June 2008
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A picture is worth a thousand barks
Yes, you can vote in the Ugliest Dog Contest. Even though no pooch will ever out-ugly the late and still great Sam, (above) whom we first vetted here. Continue reading
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New paths
I didn’t really know Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald before this last week, except by emails and a delightful interview he did with me at LeWeb3 in December. But I fell in love with the guy after he and his associates brought me to Amsterdam to talk at Mobile Monday and do a couple consulting gigs there (which… Continue reading
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I was overseen to have said…
Something about 3/4 of the way into this here. From MoMo last week in Amsterdam. Here are my still shots from the show. Also from Maarten’s barbeque the night before. I’ll have more Amsterdam shots up when I’m done dealing with life & stuff. [Later…] Here they are. Continue reading
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But how good a phone will it be?
I’ve seen a waterfall of iPhone 3g coverage, but nobody yet has answered the question that actually matters most to a lot of people: How good a phone is it? The original was adequate as a phone, but that’s it. Basically it was very average as a phone. Looked great, worked okay. My guess is… Continue reading
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Whether report
Says here at Weather.com, Severe Thunderstorm Warning SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1157 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WORCESTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS… WESTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS… THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF… Continue reading
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Behind the ate ball
Sooner or later we all have to face the proctologist. My turn is tomorrow. So I’m fasting, sort of. In preparation. Drinking nothing but clear fluids, chased this evening with half a gallon of magnesium citrate. That’s the cocktail I’m having right now at a Starbucks. On ice. Fun. It’s fairly routine stuff. By coincidence… Continue reading
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A trend in deed is a trend in need
Or is it vice versa? Dunno. I just think it’s an interesting line. Continue reading
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Meet the new boss, nothing like the old boss
Nobody gets the idea of Obama, and perhaps Obama himself, better than Dave Winer. I love Dave’s latest post, Blowing Up the Beltway. Step back a year, to when the Clinton Restoration was proceeding on schedule, and Obama was still this skinny dude from Chicago who gave a great speech at the ’04 convention. Washington,… Continue reading
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White and Blue Land
You fly enough and they bump you up to Business Class whether you want it or not. That’s how United Airlines works, and for most passengers that’s not a bad thing. In my case I often don’t want it because it means giving up a window seat I’ve carefully chosen back in what we used… Continue reading
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The thrill of Jim McKay
The best thing about the Olympics on TV was, and will always remain, Jim McKay. Loved watching that guy. Sad to learn he’s gone. Continue reading
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The Iraq War Railroad
Frank Paynter writes, Putting the ME in. That’s what this NCMR2008 thing is about. So I have my personal secret plan… (not evil, like gapingvoid’s is), but the sustainability piece is missing…. monetizing…. business model… cash… shekels… ducats… does it have to be an advertising magnet? They’re not really talking about that here. … Continue reading
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Thermal rediscovery
According to the thermometer on the dashboard of my car, it passed 100° in Boston today. In any case, it was pretty damn hot. Made working nearly impossible in an apartment with no air conditioning and little ventilation. But we had a great time hanging out with friends and driving around picking up stuff in… Continue reading
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With Google we’ll get Bingo
Twitter and Amazon are both down right now. Continue reading
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Buy George
So we walked into the Boston public library this evening at 6:15 to return some books, and encountered a serendipitous bonus: A sign in the lobby said that George Lakoff was speaking upstairs at 6:30. So we intercepted George a few minutes later, sat in on a great talk (his sixth of the day), and… Continue reading
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So much left to get started
While recovering from a pulmonary embolism, more cautions were raised about various things that come up as one gets older. So I went in for an MRI today. Dunno the results yet. I’m a born optimist, so I’m defaulting in that direction. Then a few minutes ago I heard that a friend half my age… Continue reading
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Drink long and prosper
NY Times: Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human lifespan… Continue reading
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As to be seen on WV…
I’ll be streamed live at Mobile Monday today in Amsterdam. The top link there this AM is an interview Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald shot at LeWeb3 last December. As I recall it was, as he says in his post, fun. I can’t tell because my connection is too slow and flaky, but I trust he’s right. Continue reading
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There’s gotta be a better way
In the long run paying for wi-fi in your hotel will be like paying to use the toilet or the heater. You won’t. Meanwhile, it would be nice if it were easy, cheap, good, or at least two out of those three. Right now I’m 0-for-3 at my hotel in Amsterdamn. I just had to… Continue reading
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How to make customers hate you
So my main credit card, a United Mileage Plus one, issued by Chase, got rejected on my last attempted purchase, just before I got on a plane at Logan headed for Frankfurt, where I am now, between flights. Now here I sit, paying $.18 per minute to T-Mobile to “roam” on their system, to which… Continue reading