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June 26, 2005
May we see your family photos part two
The Handelman family gathered this past weekend in Cooperstown, New York for some R&R, baseball, and family fun. Everyone got a chance to meet baby Sam, and here is a quick pic from the family photo sessions - yes there were two! More to come soon...
Click on the photo at right to see a larger version.
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June 19, 2005
Happy Father's Day!
Amy and Sam both surprised me with very touching cards this morning on this, my first Father's Day. That boy is really amazing. I could almost read his handwriting! We spent the day in relaxing, had a nice dinner out at Fritti with Sam getting all the attention, etc. To cap the day off, I'd encourage anyone reading the blog to visit the CNN.com free video site and find the 'CNN's dads give advice' video. You may have to use the 'search' box at upper right - just put in 'dads give advice' and you'll find it. Really quite touching. Guess I'm turning into a big ol' softie as a dad.
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CNN.com Free Video Launch
So after three long years where CNN.com's video was a premium (ie - pay) product licensed to various wholesale companies as well as direct to consumers, the site launched on Saturday (two days ahead of schedule) their new free video product. Supported by the burgeoning broadband video advertising market, the new product is slated to feature some 30 new videos daily. I was involved in the product development aspects of the advertising technology and operations side of the project. This gallery shows the combined technical teams in our 'Port:80' conference room gathered for the launch effort, some 12 hours of work beginning at 6am on Saturday. The best news of all - it went off without a hitch, and the reviews are already coming in.
Lost Remote TV Blog review is here.
Media Bistro's TV Newser talks about the return of free video (finally)
PaidContent.org talks about the Saturday launch, and CNN.com plans for the fall.
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Sam, His Tongue & the Red Sox
So I came home today from the 12+ hours of assisting with the launch of CNN.com's free video product on Saturday, and little Sam decided to demo his latest trick to me - the sticking the tongue out for some unknown reason. Cute as a button, that boy is! He's also become quite aware that his hands can grab and hold onto things - like his Boston Red Sox bear. Also cute. Check out the gallery photos here.
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June 12, 2005
Sam Talks Up a Storm (video)
It's movie day on Trotz.com. Here's epic number two in the ongoing Sam Trotz saga. This time, 8-week-old Samuel has a fascinating conversation with Amy. If anyone out there can translate, please let us know what he's trying to tell us. Link to video here (5MB, Quicktime required)
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Movie Magic
We love shooting video of little Sam. Trouble is, it's too doggone time consuming to edit the good stuff out, package it up, and post it on the blog. Anyway, here's a taste of Sam. He's cooing, wiggling and generally being a great little baby of late. Click on this link to view the video.
Editors Note: You'll need to have Quicktime installed, but in case you don't, it's an easy download. The movie is fairly large - 15 megabytes - so a fast connection is suggested. It will take 20-30 seconds for the video to start, so please be patient.
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June 11, 2005
Happy Sam
I woke up late to find Amy and Sam having some quality happy time on the couch. Sam was giggling, cooing and generally having a grand old time. We just love that smile he gives when he's gassy happy. Check out the gallery here.
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June 09, 2005
Shots All Around!
Sam succesfully completed his first round of shots this morning at his pediatricians office. He's been doing OK since, if a bit more cranky than usual. He weighs in now at 9 pounds 8 ounces, and he's grown three inches since birth. And his head is in the 50+% percentile (he gained two inches in his head, big brain boy that he is!).
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June 06, 2005
Mintel, Anyone?
Is it particularly chilly in hell today? At the Apple WorldWide Developers Conference in San Francisco this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a plan to completely migrate from Motorola PowerPC processors to Intel CPUs by 2007. MacWorld has a running commentary from the WWDC, and are holding up to the onsalught of traffic. Amazingly, he reports that for the past five years, every Mac OS build has been compiled to run on the Intel platform. For one, Jobs mentioned that Apple had to make this move to continue to improve the PowerBook line - the PowerPC just wasn't going to cut it on power and heat issues. Here's a key quote from Jobs:
"I stood up here two years ago and promised you 3.0 GHz. I think a lot of you would like a G5 in your PowerBook, and we haven't been able to deliver that to you. But as we look ahead, and though we've got great products now, and great PowerPC products still to come, we can envision great products we want to build, and we can't envision how to build them with the current PowerPC roadmap."
First machines will ship with Intel inside (cough, marketing slogan, cough) by this time in 2006. I want to know how this implementation will prevent users from installing the Intel-compatible builds of OSX on generic Intel hardware. If not, this opens the Mac up in ways some thought would never happen. Good luck, Mr. Jobs, and I think congrats are in order.
Update: very good analysis from AppleMatters.com is here. All assumptions aren't valid, but some are right on target.
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More from Zoo Atlanta
ZooAtlanta hosted a special night this past Saturday for friends and family of Northside Hospital babies. We joined friends for the special evening look at the zoo. See the photo gallery here.
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Sam on the Road
Well, not literally. But now Amy and I have a real understanding of military planning, logistics and supply lines. We packed the Rover full of gear to take Sam on his first road trip, down I-16/I-75 to Savannah on Memorial Day weekend. Grandma and Uncle Jerry enjoyed him immensely! See the photo gallery here.
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