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Wedding Photos

The rest of the wedding photos are now available!

http://bellapictures.com/photos
Code: V0623NEWMAN

Christa and I would both like to take this opportunity to thank our photographer Chris Trafford and Bella Pictures for hooking us up with him. All of his photography turned out truly amazing, and everyone (not just us!) commented on how great he was to work with. Chris went the extra mile for us, staying nearly 2 hours after his time was up. We would HIGHLY recommend him to ANYONE interested in a journalistic style for their wedding photos.

So Chris, I hope google indexes this site and puts this review up for you soon!

Wedding Megamix

So many of you have requested info on the tracks I featured in the wedding video as well as the wedding “rave” later in the evening, so here’s a megamix & tracklist featuring as many as I could fit onto a 21 mini-cd.

Wedding Dance
Etta James – At Last

Wedding Video Soundtrack
Massive Attack – Teardrop
Deadmau5 – Faxing Berlin
Frou Frou – Let Go

Wedding Megamix
Inner City – Good Life
Bucketheads – The Bomb
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
Junior Jack – My Feeling (Kick ‘N’ Deep Mix)
Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon – So Much Love to Give

»» Wedding Megamix Download ««

Small World

At the risk of making the-most-annoying-song-in-the-world be stuck in your heads for the next 2 weeks, it’s a fucking small world, after all.

Way way back in time (2 years ago) when I proposed to Christa, I bought the domain mattandchrista.com. I had given the name a lot of thought, and conducted weeks of extensive market research for the optimum combination of letters to bring in the most traffic. It came down to two finalists: (1) christaandmatt.com or (2) mattandchrista.com.

In the end I chose what I did because it met my exhaustive domain name criteria:

  • My name had to be first

Interestingly enough, not long after the launch of mattandchrista.com, I began receiving reports that people went to our website, only to find pictures and information of people that weren’t us.

IT GETS CREEPY FROM HERE.

It turns out there is another coupleized Matt and Christa out there, and they purchased christaandmatt.com. They too went to MSU. They too did the long distance thing.
And the really ironic thing that even Alanis would be proud to sing about – Christa met Christa through Comerica. I’m surprised the fabric of the space-time continuum did not instantly explode and burn.

Christa + Christa = Explosive Space Time

New gallery, more photos

I installed some new software to enhance the gallery. Soon you will be able to add pictures to your “shopping cart” and “check out” by downloading all your selected photos in one batch. I’ve also added all the photos I have so far from everyone.

We’re still waiting on the professional pictures, and on people to give me their digital files so I don’t have to download them all individually from their facebook/myspace pages.

So please, IF YOU HAVE PICTURES FROM THE WEDDING/RECEPTION WE DON’T HAVE PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP SO I CAN GET THEM FROM YOU.

Brush with the famous

Last night Christa and I took Monty to the patio at AJ’s (the old Xhedos) in downtown Ferndale to get some ice cream and meet up with Bob, Chris Rohn, and his wife.

While we are sitting there, a little girl with her parents noticed Monty and kept coming over to stand next to him. She was shy and basically just wanted to come stand by him and stare. Her Dad kept encouraging her to say hello to the dog and pet him, but she wouldn’t have it.

Derrick MayAfter spending a good 40 minutes on the patio we left to take a walk.

As we walked away, Chris asked us if we knew who the little girl’s father was. I didn’t. He told us it was Derrick May.

I love Ferndale.

There is hope in the tainted pet food debacle

I got a letter in the mail yesterday from a claims adjuster for Iams.

Pet Food Claim Letter

It already starts off on the wrong foot as it says they tried to contact me (which they didn’t), and if I don’t respond to the letter within 30 days my claim will be voided. Man I wish I had a lawyer friend…

Have you seen me?

Drivers LicenseI realized Saturday when I went to buy some booze that I lost my license at some point during the Ferndale Bar Crawl Friday night. I had a great time and visited 9 bars in the 4 hours we were out and about. Probably TOO good of a time if I lost my license.

I was hoping some good samaritan or bar owner would return it to me since my address is on it and all, but no dice. Hopefully I won’t get a visit from Homeland Security because someone used my photo ID to go to the casino in Windsor and drink underage or something.

So after driving around for 3 days illegally I had to go down to the Secretary of State’s office. An hour later I had a piece of paper that said I could drive again, but I still don’t have a photo ID for 2-4 weeks. Good thing the guys at the liquor store down the street recognize me!

Happy System Administrator Day!

July 27th, 2007 (Last Friday Of July)
8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day

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Friday, July 27th, 2007, is the 8th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day. On this special international day, give your System Administrator something that shows that you truly appreciate their hard work and dedication.

Let’s face it, System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year. This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe, will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work. But seriously, we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement. It’s the least you could do.

Consider all the daunting tasks and long hours (weekends too.) Let’s be honest, sometimes we don’t know our System Administrators as well as they know us. Remember this is one day to recognize your System Administrator for their workplace contributions and to promote professional excellence. Thank them for all the things they do for you and your business.

No surprise, my users didn’t get me anything except more trouble calls. Typical.

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