WooHoo! The crazy kids at Spinback just launched (well a few days ago). They are a great bunch of fun folks co-located with us for the moment. Given the official launch I just had to become a Spinner, so for my first spin I present a wonderful black iPod: iPod, 30GB, Black So sleek, so [...]
A confluence of events the past few months created a perfect storm that took my server down. First my server died, then a family medical emergency kept me quite busy, and my new company is demanding substantial time. Finally, after ten years of hosting my own server, I have finally relented and re-located to a [...]
Barack Obama announces his "Presidential Exploratory Comittee" , the latest euphemism for he is running for President. I wish him well, I suspect we are in for a very bruising presidential election. Barack is an incredible guy, he is quite likeable and may give all comers a real run for their money. His life has [...]
Fascinating piece in the Atlantic Monthly on the birth of a new political party, Unity '08 . What do they stand for? In their own words : Unity08 divides issues facing the country into two categories: Crucial Issues – on which America’s future safety and welfare depend; and Important Issues – which, while vital to [...]
It has been an absolutely crazy last few weeks with the holidays, fund-raising for a new venture, and preparing for and attending CES. Hopefully we can get back to our regularly scheduled program soon.
Check out Merriam-Webster's selection for 2006 Word of the Year! Stephen Colbert should be quite proud
The Will Wright, creator of the Sims, SimCity, & the soon (not) to be released Spore, was on The Colbert Report. Pretty interesting to hear what he has to say, particularly his "spreadsheet of your life." Colbert is out of his mind, completely utterly brilliantly insane. Will gets into Spore a little bit and gives [...]
I profess a real fondness for a good single malt and given that I found this article amusing, the world's oldest bottle of whisky. I am willing to try a glass (although it sounds like it was not a very good one given the price it went for).
A bruising election anyway you look at it. Viriginia and Montana went down to the very end. Hopefully we aren't going to have 2 years of deadlock at this point.
The upper east side is a complete zoo, seems as though a small plane hit an apartment building on 72nd St and York Ave, Police & Fire responding like champs as usual. Yankee's pitcher Cory Lidle was on the plane and thought to have been the pilot.