Saturday, November 29, 2008

Can you spot a phishing email?

I thought I'd give a heads up to a problem you've probably seen but don't
know much about. Some of you know more than you wanted to know about
phishing because I've heard of some people getting caught by phishing
emails. So here is an interesting test developed by my favorite firewall
company Sonicwall.

You'll be shown 10 different emails. Are they legit or scams designed to
trick you out of personal information.
I got a 9 out of 10. How well did you do? Let me know.

http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/index.html


Oca Hoeflein
I'm on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/people/Oca-Hoeflein/1375913203

Thursday, October 2, 2008

I'm learning to play the drums!

For many of you this will be new news, I have held a life long dream to be able to play the drums and this year i have taken up the challenge! It started with the purchase of rock band last year and grew this year into a full Electric Drum kit that i've sunk about $1200 into so far. It's a Yamaha DMXpress II kit that i got off craigslist and have added a Roland 12" mesh head and 2 Pintech 16" and 18" cymbals.
 
I hacked into the rock band drum controller and found a circuit that allows me to convert the MIDI signals into relay switches and hard wired that to the controller and presto! but enough talk check out my video i shot of me playing "Hello There" from Rock Band 2 on Expert!!
 
if you have a fast connection click the High Quality link for the video to look better.
 
 

Saturday, July 5, 2008

If you missed us on TV

If you missed us both Channel 8 and channel 12 they have the stories posted
on their websites now.

Channel 12 Jim Hyde's story, they're the ones that used the green screen.
http://www.kptv.com/video/16785492/

Channel 8's Keely Chammers came and interviewed Me and Emily as well and
they also show the whole family on the deck overlooking the field where the
tree is.
http://www.kgw.com/video/?z=y&nvid=260307&shu=1

Go there and watch them both mabye we'll get the video up to the most
popular list!

Another cool thing is that on the Channel 12 website kptv.com if you click
the Your News link on the home page My video from that last lightning storm
a few weeks ago is the example video on the Your New Page. It's been there
for about 4 weeks now. Now you can brag to all your friends that you know
that guy :-)

http://www.kptv.com/yournews/index.html

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

My video is in some stores now!!!

As of yesterday Discover the Gorge is now available at the Multnomah Falls
Gift shop and the Mt Hood Railroad Gift shop starting Friday! They were both
excited to get the product and it's great validation that the project is
worth the effort. Yaaa for me!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Gorge DVD Discount Extended 1 Day

Ok got a note from a few of you this morning saying you actually were going
to purchase my Discover the Gorge DVD but forgot to and now the coupon has
expired. So for any of you that didn't already get your order in the COUPON
CODE:

GRANDOPEN50

Will work for ONE MORE DAY! That's 50% off so the video only cost $12.47
each. So take advantage of this I'm sure I won't be crazy enough to do this
coupon again.

And if you did place an order THANK YOU I got over 50 orders in the last few
days just from friends and family so thank you very much.

www.DiscoverGorge.com

The coupon code is entered after you click Buy Now and click Check Out.

And do let me know if you have trouble with the checkout process I had one
report of an issue and was able to resolve that one. I need to make sure
this thing is ready for prime-time.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

my new Discover the Gorge DVD 50% off

Dear friends and Family, sorry for the long email but I'm a little excited
:-) you can skip the email and go directly to my new website if you want but
don't forget the coupon code.

www.discovergorge.com

Well after more than a year my Discover the Gorge DVD is finally done. As
many of you know Tracy and I own the Columbia River Gorge Real Estate
Magazine and a DVD showcasing the Gorge as a tourist attraction has never
existed. So I spent the last year of my life attempting to capture all of
the great aspects of the Columbia River Gorge on DVD.

I videotaped interviews with all of the mayors of each of the towns and
wrote a script that guides the viewer on a tour of the Gorge. Just a few of
the attractions I cover include, Multnomah falls, Bonneville Hot springs
resort, Mt Hood Railroad, the Famous Gorge hotel, the Stonehenge monument I
was also given a behind the scenes tour of the new Antique Aeroplane and
Automobile museum in Hood River where they actually fly all of the vintage
airplanes!

The video is a whopping 78 minutes long so it's very comprehensive. But the
crown jewel in the video is what I call the Gorge in Fast Forward this the
most spectacular video of the Gorge anyone has ever seen. Using a
high-definition Time Lapse camera system that I built I captured some of the
most amazing cloud formations, sunsets, sunrises that anyone has ever caught
on camera.

I am giving all you a chance to own the first copies off the press and am
including a 50% off coupon in this email so I can give my new distribution
guys a chance to practice before the site opens to the public next Monday so
lets swamp them with orders!
Also I'm paying for the shipping too! Street price is going to be $24.95 but
you you're going to get it for just $12.47. I don't get my shipment of discs
until Monday but they will ship that same day the 16th so place your orders
today and we'll get the labels ready!

The site is a very secure Yahoo store and accepts VISA, MasterCard, Discover
and Paypal.

The coupon code is: GRANDOPEN50

you enter it in the form right after you click checkout.

www.DiscoverGorge.com

Also please when you go to the website if you have any questions that I
don't answer on the website or would like to see any more or other
information that I don't cover PLEASE GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK. I want to make
sure the site does as good a job as it can to help people want to buy the
video.

Also if you want to forward this to someone you know that might want the
video I'll extend the coupon to your friends as well but the coupon is only
good until June 16th!

And if you're interesting in selling them at your place of business let me
know and I'll send you volume pricing information.

Tell your friends there is nothing else out there like this video and lots
of people love the Gorge!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Cody's Class goes to Olympia

Went with Cody's Class to Olympia this week and visited the capitol building
specifically the Legislature building and the Temple of Justice. Took along
my little Canon Powershot elf which takes very great video all the canon
point and shoots do these days. Shot a little video as we went around and
compiled a little 5 min recap of the day.

If you haven't seen the Washington State capitol building like I hadn't it's
a quick tour of the place which is amazing.

Check it out at www.hoeflein.org there is a shortcut on the homepage or
check it out directly on the vimeo page.

http://www.vimeo.com/959474