8th Annual Stars and Strikes for APCH is March 19

Two Words People: Dealer. Dolls.  

Here's what To Do:

• Click the Link
• Buy the tix
• Support the Kids
• Try to keep the bowling ball in your own lane
• Play at my table in Poker I am easy to beat and no I am not just saying that ask anyone there.  It's a very well deserved reputation.  



Twenty Five Years.  That's how long we've know each other.  

• Tell everyone you know

Seriously people I've gone to every single one of the previous seven; it gets better and better every year, never more so than the year I stopped trying to help produce it.  So now it's twice the fun.

Okay.  Do NOT play at her table.  Unless it's a school
night for you and you need to be in bed by 9.  

Live Video from Mavericks Invitational

Check out Live Video from Mavericks Invitational.  See also GoPro Sponsored Recap of 2013 Mavericks Invitational simply amazing coverage, amazing footage, and amazing effort by all participants.  Be safe out there.

David Blatter Last Night at Magic Castle

@davidblatteryay killed it tonight with impromptu show down in the Museum at @magiccastle tonight for my guests and me. Thanks David!
— Michael Bateman (@michaelbbateman) January 22, 2014

The Quirky Gnome: Quirky Gnome is Back!

The Quirky Gnome: Quirky Gnome is Back!: Hello, Internet. I have FINALLY returned from my incredibly ridiculously long break. I've had a lot of time to think about the fate of t...

The Problem with Windows 8

HP is Brining Windows 7 Back, Macobserver Reports

"Which brings us to the crux of the problem, Microsoft. The company designed Windows 8 not to be a great desktop operating system, and not even to be a great touch-based operating system. Instead it was designed to get Microsoft's customers to do what Microsoft wanted them to do, which is to use the same operating system on the desktop and their tablets.  The result is an operating system that is good on neither the desktop or a touch tablet, and customers are responding by buying other things, namely iOS and Android devices."

Yes, Windows 8 suffers from what I call the futon syndrome.  You're twenty years old and you think to yourself, it's a couch AND a bed, what a deal, and it takes you a few years to realize it's such a lousy bed and such a lousy couch it's really neither.  Windows 8 is like that.  For all the software they have made over the years, they lack any real experience building software in a competitive environment where users have choices.  It's as if they said, 'people won't like this at first, but they'll get the hang of it.'  Sure, but they also might go buy something else.  

248 YouTube Views Since Launch - Thanks All

Hey thanks FMDiSC and LAPUG for watching my videos and for anyone who just googled "Camera sees through clothing" and watched my YouTube videos from last week's CES.  Fun stuff.

Some Cool Stuff I found at CES 2014

I am learning as I go with this blogging tool, let's see how this goes, here's the playlist containing the videos:



I've tried to keep these concise, my intended audience are people looking for productivity tools and have stuff to do! :)

Here's each individually, perhaps that might help to find items of interest:

Greetings from the NoHo Arts District, I'm Michael Bateman

From the entertainment capital of North Hollywood, California, this is Michael Bateman and here is my blog.

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