The United States beat Canada 3-1 on Saturday, before 25,253 (near capacity, but it felt a lot emptier at the start). Game was engaging, but not sustained play throughout. You could tell both teams wanted to win, but (speculation) the United States wanted to win just to avoid embarrassment, while Canada was enjoying the role…

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Four years ago, we went to the 3rd place game and final of the Women’s World Cup (soccer). Today, due to the move of the 2003 WWC from China to the United States, we’re able to attend the 3rd place game and final once again. Below, a comparison. Facet 1999 2003 Date July 10 October…

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Several days ago, I finished Patrick O’Brian’s The Letter of Marque. Aubrey is temporarily a licensed privateer (the ‘letter of marque’ is written permission from the government to maraud the enemies of the state), commanding the Surprise, now owned by Maturin. While Aubrey’s situation — especially his longing to be re-instated in the Navy —…

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So many ideas in the email space… here’s one more: Steven Johnson has an idea: “It would be a huge help to me if my email software would automatically organize incoming messages based on 1) whether I’ve responded to the sender before, and 2) on average how quickly I’ve responded to the sender in the…

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We’re considering new services to develop at work, and there are lots of choices. So far, it feels like nothing is new under the sun, but novelty doesn’t seem necessary, as long as we provide content and services that people want. To date, content has taken care of itself (meaning: the editors and reporters know…

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Almost literally. One problem is that I watched several minutes of the terrible Monday Night Football game this evening. The Bears really don’t belong on national TV. But the larger concern I have is over the bundling of information, cable-TV style. Comcast owns the cable franchise here in San Francisco, having bought it from AT&T,…

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Any event which makes you forget that tomorrow is Monday, and you’re back to work again, is worthy of repeating. I just enjoyed dinner with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and their spouses and kids. Chaos, of course, with six adults, five kids (and one on the way), but a reminder why extended families — when…

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…why Hanan Cohen doesn’t write a weblog. [from Scoble] I haven’t yet read all 44 reasons, but I skipped to the bottom (to make sure there were 44 reasons), and I appreciated this, which Cohen borrows from another blogger (linking appropriately): Do not assume, not even for a second, that because you read the blog…

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One year old, Google News attracts attention and speculation from the media, which eye it warily and longingly: competition or traffic source or both? Here is a long interview of Krishna Bharat, creator of Google News at USC’s Online Journalism Review. Like others in the media business, I’ve paid attention, but I don’t use it…

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Just found this link to NewsFan, a new MacOS X newsreader application. I have no reason to switch from NetNewsWire, but always curious.

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