Year: 2003
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A bit early for ‘history’?
‘New Media’: Ready for the Dustbin of History? is an article in today’s NYTimes Week in Review. Mr. Diller and others have come to realize that two things succeed commercially on the World Wide Web: searching (like Google and Yahoo) and shopping (like Amazon.com and eBay). Is that what the digital revolution has come to?…
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Lawn of the future
We’ve had a beautiful day here in the city, and all three of us spent some time down in the back yard. Part of our backyard has a beautiful, deep green, luscious lawn (the rest is concrete, porch foundation, etc.). Of course, that luscious lawn is fake. It’s FieldTurf, and it was one of the…
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Progress, through destruction
Here in San Francisco, they are tearing down another highway. After the 1989 earthquake, apparently, two damaged highways were pulled down instead of rebuilt. I never visited San Francisco before those disappeared, but I certainly appreciate the openness of the Embarcadero now. Now, after several votes back and forth over several years (at least the…
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A slight break in the…
Most mornings, about this time, I get on my bicycle or put on my running shoes and head to work. It’s three short miles across San Francisco, mostly downhill or flat on the way to work. It’s a tiny bit of exercise and a faster commute than the bus, most of the time. But this…
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“frittered away”
“Our lives are frittered away by detail. Simplify. Simplify.” Thoreau, channelled by Vin. Worth remembering, especially because ‘frittered’ is so fun to say.
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TiVo for your radio
I always want to listen to This American Life on NPR, but I never do. Maybe something like this is the answer? $150.00 for the basic model, via pre-ordering. Have to see if there is a service fee, too. [via E-Media Tidbits, Steve Outing] Oooh! Oooh! I’ve been waiting for this: A portable device that…
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Transitions… crib to bed
Yesterday afternoon, Ben took his nap in his bed instead of his crib. First time for everything. Later that evening, he started the night in his bed… but for the second night, after about an hour, he asked to be put in his crib. We’re not going to push too hard, but interesting to watch…
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CNET, not… c|net, c/net, CNet,…
Getting a company’s name right shouldn’t be that hard, but my employer, CNET Networks, seems to have some extra challenges there. The logo of CNET (one of the brands, not the company) is a lower-case c|net embedded in a bright red ball. Early on (1995 or so), CNET would write out the company name in…
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“Everything that is wrong with…
I was interested to see Tim Bray criticize a CNET News.com article: Passport to get Web services stamp. I don’t actually know the reporter, as he works in a separate bureau. In a quick read (it’s not a long article), I found that (a) the headline oversells and (b) this is a report of an…
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Trust
A joke Brooke shared with me. Larry wakes up at home with a huge hangover. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins and a glass of water on the side table. He sits up and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean…