2005 April

A few weeks ago, I got a note from a guy. At first, I thought it was junk – turned out to be a barenaked goldmine. Barenaked Ladies man, Stephen Page, has completed “The Vanity Project” and they’ve got the first single available on the site: That’s All, That’s All. Don’t ask me why they went with RealMedia (RAM, not MP3 or WMA).

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The official Garbage Pail Kids Web site is horrible when it comes to updates / freshness, but it's more than we had before (growing up). Their GPK News hasn't been updated for at least two series releases. We're up to ANS (A New Series) #4 now, and it's just as great as it always has been for we garbage pail geeks. However, I'm started to get frustrated with Topps. Per Barren Aaron's GPK site:

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Dude, Family Guy is back with a vengeance! I'm not sure who was responsible for crafting the Family Guy's official Internet presence, but they did it the RIGHT way – the page is updated regularly, and it has its own feed! This Sunday, tune into Fox to watch the first new Family Guy episode – it's going to be an amazing half hour. Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Brian, and Stewie (not to mention Quagmire and Cleveland)… I missed you all.
Fox UNcanceled the Family Guy. As such, we've proven (with our attention and our wallets) that the traditional television ratings system is BEYOND BROKEN. Family Guy should have never left the air, and the executives responsible for that action are likely eating crow now. It was depressing to get Ponzi hooked on the Family Guy only to tell her that it was no longer in production. Now, we can enjoy new episodes together. Stewie, she loves. I'm more of a Peter fan, myself.
Now, we've got to get to work on Arrested Development.

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Mac Os X Steps Ahead of Windows, written by MATTHEW FORDAHL, begins with:

Tired of waiting while your PC slowly scours its hard drive for a document you stashed somewhere six months ago? Sick of having to change how you work to conform with the computer's rigid way of organizing files? Bored with the flat look of the desktop's graphics?

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Brandon Paddock is a geek in the best sense of the term. He likes to experiment with new technology and figure out what makes it tick. Brandon is willing to put up with a few shortcomings on the bleeding edge but seems to view advancements with the critical eye necessary to thrive in a world where everything is constantly changing. At the recent Search Champs event, Brandon brought his critical eye to MSN Search finding things they do both right and wrong. You can read Brandon’s take on technology at GeeksWithBlogs.net and meet him virtually through the recent conversation he had with Chris while they were traveling to MSN Search Champs via shuttle.

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By day, Marc Orchant is the Storyteller for Van Dyke Software, which is a creative way of saying he knows more about marketing secure shell products than virtually anyone else in the computer software biz. In his spare time, Marc blogs prolifically on topics like Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office and Tablet PC. When he’s not blogging, chances are Marc will make a good case for why a Tablet PC might just change your life; that is unless you are Chris Pirillo. Marc has given up trying to convince Chris that Tablet computing offers fundamental advantages over traditional keyboard and mouse interfacing. Chris talked to Marc at a mall food court in Bellevue, following the recent Search Champs, where they discussed Tablet PC, secure shell applications and Microsoft Office.

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You can’t meet Buzz Bruggeman and not learn about ActiveWords. Buzz is perfect product evangelist, mixing a healthy dose of enthusiasm for the product with an ability to identify specific features helpful to whatever your computing experience may be. Buzz blogs regularly in a variety of places, including Buzznovation and Buzzmodo. During the recent Search Champs gather, Chris caught up with Buzz to talk about search innovations.

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