Archive October 2006
To Vote or Not to Vote
If I have the right to vote, then I also have the right to tell politicians how they can earn my vote. I’m politically independent, and will remain that way until the day I die. What do I ask for? Nothing unreasonable. No negative campaigning, ever. I don’t mind a healthy debate, but when it [...]
Sippin’ on Gin
Teresa Valdez Klein (of TeresaCentric) sent out the gin recepes we tasted at a Blog Business Summit dinner last week. “The first recorded dry martini recipe, in 1896, called for Plymouth Gin, dry vermouth and orange bitters, which add delicacy and fragrance to the cocktail.” Plymouth Original Martini 1 oz. Plymouth Gin Splash dry vermouth [...]
Movers Move Moving
We didn’t move this weekend. We were going to move, but didn’t – and I can’t tell you why we didn’t move until I know more. We thought we were moving, had prepared for the move, but didn’t actually move because of a major (read: pivotal) snag. Our house was prepared for the move, too. [...]
Twenty Questions
Okay, so… let me see if I can help the rumor mill along: We’re moving this weekend Our new residence is NOT in the Bay Area It’s definitely not Web 2.0 related November 6th is the earliest I can say anything Geeks can take advantage of it Non-geeks will definitely love it It’s bigger than [...]
Intel Has an (un)Official Blogger
Josh from TinyScreenfuls just posted a mouthful: I want to start some conversation. I’m not officially authorized to speak for Intel on any matter (see my “Caveat Lector� disclaimer over there in the sidebar), but there are a ton of things that I can talk about. I’m just a guy, a blogger, who works at [...]
Disclaimer
I never, ever respond to link requests. However, I think I’m making my first exception with Mike Layden. “I’ve been linking to your site for maybe two years now… any chance you could return the favor someday?” Mike, I’m only doing this because (a) you have a creative domain name, and (b) your site disclaimer [...]
Windows Vista Digital Photo Import
Brandon says: Vista’s Photo Import tool, in my opinion, (aside from Tag support) is a complete step backward from what we’ve got in Windows XP. In XP, I can pick and choose which photos I want to import at a specific time. With Vista, I get no choice what-so-ever. It just imports all photos and [...]
I’m So Worried
Busy week. Going crazy. Can’t say why yet. Writing sentence fragments. Ignoring style. Washing clothes. Running errands. Not drinking Peet’s coffee because Ponzi took off in my car and didn’t leave her alarm fob behind even though it probably doesn’t work anyway I really don’t care to wake up the neighborhood if it’s still set [...]
JibJab Interview
Do you remember the first JibJab cartoon you ever saw? They’re crazy.
Gregg Spiridellis of JibJab on The Great Sketch Experiment
JibJab has been making people laugh for the past seven years with quirky comedy shorts and clever political cartoons. During the last Presidential election, they made headlines with a cartoon duo of John Kerry and George Bush taking political shots at each other to the tune of This Land is Your Land. A trip to [...]
New Email Virus?
Subject line: Mail server report. Attachment: Update-KB####-x86 (EXE or ZIP) Mail server report. Our firewall determined the e-mails containing worm copies are being sent from your computer. Nowadays it happens from many computers, because this is a new virus type (Network Worms). Using the new bug in the Windows, these viruses infect the computer unnoticeably. [...]
Spam Traps
Three times in the past week, I’ve unwillingly opened the door to young solicitors. Actually, the number is closer to five (but I only responded to three, with tonight’s salesman mistaken for the pizza guy). Some are peddling magazines, while others are selling books – doesn’t matter (they’re all annoying). Each and every time, as [...]
StumbleUpon: Real or Fake?
We received an email this morning from Brooke Tessman, Director of Advertising Sales for StumbleUpon.com. At first, I thought it was a “normal” sales call. Then, I started to think about what she was saying: StumbleUpon offers a unique opportunity to reach the targeted audience you’re searching for. Discover great websites, videos, pictures and more-all [...]
Joe Giordano of PayScale on Employee Compensation
Are you getting paid what you’re worth? Most of us would probably answer that question ‘No’ even if we spend our days running out the clock surfing YouTube. Seattle-based company PayScale is attempting to help answer the question of whether you’re getting paid what you’re worth, along with a number of other important questions you [...]
An UndoTV Update
In a matter of hours, DNS should be resolving for UndoTV.com. Before you rush the site (as I’m sure you will), please note that we’re only letting vetted talent in at first. Submit your email address to be added to the queue for invitation codes – which will start going out mid-November. You’ll see our [...]
