Archive February 2005
Snow Day
After a very long short night (leaving Seattle at Midnight for a five-hour transcontinental trip), we landed at JFK just shy of 8AM. JetBlue was a great experience, despite the jet lag. The television in front of every seat kept everybody entertained the whole way. I tried to sleep, but the middle seat is not [...]
Topographical
As Robert so eloquently put it, this thing is amazing. We heard about NASA's free World Wind application tonight on .NET Rocks. The sucker weighs in at ~180MB, but it's worth every byte (and then some) – completely putting Google's Keyhole to shame. Imagine having the ultimate 3D mapping system sitting on your desktop… and [...]
I Believe in UFOs
Did any of you catch “UFOs: Seeing is Believing” with Peter Jennings last night? I'm surprised it hasn't shown up on any Torrent sites yet. For the most part, it was everything we've seen before – inflated with a lot more production. I've never had an alien encounter, but I do believe we're not alone [...]
Don’t Get Paris’ed
Lots of upset celebrities were forced to change their mobile phone numbers this week when hotel heiress Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile sidekick II was hacked. An attacker was some how able to login to T-Mobile’s Web-based portal and download all of her camera phone pictures, notes and her address book. And then, they were published to [...]
Geoffrey Kleinman Talks DVDs
Geoffrey Kleinman founded DVDTalk six years ago as a place for movie geeks to gather and discuss their passion. Thousands of movie reviews later, DVDTalk is one of the most popular places to find DVD information. We caught up with Geoffrey to talk about his favorite DVDs, where to find great foreign films on DVD, [...]
Sean Alexander is Addicted to Digital Media
By day, Sean Alexander is a Group Product Manager at Microsoft. At night, Sean is a digital media junkie, geeking out in front of his HDTV as he watches shows he scheduled remotely using MSN Remote Record for Windows Media Center. Chris talks to Sean about life at Microsoft, Flickr and MCE, and other digital [...]
Steve Gillmor on Attention.xml
Steve Gillmor is a human inforouter. Tracking the flow of conversation is his vision put into being as attention.xml. Steve explains the complexities of attention as it relates to the blogosphere and podosphere as Chris catches up with him via the newly added VoIP lines.
Talking With Tom Pohl of iSpot
Tom Pohl runs a wireless ISP based in Iowa along with several other ventures. Tom is instrumental in getting the phone system running for The Chris Pirillo Show. In his spare time, he posts his comments to Tom’s World. This week, we talk with Tom about wireless, the open source Asterisk PBX and life as [...]
Xbox Replacement Cord
I submitted my serial number a few days ago, to get the Xbox Replacement Cord. Why is a new Xbox power cord needed? According to Xbox, “the replacement power cords are designed to protect consumers and their Xbox consoles from rare electrical component failures that can pose a fire hazard.” Has anybody really been burned [...]
New York, New York
In a few days, we'll be flying cross-country to New York City. It'll mark my first time in New York – ever. I'm not sure what to expect, so any tips would be appreciated. It's business this time around, so sightseeing probably won't happen. I hope to at least catch a glimpse of the Statue [...]
Auto Insurance
No word on how my auto insurance will be impacted after the accident. I had the opportunity to contest the ticket that the officer decided to write me (even though, on the scene, he said he wouldn't issue a citation). I've been happy with AllState for a few years now; even in California, my auto [...]
