http://shannon.technobohemia.net is my NEW blog. It's built from Drupal, so it's a bit more sophisticated than this one. Plus, it's anti-spam isn't totally out of control. This blog is so anti-spammed that it's not even possible to post a link!

I'll be shutting down TechBo blogs over the next month or so. The only other blog is Xyon's ETN Birders site and it's rarely updated. I'll make him a new one soon.

Thanks for reading and join me at my new site!

The Ringmaster

The hotel room is booked for Atlanta Comics Expo. I've got the crew, if no actors show up, we can re-use crew as talent. DCTV has asked for a couple of pickup shots if we can pull them off.

The zombie flick is mostly written, but the script won't be finished until I finalize the prosthetic effects. We're not even close to closing that deal.

I created the TechBo blogs 3 years ago thinking that I could give artists and friends a fast, simple way to voice their thoughts on the internet. I pictured a small network of sites that locals could share thoughts.

Well, that never happened. In fact, other than my own ramblings, only the stalwart Xyon has posted anything in the last year and that was many months ago on his birding journal.

Complicating manners, b2evolution, the excellent blogging software that I use has a fatal flaw. I chose it because of it's anti-spam capabilities, but the anti-spam is too agressive, so a user is often unable to use more than a single html link in the entire post. Limiting at the very least.

I'm going to give it a couple more weeks then take the TechBo blogs to the house. Instead of multi-blogs, I'll be setting up more feature-rich and advanced blogs on an as-needed basis.

My own blog will be a drupal blog to be announced. I'm going to try to make it more personalized and feature rich than even TechBo. Other than a few general ideas, I don't know what it's final purpose will be, but it will definitely be me.

The plan to shoot video in Atlanta in april is set. I need to do some breakdowns on the spots, but we should be able to shoot everything we have with time to spare. If the others are agreeable, we'll stay friday and saturday night.

On the zombie short, we've gotten lucky. We have a buddy that builds prosthetic body parts and he's offered us some mindblowing stuff! I mean, this is going to be some super realistic gore!

I think it's pretty much cast with friends. I'll know more later.

There are several openings in the Atlanta spots that we could use some volunteers in costume.

I have a plan.

No more sitting around. The bottom line: I hate my job and I need a creative release.

Here are the things I plan to do this year:

* DragonCon TV videos.
These videos are actually being produced for the fans and some great folks that work D*C Techops I hung out with a ChattaCon this year. They were so good to us that I want to do something for them. These new videos are NOT parodies, they are original professional-quality TV spots designed as a tribute to the fans that make the con great. I am aiming for 5 of these, to be shot at the Atlanta Comics Expo. These will be like NOTHING DCTV has ever done or attempted.

* Zombie Playground (tentative title)
Short, under 10 minute zombie film about a little zombie girl left behind in a sealed facility until an unlucky group of cleaners arrive. Zombie children shouldn't play with their food.

* TechBo Shorts
I want to shoot some TechBo shorts to post to the site as well as to YouTube, but this is tentative.

Now, we've just got to make them happen.