I’m thinking it’ll be time to upgrade to a newer Tivo soon. Luckily, they just announced $50 rebates on new Tivos through the holiday season. If you’re wondering why you need a Tivo, check out Heather Newman’s column.. Also read how tivo changed Ernie the Attorney’s life, and get a list of ten reasons to […]
You have a spare jersey, cleats, and shorts in the trunk of your car in case you forgot to pack a bag for your weekly pick-up game as I did last night.
In a telling sign that Major League Soccer has a little more business acumen than the WUSA is this article in USA Today. The USSF staff and MLS’ central office and teams are providing virtually all of the tournament’s organizational and business-side structure. The league’s investors also took considerable risks when they built soccer-specific stadiums
Nielsen has a better than usual alertbox today trying to dispel the Misconceptions about Usability. One of his points really resonated with me regarding the tensions that can exist between creativity and usability. Design is basically problem solving under constraints: you must design a system that can actually be built, that’s within budget, and that
I’ve been meaning to write a review of the movie SWAT since I saw it last weekend. Overall it was a good summer action movie without any noticeable slow parts. The cast was good, although not full of too many known actors. Colin Ferrel did an excellent job as the SWAT officer who lives and
We all know a martyr person: Anything that goes wrong in their day means the universe is against them, They always misinterpret events in a way that makes them the injured party, Someone or everyone at their workplace is out to get them, Mundane tasks are too mundane to get done because they’re too busy
Two of my most (only?) loyal readers pushed me to put comments on the site so here you go. Check the [more] links for any item on my blog and you’ll see a little comments form for you fine folks to use.
I had quite a surprising encounter while walking to lunch today. As we were crossing the street near the post office I made eye contact with a woman crossing towards us. We both looked at each other realizing that we knew each other and just waiting for our brain’s to process the information. I somewhat
A piece today on the Motely Fool analyzes the cost of Satellite versus Cable television. Not surprisingly, satellite TV is less expensive, has seen smaller price increases, and has more satisfied customers. Despite deceiving advertising about satellite’s reliability — the cable industry would have you believe you’ll lose your satellite picture every time the wind
Sometimes CNN is funnier than the Onion, as illustratated by this story about a shocking revelation by a TV watchdog group. The Parents Television Council issued a study finding that CSI is the least family-friendly show on TV. Well – no fricking duh, Einstein. Last time I checked it didn’t look like it was geared
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