• Top April Fools Prank: Don’t show up to work.
  Runner-up: Show up to work. Drunk… with a hooker (who happens to be a co-worker’s daughter). #
• It starts as one thing, then slowly changes into 39 different things. #
• I have never understood people who use the Windows "Recycle Bin" to store files. "No don’t empty that I needed yada yada." TOO DAMN BAD! #
• "Your husband puked on you?" -Cashier at Petco. On the phone. While we’re checking out. WTF?! #
• "Your husband puked on you?… Maybe that’s why he puked on you." -Cashier at Petco. On the phone. As were checking out. Tooth count = 4 #

I spent 4 days last week building a website. Not just any website, though. It’s a website that explains the future.

What am I talking about? Digital television.

It’s not just the “next thing on the horizon,” but the next thing coming to your living room by law.

As part of the conversion the broadcast stations in Indianapolis (WFYI, WRTV, WISH [WNDY], WTHR, WXIN [WTTV]) have joined forces with the Indiana Broadcasters Association to help inform the public of this change. WTHR has been doing a lot on their own to promote the change. I’ve been very impressed with their promos so far, they’re very well done and very informative (except for one that looks like it was shot 16×9 but has been squeezed to 4×3).

As part of the process to educate viewers WRTV produced a Public Service Announcement that’s being run on all broadcast stations in town, promoting indianaDTVanswers.com (link)

Now for most of us, the conversion to DTV won’t change anything. If you get your television from cable, satellite or another provider they’re going to take care of the downconversion from digital to analog. But if you watch stations over-the-air (using rabbit ears) you’ll need a converter box to turn those ones and zeros into a signal your television can decode.

You don’t really care about any of that, though, do you? Because last time I checked, most people in the industry don’t even understand what’s going on.

Well, the whole point of this post was to be self-serving, so to that end I present the self-serving part of this post.

IndianaDTVanswers.com was created by me and one of WRTV’s graphic designers.

Huzah! There. That’s the end.

• Gotta love getting paid on site. After the sleep it’s time for basketball. Davidson better not screw up my bracket even more! #
• Mmmmm… Frittata! #

• Halftime. There’s no one at the Pacers game. #
• I could get a double-double in the NBA. 10 turnovers and 10 steals. (You get credit for a steal if the ball is stolen from you, right?) #
• Another fun, exciting day. When do I get paid? #

• Time for some sleep. Did you know that there’s a 5:00am EVERY DAY? What genius thought that one up? #
• Flurries. Nothing to do. Cold. #
• Been here for 4 1/2 hours. Worked for 1 1/2 hours. Done with everything I can do. #
• Done with one Friday gig, off to the other Friday gig. #
• Another amazing case of hurry up and wait. #
• Hmmm. What to do now? This whole show is built, too. #
• Who are these people who leave work early on a Friday to STAND IN CONSECO WAITING FOR THE GATES TO OPEN?! #
• How the announcer will greet the crowd at tonight’s Pacers game: "Good evening lady and gentleman." #
• "It’s like watching a YMCA game." #

I spent the last 20 hours busting my butt to produce a new spot for 6 News Good Morning Indiana.

Oh, and a spot for TheINDYChannel.com.

Actually, they’re the same spot.

Starting tomorrow morning we’re going to be soliciting regular viewers for video content. We’re asking anyone with a video camera to record a “Good morning, Indiana” greeting that could be used on-air during the morning newscast. So feel free to make you own video and send it our way. Just go to TheINDYChannel.com and look on the right side of the page for “Good Morning Greetings.”

Here are the spots that start running in just a few hours. From conception, to creation, to air in less than 48 hours. Not too shabby.

• I could really go for something to eat. Something unhealthy. Greasy. Semi-tasty. Where’s the nearest hole-in-the-wall diner?! #
• Time never seems to move fast enough when I come into work early; when I’m running late, having a parking brake on the world would be nice. #
• Sitting outside. I should do this more often. #

• Really? Is it a Monday? I had no idea, what with all the stuff that’s just been thrown into my lap. #