2006 March 02 ~ Chris Pirillo

Snow Day

2 Comments (Add) | Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 at 10:35pm

Well, there's a snowstorm blowin' into town. Last night, it was all over the news – winter warnings and whatnot. We pushed back our return flight by another day, so we're in NYC for another night. Not sure what we'll do – although Ponzi wanted to do a show (I hear Billy Joel is playing at Radio City Music Hall). I just checked the Weather channel site and it says: “WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.” Well, it could've been worse, I suppose. Things are still very wet and cold out there, and no doubt ice will be collecting on the streets overnight. We had to pay a few hundred dollars more to stay another day longer in the hotel (added to the extra cost of pushing back the flight by another 24 hours). Gotta love snow. Today was like a snow day of sorts – only we weaved in and out of clothing stores in search of an ensemble for a slightly underpacked Jake. The snow has stopped falling now, BTW. At least, here in the heart of Manhattan.

A Podcast is Not an MP3 – And Vice Versa

7 Comments (Add) | Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 at 6:49pm

After reading a post from Steve Lacey on a local entrepreneur's organization (NWEN, Northwest Entrepreneur Network), I flipped to their site and searched for more information. No blog, no RSS, nothing but a couple of email newsletters. Oh, but they do have podcasts – kinda, but not really. They say they have podcasts – so, where are the RSS feed(s) for them? If you don't have feeds for files, they're not podcasts – stop calling them podcasts unless you're going to provide a feed for the files. And if you are going to provide a feed, then don't bury it in your site. JUST BECAUSE YOU PUT AN MP3 FILE ON YOUR SERVER DOES NOT MAKE IT A PODCAST – PODCASTING IS A PROCESS, NOT A FILE OR A GENRE! This has been a public service announcement.

Tickets for Spamalot

5 Comments (Add) | Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 at 5:52am

I did it. I saw my first Broadway musical tonight! Ponzi scored tickets to Spamalot. Since she's not much of a Python fan, and since you could only buy tickets in twos (meaning, we'd have to get four and sell off one) – Jake and I went together without her, on Ponzi's request. It was all for the better, I think. Had Ponzi come with us, I would have been interrupted every other minute with “What's that mean?” and “Why's that so funny?” Spamalot was worth every penny. Pay the extra dough to get front-row seats if you can do it (ours were 16th row center). You're not a Monty Python fan unless you go. Out of all the musicals I've ever seen or heard of, this was the one I'm happy to have handed my Broadway virginity. Seeing David Hyde Pierce and Hank Azaria in person was awesome – they were amazing. I didn't think a stage cast could top the original cult classic of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, but they did. I can't think of a time that I wasn't grinning from ear to ear – but I'm not going to ruin any of the jokes, gags, or songs for those of you who are going to see it. And yes, you ARE going to see it. It's Spamalot – if you like Pythonalot.