Archive November 2006
New ytcracker Album!
Geeks, meet your voice! While I don’t consider myself a hip-hop or rap fanatic, I love this guy – and his new album will be out in a few weeks. Artist Name: ytcracker Album Title: nerd life Music Genre: Nerdcore Record Label: Nerdy South Records Album Producers: dj snyder, tanner4105, redcat/bbear, robby atoms, sark 2.0, [...]
Missing Friend: James Kim
I just got word (through Tom Merrit on the TechTV Alumni discussion list) about this. Your help would be greatly appreciated: CNET editor and former Fresh Gear contributor and Lab analyst James Kim has been missing since Saturday. ANY word, especially from people in the Oregon area is appreciated. The information is all below from [...]
Nine Video Networks Shootout
Call it a streaming data battle royale, a video network smackdown of epic proportions – whatever. What does one do to top multimedia madness? Set the stage for Soapbox vs. YouTube vs. Break.com vs. Vimeo. vs. Jumpcut vs. Blip.tv vs. Metacafe vs. Revver vs. iFilm. That’s nine different video networks: all at once. Of course, [...]
My Own MySpace Music
MySpace just got a little bit weirder for me: don’t ask me why…but i wrote a song about you…i didn’t even know you were real… it’s just that some blogger was ranting about you and i thought it was funny. I hope you don’t mind, but when I saw you on myspace i had to [...]
My Favorite Portal: Protopage
I can’t think of the last time I set any site as my default “start page” (other than my own, or a local document of collected links and search fields). I was checking referral logs for bLaugh and noticed that Protopage and Netvibes kept popping up. I had visited each of them a while ago, [...]
Media Temple (mt) Grid Server Outage
For giggles (and scalability reasons), we set up a Media Temple (mt) “gs” account – setting up some of our sites on their new Grid Server service plan. This morning, it all went to hell. By the afternoon, I started to get antsy – and blitzed a request in their general direction. I received a [...]
Seattle is on Fire!
From the Seattlist (not to be confused with the Seattlest): “Bre Pettis & [Brady Forrest] are hosting a geek night next thursday (the 7th) at the LowerLevel in Seattle. Come if you can. Speak if you can. Sponsor if you can.” RSVP at Upcoming. I’ll have family in town, and will likely be knee-deep in [...]
Snow in Seattle – a White Christmas!
I can’t believe I’m looking out our front window and seeing snow on the ground. Usually, it falls and melts instantly – like it did yesterday. This evening, just as Ponzi and I were headed out to do a little offline shopping, snow started to fall in Seattle. We could barely see traffic on I-90, [...]
YouTube vs. Google Video vs. Revver
The idea here is that you have to press play on the following videos (in vertical order) so that they all stream to you at the same time. You may need to adjust the volume on each respective network, though. Press play on the top (YouTube) video, then immediately press play on the second (Google [...]
Weird, Strange, and Odd USB Gadgets
I love USB – it’s simple, sexy, and ubiquitous. I’m probably the only guy on the planet who would describe the Universal Serial Bus as “sexy,” but I still remember fiddling with RS-232 ports back in the day (very unsexy). If a device doesn’t accept a charge by USB, throw it back – it’s simply [...]
Remember Starcade?
One of the items in my personal gift guide is a homebrew arcade machine. I have a feeling that it’s going to be my “midlife crisis” acquisition (though I’m hoping midlife won’t hit me for another thirty years). I didn’t really grow up inside arcades, but arcades certainly grew up with and around me. I [...]
The Jones Soda Taste Test
Jones Soda – 20% off MyJones Purchase using coupon code PIRILLO20 (Posted on 1/9/12 and Expires on 12/31/15) Jones Soda – 10% off $60 (excludes MyJones & Limited Edition Orders) using coupon code JONESBEV-10 (Posted on 1/9/12 and Expires on 12/31/15) If I drink anything, it’s usually either soda water or coffee (but seldom simultaneously). [...]
Jones Soda Holiday Pack 2006 – Taste Test
Jones Soda – Free Shipping on all 4 pack samplers of WhoopAss! (Posted on 4/5/11 and Expires on 12/31/11) Jones Soda – 20% off MyJones Order using coupon code PIRILLO20 (EXCLUSIVE) (Posted on 2/2/11 and Expires on 12/31/11) Jones Soda – 10% off $60 (excludes limited editions) using coupon code JONESBEV-10 (Posted on 2/2/11 and [...]
Music/Tech Summit (and Personal Updates)
First, some updates: I’ve been very busy – personally and professionally Was planning on moving to Los Angeles We’re moving across town next week, instead I’m getting married to Ponzi on December 9th, 2006 Robert Scoble happens to be my best man Lockergnome.com has been retooled Possible dates for Gnomedex 7: August 9th – 11th, [...]
50 Geek Gift Ideas (My Wishlist)
I’ve worked my fingers off over the past day, updating my personal wish list with all the latest interesting gadgets and gizmos (not to mention a few stocking stuffers thrown in for good measure). Without further ado, I give you a semi-official and almost-complete wish list – which could be good for just about any [...]
