tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38767442011-04-21T15:55:48.862-07:00A place for thoughts and other odd ramblings on current (and not so current) events by Scott R. DunaganScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1158345046468890802006-09-15T11:22:00.000-07:002006-09-15T11:30:46.470-07:00

Moved this blog to...Thoughts

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1158341391780242542006-09-15T10:28:00.000-07:002006-09-15T10:29:51.800-07:00

Well, here we are, at the hospital, with baby #2 on the way. It�s been a long night, labor sort of started around 11PM, then, after a couple of hours of on and off sleep, we got up at 2AM. Around 4AM the bag of water broke and we got ready to get down to the hospital. Now we�ve been here since 5AM and I�ve decided that blogging this event is probably not a bad idea.... Not sure if I�ll do

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1156275730960268982006-08-22T12:42:00.000-07:002006-08-22T12:43:43.880-07:00

Work is VERY busy these days. We're launching a new site redesign today for one of our properties. In addition, we're also remodeling our house so that's another long story of business gone awry...and we're moving at work and I'm in charge of that process too...

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I've officially started the other blog for the Angels information, here's the URL: http://angelsbaseball.typepad.com/angelsbaseball/ http://halohotline.scottd00.com/ you can also click the link in the title to go to the site.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1144275724498277562006-04-05T15:12:00.000-07:002006-04-05T15:22:04.510-07:00

Sorry for the tardyness of this post, I'm migrating all the Angels stuff onto a new blog , URL to come soon, and it'll be staffed by more than just me. So today's game pits the former Angel Jarrod Washburn agains former Dodger Jeff Weaver. In a battle of the #3 starters, the Halos are looking for a better outing from Weaver than they got from Lackey last night. Hopefully the defense will

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1144253273731934742006-04-05T08:55:00.000-07:002006-04-05T09:07:53.740-07:00

Well, not sure where our middle infield was last night.... Errors cost teams games. Even with the Lackey's horrible 2nd inning the Halos made a strong surge to get back into the game, with HR from GA, Juan Rivera, and Tim "King Fish" Salmon. But it wasn't enough. The defense fell apart and we couldn't stay in the game. Aside from the bright note of Timmy's HR, we had a great relief outing from

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Well, last night's game was a bit closer than we had hoped. Tonight's game should be another interesting match-up, featuring John Lackey (14-5, 3.44 ERA in 05) against Joel Pineiro (7-11, 5.62 ERA in 05). SPECIAL NOTE, FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA, THE GAME IS ON KCOP 13, NOT FOX SPORTS WEST. On another broadcasting note, the Angels inked a deal to get 158 of their 162 games

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Well, it was a little frightening there for a while, but, the Halo's managed to survive a break down by Bart in the 5th and another "thriller" from K-Rod at the end of the game. You know what they say, I'm either going to close the game or make is a close game. More to come on today's match-up between the Angels and Mariners later today.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1144088114455445182006-04-03T11:03:00.000-07:002006-04-03T11:37:02.223-07:00

Ahhh, baseball is finally back. It has been a VERY LONG off-season this year. To make matters worse, I've finally broken down and done the Fantasy Baseball thing. We'll see how far that goes. More importantly, however, the Los Angeles/Anaheim/California/LA/whatever-city Angels are back. They start out their season today against an interesting Seattle club. Today's starter for Seattle is Jamie

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1143567390143619762006-03-28T09:29:00.000-08:002006-03-28T09:36:30.153-08:00

Well, I work in downtown LA, directly across the street from City Hall. I left work yesterday afternoon, to take my daily walk to Union Station to catch a train home to behind the "Orange Curtain," however, as I exited the building I was faced with more than a dozen LAPD and LA Sherriff's cars, probably 100+ officers, and several school busses, miles of police tape, and several hundred chanting,

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1142904613302639372006-03-20T17:14:00.000-08:002006-03-20T17:30:13.313-08:00

First: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (GR:AW): Well, I agree with most of the other comments about this product... Namely the next-gen graphics are AMAZING. The game-play is immersive and intense, etc.... That's where I'll stop, though. Many of the other reviews have criticized things like the "night-vision" mode, the fact that levels aren't "balanced" in difficulty, etc.... Well, that

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1142903678134489852006-03-20T17:13:00.000-08:002006-03-20T17:14:38.143-08:00

Well, I'm going to be writing a couple of reviews, (Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, and The Outfit), for starters; stay tuned.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1142615106522993772006-03-17T09:02:00.000-08:002006-03-17T09:05:06.756-08:00

Wow, what has TIVO done? I have a Series 2 Tivo, but, it's sitting in a closet, hooked to my old digital cable box and outputting to Slingbox so I can watch Angels baseball when I travel (because it doesn't support HDTV and so I'm stuck with the horrible MOXI box provided by the cable company). They've now decided to end the ability to purchase a lifetime subscription to the Tivo service, opting,

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1141082857454745362006-02-27T15:24:00.000-08:002006-04-04T17:14:31.973-07:00

Well the book is back on track. I've gotten an editor. Anyway, the working title is now The Interactive Studio: An Organization Design and Process For Integrated Service Organizations. Yeah, it's a mouthful, but, hopefully it'll look good on the shelf ;-).

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1136394839569427862006-01-04T09:12:00.000-08:002006-01-04T09:13:59.570-08:00

Well, my wife managed to pull it off, she got me an XBOX 360, Premium, for Christmas... And managed to hide it from me for 2 weeks. WOW! Anyway, I don't want to sound like a "fanboy," but, it is a very cool console. There are a few downsides, like their isn't much documentation on how to configure your router for live, etc..., but, in all, it's great.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121974369238805602005-07-21T12:31:00.000-07:002005-07-21T12:32:49.243-07:00

Well, I just read a blog post by Seth Godin on books. Makes quite a bit of sense, really, when you think about it. So, I'm thinking of starting a seperate blog with the books contents and putting all my "revolutionary" ideas there.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121840291878044792005-07-19T23:15:00.000-07:002005-07-19T23:18:11.883-07:00

WOW....was driving home from softball tonight...coming up the 5 freeway and lo and behold, what do I see, but some guy driving down the freeway typing email on his damn laptop...and not a short email, but a freaking book. What possesses people? I mean, hell, I text on my phone, etc...., but a freaking laptop, come on man!

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121669403573229892005-07-17T23:47:00.000-07:002005-07-17T23:50:03.580-07:00

Wow, just finished getting my SlingBox set-up. Had to pull CAT-5 in the attic, reconnect the old cable co. set-top box, and reconnect the TiVO. WOW it's great to have TiVO back, the HDTV DVR from Adelpia SUCKS! Anyway, now I can stream my TiVO to anywhere in the WORLD! that has an internet connection! Can't wait to try out the network features tomorrow.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121463694237198412005-07-15T14:41:00.000-07:002005-07-15T14:42:25.406-07:00

This is one absolutely sick bastard. He should be put out of his misery. There is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for this type of behavior!

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121386128415421682005-07-14T17:08:00.000-07:002005-07-15T11:46:54.383-07:00

A critical factor in successful project development/management. It is critical to precisely capture requirements PRIOR to beginning development, otherwise, people waste time, and energy working on things that have no true benefit to the client / project / team / themselves. I'm currently exploring options to help our project managers better define what those requirements are, and how they relate

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121367684481147342005-07-14T12:01:00.000-07:002005-07-15T11:46:22.816-07:00

LOL, Wow, this is something you REALLY don't want to do. Especially if you're the premiere on-line marketer, or, in the case of Wal-Mart, super-store-extraordinaire. Anyway, check out the "oops" by these two marketers: http://yahoo.reuters.com/financeQuoteCompanyNewsArticle.jhtml?duid=mtfh02843_2005-07-14_18-11-23_n14yrrah2_newsml

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121361080214711582005-07-14T10:06:00.000-07:002005-07-14T10:11:20.220-07:00

Fortune magazine has this GREAT article about the evolution of the web. Basically like a trip in the Way Back Machine. It tells THE technological story of how we came to believe in the Internet, how it is now a central driving force in the world. Blogs were first to carry news and info about the HORRIBLE events in London last week, on 9/11/01 I was IMing with a friend in NYC that was watching the

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1121112126440958622005-07-11T13:01:00.000-07:002005-07-11T13:02:06.443-07:00

Not much to say today.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1120854888772612602005-07-08T13:21:00.000-07:002005-07-08T13:34:48.776-07:00

So, back on the book: Critical to today's "internet marketing" service providers is the ability to react quickly to the rapidly changing environment in which we all exist. While we are not as slow to change as a TV Spot, for example, we don't turn "on-a-dime" either. It is possible, however, to design an organization that is flexible, sort of like this robot, where pieces come together when

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1119740029810386662005-06-25T15:53:00.000-07:002005-06-25T15:53:50.703-07:00

This is my little guy next to my dad's memorial luminary at the Buena Park Relay for Life. This is a great event that raises money for cancer research. Cancer is a horrible disease that no family should have to suffer through. This photo was from last night, the event is over at 4 this afternoon.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1119653683154680642005-06-24T15:53:00.000-07:002005-06-24T15:54:43.160-07:00

Well I'm late posting today....damn. I had to go and pick up two of my photograph submissions to the OC fair, they were juried out, at least the 3rd stayed in. You can see that work @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottd00/

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1119462398068357142005-06-22T10:45:00.000-07:002005-06-22T10:46:38.073-07:00

Okay, so, I'm not as young as I used to be...little sore today after two men's games last night....won the first game, lost the second...so we ended up second....AGAIN! in men's ball. Well, guess we'll just have to try again next season (2wks).

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1119375514553329322005-06-21T10:37:00.000-07:002005-06-21T10:38:34.556-07:00

Well, big softball victories last night, two men's games tonight for the championship. We'll have to see what happens. I think my playing is improving because I'm in the gym every day now, and having a V8-beer in the AM and a beer or 2 in the PM every day.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-1119201211350297112005-06-19T10:13:00.000-07:002005-06-19T10:13:31.353-07:00

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-859728932002-12-13T18:07:00.000-08:002002-12-13T18:07:52.710-08:00

Sports Illustrated Advertising World SeriesThis is a Great Time....if you're in the industry you should definitely go.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-839273432002-11-02T11:02:00.000-08:002002-11-02T11:02:46.420-08:00

Whew, finally came down from the World Series win by the Angels. So now, on with other thoughts... Parasites They're everywhere...according to the National Geographic Channel. Anyway, I think that people are also parasites. For example, people congregate in groups for their own benefit, yes, the group may also benefit from their presence, but, the primary reason for their participation is

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-836439472002-10-27T20:22:00.000-08:002002-10-27T20:22:55.763-08:00

ANGELS WIN!!!! ANGELS WIN!!!! ANGELS WIN!!!!

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Well, the Angels have dropped two straight to the Giants. Thank God we're headed back to Anaheim for the next two and us sweeping isn't an unheard of event. 11 of the 26 times in World Series history when a team has been down 3-2 going back home for the last two games they've swept to win.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-833896082002-10-22T21:49:00.000-07:002002-10-22T21:49:35.390-07:00

Yep...2-1 the Angels lead The Series.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-833820032002-10-22T19:01:00.000-07:002002-10-22T19:01:32.086-07:00

Well this post isn't about The Series ... maybe later. For now I'm going to talk a little about the book that I'm writing. It is about Organizational Structures in Digital Marketing/Interactive/[Insert Catch Phrase of the Day Here] Development groups within larger service organizations. The teaser of the day is that these groups should be organized around the technology (and if present

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-833508532002-10-22T06:50:00.000-07:002002-10-22T06:52:56.493-07:00

Well, here it is Tuesday morning...Game 3 of the World Series is this afternoon (5:00 pacific) why is it that we on the West Coast are subject to the whims of East Coast TV time? Completely ridiculous. Anyway, I'm calling the Angels in 6 games, things down here in Orange County are completely out of control in support of our Halos.

Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01302045084360847610noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3876744.post-833365592002-10-21T21:54:00.000-07:002002-10-21T22:03:13.216-07:00

Well, I've decided to keep a weBLOG. We'll see where this goes. Hopefully it will help me be slightly more creative and encourage me to work on my book a little more frequently.

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