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Holy cow, it looks like they went all the way down VT Route 100 -- you can even go to Rochester, VT, the home of Chips 'n' Bits! I'll see if I can find the ol' Chips residence (and it was a converted house, with additions--really ramshackle, actually) later--I don't have time to go up and down the street now.
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« Reply #281 on: June 18, 2009, 01:02:31 PM » |
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Heheh. I guess the theory is, if you're driving from one city to another, might as well keep taking pictures the whole way. Why stop?  |
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« Reply #282 on: June 18, 2009, 03:36:36 PM » |
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I always found Chips & Bits HQ by watching for the "Ferrets 4 Sale" sign. I was in the Church Street office. That ROCKED! What a great place to work, with about a dozen excellent places to grab launch within a 5 minute walk, and plenty of bars to pop off to after work. And of course lots of co-eds wandering around!!  Glory Days! |
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« Reply #283 on: June 18, 2009, 03:46:25 PM » |
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Heheh. I guess the theory is, if you're driving from one city to another, might as well keep taking pictures the whole way. Why stop? It also happens to be one of the scenic drives in a very scenic state (I'd half forgotten about the Granville Gulch). Hmm--I wonder if the ski resort down there helped get that googlecar to come through? And I wonder if they caught any moose (I lived in Vermont four years and never saw a moose or bear there). |
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« Reply #284 on: June 18, 2009, 03:49:36 PM » |
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Oh, and that Bridge Street area in Burlington was designed by the same fellow who designed the downtown Boulder, CO "pedestrian friendly" area, and I can see the similarities. There were often odd characters hanging out down there, with even odder pets (although I don't recall ever seeing the guy with the big snake). Vermont is/was a very pet friendly state--folks often had cats or even dogs in offices.
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« Reply #285 on: June 22, 2009, 09:17:54 AM » |
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Kind of cramming this one sideways in to fit the topic, but in case you've missed the news, ExtremeTech.com is shutting down this week. Everyone involved is getting whacked, from what I hear.
Wasn't a site I went to often, but it still sucks hearing about people losing their jobs.
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« Reply #286 on: June 22, 2009, 02:12:49 PM » |
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Kind of cramming this one sideways in to fit the topic, but in case you've missed the news, ExtremeTech.com is shutting down this week. Everyone involved is getting whacked, from what I hear.
Wasn't a site I went to often, but it still sucks hearing about people losing their jobs.
I really liked Extremetech - I know that Patrick Norton and some former TechTV guys had ties to the site (though they didn't write for it or anything.) |
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« Reply #287 on: June 22, 2009, 02:56:14 PM » |
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I don't think I'd ever visited the site before (I'm pretty out of it when it comes to these things)--I didn't realize that's where Jason Cross had ended up (shows you how closely I've dug into his Facebook page). That's a real bummer--I worked with Jason at CGM/CGO... a nice guy, with a passion for the hardware stuff. I hope he and his co's land on their feet.
Didn't know Loyd case was their either. I wonder what it means when he writes in his final column that "...Executive Editor Jeremy Kaplan (former editor of ExtremeTech Magazine) will take over management and editorial direction for the site. That means this is the last Notes from the Basement column, at least, the last one hosted by Ziff-Davis"?
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« Reply #289 on: August 26, 2009, 08:45:35 PM » |
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Oh, I forgot to mention: Borders is selling "Games tm" again... I just picked up an issue... |
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« Reply #290 on: February 18, 2010, 11:47:38 PM » |
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So it seems "Play" magazine has folded, and I didn't even notice until after about a month... Dave Halverson is relaunching "Gamefan"... you know what they say about cockroaches and all.  |
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« Reply #291 on: February 19, 2010, 02:01:19 PM » |
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« Reply #292 on: February 19, 2010, 03:10:10 PM » |
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So it seems "Play" magazine has folded, and I didn't even notice until after about a month... Dave Halverson is relaunching "Gamefan"... you know what they say about cockroaches and all. Heh. I'm sure it will be the BEST MAG EVARZ!1!!! |
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« Reply #293 on: February 20, 2010, 07:48:13 PM » |
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"Play" has folded? That makes me sad. I loved the style of that magazine Yeah, Zuki, I've got to admit that it was beautiful to look at (great pictures, clean design.) but Dave Halverson has a history of questionable dealings, practices, and screwing over employees and subscribers. (Thus my previous post about "cockroaches" , they keep popping up, and Brummbar's reaction. |
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« Reply #294 on: February 21, 2010, 02:58:36 PM » |
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Yeah, Zuki, I've got to admit that it was beautiful to look at (great pictures, clean design.) but Dave Halverson has a history of questionable dealings, practices, and screwing over employees and subscribers. (Thus my previous post about "cockroaches" , they keep popping up, and Brummbar's reaction.
that's too bad. If that's the case, then it should fold. Bad Karma returning on Halverson. |
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