Monthly Archives: July 2005

Catching up with Sam

Posted on July 29, 2005 by jetrotz

It’s been a busy week for our little guy. Today, he turns sixteen weeks old. Amazing, really. He’s already changed so much, and seems to find something new to amaze his parents with daily. Earlier this week, he decided that … Continue reading →

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Watchin’ the Shuttle launch in style…

Posted on July 29, 2005 by jetrotz

Could someone please buy the man a plasma TV? Doesn’t he have, like, a situation room or something with a hi-def feed from the nose cone of the freaking shuttle available to him? Sad, sad, sad. (Via Engadget.) If you … Continue reading →

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AOL launches MyAOL beta, Feedster to do RSS search

Posted on July 28, 2005 by jetrotz

Om Malik today takes note of AOL’s new partnership with Feedster for their new ‘MyAOL‘ – as he notes, Yahoo must be thinking that’s soooo 1999 . Interesting to see a tool like this on AOL; bringing RSS closer to … Continue reading →

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New photos of kids from 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

New photos of kids from 1971 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory: Here’s a link to a Willy Wonka fansite (the old-school version) with scans of Poloaroids taken of the five kids from the 1971 flick, all grown up. Augustus … Continue reading →

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PSP Firmware 2.0 Web Browser First Impressions

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

Update: Another much more complete review is now available at GamersReports.com. They actually got the thing to work . Previously Reported: I4U News – Sony PSP Firmware 2.0 with Web Browser First Impressions: Some intrepid soul has loaded up the … Continue reading →

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Shane Holland is having more offspring

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

My old buddy Shane and his wife Vicky have just let the world know that they are expecting child numero 2 in February 2006. Their 2-year old Ian, is still a bit confused about the whole pregnancy thing. According to … Continue reading →

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Jason Dunn got a peek at the XBox 360 the other day and reported about it on his site. To reduce it to some key bullets: MCE 2005 Rollup 2 will be the name for the MCE update currently codenamed … Continue reading →

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More (digital) cowbell

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

Digital cowbell: “Cory Doctorow: The Rad Monkey VLC800 is a digital cowbell that simulates the sounds of 12 popular analog cowbells through a high-quality digital signal processor. Will Ferrel and/or The Moody Blues should pick one of these up pronto.Link … Continue reading →

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PSP firmware v2.0 available

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

PSP firmware v2.0 available: “ The new PSP firmware with embedded web browser (no more need to hack WipeoutPure) is out in the wild now. If you keep up to date with these things then you probably already know about … Continue reading →

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Watch MSNBC Video On MSN Messenger

Posted on July 27, 2005 by jetrotz

Hat tip to LostRemote.com this morning. Interesting stats on how much video is viewed on their service, and their newly announced extension to MSN Messenger. Watch MSNBC Video On MSN Messenger: “‘Online video is becoming more and more mainstream,’ says … Continue reading →

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