It has been amazing here at pairodime.design - I have been networking with some amazing talent and have been helping to grown small businesses around the world through ecommerce development and serach engine marketing. I could not help but get a little sentimental during these holiday seasons. I found myself daytrippin’ on the good ol’ days.

I was born in 1978 so my good old days brought me back to 1984 - the time of Arcade classics like Dig Dug and Q-Bert. My family owned a TI-99/4A Computer, my brother and played on that machine from morning until our bedtime (8:00pm). This was our first introduction to cumputer language development. We spent entire weekends playing with code and trying to make Mr.Bojangles dance!

Its funny looking back on this now and seeing how impressive the BASIC syntax was. We were executing full function scripts at the age 6 on a computer that could speak to us (using the Speach Synthesizer add on component). I will never forget Parsec, A-Maze-Ing Race or trying to capture BigFoot.

I now program with PHP5, ActionScript 3, and all the webstandard javascript libraries - not quite Beginner’s BASIC, but amazing none less.

Have a holidays - I dedicate this post to my Aunt Lita and mybrother Miguel, both of whome have spent years dedicated to this fancy little machine called TI-99 - (oh and my parent for buying it and realizing what they had gotten into).

APB Presents: Obama Project

“Change.” It’s an old cliché wielded by presidential candidates who, all to often, support exactly the opposite. Here at apb, though, we’ve always disdained the status quo while also preaching hope for the future. Call us naive, but we still believe that “change” is possible. We’ve just been waiting for the right man (or woman) to come along. And now he has.
That’s why we’re launching the Obama Project, a collection of cool shirts supporting Barack Obama. We are proud to promote a candidate who has both the desire and ability to change the ways of Washington. Putting our money where our mouth is, 25% of the profits from these shirts will be donated to Vote Hope (www.votehope2008.com). Their mission is to make California’s voice heard loudly and clearly even before voting begins in Iowa, with the intention of delivering California to Obama.
Now you can make a difference — and look good while doing it. We are at the tipping point so represent, regester and vote.

Click here to get Your Obama T-Shirt

(From Definitive Jux Press Records release)

We are proud to announce that the new album from seminal rapper, hip hop icon, and founding member of the mighty Hieroglyphics crew, Del The Funky Homosapien. The 11th Hour, will be released on Definitive Jux on February 26th, 2008. Del is an artist who helped set standard for a new mold of MC/Hip Hop artist in 1991 with the release of I Wish My brother George Was Here, and shortly after with No Need For Alarm in 1993. His last solo album, Both Sides Of The Brain was released in 2000 on Heiro Imperium, the label he founded with other members of his Heiroglyphics crew.

Del’s impact on the music world did not end with his solo work of even the albums his label released. At the beginning of the new millenium Del branched out and through his work with Dan the Automator on the Deltron 3030 record and later with the Gorillaz multi platinum first album (and on which he voiced the hit single, “Clint Eastwood”), Del continued to push the boundaries of the art of MCing and proving that talent and versatility could make rap relevant outside the traditional boundaries of genre.

When asked about working with Def Jux, Del commented: “I look at this as an opportunity to spread the gospel a little thicker. El-P and I have known each other for a long time and I respect what he does. I see Def Jux out there doing their thing, I think we can help each other build new audiences. I’m looking forward to working with El-P and Def Jux on future projects as well.”

El-P added, “Del is and always has been one of my favorite artists and people. It’s amazing to get a chance to release Del’s vision on Jux. The 11th Hour 100% Del. Conceived and produced completely by the man himself. My hope is just to get the record out to as many people as possible and to support the legacy Del and the whole Heiro Emporium have created. He’s one of hip hop’s true originals and a legitimate leader of the new and true school that we all love.”

Del is currently touring the U.S. on the 11th Hour Tour, the remaining dates are:

Fri Nov 2 - Fort Collins CO - The Aggie Theater
Sat Nov 3 - Aspen CO - Belly Up Tavern
Sun Nov 4 - Boulder CO - Fox Theater
Mon Nov 5 - Park City UT - Suede
Thu Nov 8 - Portland OR - Roseland
Fri Nov 9 - Seattle WA - Showbox
Sat Nov 10 - Eugene OR - Wow Hall
Sun Nov 11 - Chico CA - Senator Theater
Tue Nov 13 - San Francisco CA - Slims
Wed Nov 14 - San Francisco CA - Slims