Martini Hour

Martini Hour Complete, In Which Colleen Gathers Everything in One Place (with Love)

My funny dekeIntines. I was wracking my brain at what to get you for Valentine's Day. And then, it hit me: Something I could make with my own two hands and dangerously limited HTML capabilities. Hewn from something I made over the course of two years with my own two hands (one of which was holding a martini glass most of the time). Well, my own two hands, my good buddy Deke, our beloved bandleader Buddy, the Pimm's Quartet, a cadre of special guests, and lots of Photoshoppery. And so here it is, my gift to you, a few days late (if you don't count the several months you were asking for it), and only compiled now that the dekeLounge has been boarded up. Yes, it's Every Martini Hour Episode Ever Made. Along with every graphic ever slaved over. (And don't they look very cool all lined up? Totally worth the inordinate amount of time we spent on them; check it out after the jump.) Over 200 links and pushing the envelope of dekeOnline's 60K character limit for posts. Yes, it's Martini Hour, The Ultimate Collection. 

Martin Hour: Every Episode, Free 24/7

You can click on each overly elaborate graphic to hear the audio of an episode. You can click on the cleverly written SEO-averse title of any episode to go to the original post describing the show (in various degrees of accuracy and comprehensiveness). And you can know that it was worth every ounce of pain to my fingertips to create this gift for you. Check it out, my martini loving dekeHearts. Read more » 

dekeSpeak February 22, 2011

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The Newsletter of Things Deke: February 22, 2011

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dekeSpeak February 08, 2011

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The Newsletter of Things Deke: February 08, 2011

Hi all,

This week we bid a fond farewell to one of the weekly staples of dekeOnline for the past two years, Martini Hour. But don't despair. There's still plenty of stuff going on, including more Deke's Techniques, a new video course, and an in-depth tip from yours truly. Read more » 

dekeSpeak January 25, 2011

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The Newsletter of Things Deke: January 25, 2011


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Martini Hour 097, In Which We Hype That Thing That Just Happened Two Days Ago

So dekeGeeks (new collective noun courtesy of dekeOnline member Dave Naves), you've heard about Deke's new series for lynda.com, Deke's Techniques---or "dekesTeknekes" as the kids are calling it (courtesy of dekeOnline member Elizabeth Gower). As you've seen with this week's installment these are ten minute (time limit courtesy of lynda.com VP of Content Michael Ninness) techniques in which you learn something in a self-contained video that you can put to use as soon as you're done watching Deke in motion. 

For instance, note how I mention during this show I want to learn, say... how to set type on fire. So what does Deke do? He figures out how to do it relatively reproduce-ably using quick tools that make it happen in under the aforementioned ten minutes. Then you can go off and use it in your own projects, like the marquee for your martini-quaffing podcast. (No, I did not make this graphic; Deke has to do something around here besides sip gin.) And it's so wicked cool, you can click on it to see a high-res version, perhaps a first for Martini Hour graphics. 

Martini Hour 097: Deke's Techniques Goes Live

Doesn't that just toast your marshmallows? (And if you need to cool your aforementioned marshmallows off, check out this week's preview episode, Ice Type.) During the course of the show we discuss some of the other techniques Deke will be covering in the next few weeks: Read more »