the director. [ mike centola's blog ]

11Jan/110

New Review: Lumintop L1C Tactical Flashlight

Just finished up a review on a new flashlight that I picked up at the gun show this past weekend from my friends over at VRI Tactical. It's a great little piece.

Lumintop L1C Flashlight

Check out my review: REVIEW :: Lumintop L1C Tactical Flashlight

12Jul/090

Blender 3D Animation for Patriot Glass

My company, Technotic Media, is working on a new website for Patriot Glass. As such, I have been working on an intro for their website, as requested by PGM. Check out this YouTube video of the animation, which is 99% completed (Just had to add a couple things at the request of PGM). Thanks and enjoy!

Once their new site is done, this will be up there as the intro!

28Feb/090

I was on the news!

Last night, I was on the 6pm news (No, I didn't break any laws) talking about Kirsten Gillabrand and her flip-flop attitude with gun rights.

Link to the story

Link to the video

1Dec/081

Redline Motorsports Promo

Check out this promo video I made for Redline Motorsports. It is going to be the intro for their new website. :)

10Oct/080

Time Lapse Video of applying stickers

Check out this time-lapse video that we made while putting stickers on the back windows at TM :)

24Sep/081

Some Pics and Video from Autocrossing

This past Sunday I was able to get over to the Finger Lakes Region SCCA Autocross. I had a great time and while I only came in 11th place, I improved greatly throughout the day. I had never autocrossed a rear wheel drive car before, so it took some getting used too! I plan to attend the next one on October 5th, to see how I would do :)

Video of my last run:

Some pics from the day:

S2K AutoX

S2K AutoX

S2K AutoX

S2K AutoX

S2K AutoX

Can't wait for next time!

25Aug/080

Time Lapse of Downtown Rochester, NY

Check out this 3 hour time lapse I did of downtown Rochester. It came out pretty cool :)

Watch this in High Definition over here: http://www.vimeo.com/1601300

21May/083

RICEBOYTV.COM

Well, I just recently returned from California, after visiting with the Rice Boy Media guys. Ricky Chu, John Naderi, and Mike Robleto, formerly of Super Street Magazine, have started up RiceBoyTV.com, an online TV and media site.

Considering these guys are some of the top-notch media professionals in the industry, I was not surprised to see their following and how well the site is doing, having only been launched for a short time now. I had an incredible time at their office, and felt very welcome.

Their site is all about the import and motorsports culture, ranging from feature car reviews to model interviews, and even racing coverage. They do a great job of adding humor with factual coverage and they have a wealth of knowledge to share with the world. I can recommend, first-hand, that their knowledge is deep and the site definitely shows this!

On to the good news! I, as Technotic Media, will be providing graphic design services for RiceBoyTV.com, as well as some vinyl graphics jobs, and possibly some video work into the future. I'm hoping to be able to help them out on the east coast, as well as take some of the work load off of them. They welcomed me as part of their team, and I think this is a great start to, hopefully, a great strategic partnership between Rice Boy Media and Technotic Media. Additionally, I will be taking over administration of their forums, hoping to clean it up and focus it on content to complement the main site.

Visit their site at www.riceboytv.comย and be sure to check out their forums as well!

RiceBoyTV

9Apr/080

How to open a Harris Performance Fuel Cap.

Just recently added a video to the Review of the Harris Performance Racing Fuel Cap showing the operation of fuel cap! :)