2006 December ~ Chris Pirillo

Electricity: Restored!

13 Comments (Add) | Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 at 12:07am

Ponzi and I finally have electricity again! We’ve been dark since 1:30AM on Friday – nearly three and a half days ago. It wasn’t quite like Gilligan’s Island for us- since we had running water and natural gas (with a few gas-powered fireplaces to boot). We had enough food to see us through the crisis, and we wound up cooking meals for friends and family who weren’t fortunate enough to have working appliances. Still, living without power was not fun – and there are still hundreds of thousands of families in the Pacific Northwest who still need help. We’re sheltering a couple of friends tonight, as we have space, heat, food, and water (all luxuries). I’ll never take advantage of a light bulb again!

Jingle All the Way!

6 Comments (Add) | Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 12:58am

Despite having moved across town (and been married) within the past week, I’ve still had time to listen to my favorite holiday music. Ponzi’s ready to burn all my Christmas CDs – including the Jingle Cats album, which apparently drives Wicket nuts. I can’t help it – I always love this time of year. Mind you, I haven’t had much time to go shopping for gifts lately (and nobody’s really given me their wish list). Instead of going out and buying gift certificates you’ll never use, I figured I’d just give the gift of song. No refunds, no returns, no exchanges.

BIll Gates Mini-Interview

17 Comments (Add) | Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 12:34pm

If you only had one question to ask the richest man in the world, what would it be? As I outlined in last night’s report on meeting Bill Gates, I got to meet him (in person) yesterday afternoon – as did a handful of other industry influentials with various passions and backgrounds. Actually, if Bill were ever to start a blog – I think he should answer a different question every week. Although I’m sure his answers would be filtered, it’d still be kinda neat to see happen. I asked him what he wanted to “do” or “be” when he grew up. What would you have asked him?

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A Tablet PC Wedding

63 Comments (Add) | Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 12:45am

A few weeks ago, Ponzi suggested that we could read our marriage vows from our respective laptops during the ceremony. I was amazed that she would suggest such a thing, but it just goes to show you that she really understands me (and respects my unhealthy fascination with technology). We have a couple of relatively unsexy Thinkpad’s, and they’re not quite lightweight.

Wedding Reception Music from our DJ

14 Comments (Add) | Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 11:59pm

First dance was to Ella Fitzgerald’s “My Funny Valentine.” Second dance was to Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World.” The rest was a mix of hits from the 1930’s up until today:

Change of Address

1 Comment (Add) | Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 3:17am

We have new snail mail addresses – par for the course. Let’s start with changing our American Express account…

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Merlin Mann of 43 Folders on Information Overload

3 Comments (Add) | Monday, December 11th, 2006 at 3:22pm

Most of us are overloaded with distractions and obligations in our work and personal lives: Too many meetings. Too many deadlines. Too much email. Too much voicemail. Too many instant messages. Too many RSS feeds to read every day. And that’s before you consider any unexpected obligations. Merlin Mann of 43 Folders has a handle on taming all these distractions and obligations by teaching people to eliminate the unnecessary, illustrating strategies to minimize distractions, and effectively defining life hacks to tame all those obligations. Here Jake talks with Merlin following a Harvard Business School Technology Alumni luncheon where Merlin showed off a few tricks for managing your inbox. Merlin offers several tips for people looking to take control of information overload.

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The Wedding Photos

26 Comments (Add) | Monday, December 11th, 2006 at 2:15pm

I think that our wedding may have been the most Flickr’ed ever! I’m trying to locate and link to everybody’s online album – and I know that many more photos will come as soon as they can be uploaded. If you have photos of our wedding, and I don’t link you here, please let me know ASAP. Many friends have been using the “pirillowedding” tag, by the way…

My Wedding Vows

26 Comments (Add) | Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 6:15pm

[From our Wedding Ceremony]

Ponzi, some couples will never know love the way we have known it. Our connection was instant, and that undercurrent of comfort has carried us to celebrate our love with friends and family on this very night.

Our Wedding Ceremony

42 Comments (Add) | Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 6:00pm

Chris and Ponzi, I greet you. And to all of you, dearest family and friends, and on behalf of Chris and Ponzi, I welcome you as well.

Let your presence be welcome, let your hearts be glad, for everything there is a season, and a time and a purpose. And this is the time and this is the place to celebrate the wedding of Chris and Ponzi – and we are happy and we are grateful!

Wedding Plans and Notes

11 Comments (Add) | Friday, December 8th, 2006 at 1:19pm

Family and friends are starting to stream into town
I must keep my ring warm for it to slip onto my finger
I’m very hungry, but don’t know if I can eat

I Worked with James Kim

22 Comments (Add) | Thursday, December 7th, 2006 at 12:39am

I don’t have a lot of time right now, and there’s not much more I can add to the conversations already happening. Suffice it to say, I’m extremely saddened to hear the news of News.com“>James Kim’s passing. I was one of the few who had the EXTREMELY distinct pleasure to work with James at TechTV – and his “Lab Rats” segments were some of the best we did. I could always trust his advice, as he always seemed to know more than anybody else (in a day before Gizmodo and Engadget).