godaddy is the world’s largest registrar, with 50,000,000 domain names. as they grew, they became shameless hucksters, with incessant (and probably successful) attempts to sell un-needed additional services to those who don’t know better, and blatantly sexist marketing, featuring “godaddy girls”. i’m not even going to go into their ceo posting a video on youtube [...]
in the late ’70s and early ’80s i studied voice with stewart brady, the voice teacher at the american conservatory theater (a.c.t.) in san francisco. a family friend was an opera singer who provided me with an introduction; i studied with stewart for a little over eight years. i knew that stewart had taught kathryn [...]
i offer two points before sharing something with you all: 1. leo rosten in the joys of yiddish defines chutzpah as “gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible ‘guts,’ presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to.” in this sense, chutzpah expresses both strong disapproval and a grudging admiration. [...]
research shows that giant container ships are a significant source of air pollution, emitting 18-30% of all nitrogen oxide and 9% of sulphur oxide pollution. one such ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50 million cars. given a world-wide automobile population of 760 million cars, this means that [...]
the fab faux is a beatles tribute band… THE beatles tribute band. founded by david letterman bassist will lee and featuring tonight show guitarist jimmy vivino, the band plays stunningly accurate reproductions of beatles songs… sometimes playing entire albums, sometimes with horns and strings, but always with obvious love and respect. it is amazingly exciting, [...]
out of the blue, virginia thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, left a voicemail for anita hill seeking an apology for hill’s claims of harassment by her husband 19 years prior. thanks to the digital world we live in, the voicemail was forwarded to the authorities. it has also rekindled interest in [...]
opponents of the proposed mosque and community center to be built in lower manhattan speak in hushed tones about the sanctity of ‘the shadow of ground zero’. perhaps a little reality checking is in order: “hallowed ground” – within a three bock radius of where the world trade center used to stand are 3 liquor [...]
adele was a freelance advertising copywriter in helsinki… until she went on maternity leave. she spent the first year of her baby’s life imagining/creating scenes around her sleeping infant. this one is called ‘up!’. very creative, very cute! adele has taken the images off of her blog because of rampant theft, uncredited use, and blatant [...]
i continue to receive forwarded emails from well-intentioned and otherwise intelligent people that contain old news or recycled mis-information. yes, i understand that the power that courses through you when you forward an email to (potentially) hundreds of people . yes, i understand that joining a group of people who share a belief in something [...]
there is nothing like a well-written thriller to take one out of the day-to-day. it is unusual to find an author who comes out of the gate fully developed and can sustain their formula all the way through… but desmond bagley is the real deal. i don’t even remember which one of his books i [...]
i like profit as much as the next money-grubbing capitalist… why shouldn’t i be able to charge a zillion dollars if that’s what the market will bear? fortunately, most of the work i do does not impact large ecosystems, or require huge infusions of taxpayer dollars. rather than discuss whether there is anyone in bp [...]
the ‘triangle of life’ earthquake safety theory has been touted as a better method of staying safe during an earthquake than the traditional ‘duck and cover’ method. the ‘triangle of life’ theory says that falling objects such as doors, walls, or large appliances will come to rest in angled positions, leaving triangles of space in [...]
i’ve been collecting these for a while… don’t they make a great cd’s worth of song titles for cd #2? age is no longer a barrier for me in bed escape rod’s alleviation do not regret on the past i searching for new friends forget about dictionaries diameter performance is now free to try receive [...]
i don’t even remember how i met duncan murphy… was it bmug (the berkeley macintosh users group)? the suse linux office that used to be near the grand lake theater in oakland? we called duncan ‘the dunk’. he was brilliant, tortured, and lovable. he was first and foremost a geek… a very talented programmer who [...]
found this in my inbox the other day: Your Invited – The Coming Transformation of Higher Education, June 3.Please join Fast Company writer Anya Kamenetz, author of DIY U:Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, for a discussion about how entrepreneurship and technology are changing education. seems like they’ve made things worse.
being good at what you do apparently has little to do with your ability to self-promote. take this case in point. i just finished the add-a-garage website. getting information i could use to maximize their marketing moment was like pulling teeth. they seemed to think that ‘founded in 1987′ was enough, and would reassure homeowners [...]