This is not a man with a blog.
Remember when I said that the Europeans were sanctimonious jerks for running the Muhummad cartoons repeatedly? Well there are jerks on both sides. I can’t imagine how any tradition that puts people to death for religous choices can expect to be taken seriously in the modern world. Link: CNN.com – Clerics to West, Karzai: Back…
I just converted my entire 2,500 photo, 3 year collection to be hosted on flickr instead of on shutterfly or on my home-built server. There are a number of reasons for this, but it’s not about web 2.0. I’m so sick of the web 2.0 buzz-bubble I could puke. Shutterfly could have added better photo…
I find this story in today’s NYT from a college admissions officer fascinating, especially as the father of a young man who I hope will someday want to go to college: we heard about a young woman from Kentucky we were not yet ready to admit outright. She was the leader/president/editor/captain/lead actress in every activity…
Phones and laptops are running towards each other at amazing speed. Microsoft is betting they’ll meet somewhere around the form factor of the Origami devices. On the low end, phones like mine and T-Mobile MDA (featured in this NYT story) are coming at it from the low end. Here’s the fascinating thing though: these devices…
Hey, check out this sample company page for the new Google Finance! It’s a direct competitor to Yahoo! Finance and although I’ve loved Yahoo! Finance for years now, the competition in the space ought to cause both companies to improve both products. I know it’s only a tiny difference, but I really like the fact…
I recently upped my travel quantity and one a particular day when I was traveling in New York, I was out of touch with my colleagues for a day. A key project that I was an important driver on lost a day of work and given that it was on a tight deliverable, I felt…
My favorite hand of the night at my last game at the Factory was in fact one I lost, but I loved it, and it caused me to do some analysis that shows what a great opportunity it is. The host of the game (who reads this blog) and I were in a hand together. …
[If you have a chance, go see Bradley’s rationalization about why he was right to shove $250 into a $29 pot with a 1.5% edge, a response to my analysis that this is too much volatility for his own good. Obviously, if the volatility bothers you enough to post on your blog that it bothers…
I find this whole article fascinating, but particularly this phrase on page 2: Among states that voted for President George W. Bush in 2004, fertility rates are 12 percent higher than in states that voted for Sen. John Kerry. We’re so screwed. We shouldn’t be going after independant voters, or even focusing on turnout. The…
Senator Feingold regularly acts as the conscience of the Democratic party, taking stances that are the right result without regard for the context of politics. It’s hard work, being a conscience. I suspect the Democratic party will treat him the same way most people treat their consciences: by telling him to sit down and shut…