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What happened to muxur?

Gerard — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:25:47 +0000

That was my first thought when I rolled into the office this morning and fired up the app. Figured it was just a glitch, then when Chad got in, he had the same issue. An hour or so went by and it still wasn’t working so we started to investigate. Turns out, today was a big day for muxtape.com. They released an update with a new codebase that basically wiped out all 3rd party apps, but was a much needed update for the future growth of muxtape.com.

The project all started after some after work beers. We wanted to build an air app to get our hands dirty before taking on some real flex work, so we started messing around with muxtape and flex builder to see if we could get a song to play through an air app. About two hours later we had the basics working. Chad did the heavy scripting while I worked on the interface and a couple weeks later we released a public download of the app. Before we released, Chad pinged Justin and he gave us the go ahead.

We released the app only allowing users to playback the tapes. muxur basically hit any muxtape url, parsed the page and allowed you to play the music outside of the browser through the air app. It was dead simple and worked like a champ.

muxur is officially down for the count, but watch out for what comes next … there may be a tidal wave of sorts coming to a desktop near you ;)

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the journey for a frisbee .. memorial day 08

Gerard — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:22:42 +0000

memorial day weekend was full of sailing followed by a sunday night out on the city and a wicked hangover come monday. i woke up late in the afternoon on my day off and wanted to do something with the rest of the day. i called my friend Corey who was in town from nola. we decided a trip to the park was in order .. but we never quite made it. when we finally got close to golden gate park, we realized we had zero park going gear .. no frisbee, kite, food, beer, etc .. so corey, steph and I switched gears .. and our new mission was to find a frisbee and head back to the park. we knew walgreens would have one, but after driving around for 10 minutes not finding one, decided to hit haight street .. corey hadn’t walked down the street and one of the many stores on haight must have a frisbee right? wrong .. we walked forever, followed a couple shop workers direction and couldn’t find one. so we drove to the ocean instead. still frisbee and kiteless, we decided to head over to crissy field and hoped that we would find a walgreens on the way. we did! but they only had $2.99 kites that didn’t look like they would fly too well, so we opted for a frisbee. The beach was windy .. throwing the frisbee didn’t work at all. So, we just hung out and enjoyed each others company and the amazing views of the bay. good times all around ..

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Killer San Francisco Sunset

Gerard — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:49:04 +0000

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muxur is coming soon to a desktop near you

Gerard — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:28:05 +0000

A friend and I are building an Air app called muxur that should release in the next couple weeks. dm me your email address via twitter @gerardramos if you want to checkout an early release..

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The New Pad in Hayes Valley

Gerard — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:40:48 +0000

For those that don’t know .. I’m up in San Francisco for a three month contract. I just moved into my place in Hayes Valley today. If anyone is up in the area and wants to kick it .. drop me a line!

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BarCampNOLA recap video

Gerard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:50:39 +0000

Check it out over at Voodoo

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San Francisco Valentines Day Pillow Fight 2008

Gerard — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:06:57 +0000

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Reset CSS v1.0

Gerard — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:49:30 +0000

Eric Meyer’s reset css now has a version :)

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head on out to the picture show and take a gander at

Gerard — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:25:22 +0000

No Country for Old Men .. I asked j-rob about who who this guy was .. he spoke briefly about the film and said .. “go see it today” .. so I did .. it kicks ass .. and now an all time favorite.

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NCET and Plans for Bar Camp Las Vegas

Gerard — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:30:44 +0000

I recently received an email and letter from NCET (Nevada Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology) inviting me to join the board of advisors … which I happily accepted :)

I’m really looking forward to being more involved in the Nevada business community, sharing my experiences and learning from others.

Our first board meeting was a few weeks ago and quite interesting. The board consists of members from all across the state, so rather than everyone meeting in one place, everyone closer to Vegas met at UNLV and everyone in the north met in Reno. The three hour meeting took place over a slick video conferencing system in the UNLV technology building.

For the most part .. I just sat back and listened. Most of the conversation revolved around securing funding for all the amazing things planned this year to foster startups in Nevada. There are quite a few initiatives coming up including the NCETexpo, which I may be speaking at and the Governor’s Cup, a powerful event with cash prizes up to $200,000 for college students and faculty.

Towards the end of the meeting I spoke up about plans for BarCampLasVegas. For the most part, the board had no idea what a barcamp was, but was very supportive and interested. I have no idea where or when this will be, but I’m starting to spread the word and explore options. A few months ago, I started a group called vegasFoo to bring the las vegas web community together. Six months later we now have over 70 members. There is definitely a community of web designers, developers, and entrepreneurs that want to experience the power of a BarCamp. If you are interested in helping with planning, attending, or sponsoring, head over to the wiki and sign up!

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