Who’s on Base 7?

Some people found my list of 2010′s 10 best numbers in base 7 to be a bit confusing. That was not my intention, so I made a video that will hopefully explain it better.

2010′s 10 Best in Base 7

Update: I made this into a video.

The days between Christmas and New Years are that special time when bloggers list 10 things they liked from the previous year to show off how smart they are. I am no different, so here are my 10 favorite numbers from 2010. And because my favorite number from 2010 was (spoiler alert) 7, I did my list of 10 in base 7. It wasn’t easy, there were a lot of great numbers in 2010, but not all of them could make it to the top 7, which is 10 in base 7.

10: 13, which is base 7 for 10. 10 is my base 7 10th favorite number.

6: 6, which is 6 in base 7 or 10.

5: 4 (still 4).

4: C, which is 12 in base 13. 13 was my favorite base in 2010, different from 7, which was my favorite number, although this list is in base 7. That’s also why I listed 13 is my 10th (i.e. 7th) favorite number, even though 13 is really 10, while 16 is my favorite base of 2010 (2010 is BB8 in base 13) in base 7.

3: 15 in base 7. Now I know what you’re thinking, “That’s crazy, because 15 in base 7 is the same as C in base 13!” Good observation, but I see subtle distinctions and while I like 12, I slightly prefer it as C in base 13, certainly more than than base 7′s 15.

2: 1, because it’s straight forward in any base, and I appreciate that.

1: 7. Which doesn’t exist in base 7. 7 in base 7 is 10, but 10 base 7 is not my favorite number. It’s actually my base 10 7th favorite base 7 number. If you’re confused right now, just remember this was a list of my favorite numbers told in base 7, not a list of my favorite base 7 numbers.

If you’re interested, here is the list of my 10 favorite base 7 numbers.

10: 13

9: 12

8: 11

7: 10

6: 6

5: 5

4: 4

3: 3

2: 2

1: 22, although 22 in base 7 is 13 in base 13, which I HATE because that’s confusing, even though 13 is my 10th favorite number (in base 10 or 13, but 13th favorite in base 7) in base 7.

Of course, these are just my opinions and you know what they say about opinions and thumbs (“Who’s got 10 base 2 thumbs and has an opinion? This guy!”). Feel free to let me know in the comments section what your favorite numbers were in 2010.

Tech Mom – Episode 3: Hacking Made Easy

The epic Tech Mom trilogy finally comes to a close. Don’t watch this one until you’ve seen the first and second episode.

Tech Mom – Episode 3: Hacking Made Easy
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Written by Zack Phillips
Directed by me
Edited by Shamikah Christina Martinez
Produced by Mackenzie Condon
Starring Pamela Murphy
Featuring Nathan Russell

UN Home Security

I just wrote, directed and edited a video for UCBcomedy and Babelgum.

United Nations Home Security

This was by far the biggest production I’ve directed. And it had the fastest turn around. We wrapped filming on Wednesday December 8th, and I finished the video yesterday (with a few all-nighters in between).

Producers: Todd Bieber and Julie Gomez
Director of photography: Alexander Chinnici
Art director: Sarah Scheld
Special effects: Michael Costabile (the box crash), Ed Mundy (the call center computer screens), Dan Opsal (house force field), Kyle Brosius (lower thirds graphics), and me (everything else).
Narration: Ben Rameaka
Starring in order of appearance: Lauren Adams, Julia Wells, Josh Patten, Corinne Allarde, Lou Lasher, Sunita Deshpande, Dru Johnston, Todd Bieber, James Leggero, Keisha Zollar, Tabitha Lee and Sagar Bhatt

Quatro Zany!

Four Loko may be going off the shelves soon, but don’t worry there’s a new alcoholic energy drink.

Quatro Zaaaaaaany!
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This is the latest from my UCB team The Brig. I wrote it, edited and did special effects. Nathan Russell directed it and did the narration. Laura Turner Garrison produced it, and Mitch Magee stars in it.

TSA: Newly Banned Items

Here’s the latest from my UCB Comedy team The Brig.

TSA: Newly Banned Items
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We came up with the idea as a group and I wrote it. I directed it, Shamikah Christina Martinez shot it, and Nathan Russell edited it. It stars D’Arcy Carden and Connor Ratliff.