http://www.chrisbartley.net lets try this again Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:24:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en title updated 2/17/08 at 10:15am on the advice of carm Last August I thought I'd be sad to see the last pieces of Shea Stadium hit the ground. A part of me thought that watching my favorite baseball team in some other stadium just wouldn't be the same without that old ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2009/02/17/collapsing-facade/ Ticketmaster and Live Nation may soon be joining forces to create a single ticket brokering conglomerate which will undoubtedly be bent on world domination. While maybe the future isn't that bleak, this really is something that should concern fans of live music. Ticket prices are going to rise, and you can ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2009/02/10/satan-incarnate/ http://www.chrisbartley.net/2009/02/09/sound-advice-in-this-topsy-turvy-economy/ I haven't updated since last November, and before that I hadn't updated since the end of the August. Thankfully, there's a good reason for it! I've been amazingly busy since September with my new job as a software engineer at Callfinity. We make a suite of web-based telephony applications for ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2009/01/27/calling-for-an-update/ I know I haven't updated my site in a while, but Carm and I just left the ESPN studios after getting a little tour with Rachel and Maya so I thought this would be as good a time as any. It's a pretty impressive set. http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/11/08/dadada-dadada/ Grandma Baier passed away a little over an hour ago. She was from Massachussets, and my Mom said she loved Cape Cod. I like to think she's the one who gave us this gorgeous weather today...she would've loved this. Thank you, Grandma- you will be missed. http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/08/13/a-moment-of-silence/ We made it safely out to the Cape. Here's to good friends and good times...I'm going to try to update here a couple of times this week. For now, here's the Lobster Claw! http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/08/09/welcome-to-cape-cod/ July has been a handful- but not in a bad way. It's been pretty productive, actually, and it's moved ridiculously fast. Take, for instance, the following rundown of our weekends: July 5th-6th We made it down to Scranton for the Bartley family gathering. It was great to see everyone again...these are always ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/07/29/onto-the-dog-days/ Carm and I went out for a visit to Connecticut last weekend to see baby Maya who seems to be doing very well. She had her fussy moments, but she was just ripped out of her dark, snug little world only 21 days ago - what can ya do? ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/07/02/uncle-chris/ Somehow over the last 2 years or so I'd forgotten how good Dave Matthews Band is live- stale setlists and weak performances tend to do that. However, apparently all you have to do is just add in a little Tim Reynolds to any Dave Matthews recipe in order for it ... http://www.chrisbartley.net/2008/06/27/they-still-got-it/