Monthly Archives: January 2005

Opting out of the Swimsuit Issue

Posted on January 19, 2005 by jetrotz

The New York Times Richard Sandomir reports today (free registration required) that subscribers to Sports Illustrated can call a toll-free number to skip the annual Swimsuit issue and instead extend their subscription by one issue. SI management is quoted as … Continue reading →

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Google blogged yesterday regarding a new initiative they are leading with the support of the major blogging software developers to implement techniques to block comment spam. This will be achieved through the use of a ‘rel=”nofollow”‘ tag in links. This … Continue reading →

Posted on January 19, 2005 by jetrotz | Leave a comment

In the ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ category, the New York Times reports today (free registration required) that ESPN has signed a 15-year deal with Electronic Arts giving EA exclusive rights to the ESPN brand in video games. … Continue reading →

Posted on January 18, 2005 by jetrotz | Leave a comment

NFL Podcasts

Posted on January 18, 2005 by jetrotz

Well, not exactly. It’s not an XML feed – it’s a pay-to-download deal the NFL has struck with Audible.com to offer day-after recordings of the remaining playoff games, plus the Superbowl. Games should cost users $10 each, or up to … Continue reading →

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Hello, McFly

Posted on January 17, 2005 by jetrotz

In what seems to be a Ken Russel film gone awry, Crispin Glover has a new ‘art film’ he’s working on featuring some boobies, quite a few actors with Down Syndrome, snails, salt, blackface, swastikas and the eponymous Mr. Glover. … Continue reading →

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The gray lady reports today that Tivo was close to a deal with Comcast (free registration required) to put TiVo technology into Comcast’s set-top-boxes, but TiVo’s board backed out based on the recommendation of Michael Ramsey, then CEO and Chairman. … Continue reading →

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Is that an Elbow?

Posted on January 17, 2005 by jetrotz

Baby Trotz is coming along nicely. Amy still has plenty of energy – enough to play two gigs daily recently for the Fox Theater production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, anyway! A bit tired from time to time, but … Continue reading →

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G5 Powerbook/iBook by Q2?!?

Posted on January 17, 2005 by jetrotz

Despite Apple claims just last week that ‘thermal challenges‘ might delay the announcement of portable G5 laptops, Taiwanese tech magazine DigiTimes reports on two manufacturers there ready to ship G5 portables in quantity by the end of Q2 2005. The … Continue reading →

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Bill Gates: Teen Idol

Posted on January 17, 2005 by jetrotz

BoingBoing reports on this posting from monkey methods’ blog: photos allegedly from a ‘Teen Beat’ magazine story on Bill Gates, circa 1983. My favorite part of these is not the vintage nostalgia, yadda yadda, but rather the fact that what … Continue reading →

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Mmmmmm Delicious!

Posted on January 16, 2005 by jetrotz

Wired profiles one of the more interesting Mac software developers around, Delicious Monster. This is the group behind the fascinating Delicious Library, their first release, an app that fuels what Wired calls some users ‘Nick Hornby-esque desire to catalog every … Continue reading →

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