Lydia Brubaker has directed everything from sock puppet theater to King Lear, low comedy to high drama and brief one acts to full length plays. She’s directed in actual theaters, bars and city parks.

Sock Puppets allows just about anyone to quickly and easily create short animated movies using not only sock puppet characters, but (via in-app purchases) aliens, politicians and Halloween characters.

What's an e-tailer to do when it's one of the worst performing initial public offerings of 2000, Wall Street isn't interested and the competition is intense? If you're Pets.com, you make use of your ...