Poor Man’s Pile-Up
One day, during the first season of the Aaron Spelling television series “Savannah“, we found ourselves faced with shooting a scene between the characters Dean (David Gail) and Lane (Robyn …
Poor Man’s Pile-Up Read MoreUnderstanding the Mac Hard Drive
I’m posting this article to help a friend understand the organization of files on their Macintosh computer running OS X 10.4 (also known as “Tiger”). For many non-technical users there’s …
Understanding the Mac Hard Drive Read MoreFred’s Fast Food
My Dad is a genius with a jar of mayonnaise, as demonstrated from this improvised cooking video from the late 1980s. I’m wondering if we can get him a cooking …
Fred’s Fast Food Read MoreYu-Gi-Oh Versus Netflix? Message Reveived!
Oh Netflix, you sexy little minx, you conduit to all my guilty pleasures, you must be nearly as exhausted as I am… or maybe you kids started celebrating New Years …
Yu-Gi-Oh Versus Netflix? Message Reveived! Read MoreRobocop the Cosmonaut
This afternoon I began porting old video from a cache of VHS-C tapes sequestered deep in the bowels of the Drewcave. One of the first tapes I wanted to “take …
Robocop the Cosmonaut Read MoreGive Me the Barrel
The year was 1998. The place was a bend in the Yellow River, just south of Porterdale, about 40 miles east of Atlanta. The movie was False River, a film …
Give Me the Barrel Read MoreText Messaging Intervention
Okay, okay, okay everybody. I get it. Seriously. I get it. It’s time for me to step up to the plate and admit that I have a problem. My phone …
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The Day That Drew Stood Still
Fox is about to release a remake of the Hollywood classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” in a week or so and I realized that this is as good …
The Day That Drew Stood Still Read MoreHow to Make Traditional Southern Chicken Cornbread Dressing
This Thanksgiving I insisted that we shoot a video of the preparation of my Mom’s chicken dressing, considered by many to be a true test of a Southern woman’s cooking …
How to Make Traditional Southern Chicken Cornbread Dressing Read MoreMake Adobe Acrobat Stop Printing the Wrong Size
Despite all of my exciting stories from the world of feature film production, the most popular article on this website is currently that of a workaround I have discovered for …
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