Archive September 2005
Bank of America (BoA) Sucks
Just how stupid is Bank of America? Quite, according to Ponzi (who, at one point in her life, worked at a bank herself). Most of the CSR's responses seemed can, including the final statements: “Thank you for your time this evening, I thank you for letting me know how you feel, and I will mention [...]
Use Your Northern Voice
It's headed right for us! “Northern Voice is a community-based blogging and personal publishing conference that started in February, 2005. This year's conference will take place on Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11, 2006 at UBC's downtown campus. We hope to bring together up to bloggers and blogging neophytes to: Learn more about social, [...]
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
I'm a big Nightmare Before Christmas fan, as well as someone who admires Tim Burton's eye (which isn't to say I enjoy every one of Burton's creations). Ponzi reminded me that tonight, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride was playing all across town. “Oh yeah!” I had been looking forward to seeing another full-length stop animation feature [...]
Photo of Seattle Road Sign
Yes, traffic can be that bad at peak times. I see bumper to bumper traffic out my home office window, and I'm thankful I don't have to commute anywhere on the average work day. Carpooling? Out of the question. The HOV staircase is for everybody in my home. Truth be told, the traffic isn't horrendous. [...]
Brad Sucks. Really.
I met Brad a couple of years ago. He sucked as much then as he sucks now. That said, he has completed his first album (“now available in professional manufactured CD form including artwork and lyric sheet. Manufacturing was funded by the awesome people who paid for my music even though it was available for [...]
Xbox 360 Questions?
Get 'em answered tonight on our show (1.888.PIRILLO or chris.pirillo@gmail.com). We've got Major Nelson coming in… who is (in real life) Larry Hryb. He's officially the “Xbox Live Director of Programming” in the Xbox Live product group, but he's more passionate about the Xbox than anybody else on the planet. I'm updating this entry after [...]
The New Face of Advertising
I should have spent most of my afternoon in the hospital. It all started when I went to the grocery store to pick up some low-carb bread (which is really tasty, although it doesn't have much of a shelf life). As I was walking down the soup aisle, a can of tomato soup flew off [...]
Thursday 22 September 2005
We never really know what’s going to happen on the weekly live show and this week is no exception. We’ll be taking live calls, of course, so have your dialing finger ready to punch 888.PIRILLO. There’s a very strong chance the military might behind Xbox 360 will be paying a visit to the studio this [...]
Callers Marry Chris in 2006?
Before diving into the meat of this particular show segment, where Chris gets berated by a series of callers for not finalizing his wedding plans, we take a series of tech calls. First up is a question about which PDA to purchase. A discussion of Windows security relative to various operating systems is discussed, followed [...]
