Monthly Archives: February 2005

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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New Postal Service EP

Posted on February 9, 2005 by jetrotz

The weekly email from the iTunes music store featured a gem this morning – The Postal Service EP We Will Become Silhouettes. It features several versions of songs from their disc Give Up from 2003, and a new song called … Continue reading →

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Dynasty

Posted on February 7, 2005 by jetrotz

So we didn’t have Massachusetts’ native son win the highest office in the land. As a consolation prize, the Red Sox and now the Patriots claimed the highest honors in their respective sports. I don’t expect the Celtics to join … Continue reading →

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While it’s OK for a journalist to snap photos and speak his mind about what’s happening on the ground in Iraq (see Kevin Site’s Blog), this National Guardsman’s honest talk about his experiences there have reportedly drawn the ire of … Continue reading →

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Delicious Library gets more Kudos

Posted on February 7, 2005 by jetrotz

As I mentioned earlier, Delicious Library ($39.95 for OSX from the minds at Delicious Monster) is a great application for you obsessive compulsive types out there with big media collections and an iSight camera. This app uses a very Mac-like … Continue reading →

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Rob Schneider has more Money than Sense

Posted on February 7, 2005 by jetrotz

The way I look at it, you can either be an actor and aspire to do great work and probably starve while doing it, or try to make a buck and grow a thick skin – the critics are going … Continue reading →

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Isometric Screenshots

Posted on February 7, 2005 by jetrotz

Interesting project here. This project by artist Jon Haddock recreates important historical moments (and a few bits of movie magic) as isometric 2-D images like you’d see in older computer games. He does extensive research to ‘re-create’ the scenes. Interesting. … Continue reading →

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