Overload of entertainment

Just in case we needed more things to bombard our lives, Traci and I decided to embark on the Netflix journey. 3 DVDs at a time, the whole nine. Simultaneously, I decided we probably should get cable. With our newfound unbroke-ness, I even decided to throw in the “extra” package, and splurge on some extra channels. Not for sure that it’s neccessarily a great idea, but we’ve been media bankrupt since last September, so splurging for the 50″ plasma, the cable and the Netflix makes me feel good.

I also have to pay a buttload in bills now too. I really do feel like an adult… who uses words like buttload to describe how mature he is.

The last year and a half… in a blog post

So, ever since quit my job blogging for a living, I haven’t been the best blogger exactly. Regular readers (if I have any) will remember that I moved back to NYC, got married and now work at CNET producing a few shows. (Loaded and The404) In case, like my nephew, you haven’t talked to me in a few years because you’ve been living in a foreign country (like my other friend) here’s the last 1.5 years of my life boiled down to one blog post.

Fav blog posts of the last year and a half:

2006 retrospect (specifically dealing with my brother.)

2007 goals and the redux, coming soon.

-moved from New York back to Utah
-worked at KSL for 2 weeks and then moved to KUTV and worked on the morning show
-worked at a crappy start up
-started (and killed) my own company
-had 3 seizures (one at my nephew’s house)
-moved to Boston on a whim, partly for health care and partly to escape Utah
-(re)met my wife in Boston
-only stayed in Boston for 3 months
-moved back to New York to work for CNET
-started two new shows on CNET
-got married on Dec. 1st
-her name is Traci and she’s awesome
-Now I caught you up to date, ish.

I’m going to try to fill out the bullet points over the next few days. Sorry, if I don’t do it immediately.

Lack of blogging

So, normally i hate it when people apologize for not updating their blogs, but I’ve got a couple reasons… and I’m going to try to update more often. First, now that I work a crazy amount at CNET, and host a show, I get a lot of my opinions out without having to blog about them.

Second, I’ve had a crazy time, been moving, getting married, etc. It’s been crazy.

I’ve got an unfinished blog post I’m queing up to go today, and i’ll keep editing it rather than leaving it sitting in my “drafts” queue.

Thanks for sticking with me, i love you all.

The Chief is still alive everytime I rhyme…

Lynne Thigpen, of “Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego” fame, Circa 1989:

Case you don’t get the reference:

Let me know…

I just switched my hosting back over to the old username.

Translation: Let me know if you can’t access the site.

Live show!

So we’re going to do something fun now, we’re not just doing the podcast the traditional way, we’re also using TalkShoe to interact. I think we’ll be the first podcast on their service really ready to take advantage of what they’re doing.

Check out the first live show:

Dreamhost sucks, but they’re good too

So… my biggest problem with Dreamhost is that their support sucks.

Apparently there’s something wrong with a user I set up about a year ago. I found that out, because Conrad’s Spalpeen site, which I’m also hosting, has no issues.

Now, this site is back with a different FTP user.

Moral of the story? Create lots of users on dreamhost, and avoid problems with each individual site.

Reverse Graffiti

I’m a big fan of Jill’s Inhabitat site, and just saw this post on Reverse Graffiti. The concept is simple, instead of painting unwanted graffiti on walls or other surfaces, a Brazilian artist decided to try the opposite: Clean dirty surfaces stylistically. Probably not a shock that the government wasn’t too happy about it, but they had little recourse. How do you punish someone for cleaning up a dirty tunnel?

Check out the site for the full writeup, it’s pretty awesome.

Jingled rick roll.

Fbz rick rolled me jingle style.
I know it’s a little late for holiday cheer, but this site will jingle any song you throw at it.

Merry… happy… uh… CES.

TV increases literacy

Marc Andresson finds something in the 1951 edition of the New Yorker.

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