Year: 2006
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Niche search engine with large type: Big.com
I find Big.com clever. It’s just another search engine, but the fonts are bigger. Fun twist, and with a short URL, sure to get some traffic. Of course, the Terms of Service are not in the bigger font. Hmmm… This is all part of Idealab, as is the current Snap.com. Although the results for Big.com…
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So much soccer
I’m recording every single game in the 2006 World Cup, and watching whatever I can. Most of the games, I skim for goals, or watch a few minutes here and there. During the morning, before going to work (thank you, Pacific Time Zone), I watch a bit of the first game of the day. Then,…
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X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand, otherwise known as X-Men 3, was playing to a mostly empty theater on Sunday night. I’ve watched the second one earlier this month. I think it’s helpful to have seen the earlier films; I’m not sure anyone would care about these characters without a bit of the back story. I would…
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BBC News offers live stats
Good for the BBC: BBC News live stats At CNET News.com, What’s Hot is updated with data hourly, and when new stories are published. Some of the Most Popular data is updated in near-real-time, though most is daily. For so-close-to-real-time it becomes useless (but still interesting), try Digg Spy. Showing usage back to the users……
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Biathlon advertisement channels old SNL ski
A long time ago (relatively), Saturday Night Live (SNL) ran a skit about combination sports, like downhill soccer, or javelin baseball. Now a French television station is channeling (ahem) SNL in an advertisement: “The Biathlon” As a mild spoiler, let’s just say that the targets in this biathlon aren’t all stationary. This 45 second video…
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Ten strange clocks
Despite the name of this blog, I don’t really have a clock fetish. But I couldn’t pass up the Top 10 Strangest Clocks from TechEBlog. My favorite is #2, the T-shirt.
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Capitol Steps are worth seeing live
Saw the Capitol Steps on Friday night… don’t miss them. A public radio regular, the Capitol Steps are equal opportunity musical satirists on political topics, skewering red and blue states almost equally. Of course, in San Francisco, George W. gets most of the “love” when it comes time to poke fun at the politically powerful.…
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Movie: The Da Vinci Code
Despite knowing that The Da Vinci Code movie had not earned great reviews (Metacritic score of 48), we took it in late last week. I only read the book one year ago, so it’s relatively fresh in my mind. The movie was tolerable, but just a bit slow. That (lack of) pace is certainly a…
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Cleaning out the old gear: wireless router (802.11b) available free, via Craigslist
Just posted my old 802.11b router to Craigslist, as I want to get it out of the garage. Not asking for any money, but I don’t want to ship, either, so this is San Francisco only (or Bay Area). Figured I’d let a few folks know this way, too, just in case, despite the geographical…
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Do we really need new file-sharing applications?
I’ve been following the blog of Xavier Casanova because he spends some time on analytics. His company,