Studio711 - Ben Martens
Just trying to get through life without looking stupid. So far it's not going too well.

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  • Merry Christmas!

    I didn't win anything at the Microsoft holiday preview meeting shown in my latest moblog picture, but they did hand out a free gift card. I've decided to throw it out to you loyal readers. The first one to type in this code will receive three free months...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-21-2008
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  • New Xbox Experience

    The new Xbox dashboard has finally be released to the public. It's a complete change from the old blade design, but overall I like it. I really don't care much about the avatars, but some people are pretty excited about that. The biggest change for me...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-21-2008
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  • Ford Stock

    As I got ready for work this morning, I heard a commercial on the radio from the local Ford dealer. If you test drive a Ford in the next few days, you get free shares of Ford stock! What a strange giveaway. Their stock is worth about 15% of what it was...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-20-2008
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  • RSS Bandit + Google Reader

    I use a program called RSS Bandit to track all my RSS feeds. It lets me upload the read/unread status of all my feeds to a central server and then pull that status down to other machines to sync up. It's a manual process, but it's a nice way to get a...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-20-2008
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  • Long Way Round

    In 2004, a TV mini series was produced that followed Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on a motorcycle trip around the world. The documentary starts months before they leave and shows all the struggles of planning a trip of this magnitude and then follows...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-19-2008
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  • Fantasy Football - Week 11

    The playoff race is heating up. Spots 3 through 8 are separated by a single game so playoff spots 3 and 4 are really up for grabs! Buffalo has lost consecutive Monday night home games in the last two minutes by field goals of 56 yards and 53 yards. Drew...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-18-2008
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  • Skiing Yet?

    The question I get almost daily is, "When are you going to start skiing?" The start of the ski season is not in sight for the Pacific Northwest. We're still having unseasonably warm temps, and what little snow is in the mountains is almost gone. Thanksgiving...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-18-2008
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  • Site Tweaks

    The good news is that I had unexpected time to work on the website today. The bad news is that it's because I'm sick. I came home at noon and after drugging myself and sleeping for a while, I decided to write some code. That's what everyone does when...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-17-2008
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  • Microwave Magic

    I have stared at the baked potato button on my microwave for a long time. Would it really work? Would it undercook the potato? Would it blow up? I tried it the other night and was treated to a perfect potato with just one push. But how on earth does the...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-17-2008

  • Blu-ray Titles

    If I ever pull the plug on the projector on the 1080p projector I'm drooling over, I think I'll be picking up a Blu-ray player to go with it. There are finally some movies that I'd be happy to own in HD: Napoleon Dynamite Warren Miller: Playground Lord...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-14-2008
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  • Flooding

    We're having some massive flooding out here due to a huge rainstorm that just came through. We've already hit our average rainfall for November and it's not even half over yet. The flooding of the Snoqualmie River is already at its third highest ever...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-13-2008
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  • MSFT Below 20

    Microsoft stock is below 20 for the first time since... well I don't know because the Microsoft money chart only shows the last 10 years. Oh there's the button. It looks like January of 1998 was the last time it was below 20. Ouch. Thankfully Microsoft...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-13-2008
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  • Grammar Actually Correct

    Remember when I posted the moblog picture of the menu at "Matts' Rotisserie and Oyster Bar"? The errant apostrophe really bugged me. I recently learned that it's actually correct. There are two owners named Matt and Chris, but Chris's middle name is Matt...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-13-2008
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  • Jason Mraz Concert Review

    Tyla and I have been taking in a lot of shows lately. Matt Nathanson was last week, Bye Bye Birdie was Saturday night, and Jason Mraz was this Monday night. I bought these tickets a couple months ago and the show was almost sold out back then. I had a...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-12-2008
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  • Videos, Digg, and Moblog, Oh My!

    The moblog app is fully functional now. I basically had to rewrite it from scratch to use the new API but that's ok. I'm just happy to have it back again. There were a lot of times I missed being able to upload a photo. Secondly, I found out that this...
    Posted to Studio711 - Ben Martens by bwmartens on 11-11-2008
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