Archive for June, 2006
links for 2006-06-16
The Trademark Blog: Look For MARTY SCHWIMMER Brand Legal Services If you’re ever in the market for trademark services, the Marty Schwimmer™ is the way to go… (tags: schwimmer trademark humor) Everybody’s stalking: Accidental entrepreneur David Weekly sets a new record for startup failure – Valleywag “if one in 12 startups fails and i can do one every two […]
Metra update
I’m glad I was planning on working from home today. Yesterday’s snafu involving a white acidic powder that dropped on more than 26 miles of track proved quite difficult to clean up, and due to union protections against crews working too many hours in a row, this morning’s routes were all affected (some by a […]
Me and trains, not all that friendly
My latest snakes on a train situation.
Unreal.
SciFi makes its case for Emmy awards
Battlestar Galactica has my vote. (Well, if I had one, I guess.)
Local media training
One Man was on TV the other night, and complained that instead of saying something intelligible, he was quoted as saying this: “Aurora lost something unique to town, We don’t have a whole lot other towns next to us don’t have. It’s depressing.“ He really is a Republican! (If One Man can crack the […]
Hotwire.com is a must for business travel
One of the things that becomes second-nature when working for startups is an aversion to spending unnecessary cash. If you’ve ever been part of the company-wide conference call about whether or not you’re going to make payroll, you get a newfound respect for the value of saving every dollar that you just don’t have when […]
Funniest. Podcast. Ever.
I dare you to listen to Kris and Betsy recount their vacation from hell and not laugh until you cry (part one, part two; part three is coming Friday). My sides hurt, in a “I feel your pain but it’s still funny as shit” kind of way. Jesus, there has to be a film that […]
links for 2006-06-14
Legal Technology – Contact Management: MySpace for Law Firms? Amazing to me that this article includes no mention of InterAction. Wonder why. (tags: interaction crm visiblepath social networking law) WurfWhile: Duckworth Campaign’s New Beginning In The Illinois 6th – Jon Carson Hiram does a great job interviewing Duckworth’s new ground operation guy, Jon Carson. (tags: duckworth IL06 democrats) Finding The Money: […]
links for 2006-06-13
Souped-up Tivo holds extra space | Chicago Tribune I’ve used Lou Jacob’s services, and can confirm that they’re top-notch. He’s also a great guy to deal with, and I owe him a beer from about a year ago. Nice to see him get local coverage, and a good reminder to catch up. (tags: tivo dvr […]
The Zero Game
I recently finished reading Brad Meltzer’s The Zero Game, a terrific book about a game gone horribly awry in DC. For political junkies, Meltzer provides plenty of detail on the inner workings of the Appropriations Committee (quite timely, actually, considering that there’s a nice little scandal brewing between an Appropriations Committee staffer, his boss Rep. […]
