I was tying to find a picture to update a post on my bio section and as i looked through my online archives i came across the first version of the my original website. I clicked through it like the Gen 1 iPod it mimics and really enjoyed the experience it created. It was developed in Flash and it just makes me a tiny bit disappointed that flash didn’t end up as universal as I once thought it would be. Because Flash is not on every major platform (ie. iPhone/iPad), at the time difficult to update and nonexistent when google tries to see into it, I have gone in a different direction in web development. But… Check it out at the following link to see the old site in action (sorry iPhone/iPadders… not viewable on your device). Click Here to view chrisHiggins.NET v1

Have you ever been to Wichita, Kansas. If so, have you ever given a tour to someone that is experiencing the fine city for the first time?.. well it might go something like this:
Aileen: “What’s that building…”
Chris: “MMM… I don’t know?... hey look, there’s the river”
Aileen: “Do you know anything about this City”
Chris: “MMM… I think there’s an Indian Statue around here somewhere…”
...And scene.

Merry Xmas everyone. Here is my 2010 xmas card… Enjoy!

Spam Over Christmas, song written and performed by Chris Higgins.
Video written, directed, edited, produced by Chris Higgins with special thanks to my girlfriend, Aileen Rowe (story development / choreography / on camera talent), my mom, Mary Higgins (costume design) and Michael (Westy) Westenberger (camera work) for all their hard work.

Song produced at The Clubhouse, Little Room Studios, Key West, FL
Video shot at The Clubhouse, Little Room Studios, Key West, FL as well as on location in Key West, FL.

Copyright 2010 Chris Higgins and handshucked productions

I just put some of the fantastic photos up from my recent trip to Africa (most of which my girlfriend Aileen took). We toured 3 different locations in Kenya. The first being Lake Nakuru, and then to the Masai Mara where we spent the most time and then finally ending up close to the Kenya/Tanzania border with a scenic view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Most of the photos are from the Mara but after Thanks giving i am sure i will be able to get more up from the other locations. And once again 99.999% of the credit on these goes to Aileen.

I was lucky enough to have gone to Kenya, Africa on Safari last week. Its hard to put how spectacular it was in words so i wont try to do that yet but my girlfriend and I got tons of great pics and video so once i can go through and organize it all, i will have plenty to publish.

Last years christmas card attempt sort of threw people as some thought i turned a leaf to write a song that was meaningful and not satirical… well i guess the joke was on them as i took on people who give donations to their own favorite charity on your behalf. Wow thanks again….

I wrote and animated “I Wont Be Wishing You Happy Holidays this Christmas” a year or two after the introduction of The White Trash Gorilla and let me tell you the WTG was a tough order to follow up.

So I decided to enter the Key West Paddleboard Classic, a 12 mile paddleboard race around the Island of Key West. I didn’t come in 1st or even 30th(in my division) but at least I finished it.