Alexa Is Skewed March 9th, 2007 @ 2:51 pm PST
I’ve often wondered how Alexa manages to get its data. Their stats never seem to synch with mine. It turns out there’s a fly in the ointment over there.
The Secret Superpower of Starbucks March 9th, 2007 @ 7:11 am PST
When I have the opportunity I am apt to choose the underdog. Aside from the sinfully delicious Cinnamon Dolce Latte, for example, I dislike Starbucks and will generally go to the mom-and-pop coffee shops scattered around Los Angeles. More often than not lately, though, I am finding that Starbucks’ secret superpower is consistency. Mussolini kept […]
Zombie Brains March 8th, 2007 @ 2:21 pm PST
PicoPad Wallet Notes March 8th, 2007 @ 8:20 am PST
I’m not writing it down to remember it later …
Motorola HS801 Bluetooth Connection March 8th, 2007 @ 6:58 am PST
On the destruction of my Motorola RAZR after the LA Marathon
Los Angeles Marathon March 5th, 2007 @ 8:50 am PST
When I ran the LA Marathon last year my goal was to finish in five hours. I had trained for about two months and gotten down to a slender 186 lbs, the least I’ve weighed since my last year of college. Because of a disastrous combination of being mentally unprepared for the event and wearing […]
#FridayFive: Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts March 2nd, 2007 @ 4:39 pm PST
Read the Friday Five …
Funny Comedy Jokes! March 2nd, 2007 @ 4:27 pm PST
Davezilla — a site I’ve read for so long that I can no longer remember when I started reading it, which means it’s probably since before you even knew there was an internet — was feeling down in the dumps a few days ago. He asked his readers to raise his spirits. People started posting […]
LA Marathon Soundtrack March 2nd, 2007 @ 3:04 pm PST
Head coaches in the NFL often “script” the first dozen or so offensive plays of a game. They do this to set the tone and pace of the game, and to try to get their players to understand that they want to dictate how the game will go. With that in mind I have “scripted” […]
Chinese Instructions, Part 2 March 2nd, 2007 @ 10:24 am PST
I got a new insulated coffee mug a few days ago. There was a little slip of paper inside it with “instructions”. This is a coffee mug. It’s very nice and this morning it did an excellent job of keeping my coffee hot while I drove to the office. Here’s a bit of the writing […]
