Why we miss Schnippy at work.
Scott Adams gets it right here.
WWC to help USSF, MLS more than WUSA
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
You might be addicted to soccer if…
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.
Myths about Usability
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 hate the martyr people
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
SWAT Review
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
Comments away!
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.
Don’t I know you?
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
The real Cable thieves.
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
Winning Eleven Soccer
Stupid region controls on video games. Why can I import the Japanese version of Winning Eleven 6 for the Gamecube but not the European version of International Superstar Soccer 3? Looks like I’m either going to have to move out of the USA, where instead we get crap soccer games like SEGA Soccer Slam and