So I am not a fan of American Idol, but I was bored the other night and caught the end of American Idol Season 7 the Finale. Congrats to David Cook for winning. The only reason I even bother to post this is that I am excited to see what he does with the winner. He is more of a hardcore singer, unlike Clay Aiken, who sings melodic songs. I liked the performance of “Hero” by the David’s. David Cook will definitely be one of the next big rock singers.

On May 20th 2008, on The Today Show, Fergie performs the song “Barracuda.” This however turns out to be a disaster and Fergie should be embarrassed. First off, she is on “THE TODAY SHOW” not the strip club. There are children in the audience, as well as children at home watching. During the video there are pictures of children enjoy the music and picture of men enjoying it for other reasons, so much so that one mans face turns bright red when he realizes the camera is on him. What are those reasons you might ask, well check out the wardrobe she is wearing, not appropriate for LIVE televsion, especially on a family show. Some words that come to mind to describe this mess, Cameltoe, Skin tight and wrong message. During the video Fergie shakes every body part, performs in multiple sexually provocative positions and at the end, OMG, WTF, is she shaking her butt in those skin tight pants? This is an EPIC FAIL to the wardrobe designer, and this issue needs to be dealt with immediately. Save it for the bedroom Fergie.

For those of you that are Photoshop fans, the manual to end all manuals will be coming late 2008. Details are still pending, however it was announced by author Lesa King that she will be writing Photoshop The Missing Manual and according to the announcement on the podcast “Your Mac Life” on May 14th 2008 the book is due October 2008. Still awaiting clarification as to if this is Lesa’s deadline to turn in the work, or if the book will be physically published in October. I will post details as they become available. Expected this to be on my list of books to review once it is released.

Edit: Thanks to Lesa for the clarification. The deadline for Lesa is October so look for a November “ish” publish date.

This book truly does “Inspire, Delight and Bring Thunder to your World.” When I did a quick flip of the pages (similar to the swirling of the wine) and then took my first look (sticking your nose in the wine) I was delighted. I got a taste of an amazing book that inspired the mind (similar to a wine inspiring you taste buds). From start to finish this book is amazing and a must read. Start from number 101 and read it through, number one will surprise you, it shocked me I was so inspired I went and tried to find a handful of these wines. Additionally talked to customers and employees at the wine story and told them about the book and have a few of them going to check it out as well. Gary Vaynerchuk is an amazing author, wine expert and overall amazing person. Two thumbs up. So good I now have three copies ! One to keep, one to give away and a backup.

Patrick O’Keefe is one of those rare gems in the Online Community that isn’t about the money and the fame, he is about the Quality of the product, the people that read his words and the people that he inspires and helps guide in the right direct. Patrick has done an amazing job at writing a down to earth, in depth and easy to read book that will help strengthen the Online Forums community. Managing Online forums is a book that I was looking forward to from the first day I heard the books title. I constantly refer back to the book and recommend the book to anyone I know that is new to Online Communities. I have personally sent a copy to a friend in Australia because the book was that good. I have had the pleasure to interview Patrick O’Keefe and he is an amazing person to interview. Congrats on the book and good luck in future endeavors Patrick !

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JKTnetwork.org to Officially Open on May 21st 2008

OMAHA, NE. — The latest version of JKTnetwork.org will Officially launch on May 21st 2008. This released by JKTnetwork.org owner Jeffrey H on Friday May 16th 2008.

This site will be the place to catch the Official JKTnetwork information. This site will include the most recent posts regarding the network, to include the latest podcast releases for GTA4Cast, phpbbireland, and JKT Network News. Additionally you can find any articles that are released, book reviews, movie reviews and more.

So be sure to check back after 10:00am Central Standard Time on May 21st 2008 for the first round of JKT Network Blogging.

Contact:

Jeffrey, voicemail 206/426-2758
Email: jktnetwork@gmail.com
http://jktnetwork.org