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Chip in Dip

Uploaded by Michael Wender 29th April, 2008
While dining at the Sunspot Restaurant a couple weeks ago, I caught a shot of this chip in mid-dip with Hillary gesturing in the background.

Rootclip: Choose Your Own Adventure Filmmaking

Do you remember reading Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid? You know, the ones where you turn to page 48 if you want to jump out of the plane or turn to page 35 if you want to rush the cockpit? Well, Erik Luchauer and Kevin Antoine, creators of Rootclip.com, do. They drew [...]

Helping Out a Fellow Blogger

This past week, fellow Knoxville blogger, Casey Peters, placed the implementation of his new menu bar under my care. He provided a Photoshop comp, and I was able to slice his graphics and add some JavaScript for a nice rollover effect. His “tumblelog style” blog makes for a nice addition to your feed reader.

Knoxville Tweet-Up Part Deux

Uploaded by Michael Wender 23rd April, 2008
This evening the Knoxville Twitter crew was at it again as we gathered for after work drinks at Aubrey’s off of Papermill. Those present were @z11 @Whodini @bonnets @suzytrotta @jagreda @tohare and yours truly.

Have you seen Neyland?

Uploaded by Michael Wender 21st April, 2008
This morning I found this flyer in my paper box, and since I’ve recently added many more local readers (aka Knoxville) to my blog, I thought I would help out my neighbors by posting it. Given the location of my office, I suspect that Neyland should be somewhere in [...]

Help End Panhandling

Michael Haynes’ One-Year Plan To End Panhandling in Knoxville integrates nicely with the Mayor’s Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. (HT: Knoxify) Update: Robert Finley over at the Mayor’s 10yr Plan Office blogs a response.

Knoxville Twitterers: Using the Web to Go Local

According to my “Twitter-stream”, my first “tweet” was on Wednesday, March 19 at 6:36pm when I mentioned my wife and I were going to grab dinner with her parents. Since that time, I’ve continued to add tweets about things I do in or out of the office. Other Twitterers have started “following” me, and I’ve [...]

Knoxville Twitter MeetUp

Uploaded by Michael Wender 9th April, 2008
Here’s a shot of 10 of the 13 12 who made it out to the Lakeside Tavern for what may have been the first meetup of Knoxville Twitter Users. Many thanks to Whodini for organizing.

The Spirit of Knoxville

A group known as The Spirit of Knoxville is attempting to cross the Atlantic by way of Island Home Airport. (HT: Knoxify)

The Riviera Marquee

Uploaded by Michael Wender 19th January, 2008
The bright lights of the Riviera marquee greeted us as we entered the theater on Friday night. Our crew caught a showing of J.J. Abram’s Cloverfield. I likened it to The Blair Witch project with a 50 to 80 million dollar special effects budget. Once you get past the [...]