During a cold, quiet afternoon in Brooklyn nine days ago, I picked up The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I read the entire series a long time ago, and this thin volume didn’t seem like it could contain all that I remember of this start to the fabulous tales of…

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I skimmed through Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa this afternoon, and in extra time, Cristiano Ronaldo almost turned his usual cheeky footwork in a masterpiece. Man U was already winning 2-0 when in the 93rd minute Ronaldo ran through a few stepovers before crossing the ball from his right foot by kicking behind…

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So Jeremy Zawodny poses an interesting take on online backup, with a great analogy which he hopes might be true. The comments seem to say otherwise, with knowing advice. Fred Wilson recommends two services, including one he depends on personally. His readers, too, have potentially useful comments on the situation. The problem? None of the…

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The Ludlum novel, The Apocalypse Watch, was written by Robert Ludlum (earlier musings) , and it has all the usual pace, plot, and global conspiracy. I needed another “cleanse the palate” read a couple of weeks ago, and found this hardcover on the shelf while culling some titles to make room for more in the…

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I’m not sure why Dave Winer was poking around the top ten most common last names in the United States, but I was pleased to see that Roberts did not make the cut. Roberts is only 43rd on the list.

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Nothing like getting on a morning airplane to make for a light sleep the night before. Off to Brooklyn to meet the new niece, with boy and girl in tow. Wish me peace and quiet, courtesy of JetBlue.

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Yes, there is a 10K run, too. But I’m happy to get out and earn my Gary Larsen long-sleeved T-shirt at half the distance right now. Turned in an 18:53, for a 6:04 pace, which puts me 34th overall for the 5K, 28th male, and 7th male in the 30-39 age group. Official results came…

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My post expressing my personal feed preference hit on a quiet weekend in the tech world, clearly. I noticed the post was the lead on Memeorandum by early this morning, and it stayed there until just recently. (I’m not kidding myself… Scoble’s link is what pumped up the volume.) People feel strongly about this issue,…

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I’m amazed at the mild foolishness exhibited by a NY Times headline writer in this article: “Wishyouwerehere.com: Blogs From the Road.” That’s right, the headline writer put a URL in the headline, which leads to several problems. The URL in the headline is nowhere in the article (either page). That’s appropriate (see #2), but confusing.…

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I use my RSS feeds as notification. I want to scan. I want to somehow squeeze the juice out of a couple of hundred feeds, leave the pulp behind, and spend the real time on the six to nine posts a day which are worth three to five minutes each. Full-text can interrupt the scan.…

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