Ann and I went to see the fourth Harry Potter movie last night. We are both avid fans of the books, but I have to say we were a bit rusty on all the plot details of the fourth book, not having read it in four years or so. All Read more…
I picked up Whiteout while I was in the States buying goodies. I love Ken Follett and have read almost everything he’s written. As far as thrillers go, this one is alright, but like most of the reviews on Amazon point out, it’s a pale shadow of the kind of Read more…
Disappointing. I picked two receivers who, together, only gave me seven points. Even a heroic effort by Ladanian Tomlinson, who accounted for just under half of my whole team’s points, wasn’t enough. Congrats to Guze for picking another team that racked up over 100 points, and as I write this Read more…
Another close one. Which I won. It was still too close to call going into the final game on Monday. I was in the awkward position of being down a fair amount of points, but still having a running back to play. Unfortunately, Guze had the kicker for the same Read more…
So I took a trip back to the States just this week and here are a few highlights of my trip: Thanks to Mark and Katrin for a fine fajita lunch the day I got in. Kira was as cute as ever, even when we were being mean and boxing Read more…
It’s always a good idea to say thank you. And since I am in the mood after the format of my last post, I’d also like to say a big ‘thank you’ to my good friend Ian Mulvany, for taking his own time to write me a script that processes Read more…
First it was Gates with his memo about the sea change in software, now it’s TV. I think this is awesome. The first steps toward a complete redefinition of “television”, a new distribution model for TV shows, and a new added value of the Internet. I predict it will only Read more…
Wow, what an amazing weekend of football. Of course, I had to sit glued to my computer screen watching the stats refresh on all the games from the NFL website, but still it was exciting. First of all, Guze picked an incredible lineup. Guys who normally are a bit inconsistent, Read more…
As an Eagles fan since 1999, when Philadelphia became the first town that I moved to after college, I would just like to take this opportunity to tell both Jesse Jackson and Ralph Nader, who seem to feel fit to pass judgement on the decisions of the Eagles coaching staff Read more…
What a novel concept for a music company, “let’s create software that blows up the computers of our customers!”
What the hell were these guys thinking in the first place? Developing malware to be put onto the machines of people who use their products without their knowledge, to monitor their activities and prevent them from doing things that Sony doesn’t want.
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