Monthly Archives: May 2005

I hate to say it, but…

I just finished watching Empire Falls. My grade: F. A school shooting? …a school shooting? F, Russo. F.

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Star Wars III…

Going to see it tonight with my Dad. UPDATE: Short review: It was pretty damn good. One thing that’s been bothering me over the past few weeks as I’ve been following all the reviews was the sheer extremity of the … Continue reading

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Tales from The Long Tail: an interview with the co-founder of Peerflix

Today’s Tales from The Long Tail link is an interview with Peerflix co-founder Billy McNair by my closest-in-geography-blogger, F-Stop Blues‘ Tim Coyle. In the interview, Peerflix is explained (if you don’t know what it is, read the interview!), and its … Continue reading

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Hammersley’s new RSS book

Thanks to my affiliation with the Media Bloggers Association (disclosure: I am a board member and web developer) and the organization’s book review copy distribution program, I came home the other day to find a free copy of Ben Hammersley’s … Continue reading

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Congrats, Jeff

One of the media/tech gurus I look up to, Jeff Jarvis, has quit his big-media job at Advance.net to strike out on his own as Buzzmachine, LLC. Among other things, Jeff will consult for The NY Times Company and is … Continue reading

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Watch this trend: Service blogs and feeds

I’ve been following some “Service” blogs and RSS feeds of late (my definition for a “service” blog or feed is one that provides some time of factual info, such as movie releases, weather forecast, dvd releases, etc). Recently, two new … Continue reading

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Instapundit: New Star Wars movie insta-stinks

Ouchie! The Professor reviews the new Star Wars movie, and let’s just say that he wasn’t a fan: Actors’ words didn’t always sync perfectly with their lips, nobody even tried to capture room ambience to match the settings, and the … Continue reading

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Win a Flickr Pro account! (CONTEST IS OVER)

It’s a contest!* UPDATE: The contest is over. Congrats to the winner. Please don’t email me regarding this contest! Thanks! I have 1 gift Flickr Pro account to give away. I will give it to the first person who can … Continue reading

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Tales of brand extension

The other day, I was grocery shopping with the fam when a sudden urge struck me: I wanted to buy Wheaties- you know, the classic bran breakfast cereal- but, strangely, I was craving Wheaties not in its traditional flake format, … Continue reading

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Two minor issues with WordPress 1.5

I love WordPress, but I have two minor issues: 1. Let me add categories from within the Write Post page. This could be done relatively easy by Ajax, right? Or something less trendy? Whatever works, gang. But as categories (and … Continue reading

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