Why so quiet on the blog you ask? I’ve been busy burning the midnight oil on some big projects that I’m just finishing up. First, I’ve been working on a website for Bicycle Life Coaching, my wife’s new Life Coaching business. Second, I made a clean and simple portfolio site for Tom Blandford, a copywriting/directing/acting/photoing/voiceovering extraordinaire. And last but not least, I’ve been working on album layouts for two great Chicago bands Baby Teeth and JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. I’ll be sharing those soon…now back to work!

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I’m getting a little carried away with blog postings, but Wired Magazine published this amazing how-to last month and it needs to be shared…please forward this to ten of your bros.

Illustration by Jason Lee

1. Always initiate. He who launches the high five owns the high five. Engage your upper-arm muscles, keep your wrist firm, and propel your hand like the meteor of awesome it is. (Maintain altitude and an open hand — this ain’t no fist bump.) Your high-fivee can only surrender.
2. Don’t look at the hand. That looming palm is a moving, unpredictable target. Instead, keep your eye on the elbow; that’ll automatically line up your mitts.
3. Cup your palm. As you reach the high point of the arc, make your hand slightly concave to create that satisfying thunderclap.

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