links, random thoughts, various opinions
I’m in Hong Kong this week. I’m watching the U.S. Presidential debate live this morning (Friday morning, incidentally the Chinese National Day). It seems that Kerry is articulate and focussed, basically pushing Bush into his least likeable position, the defensive one. It will be interesting to see how it shakes out but […]
Steve Gillmor: “Nowhere in this vision — or reality, if you’re already on board — is the notion that notification and delivery of updates needs to be constrained. If anything, the needle is swinging hard in the opposite direction — toward a fabric of an always-on, always-connected information stream. In that world, the gating factor […]
The best Seinfeld episode ever was on last night. Sidlering, Griffin, toys and pigeons. Best ever.
Now back to the Penske file(s).
Without an RSS reader I’d never get through (at least glancing at) the 150 websites I read/watch every day. My favourite reader, NetNewsWire has just been updated to version 2 (in beta). It’s definitely faster and slicker and makes especially cool use of Safari’s embedded browsing. Very cool. Download it if […]
The City of Vancouver is holding a plebiscite on whether we should have a ward based city council. We got a well put together brochure in the mail today, the problem of course is that the advertising has two giant pizzas on it. I threw out the brochure, along with the several other […]
Interview With The Benefactor
“I’m always sufficiently scared of failing that I make sure I’ve reduced my risk through preparation. Most people think money is the key to reducing risk. Preparation is. There is an old saying that when you sit at the business table, you look for the fool. If you don’t see a fool, […]
Dave’s right, this is a big time waster. Graphical Fly Through Of the Universe - Celestica.
I remember when I was younger and the anniversary of the assassination of JFK came about my Mom would tell me where she was on that day…and at that moment, every year. She could tell me where all her friends and family where. I always assumed it was very much the moment of […]
Two Cents
“Sports are very misunderstood in this country and it’s frustrating to hear all the hypotheses of the hows and whys we didn’t receive very many medals. Yes, you get what you pay for, and that holds true in sport. And yes, the bureaucracy behind most of our national sports organizations have archaic systems in […]
Cutups and Cutthroats
“Despite the fact that the economy is cratering, Iraq is teetering, Afghanistan is reverting to warlords, Dick Cheney is glowering at the world, the war on terror has created more acts of terror, Ahmad Chalabi is an accused spy for Iran and the Pentagon has an accused spy for Israel, Republicans felt so […]
Usability pointers on how to improve your online commerce site in time for the Christmas season. Cool.