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mike_1630 posted a blog entry

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:59:00 -0800

filmmaking during the holidays
The holidays during High School for me always used to bring considerable stress - I ran Cross Country for four years and...
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Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:31:00 -0800

Crawling Out From Under the Bed Covers
On Thanksgiving morning I woke up with a killer sore throat - which by the time Saturday night hit, turned into a full-blown...
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Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:38:00 -0800

Kickstarter - We Did It!
FToM on Kickstarter - We Did It! from mike ambs on Vimeo.November 11th marked a few excited things: a 28th birthday, the 100th...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:20:00 -0800

*this* meets *this*
Amanda and I had already been struggling to get Pedal off the ground for 3 years by the time we released Episode One (in Dec of...
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Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:23:00 -0700

Expedition To Endure
I wanted to write a post about a project that Larry McKurtis - the star of such films as For Thousands of Miles - has kicked...
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mike_1630 posted a blog entry

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 -0700

A goal 6 years in the making
It's 11am, EST, and that means we're kicking off our day long Digg*athon! I'll keep this post short and to the point. Let's...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:40:00 -0700

Digg*athon!
Several days ago, I posted a quick question about setting a date to Digg our current For Thousands of Miles (FToM) Kickstarter...
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Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:51:00 -0700

three pages
I've spent most of the last week going over and over the same three pages of script. I'm not at the stage yet where I feel...
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:13:00 -0700

Digg*athon?
I've been procrastinating on this question for a few weeks now - mostly cause it wasn't necessarily pressing, and I had a lot...
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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:38:00 -0700

Five films that inspire FToM
Kickstarter is a special site - and it has fostered a special community. I've always loved the internet, if not simply for...
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:15:00 -0700

Create
I read a great quote this morning from Steven Soderbergh (thanks to Erin's Tumblr),"I want to thank anyone who spends part of...
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Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:14:00 -0700

Post Production - Week 92
Up past my bed-time getting some writing done - wanted to check in to update people on how writing has been going, and also to...
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Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:53:00 -0700

something a little more sincere
Okay, my friend Eric suggested I get a little more sincere in my Kickstarter project description, so I wanted to give that a...
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Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:05:00 -0700

Post Production - Week 88
Post Production - Week 88 from mike ambs on Vimeo.I was up late last night working - and decided a video update was long, long...
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Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:01:00 -0700

There's more than one kind of free
I just finished watching a really inspiring video, twittered by Zak Forsman, of Nina Paley at the Phily DIY Days meet-up, that...
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Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:46:00 -0700

Teaser 017
Teaser 017 from mike ambs on Vimeo.I've mainly been using instrumental music for these teasers - but to be honest, I've...
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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:25:00 -0700

Teaser 016
Teaser 016 from mike ambs on Vimeo.Maybe someone better with words could explain why it is abandoned houses always feel so...
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