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Hollywood Money: as Stupid as Stupid Gets

Alright… this was one of those weeks you feel in your bones. Some weeks you’re coasting. And some weeks you’re out there building a full-blown film set that feels

My Actifit Report Card: April 9 2026

Today my "office" was in an old warehouse space in Yonkers, NY! As usually we were all over the place, walking around from set to set, and rigging different

My Actifit Report Card: March 26 2026

We're taking it all down! That was the theme of the day... though it started with us setting up some green screens inside the sound stage, so they could film what

My Hollywood Actifit Report Card: March 23 2026

Holy crap it was a cold one today... and wet! We spend all day, about 12 hours working outside in the cold rain, putting together truss for a cpuple different rigs.

My Actifit Report Card: March 20 2026

Here's again, in NYC working like a horse!!! It's the all glamorous world of making movies 😁 We pushed a lot of equipment up into this office building, the same

Hollywood in NYC and Actifit Report Card: March 18 2026

Today in NYC's Hollywood world... Didn't beat yesterday's step count but it was close. We walked around a whole lot once again, rigging different parts of an office

My Actifit Report Card: March 18 2026

Here's my office today: With this massive property came a lot of walking around back and forth... we put up this tent in the high winds and it tucked! Here it is

My Actifit Report Card: March 13 2026

Same as yesterday... big mansion... lots of walking around, building blue screen frames and walking loads of equipment upstairs because the house didn't want us

My Actifit Report Card: March 12 2026

Another day in Hollywood... New York style! We went on top of a hill in a giant old mansion turned into a country club. I don't have a photo of the whole house,

Hollywood Troubles and My Actifit Report Card: February 27 2026

Holy crap... what a day! 6:30 in the morning, time to work. What was supposed to be a short and easy day turned out to be a nightmare! 5 guys, a bunch of equipment

Where was Zak working this time? A Cape Town puzzle!

Hello everyone! Zak here from Cape Town, South Africa and if you can guess where I am and these photos are taken, I will send you 500 Ecency points! Here I am delivering

My Actifit Report Card: January 23 2026

Another day where the step count is higher than has been registered in Actifit... No worries, and I'm not complaining really but it is funny that it can't sink properly

Rammstein - Behind The Scenes of the World Stadium Tour 2019-2024

This morning, I was genuinely blown away when I opened my YouTube feed and stumbled across a video uploaded just yesterday. It’s a behind-the-scenes documentary,

Jason assistance is making all the difference

Well it was another what a day kind of days. We got rolling at a respectable hour and then things took off. Jason is a real dynamo which may have been mentioned

Rigging in new Chiller at Porsche

Good day everyone! Zak here from Cape Town, South Africa. Shortly before the new ship job came in, I did a lifting and rigging job with Phoenix Rigging and Tandem

1 Ounce of Silver = $1000 Federal Reserve Notes

This number seemed pie in the sky back when silver peaked at $50... but now, it just seems inevitable. But, is it the value of silver going up, or the value of the

Karachi - The forgotten city

The smell of gunpowder, the thunder of gunshots, and clouds of terror started to scatter on 5th of September. The famous Karachi operation was started by security

Why in This Case You Should Trust Experts

Felling Trees with Precision There's a lot of physics and engineering in action Tree work is freaking insane!!! I haven't been back out there to continue growing

Blog - Seeing how to make sausages

Sometimes most of my work is NDA. Sometimes I wish I could share more of what I do - it is gratifying doing show and tell - but they keep telling me some don't like

My Actifit Report Card: July 13 2022 - Rock climbing haul system to the rescue

Bookends. This morning we went to the theatre to see Angry Birds 2 with our 5 for 4$ tickets via the school. Was fun to see it on the big screen and the boys had