Geek Squad and the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade

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Our local Geek Squad USO 1817 took an opportunity to be part of the 2010 Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade in Canton, Ohio today. It’s always good fun to hear the crowd shouting “Geek Squad!” as soon as they see the Geekmobiles.

The crowd went wild when the Best Buy Blue Shirts and Geek Squad Agents would “spin” the float during the parade.

Additional photos from the parade can be found here.

Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

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Continuing my recent round of local trips to area attractions, I stopped into the the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, located in University Circle, here in Cleveland, Ohio.

Flicker Photo Set: Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

2009 Halloween at the Meister House

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Another Halloween at the Meister House has passed. We had well over 200 kids, plus all their family and friends, visit our display tonight.

This video has a tour of our indoor and outdoor display. The music playing is “Druids” by Midnight Syndicate, a group that also comes from northeast Ohio.

The complete Halloween setup takes roughly a week to put together, as there are 30-something inflatable decorations outside, along with a computer-controlled graveyard light show and other features.

Inside our oversized garage, we have well over 150 animated decorations, collected over the last decade. All waiting for the little visitors to activate them with the push of a button.

It’s great fun watching everyone come through and enjoy the show. Sometimes, the kids completely forget to ask for candy, because they’re so busy with pushing buttons in the garage.

I have an overview of creating a holiday light show on the Geek Squad Blog for those interested. The setup even got a mention on Cleveland’s Fox 8 New.

Hope to see everyone here again next year.

Job Hunters: Clean Up Your Online Profiles!

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I had an opportunity to speak to Fox 8 News in Cleveland awhile back about how job hunters can clean up their online profiles via social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook or Twitter. Here’s the video …

My advice:

  • Privatize Your Profile – Set your Facebook profile to private and enable “Protect my updates” in Twitter. This requires potential recruiters to get your approval before they can access your updates.
  • Check Your Content – Take a look at the photos, text and comments on your page through the eyes of a potential employer. Remove any negative references to past employers and/or frustrations with work. Don’t forget that poor grammar and high amounts of slang can also work against you.
  • Google Yourself – Once you’ve cleaned up your online presence, run searches on your name on Google, Yahoo and Bing in order to check for any remaining negative content that may still be seen by potential employers.