Chris Leckness is a Geek

My Susan Boyle Video Commentary

I caught this link in some forums earlier this week. I check it out and I was floored. My wife is a huge American Idol fan, so I pulled here in to check it out… She too, was astounded at this video. We ended up watching it 3-4 times. By the end of the night, I watched it about 10 times. I got chills almost every time. The next day, I tweeted, "Should I be embarrassed that this video almost brought tears to my eyes? http://bit.ly/IQKf10:56 AM Apr 14th from TweetDeck".

Like everyone else, I was thinking that this video was supposed to be funny… Her antics made it easy to assume…

 
When she opened her mouth and the sweet singing came out, the judges were in shock… So was I.

If you haven’t checked this video out, I highly recommend that you do. It’s truly inspirational.

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009 (With Lyrics)

Chris Leckness Redesigned

The old layout was a little confusing and this one is kinda familiar to many.

In my attempt at trying to be more open and outgoing with folks online, I have started using Twitter and Facebook again. In addition, I plan to start using my personal blog a bit more now.

I have a lot of updates to do to some of the static content here, but for the most part it’s here. Anyone know of any plugins out there that I am not using and maybe I should?

What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas… Oops

Forgot to leave this there…

This one was in the laundry today. Darn.

March Snow in Alabama

Sunday, March 1st, 2009… WOW!

That’s all I can say… WOW. The sun broke through about noon and it didn’t take long for it all to go away.

Where in the Hell is Chris?

I haven’t posted on this blog in quite some time. I also haven’t done much on twitter, facebook, or Linkedin either. Am I dead? No. I have been spending less and less time online than I used to.

If you are reading this, you fall probably fall in 1 of 3 categories, a friend or family members, a reader of Aximsite or Mobilitysite (or another spinoff), or just happened to come across it searching google for something I’ve ranted about. This post today is directed mainly at those in groups 1 and 2.

Why have I been offline more often than not lately? Mainly, changes in priorities, changes in hobbies, and just kind of busy too.

I started Aximsite as a hobby. I never expected it to get to the level it reached. Now that Axim is dead, the move to Mobilitysite has been somewhat successful. We average 1.3 - 1.5 million visitors a month. That’s not what this is all about to me. When it was purely a hobby, I really enjoyed knowing that I helped someone. We did a lot of that at Aximsite. In order to shift with the times and continue to have a readership, I had to shift gears. I enjoy the subjects we cover at Mobilitysite, but at the same time, I have grown somewhat bored with it all. It’s the same old same old, over and over now. Sometimes maintaining the site is more work than it is fun. It’s no longer a feasible hobby.

I am not quitting. I am just explaining why I am absent in other mediums like this blog and twitter.

Thanks for reading and sorry for not posting often here.

Holy Hell… This is good!

Saw this over at Gizmodo… Hell, I can’t 100% past easy mode and I actually play guitar. (or used to)

Movie Weekend - Tropic Thunder, Hellboy 2, and The Dark Knight

All 3 were decent, but the best imho is Tropic Thunder. It was a gut buster. The Les Grossman characters played by Tom Cruise was hilarious.

It was filled with stars and the black man being played by Robert Downy Jr. was seriously funny in itself. I know they took a lot of flack about some of the humor, but I don’t care! Booty Sweat. LOL

Hellboy 2 was pretty good too, but I was disappointed with The Dark Knight.

Wordpress 2.7 Installed

I spent some time this weekend updating Mobilitysite and this blog to WP 2.7. For Mobilitysite, it was a huge leap and is much better. For this blog, it’s a minor leap. The admin interface is going to take time to get used to, but the added features are awesome.

The Story Behind 2.7

The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.

If you run a Wordpress Blog, I recommend it.

Roll Tide - Great Game and Season Bama!

Thanks for the great season. The loss today is a let down, but it was a great game and a truly great season. Good luck in the bowl game. Good luck Florida, keep the National Championship in the SEC.

Roll Tide!

Nasty Day in Tuscaloosa

The Iron Bowl is gonna be messy tomorrow.

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