http://www.crapmonkey.com Movies, Music, Technology, Beer, and Seattle. Mon, 05 May 2008 18:00:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today it was announced that Xobni has released for the general public to download.  Xobni is the best Outlook plug-in that I've seen in a long time.  This sidebar allows for fast and easy email search, attachment aggregation, and thread compression.  Another handy feature of the tool includes extracting contact information ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/168 For the last several months I've been saying that Pyramid was ripe to be bought.  However, I anticipated a very large player (like Miller) to swoop in and make the purchase.  On that point, I was quite mistaken.  Magic Hat Brewing Company and Pyramid Breweries announced that they will merge, pursuant ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/165 Let’s Face it, there are far too many ways to keep in touch these days.  Blogging hit the scene, but it appealed more to publisher types, not folks that just wanted to have a simple online presence.  Then came LinkedIn, which is a cool portal for managing your contacts network (though ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/164 http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/163 Thanks for tuning in to another Crapmonkey Podcast.  There has been a lot going on lately... but enough about me.  Let's look at what's coming up in the near future.  In the beer department, there are a few different festivals to look forward to attending.  Right around the corner on ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/162 Some call it stoner rock - perhaps due to how the songs give way to occasional low tuned, psychedelic jams; or maybe because the lyrics depict dark winter landscapes filled with rising souls and flying falcons.  Whatever the case, the label doesn't do justice to the heavy, blues driven rock that defines the ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/161 On Sunday night, Tesla put on a rock show to remember at the Showbox Sodo in Seattle.  The show rocked the venue with all of the enthusiasm and energy that Tesla is known to exhibit.  Prior to the show, I sat down with Tesla's newest member, Dave Rude, to talk about ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/160 The beers that you find in the casinos in Vegas are typically not that great.  That's why I decided to head over to the Sin City Brewing Company's Pub and have something a little different.  You may view the brief video below (apologies to Ipod users as the video is in ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/159 Mix08 is in full swing and it's all about Silverlight!  I just got into town today, so I missed the first day of sessions, but today was already worth the trip.  For today's general sessions, Steve Ballmer and Guy Kawasaki had a great conversation that spanned topics ranging from the ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/158 In this episode we go over a litte beer news, including a cool initiative by Boston Brewing to help get smaller breweries through the hops shortage.  Additionally, CJ from the Love Long and Prosper Podcast gave me a heads up that the Pheonix Zoo is hosting Zoo Brew 2008 in ... http://www.crapmonkey.com/archives/157