Archive for March, 2004
The Confusion
Neal Stephenson has a new novel coming out in two weeks: The Confusion: Volume Two of the Baroque Cycle. I still haven’t read Quicksilver: Volume One of the Baroque Cycle, so I guess I better get busy.
And Volume Two is just 823 pages — that’s darn near svelte compared to Quicksilver.
Perfect Corporate Weblogging Elevator Pitch
Judith Meskill has set up a corporate weblogging elevator pitch contest. We are hosting the collaborative space for the judges to evaluate the pitches; it should be interesting.
I look forward to seeing the entrants: from pitching a former employer on the concept to presenting on the subject at conferences, I’ve discovered that actually getting the […]
Air America Radio is live
Air America is now live, with the “O’Franken Factor” playing live (requires Real Player).
A thank you note
Back in December, Joe Rospars posted to the Dean blog about sending care packages to the troops. The post linked to AnySoldier.us — a clearinghouse for how to send care packages to soldiers serving in Iraq.
That afternooon my wife put three large care packages together of toilettries, books and other assorted items and we sent […]
Candace Parker
Unreal. Candace Parker, the two-time Naismith Player of the Year, won the dunk contest at the McDonald’s All American Boys and Girls Games.
The catch? This wasn’t the girls’ competition. She beat the guys.
Last year’s winner? A guy you might have heard of: Lebron James.
Candace played her high school ball less than a mile from my […]
Scott Turow on Barack Obama
Great cover story at Salon.com by Scott Turow on Barack Obama —
[Obama] may become the first black Democrat able to rise above race in the fashion of Powell and Rice, and in doing so become the embodiment of one of America’s most enduring dreams.
Talk about push(y) technology…
Why chase ambulances, when the ambulances come to you online? It turns out that ambulance chasing lawyers have found a much more effective method of going after clients: they have local sheriffs email them a daily list of who’s been arrested – including their home addresses. Some services even promise to send […]
50 Ways to Love Your Country
MoveOn.org has a new book out: 50 Ways to Love Your Country. It’s currently #2 at Amazon.com; help make it #1!
From the book description:
With more than 2 million members, MoveOn is at the cutting edge of a new model for political activism. In their first-ever book, they take their message offline with MoveOn’s 50 Ways […]
Congrats to Roland Tanglao!
Healthy baby boy delivered at 1:50 a.m.Saturday! More at www.barbandroland.com soon. I will be off until April 12th. Email, blogging, etc. will take a back seat until then! [Roland Tanglao’s Weblog]
Nothing like those first few days with a little one in your life. Congrats to Roland and his wife Barb.
And start checking the time […]
City of New Orleans
Just booked our tickets on the City of New Orleans train down to Nawlins. I’m best man in my best friend’s wedding in May, and Robin and I decided that a trip with the kids on the train would be a blast. (No, really!)
When I told my four year-old that we’d be taking a train […]
