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Darth Maul, originally uploaded by orangejack.

My favorite shot from our Star Wars Weekend adventure at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

You can see the full set of photos here.

I’ve been a fan of mashup music for several years. Today I just had to link up a few for you. Have fun and jam.

Aggro1 – Rock of Ages Girl (Def Leppard vs. Goose)

Electrosound - Relax, I Wanna Be Trash (Mika vs. The Whip)

Lobsterdust - Urgent Situation (Foreigner vs. Yaz)

Mad Mix Mustang – The Love Cats Shack (B-52’s vs. Stray Cats)

DJ Shyboy – You Spin Me Upside Down (Diana Ross vs. Dead Or Alive)

Norwegian Recycling - 9 Songs To Save The World (Madonna vs. Justin Timberlake vs. Timbaland vs. Flo Rida vs. Usher vs. Britney Spears vs. Nelly Furtado vs. Eiffel 65)

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Seriously, I’d like your feedback on this.  I didn’t hear from anyone on the original post…

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I’ve decided to run a little experiment and want to get your feedback on it. I’ve created the Orangejack Mall. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

Not only is it the begging of hurricane season, the “real feel” index is popping 100 now.

Hooray.

I’ve decided to run a little experiment and want to get your feedback on it. I’ve created the Orangejack Mall. Check it out and let me know your thoughts.

My idea is to create one place that has some shopping ideas that I think you might be interested in — or at least ideas I like and think you might also like. Some of the items I make money off of if you purchase them by going through the mall. Some items are just listed for your benefit (like the woot deal of the day and the keep cash listings).

I’ve created a few online stores like my Rob’s Recommended Amazon store where I hand-select items you may like. I plan to create a few other niche stores. So in the Orangejack Mall you can currently find Disney DVD’s and Chronicles of Narnia books from Amazon, LOST stuff from CafePress, and Nikon deals from eBay. I may also create affiliate stores later on CafePress and eBay to hand select items like I did with Amazon.

What do you think about this whole concept? What would you do differenly? What stores would you like to see added? If the mall had the stuff you’d like to see (like what?) would you go there to shop?

Thanks for your honest feedback. Comment here or let me know privately.

US Flag and Snowy Mountain, originally uploaded by orangejack.

Thank you Veterans.

The more I travel the world and appreciate other’s way of lives, the more I appreciate what you have done to preserve ours.

Thank you for your service.

Ironic Sans: How bold can Darth Vader be?

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I used to just live inside Microsoft Outlook.  I don’t anymore.  I’ve switched to using gMail exclusively.  And with that I’ve found ways to manage my tasks and calendar online also.  I actually really like the system I have.

However, I don’t have a good solution for managing contacts.  I’ve read the recent posts on what people like but I’m not so sure about what works best for me.

I wish Google Contacts worked great, but I can’t manage a good work flow process with it.  I’m thinking about Plaxo but they offer so much fluff now I’m not crazy about it.

I could use Outlook again, but I’d only be using it for contacts.  That seems bloaty to me.

What I want is a good, free, lightweight CMS that allows me to group and tag people (like to follow-up with) and it would be nice to be able to make a copy somewhere online so my wife can access them also.

Any ideas?

Because I seem to be everywhere online, I’ve created a profile page for myself.

Subscribe, bookmark, and enjoy.

If I had a donkey I’d name him Odie. Then he’d be Donkey Odie.

If I had an orangutan I’d name him Jack. Then he’d be Orangutan Jack.

If I could coin a new word, it would be “hysteriamentary”. It would be used to describe documentary films that use hysteria to make their point. It’s really an inconvenient truth to make this up in the 11th hour, but someone has to.

I’m probably the only person I know that was glad to see Brittney Spears trying to make a decent comeback on How I Met Your Mother this week.

When the shuttle lands in Florida, the double sonic boom scares me every time. Last night it shook the blinds.

If it weren’t for some Orlando rain last Saturday, I’d be fully trained as a Disney PhotoPass Photographer. We’ll fix that this Saturday morning.

I’m tired of Facebook, but I still think it’s funny that there are 25 people in a group I created called “People named Robert Williams“.

Twitter isn’t as effective for me as it is for others. I have a feeling that half of you don’t know what I mean by that.

Easter Sunday rocks. Every time.

I’m #2 going into the Sweet 16 in the Sleestack Madness bracket. I’m realizing I’d be #1, not if I picked better, but if I invited one less person.

How heathen have I become? I couldn’t think of a proper synonym for “bad ass” to describe Samuel Jackson.

Miss Guided is indeed not a bad show, but the name is perfect for a young, unmarried guidance counselor sitcom.

I cough whenever I eat a brown, spotted, or over-ripe banana. Yes, I have no logical reason for it nor can I find anything on the internets about it. But I swear it’s true.

You know what is a great rush? Getting Final Jeopardy right when all three contestants don’t. It’s happened to me twice.

Orangejack Shares > Orangejack FriendFeed but I like aspects of both.

I told a friend on Skype the other day that I’ll always shoot straight with him because I just don’t have time to mess around and lie.

I still can’t think of a proper way to describe Samuel Jackson.

Guess it’s Billie Jean day here at Rob’s Place. Here’s a nice, smooth mashup by DJ Schmolli - Justice For Billie Jean (mp3).