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El Saxophone Man

Ismael Burciaga — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:50:53 +0000

I saw this on a friends site and could not stop laughing. Enjoy.

12 Year Old Bass Guitar Prodigy

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:04:05 +0000

WOW! Thanks to Dan Mall, I am blown away by the skills of the young kid (Pipoquinha) on the bass. That’s it, I quit playing bass today! Okay not really, but this kid kicks butt.

Last Minutes with Oden

Ismael Burciaga — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:14:48 +0000

Growing up, my family always had a dog. We once tried a cat, but that didn’t last long. My wife and I currently have three Chihuahuas and every time I see ANY hurt animal, I am reminded of my little furry guys. So when I saw this video posted by Kyle Steed, I cried like a baby. I couldn’t stop thinking about Gus, Rocket and Dylan.
Just wait until we have kids LOL

Music I Listen To When I Design

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:16:55 +0000

Here is a list of artists and bands I listen to when I design. My genres range from rap, hardcore, pop and emo. I know my range is weird but I love all types of music.

Rap:

Hardcore Rock:

Pop:

Alternative:

Soft (not sure what genre)

Electronica:

Current Favorite Rap & R&B Tunes

Ismael Burciaga — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:44:02 +0000

I know some of the tunes can be a bit crazy and you might not agree about some of them, but the BEATS are amazing. What are your current favorite rap tunes?

The Essential Jaco Pastorius

Ismael Burciaga — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:45:44 +0000

I can not stop listening to the fine bass lines of Jaco the man. It makes me want to grab my bass and throw it on the ground. Oh well, enjoy the smooth jams.

Best Football Trick Ever

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:38:48 +0000

OMG only if the Dallas Cowboys could try this now that Romo is not playing. We could probably win a game.

Bumblebee Wrecks During Transformers 3 Filming

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:45:17 +0000

WOW! This footage is crazy. Luckily everyone is okay including both stunt driver and officer. This was shot in DC.

Angle 1

Angle 2

A Chimp Having Fun

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:03:52 +0000

JUST WAIT FOR IT! This is by far one of the funniest videos I have seen since the Intruder Song.

The Next Old Navy Mannequin

Ismael Burciaga — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:16:47 +0000

My friend Tiffany is a top finalist for the Old Navy Mannequin contest. Check out this video and make sure to find her at an Old Navy store window soon. You can also find her on Twitter and Facebook. BOOM!

BBQWar is now on Unmatchedstyle.com

Ismael Burciaga — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:16:30 +0000

My Tuesday is looking good so far. I just found out via twitter that my BBQWar.com site was listed on the homepage of Unmatchedstyle.com. Thank you for adding my site. Gene Crawford had a few kind words about my site: “Love this design, the colors and type are perfect for a BBQ site like this. There are a ton of really great little details across this entire website. It really makes me hungry just looking at it. BEEF!” Don’t worry Gene, whenever I look at the site too, it make me super hungry.

BOOM!

Ismael Burciaga — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:41:48 +0000

For the last couple of weeks I have been hanging out with a buddy of mine who got me hooked on saying/tweeting “BOOM.” When I saw this commercial, I knew I had to post this. Also, If you look closely at the commercial, the word BOOM is displayed on a screen in yellow and black. BOOM!

Intense Zombie Dream

Ismael Burciaga — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:28:49 +0000

WOW I just had a crazy vivid & intense zombie dream that feels like I have had several times growing up. They were like the old classic Night of the Living Dead movies. It’s funny how it started because I was in the middle of a shoot out with some bad guys. As I was trying to hide under a table for a sniper shot, I quickly realize that the thugs could see me from the side of the building. Then instantly a group of their friends arrive and next thing you know we (a group of close friends) are on the run bc we are being chased. This is where the zombie dream kicks in.

As we are running we find a bookstore and run in. Now for some reason my group turned into a few friends and some new civilians. As we are hiding out talking about what just happened, a lady opens the front door and begins to talk to someone. I rush down there and tell her to come inside. She didn’t listen and that someone had turned into a zombie and bit her. We killed the zombie and brought her in. We dididnt know what to do but she then turned into a zombie and we had to put her out. Soon this bookstore turned into a multi-level school and notice zombies walking from the west wing. We start to make our escape by going up the stairs to exit out the top level door. By this point I have a shotgun and I am blasting these bad boys into pieces. Zombies were popping out of classrooms and closets. In one scene my wife is now in my group and we hop in a van and leave the facility. As we drive about a few miles we crash and end up in a neighborhood. As we are getting out of the van a group of people begin to run towards us because they were being chased by new zombies. This is where it gets funny. Everyone rushes to the top deck of the front porch and I pull out my glock and start shooting this one zombie man that is standing at the top of the stairs. As I begin to shoot him at close range, he starts laughing. I quickly then notice my gun was a water gun. Man this dream was so intense that I had to wake up.

So this is real life now. I wake up and take the dogs outside to potty (I do this EVERY night) and when we are out there I hear the most crazy sound ever. It was like a loud crazy door was opening (kinda like the ones you hear in movies when the place is abandoned and the hindges are rusty) every 40 seconds. So the dogs and I run up to the fence and look through a hole and the sound got louder but we couldn’t see anything in the street. By this time it was so instense that every 5 seconds I was checking my back. After a few minutes trying to hear or see anyhing, we give up and go back inside to bed and I begin to write out my experience.

Ok time for bed, but before I leave you, here are some questions for you:

Was that intense or what? What is the craziest dream you have had that feels like you have dreamt it before?

PS: this entry my not be gramatically correct bc I’m typing this at 5:25am

God Be Praised

Ismael Burciaga — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:58:49 +0000

This is one of my favorite worship songs by Gateway Worship of Gateway Church. It was written by my friend David Moore.

Feeding A Big Spider At Church Media Group HQ

Ismael Burciaga — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:30:33 +0000

The quality sucks but if you fast-forward to 4:40, you can see the spider eat its prey.

Let Me Take You To The Movies

Ismael Burciaga — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:56:14 +0000

I love this song. I wish I could buy it on iTunes.

Mirror of the Future

Ismael Burciaga — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:35:04 +0000

It would be great to have one of these mirrors in my house. Only if there was a way for it to do work for you too.

PaintbrushJS: Image Processing Library Built With Javascript

Ismael Burciaga — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:18:40 +0000

I was just blown away this morning when I discovered Dave Shea’s PaintbrushJS via Dribbble. PaintbrushJS is a lightweight browser-based image processing library built with Javascript and canvas. The canvas element is part of HTML5 and allows for dynamic, scriptable rendering of 2D shapes and bitmap images. You can learn more about canvas here.

Man this is really crazy because the other day I was just thinking about how neat it would be if there was a sepia jQuery plug-in that I could use on one of my website projects. I know this might not work on all browsers just yet, but I can’t wait to use it.

Thanks Dave for this amazing code.

Sister From The Same Mister & Brother From Another Mother

Ismael Burciaga — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:24 +0000

When I saw this I laughed, but then I realized “WHAT THE….. this is gonna be a Reality TV show.”

Give Your Clients A Juicy Slice

Ismael Burciaga — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:37:47 +0000

Thanks to @aaroni268 for the awesome tweet.