verizon
Today I had a pretty fun assignment: ride along with one of the Verizon Wireless base-line tech guys. Basically, that means he’s the real-life equivalent of the “can you hear me now?” guy. His name was Andre - and much to his credit - he let me shoot all kinds of weird angles, ask super-annoying questions, and drove me all around the area as he tried to do his job.
And here’s the video link to my “Click on JL: Can you Hear Me Now?” segment.
[video working again - I still blame Vista.]
In completely unrelated news: I’m obsessed with the astronaut-turned-crazy-ass story. I like how she wore adult diapers so that she could drive 1,000 miles without stopping to use the restroom, but then probably had to do all her knife weilding psycho stuff with poopy pants. I really wanted our producers to write in the lede, “she may be an astronaut, but she’s no rocket scientist”, but they wouldn’t go for it. All the networks have had funny things to say, like Fox News had a line like, “she traded in her flight suit for a jail uniform” and another branded the story “Lust in Space.” I know, I know…every place of work has some crazy behind-the-scenes stuff going on. I’m sure that NASA probably had to fire someone for surfing internet porn or misplacing space plans, but this story is just too weird to ignore, you know?
Posted on February 7, 2007
Filed Under geekery, news/work, video, click on JL |
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My producer wanted to super her: Astronut
As you know, our newsroom loves a good haiku — here are some we wrote yesterday:
Robochick blasts off.
Loads her gun … and her diaper.
Mission to murder.
skyrocket in flight.
afternoon delight….gone wrong.
now in jail, not space.
Out of this world love.
No space suit for this mission.
Pepper spray will do.
Diapers, tubes and knives;
Houston we have a problem.
Astronaut mug shot.
Greatest news story ever.
I can’t wait for the Movie.
CS
I love that story, but I want to see some behind the scenes on that wide angle and camera!
Weaver
Great work as usual on the Verizon story. Gotta love that shot where you change angles to show the Verizon guy right behind you, like in the commercials.