The Chronicles of Wunch; Continued

Alas, we abandoned our illustrious Wunch Weader today.
She did not, however, wain from her calling.  Below, Angie recalls her account of Wunching alone.
As you know it was raining today when I wunched alone. The highlights: A soggy sock in the rain gutter floating, the waterfall at the civic center that I didn’t know existed, and some really huge trees. I made it to 11th again, the return trip was made on the opposite side of the street. All in all not too shabby. Oh, yes and I took many fantastic photos but only remembered to save the first one. Doh. 
(Revised 1.27.09 - Found additional photos.  That's what Wunch is all about.)
-Angie Scobby, January 13, 2009

First Installment of the Peppershock Wunch Travels

Actually it's the third Wunch adventure...we're just now getting around to blogging about it.

If you haven't heard, "Wunch" at Peppershock is Wednesday Walking Lunch, cleverly crafted by our own Art Director, Angie Scobby.  Each Wednesday at precisely 12:30pm-ish anyone with a numb butt is welcome to join us on our trek across the lands of Nampa. We start out in a different direction each time, not really knowing where we'll end up.
Week 1 of Wunch we (Drew, Mark & Angie) found a dried up bouncy ball which on about the third thwump into the asphalt shattered in two. (I meant to take pictures but didn't have the camera.)
Week 2 was fit for snowshoing or cross country skiing, but alas, we all forgot to bring our equipment. We still made the journey on foot though...all the way to 11th Ave. by Brick 29.  Mmmm...Bristol Bacon.

Now that you're up to speed on Wunch, we arrive at week three.  First time Wunchables Cheri and Rhea joined Angie and I this week as we traveled to the exotic land of Mickey D's.  We were drawn there because of the free Honey Mustard Chicken Wrap coupons we received from a friend via email.  (Thanks Dave!)  Frugal and healthy...both at the same time...and from McDonald's none-the-less!



And so the adventures continue.  Chronicling the Wunchables as they briskly bound across the streets of Nampa in search of truths unknown, questions, answers and most importantly, more bouncy balls and Chicken Wrap coupons.

Peppershock's i48 Sci-Fi Adventure

Sci-fi!
Sci-fi?
Sci-Fi...
We had mixed emotions when we were given our genre this year.
It's a tough one. Most people think sci-fi and instantly cliches starting popping into mind. Space, aliens, fantasy lands, etc.
We chose to go with a mix of space, alternate reality and folklore.
Congrats and many thanks to those that participated with the Peppershock team this year...your names appear in the credits...probably multiple times. :)
One credit we missed was Mark Spear - Original Custom Music.

Below is what we came up with.
Enjoy.

This is the short film Peppershock produced for the 2009 i48 Film Festival and Contest. The Genre was Science Fiction.

Peppershock Recruiting for i48 2009 Film Festival

Peppershock is looking for actors, crew, fire eaters, snake charmers, executive producers, etc.

May 29-31, 2009

48 hours of short film product-o-rama fun!
drew@peppershock.com

preview peppershock i48 films of years past @ http://www.youtube.com/user/peppershock

Adobe Media Player Comparable to iTunes

Tagline from Adobe Media Player site, "Watch what you want, when you want."

The Adobe Media Player acts similarly to iTunes whereas viewers are able to subscribe to and automatically download content to their library. Whether the content is a TV episode produced by a large network, a video podcast or personal videos, viewers can manage as well as publish their own content.
Participating networks include Blip.tv, CBS, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV and more.

The most interesting aspect to this player in my opinion is the ability to play .flv videos.
.flv stands for Flash Video. It's a high quality, small file size video format that is being widely adopted as the standard for web video. Many HD web videos are delivered in this format. As video producers, we're excited about this player because it allows us to deliver our High Def video to businesses and consumers alike without losing much quality and without the file being incredibly huge.

Hooray for Adobe Media Player! <--Link to download Adobe Media Player

BYP Lounge Series_006 Featuring Tim White, Ph.D., President, University of Idaho

Audio adjustments until about 1 min :30 secs...then it cleans up and sounds fine.

Boise Young Professionals Mayor Bieter Unplugged

Boise Young Professionals Mayor Bieter Unplugged

Lounging Series with Steve Hanks, Former CEO, Washington Division of URS

Click here to download .mp3

Steve Hanks, former CEO of the Washington Division of URS. In the summer of 1978, Steve became a corporate attorney at international engineering and construction company Morrison Knudsen Corporation, Boise . Following a stream of promotions in the legal department, he was named senior vice president and general counsel in 1992. In 1999, he led the acquisition of the government services business of CBS’s Westinghouse Electric Company, a move that doubled Morrison Knudsen’s size and greatly expanded its market reach in nuclear services and environmental remediation. Steve was named president of Morrison Knudsen in 2000, the year it acquired Raytheon Engineers & Constructors. He led the integration of Morrison Knudsen, Westinghouse Government Services and Raytheon Engineers & Constructors into a much larger engineering, construction and management company named Washington Group International. In 2001, he became chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Washington Group International. In addition to the positive impact Steve made for Washington Group and the engineering and construction industry, he also has made a difference through community service. His past service includes being president and director of the Boise Public Schools Education Foundation and the Discovery Center of Idaho, a hands-on learning center for youth. He currently is president and a board member of the Western Region Boy Scouts of America and serves on the National Board of the Boy Scouts of America, the Danny Thompson Memorial Leukemia Foundation, Inc., and the Business Roundtable. He also is a director of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc., a global designer and manufacturer of welding and cutting products.

BYP Lounge Series_004 Featuring Steve Appleton_CEO of Micron

For the Love of Politics - BYP Event Podcast

March 18 - For the Love of Politics Six young, politically involved panelists discuss how they got into politics and how young professionals can get involved. The focus is on involvement in politics, rather than debating specific political issues.

BYP Lounge Series_002 Featuring Linda Copple Trout - Former Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice

This is only a short excerpt from the full discussion.

BYP Lounge Series_003 Featuring Mark Rivers - Developer of BoDo

BYP Lounge Series Podcast - Featuring Former Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus