Daily Archives: February 14, 2005

Infographics Gone Wild

Posted on February 14, 2005 by jetrotz

I stumbled on this while wandering through Restoration Hardware yesterday. The Firefly Visual Dictionary ($33.97 at Amazon) is chock full of infographics breaking down, for example, all the parts in a power transformer pole outside your home. Or the innards … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready

Posted on February 14, 2005 by jetrotz

The last several weekends have been a blur of activity. Several hours of breastfeeding classes, followed by trips hither and yon to seemingly every baby store in the Greater Atlanta Metro area. There is just so much to buy in … Continue reading →

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The RSS Challenge

Posted on February 14, 2005 by jetrotz

Lots of interesting things happening in the RSS space. MediaPost Daily (free registration required) has an interesting run-down on the anxiety level among mostly ad-sponsored publishers concerned that the pressure to deploy RSS feeds could eat into their bottom line. … Continue reading →

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TMBG New Kids on the Block

Posted on February 14, 2005 by jetrotz

My favorite geek band, They Might be Giants, is releasing their second kids collection tomorrow. Hat tip to Daddytypes blog for the heads-up. With Baby Trotz on the way, I’m dreading the insipid, tenative and timid junk which passes for … Continue reading →

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As Joystiq puts this, ‘Stats Ahoy!’ A previously under reported feature of Halo2 is the ability to access gamertag and clan statistics as XML on Bungie.net. I haven’t fooled around with this, but it sounds quite intriguing. If I had … Continue reading →

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