Archive for July, 2003

Chicago Flash Mob

Thursday, July 31st, 2003

Tomorrow marks the first official Flash Mob in Chicago (at least the first one I’ve heard of?)… In a nutshell, a Flash Mob is a large group of people that organize to meet at a specific place at a specific time, some peaceful/strange act is performed and everyone quickly disperses. Sounds cool yet [...]

Pour Out A Little “OE” For the VW Beetle

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

The last “original” Volkswagen Beetle has rolled off the assembly line in Mexico… It’s kind of sad when you think about it. This car had a look that is completely timeless. The “original” Beetle had personality and made an owner love their car. Almost an inanimate attraction…

I’m proud to say [...]

Lebowski Fest Recap

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

“If you will it, it is no dream.” – Lebowski 7:19

Well, Lebowski Fest sounds like it was a huge success. Reading the Official Recap, it seems like the general concensus is that it was amazing.

Some quick highlights: - 450+ people attended a midnight showing of “The Big Lebowski” - 800+ people attended Lebowski Fest [...]

Rolling Stone RSS Feeds

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

I’m not going to get into whether they are RSS 2.0, Echo, etc (leave that for other people), but Rolling Stone has a nice little section of RSS Feeds for:

album reviews http://deploy.rollingstone.com/rssxml/album_reviews.xml

movie reviews http://deploy.rollingstone.com/rssxml/movie_reviews.xml

dvd reviews http://deploy.rollingstone.com/rssxml/dvd_reviews.xml

music news http://deploy.rollingstone.com/rssxml/music_news.xml

photos http://deploy.rollingstone.com/rssxml/photos.xml

Lo fi Mixtape Network

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

lofi.visualstereo.co.uk

Still Soaking In

Monday, July 28th, 2003

Well this year’s Gnomedex is still soaking in and I’m still amazed by the people I met and all I learned… With that said, I still need to let it soak in one more day and then I’m going to plan on writing another “last write-up” (yes, you’ll have to hear about this one [...]

I’ve legally changed my name…

Sunday, July 27th, 2003

to Ashton Marusin

It’s Scary

Sunday, July 27th, 2003

but I think Tom has taken the best picture ever of me (hipster trucker hat and all!)… :)

To follow it up, here’s a picture of me and Tim O’Reilly (with my eyes closed alongside Tim who is opting for the hipster-trucker-hat-look this time!)… :)

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again… Tim O’Reilly [...]

Gnomedex Wrap-Up

Saturday, July 26th, 2003

Well, Dan’s talk just got over a little bit ago and I just wanted to put down a few words while they were fresh in my head…

I had a fantastic time at Gnomedex this year. I met an incredible bunch of people who are just as passionate about their technology as I am. [...]

Gnomedex Day 2 (Later Afternoon)

Saturday, July 26th, 2003

Dan Gillmor from the San Jose Mercury News is on stage right now giving a presentation entitled “Making the News: The rise of personal publishing”… I’m a huge fan of Dan’s and this should be pretty good…

Ubiquitous networks “Roll Your Own News” The weblog community is able to hold and contain data/information and “force the [...]