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The Top Ten Christmas Animation Specials
Posted: Thursday December 22, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous Musings
In keeping with the holiday spirit, the blog, “Me and the Blue Skies”, has compiled a list of the “Top Ten Christmas Specials” to watch during this festive time of year. As a web development company, we are always keeping our eyes out for the latest and greatest in the technology world, but it is old animation that make these Christmas tales so classic. And this is one time when we agree that the technology should not be updated!
On the list, we have holiday favorites like Frosty the Snowman, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and our friends over in the Peanuts Gang. Here at Robmark we love our holiday specials – after a quick poll, “Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer” came out as a group favorite!
What is your must-see Christmas special?
Back To TopCongrats on the Move, WJCL!
Posted: Friday September 30, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous Musings
Congratulations to TV station WJCL/WTGS on its big move this week! After more than 50 years at its Abercorn Street location right down the road from us, the station packed up and moved to Chatham Parkway where it will occupy the top floor of the Savannah Morning News building. With the move comes new equipment and cutting-edge technology, new set design and a new way to tell its stories, stemming from its partnership with the Savannah Morning News. Exciting times for all!
Happy "Dress Up Like Steve Jobs Day"!
Posted: Friday September 9, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous Musings
In honor of the recently resigned Apple founder Steve Jobs, today is apparently “Dress Up Like Steve Jobs Day”. For those of you wondering what the heck that means, it’s pretty simple actually. Black, long sleeved mock turtleneck. Blue jeans. White tennis shoes. If you want to be really authentic you’ll wear a black, long-sleeve cashmere and silk mock turtleneck, Levi's 501 jeans, and gray New Balance sneakers (style #992), but that will run you about $400. When you’re Steve Jobs, that’s equivalent to the coins found in between your couch cushions. Jobs made this “outfit” famous through his many announcements and conferences. While everyone else showed up in suits and ties drooling at every word the tech mogul had to say, Jobs played it cool and casual. The “Dress Up Like Steve Jobs” event is sponsored by iPhone Life Magazine who have invited all participants to send in pictures of their best Steve Jobs looks. Don’t forget the gray hair and wire-rim glasses. Who knows – maybe you’ll channel your inner billionaire.
A Note on Hurricane Irene
Posted: Friday August 26, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous Musings
Hurricane reporting is interesting. While local civil defense officials ask residents to evacuate to a safe area, Jim Cantore and his ilk rush to the targeted beachfront to stand in hurricane-strength winds and tell us NOT to go out in the hurricane. Really? It reminds us of when our parents would preach to us about the dangers of smoking cigarettes while a Marlboro was dangling from the sides of their mouths. Now don't get us wrong - everybody likes Jim Cantore. He can handle himself. But last season we saw Al Roker sliding around and his film crew had to save him. Not to mention one young female reporter who looked like she might weigh 80 pounds - soaking wet - being blown away by a mere 30 mph wind gust. What were they thinking?
Below is a link to a couple of fun video hurricane reports from the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_pN312Te98
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ni7ULcj94&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO44FMerpdM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlLrj_SMoAg&feature=relmfu
On a serious note, for everyone in the path of Hurricane Irene, stay safe!
The Great Comma Debate
Posted: Tuesday July 5, 2011 • Category: Miscellaneous Musings
There’s been a great deal of debate in our office, in inner circles of grammar enthusiasts, at dinner tables, in newsrooms and just about everywhere else as to whether or not to put a comma before the last item in a series. The cries of “well I was taught this way in elementary school” and “they’re teaching it this way in my child’s class” have been heard around the world, and yet all anybody really wants is a definitive answer. Recently, it seems, we have received just that. Sort of.
First came the tweet AP Stylebook’s official Twitter account as seen below.
Next, came the news that Oxford no longer required a comma before the last item in a series in press releases and internal communication, which caused quite an uproar. Turns out, this news is actually a few years old. There is also the case of ambiguity, and a Twitter user tweeted an especially valid point: “For teaching me that the Oxford comma resolves ambiguity, I'd like to thank my parents, Sinead O'Connor and the Pope.” Meaning that he’s either thanking all three, or Sinead O’Connor and the Pope are actually his parents. Oxford’s response: “when a comma would assist in the meaning of the sentence or helps to resolve ambiguity, it can be used." Well there you have it. To recap: You DO use the comma if you’re listing a series of items EXCEPT in the case of press releases and internal communications. Funny how one little comma can cause such a commotion.