This is great. Talk about being outside the box, or "rocking the box" as MCs used to say back in my youth.
Not much of an intro is needed for this. A Southwest Airlines flight attendant raps his safety pre-flight message. Just watch and enjoy a cool video from a cool company doing something cool.
It's as easy as shutting off the lights. That's what Earth Hour (tomorrow at 8:30 pm) is all about. Just turning off the lights for one hour. Here's some info from www.earthhour.org:
This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming.
For
the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and
background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote
– Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is
a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and
reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world
leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.
Continue reading “Vote for a better earth tomorrow with Earth Hour” »
The Making Home Affordable loan modification and refinance plan is now explained in this awesome video from the one and only Allison Snell of Quicken Loans TV. Allison walks you through the Making Home Affordable plan and explains it in simple terms. Don't be confused by the best refinance plan to hit the market in decades.
Hopefully this video will help explain it and help get folks to the next step toward a better mortgage – on the phone with a mortgage professional.
Thanks for the great video Allison!
"He hit that ball about as far as you can in this ballpark."
Those words, among lots of others, were heard by millions of Detroiters for several decades (from 1959-1996) in George Kell's familiar and friendly drawl. He was mostly the play-by-play guy for the Tigers, coupled with such other legends as Ernie Harwell and Al Kaline in both radio and TV broadcasts.
His voice was so smooth and serious, you could almost feel it through the radio. He's part of the old Tigers that I love so much. The great teams of my youth, the great old stadium (now mostly gone with a tiny portion left standing to tease our memories), the fact that so many games were on free TV then. I don't know. It's hard to explain but it was different then.
George Kell was from the old days. The old days I hold in high esteem. I knew Ernie Harwell and George Kell’s voices so well, they were almost like grandfathers to me. I could be blindfolded and pick them out of a room full of people back when I was younger. Today, I don't know the names of the Tigers' announcers, let alone their voices. I don't think I watched one game on TV last year and I may have listened to a few innings on the radio.
Continue reading “George Kell hangs up his cleats for the last time” »
Imagine how surprised we were when we found out that one of the DIFF crew was featured in a new book that promises to help you "dominate your market one tweet at a time."
That's right. The DIFF's own Chris Kaufman (aka Dr. Kaufman) runs a side hustle called Twitart and it is turning out to be one helluva side hustle. In fact, it's such a great idea that it deserves a coveted spot as "something that is the DIFF."
Anyway, a new book from NY Times best-selling author Joel Comm called Twitter Power features Twitart as a great spot to get a really cool and professional looking Twitter background. And that it is.
Actually, Twitart is enjoying a bit of an explosion in business and popularity lately, due to the fact it has two very important elements on its side:
Sounds good to me.
Continue reading “Twitart hits the pages of Twitter Power – get a really cool Twitter background” »
Quicken Loans chairman Dan Gilbert spoke yesterday to CNBC about the Fed's surprise move to buy billions in mortgage-backed securities. The result was a mortgage rate drop and that's good news for anyone wanting to buy a home or refinance. Check out the video. It's a short and interesting watch!
Everybody's favorite life-size wall graphic company (that would be Fathead, silly) has just been featured in a really cool article in the ESPN the Magazine.
Full disclosure here – Fathead is a sister company of Quicken Loans, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't write about them even if they weren't.
The thing is, Fatheads are cool. And we like cool stuff.
And the ESPN article has already spun off a follow-up article about NBA and MLB superstars that are denied Fathead status – guys like Shaq. Shaq is not a Fathead. Woah.
Anyway, enjoy the short reads and go get yourself a Fathead to put on your mancave (or your man's mancave) wall. Or wherever you want. Put that Fathead up and be proud.
You've earned it!
It's an unlikely love story: I moved to South East Michigan about 4 years ago for grad school and ended up sticking around. In that time I fell in love with Detroit.
Each time I go to the city to volunteer or check out the sights, I’m inspired by the people who insist that Detroit is a great city, despite all the negative press. People who believe that Detroit’s hard times are an opportunity for transformation rather than a death knell.
Detroit’s phoenix-from-the-ashes attitude reminds me of my former home in New Orleans, where people also love and believe in their city, and work hard for positive change.
My affection for the city has me contemplating a move from my lovely, comfortable home in a safe, quaint college town to the city limits of Detroit. I’ve been talking about it for a few months now, and spent the past weekend scoping out the Detroit neighborhood where I plan to make my new home.
Detroit is a little different from New Orleans in that there are even more stretches of urban blight, unlit streets, neglect and abandonment. I’ve been aware of that for some time, but something about my last visit that struck me as extra desolate. Could've been the pouring rain. Maybe it was the security guy at the restaurant, on watch to keep the cars from being vandalized. Maybe it was the weight of so many foreclosed and abandoned homes in the otherwise fine neighborhood where I am planning to move to. Maybe it was even more negative press about Detroit’s city council hitting the national news.
Whatever the reason, I found myself having doubts by Sunday evening, questioning my decision to go to a place where so many have left.
Jay Leno is the man. He's funny and a huge star – and evidently he has a huge heart. I saw on Yahoo today that he's planning on doing a free show for Michigan's unemployed. Wow.
That's a very cool and unexpected unemployment benefit. Here's more from Yahoo:
The NBC "Tonight Show" host said on Monday's show the April 7 performance will be for "anybody out of work in Detroit."
People only have to say they're unemployed to get tickets.
Refreshments and parking also will be free when "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" comes to the home of the NBA's Detroit Pistons.
Tickets will be available starting Monday at the Palace box office. Only four tickets will be allowed per person.
Michigan's unemployment rate has been among the highest in the nation. It was at 11.6 percent in January.
This is really cool gesture from Jay Leno. Very cool. Thanks Jay.
Michigan really appreciates you!
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