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Overidon.com is in the process of making a new quarterly newsletter. The first installment will be released January 1st, 2012. The newsletter will be about 3 pages long and will feature funny things that have been happening and some information that may or may not already be available on the website.

Since we have had some new security features at overidon.com we had to prune the user accounts. This is because we are preparing for a surge in visitors due to the upcoming music video release (tenative release date is June 25th, 2011. Because of this we have added additional security for registering for the site. And we also deleted a lot of inactive users.

If you have found that your account was deleted in error, then please re-register for the site. There should be some kind of puzzle thing that you will need to solve in order to register, that helps us fight against Russian bots that are a nuisance.

A great way to make it so you don’t get deleted in the future is to setup a “Gravatar” that you can access by clicking HERE. A gravatar basically makes it so if you go to any major blog or wordpress based website your chosen picture will appear. It’s a good way to show that you aren’t a bot.

Sorry for any inconvenience, but please, if you have been deleted as a user go ahead and re-register. That way you will be included when the 2012 newsletter goes out.

Thank you.

-Tyler

Corona del Mar - Hailstorm - CLICK FOR VIDEO

The second hailstorm on April 8th, 2011 at 9PM was a violent one indeed. Although the size of the hail pellets were only the size peas. The amount of hail was quite numerous. The ground crunched under my boots as I walked on the sidewalk. And when I finally got to the park, the grass looked like it was covered in snow, but it was actually just hail. It was very strange.

It is odd that we are getting this much hail. What is even stranger is how there has been such intense weather reported all over the world these past few months. Earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan…and now hail in Newport Beach? When the lightning struck I was impressed, I actually saw the reflection of the lightning on the shimmeringly wet sidewalk. But the thunder that came a few seconds later made me say, “WOOOOO!” and I started laughing a lot! My dog, Harvest who was also reporting live, wanted to go home when the thunder came. But I told her that we had a mission to accomplish and that we had to get to the bottom of this!

Here’s a video so you can see exactly how much hail was on the front porch area.

Hail!

It was hailing in Corona del Mar today when I was on my way to the gym. There was just a small patch of clouds that became dark and then lobbed small hailstones down with fervor. The hail storm only lasted for about 5 minutes but it was quite exciting. The stones were much smaller than the ones pictured to the left. They were only slightly larger than peas. But I could feel them even though I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. It was fun to be hit by the hail. The sensation was invigorating and exciting. But I was thankful that the hail wasn’t much larger than it was, because if that was the case I would have gone home. The beauty of the small storm was that after its short span, a clear light was visible throughout the town. And the sun shone down golden rays upon the buildings, plants and people.

-Tyler

Visits in March for overidon.com

March, 2011 was a great month for overidon.com. According to AWstats, we had over nine thousand unique visitors to the website. We haven’t come close to this yet and this is very encouraging. Honestly, seeing an increase in visitors and viewership is its own reward. And it is a tremendous pleasure to see people discussing some of the articles from this website on forums and other places. The fact that the ideas or sometimes entire articles mentioned on overidon.com are sparking further discussion on other places and digital forums around the world is like wind in the back, pushing us to create and analyze. This place is a variety website, so seeing it grow even though it has no set, “niche” is a real pleasure.

-Tyler