OC and tend to local politics, Will is almost in Denver.

The Green pin is his last reported posistion, the red (which should be blue) is the destination.

From The Floor: Time to get to work...

In our final From The Floor post it's time to get to work.

Here, my brother and I are standing on the floor the night that John Kerry accepted the nomination in the Democrats Abroad section.

All dressed up and ready for what ever the night would throw at us, we came ready. The ballon drop on the otherhand was a differnt story (just check YouTube), and I'm proud to say it was not my department.

So for those of you in Denver, enjoy it. I wish I could be there. Thanks to Qik, blogs, and streaming C-Span, it'll be a virtual experiance for me.

From the Floor: The Podium

A pivotol place at the Convention is always the Podium. It's the place where candidates introduce themselves, it's the place where the gavel falls, and it's the place where the future president (regardless of party) introduces his/herself to the nation and the world.

Before Boston began, I got to try the podium on for size. Just as Denver introduced their podium to the nation today, Boston introduced theirs just days before the DNC.

Tomorrow, we'll know who will be a new team for America.

And no it is not me.....