Archive for January, 2007

marusin.com stuffing #11

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

This podcast goes to #11. You got it, first podcast of 2007 (only 30 days late!)… Look out!

As usual, it’s been a while. It’s been SO long ago that we last spoke that I forgot what number show we were on. I decide determine that I’m the only subscriber to my podcast [...]

Taking Home the Gold From the Wii Tournament

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Kris and Betsy has a house full of people over last night for a Wii Tournament (consisting of both boxing and bowling). Liz and I had a great time and are hoping that this becomes a sort of regular “thing”.

Besides having so much fun, I can’t help but gloat that I won [...]

Rolling on WordPress 2.1

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.1 and I don’t think I had any problems… If you notice anything wonky, let me know.

As usual, the WordPress upgrades are about as painless as you can get… Nice job, Matt! :)

FeedBurner Tracks Wii Opera Browser Users

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

How cool is it that the Wii Opera Browser is tracked as one of the “Operating Systems” in FeedBurner’s new SiteStats release? Why do I think Rick had some say in this? :)

(yes, it was a very slow day around here yesterday) :)

12 Hours on Rails (I could easily have done 24)

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

I survived. It was a long day on paper, but it felt like it was about 15 minutes.

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending 12 hours in a hotel conference room learning all about Ruby and Rails at the Softies on Rails Workshop. I know you’re immediately saying to yourself, “who would send [...]

Softies on Rails

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Hey all, just a quick note to see if anyone reading this (or finding it on the web) is going to be attending the Softies on Rails Workshop that is going on this Saturday (01/13/2007) in the Chicago-ish area? If you are, let me know.

I’m really looking forward to this event and getting a [...]

Six Little Letters Sums It All Up…

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

FYBIRU

Someday, you may know what that means. Thanks to Kris, for my new motto and outlook (not the bloated email system) on life. :)

Why doesn’t Apple offer MacWorld Keynotes on the iTunes Store?

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Would make perfect sense to me? They could DRM’em up and everything to track who’s downloading them/no sharing? (not that I’m a fan, but…) I’m not saying to sell, but offer as a free download?

Has this been discussed before or am I just a genius? :)

FeedBurner StandardStats is (or is it are?) Live

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

I’ve been luck enough to be a beta-tester of FeedBurner’s new StandardStats/Site Stats feature for the last month or so and have to say that it’s been an awesome addition to the “Swiss Army Knife” of functionality that they already provide. Now, everyone has the chance to get into “the know” since Site Stats [...]

Am I a Rock Critic in Training?

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Listening to the last episode of Sound Opinions for 2006 (via their podcast), both Dero and Kot’s 2006 “End of the Year” Mix Tapes look eerily similar to the Marusin Compilation 2006.

I don’t know what that says about my music tastes. I’m somewhat annoyed. :)

They do say that all rock critics are failed [...]