http://www.devoll.net/wordpress news, comment and reflection from the devoll.net family Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:43:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Viewzi. we're launched. go there. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/09/viewzi-public-beta-is-live/ Viewzi is set to launch our Public Beta starting Monday. This week's been full of last minute cleanup, bug fixes, and features squeezed in at the last minute. But we're nearing the finish line and at 7:00PM Monday night, we launch. What this means is anyone will ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/06/06/getting-down-to-the-wire/ Well, Viewzi made the news tonight... the 10:00 CBS local evening news to be exact. My part even made the cut. It was about 45 seconds on the 7:30 sister-station news (channel 21), and then a full 2 minutes (with two "coming up" teasers!) on the 10:00 on ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/28/viewzi-on-the-10-oclock-news/ This is pretty funny: hat tip: Stephen Anderson via Nathan Smith. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/19/darth-vader-plays-the-blues/ I love how the media just wants us to be in a recession... I mean, how else is ClintonObama going to get elected, but if the country is in shambles? Even the report of news to the contrary, they can't let go: The bruised economy limped through the first quarter, growing at ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/30/so-much-for-that-recession/ If you're curious about what I've been up to for about the past 6 months, today is the day. We've just come out from flying under the radar, and my company, Viewzi, has launched our private beta! What is Viewzi? We're building the next generation of visual search. ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/21/so-what-have-i-been-up-to/ It's done. Guess it'll be a while before a decently priced Blu-ray player hits the market now. Looking forward to the clearance racks for HD-DVD, tho. Probably should pick up a (heavily) discounted second player as a backup. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/19/hear-that-i-think-shes-singing/ Well, Netflix went Blu-ray only. As did Wal-mart. And Best Buy. Now, it looks like Toshiba is throwing in the towel. Cue the fat lady. UPDATE: You knew it would happen. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/02/18/blu-ray-nails-another-in-the-hddvd-coffin/ well, if this turns out to be true, HD-DVD might soon be done. Apparently, Paramount may have a clause in it's exclusive agreement with HD-DVD that will allow it to back out and switch teams again should Warner jump ship. And since Warner did, things don't look good. This ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/08/hd-dvd-ouch-part-deux/ Well, I'm very dissapointed, to say the least, to learn today that Warner has announced that they'll be leaving the HD-DVD format for Blu-ray exclusivity in May. Ouch. Unfortunately, this is an almost certainly fatal blow, long term, to the HD-DVD format. Which means, unfortunately, that a ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2008/01/04/warner-jumps-ship-to-blu-ray/ Can you guess what he's singing? http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/12/26/another-song-that-took-a-lot-of-work-and-concentration/ http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/12/12/merry-christmas/ ...and have big toys to play with: http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/26/when-construction-workers-get-bored/ Here are some pix from Halloween a couple of weeks ago. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/11/17/halloween-2007/ Happy Halloween! http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/10/31/scary-mary/ This past week was the start of another school year for the kiddos. Here are pictures from the first day. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/09/03/kids-first-day-of-school/ Over the weekend we attended the annual family reunion for my wife's side of the family. Here are the pictures. http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/09/03/sloan-family-reunion-2007/ So, it's funny what can start with a simple, innocent comment. When I got my new car (Audi Q7, awesome!), I mentioned to Cynthia, "well, it's a little bigger than the Beetle was, guess I'll need somewhere else to put the lawn mower." This is what resulted from ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/09/03/moving-day/ This is hilarious: http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/08/23/zunephone/ I made some more progress on the shed this week. I managed to get the roof decking on, first the easy side (the one facing the yard), then the hard one (the side next to the fence). On the "hard" side, I had to place the ladder on ... http://www.devoll.net/wordpress/index.php/2007/08/04/more-shed-progress/