Archive for November 2005
Pandora and the Music Genome Project
This is the busy season at work now, so you’re not going to hear much from me. My morning time is spent with Moishe, bringing you that photo on the top right that you see daily and practicing my velociraptor impression. (Apparently that’s the baby’s favorite noise now, and he does it sometimes in response…
Read MoreInternet gaming on 60 Minutes
If you didn’t see the 60 Minutes piece last night about online gambling, you missed one of the best spokespeople for the industry around. Nigel Payne, who runs UK-based SportingBet.com, practically begged the US to regulate them so he could pay taxes and help legitimize the industry. It certainly what you expect to hear from a business owner, but it makes sense.
Read MoreAnd just why do you need all that space?
Sunday’s Washington Post has a great story about how people who buy the new McMansions have neither the time or money to furnish them, nor the inclination to use all their space. Says one McMansion builder:
Read MoreThey figured that their house, which is still under construction, would
represent the high end of what people wanted — until a client recently
requested a 23,000-square-foot rambler, a size approaching that of the
Taj Mahal, which is about 35,000 square feet.
Canada finds case of bird flu in commercial duck
And now it’s on our continent.. Link: Bloomberg.com: Canada.
Read MoreChina confirms first human bird flu cases
First human case of bird flu. We’re all so screwed. Do we really think this is truly the first case? This is just the first one they’ve caught. CNN.com – China confirms first human bird flu cases
Read MoreMost D.C. Property Priced Out Of Reach
In today’s Washington Post, D’Vera Cohn reports that "Most D.C. Property Priced Out Of Reach." 80 percent of the properties for sale in the District were out of reach of the average city household’s income.
Read MoreIt’s the net, stupid.
On a lark, I posted a humorous account of my friend Eric’s and my attempt at refilling an aesthetic but highly unusable pepper mill. It’s now one of the most trafficked pages on my site. People come to the site constantly to see the photo instructions for refilling the grinder.
Read MoreGo buy Po Bronson’s book
Po Bronson is a busy man. He’s also extremely good with people, such that saying Po is a friend of yours is probably something ten thousand people could do today. Po’s new book is about to come out and I want you to buy it. I’m not saying you should buy it because I like Po, you should buy it because Po is a great storyteller.
Read MoreSaying Goodbye California Sun, Hello Midwest – New York Times
In a recent article in the New York Times, "Saying Goodbye California Sun, Hello Midwest", the current diaspora of of people from cities with expensive housing to cities with cheaper housing. This is something we’ve seen with people moving out of NYC and Washington DC to Philly, or to more rural parts of Virginia, and…
Read MoreTurn off the e-mail
Everyone with a new Windows PC and a freshly updated copy of Outlook has noticed that neat little feature at the bottom right. When you receive a new e-mail, it slowly fades into view, shows you the subject line, the sender, and gives you some options to open it up or delete it on the spot.
I’ve been experimenting with my productivity for a few months now with it both on and off, seeing which setting makes me more productive. My advice: turn the fucker off.
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