March 2010
10 posts
February 2010
38 posts
1 tag
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-21) →
Saccani, Rico; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Maria Dragoni; Kristjan Johannsson (59)
Placebo (22)
George Szell, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra & Choir (19)
Paul Simon…
“How has Books Inc., with its 11 stores in the Bay Area and one in Disneyland,...”
– Books Inc. owners write formula for success
How bookstores survive in the digital age. Good read
Ezra crosses GGB on own bike; calls it windy,...
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Fake Jeans Technology: Carrera cyling to Burton...
I used to own these cycling shorts, complete with a real pocket on the butt. I even got compliments on them back in 1993.
The US snowboarding team’s Goretex distressed jeans are a definite step up, though. Woot for progress on the fashion front.
“What if the network decided to serve everybody - live coverage on all of its...”
– Memo to NBC: Show the Games live, already!
NBC treats coverage like a scarce resource and it shouldn’t be that way. They have plenty of channels and time slots to show every sport anyone could want to watch. I guess the high-paying ad dollars are the thing in short demand.
“At the start of these Winter Olympics, American Lindsey Van held the record for...”
– Women at odds in Olympic Games
How many Olympic sports now do not have men’s and women’s competitions?
“And, yes, we’ll watch some of it anyway, which is no doubt what NBC is...”
– NBC’s Infuriating Olympics Tape Delays Have Sports Fans From Coast To Coast Rooting For Its Quick Demise
The NBC Olympics coverage really is awful.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Queens of the Stone Age (29)
The White Stripes (18)
Pelican (16)
Nirvana (15)
Led Zeppelin (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“At regular points over a 16-year period, each man was quizzed on how often they...”
– Having sex twice a week ‘reduces chance of heart attack by half’ - Telegraph
I love science.
“The larger issue at play here, what’s really riling people up, is that music...”
– Dumb Labels, Laws (Not Google) To Blame for Music Blog Deletions | Epicenter | Wired.com
Music labels court music bloggers, then the labels’ bot tracks them down and knocks them offline. Ooog.
“Texas uses some of that money to buy or distribute a staggering 48 million...”
– How Christian Were the Founders? - NYTimes.com
Nationwide textbooks written to Texas standards. I did not know that.
This would have made my life easier in high...
It’s made a big difference,” said J. J. Johnson, the bus’s driver. “Boys aren’t hitting each other, girls are busy, and there’s not so much jumping around. via nytimes.com
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“An old coach from back in his VIS days always told him that people have the...”
– The Two-and-a-Quarter Rule
So true. I have told myself for years that I can manage 2 major commitments in my life and things fall apart when I try to add a third. It’s a little weird to see someone else make the same point.
“The judge also found “when a person shares files on iTunes over an unsecured...”
– Another Reason to Secure Your Wireless Network | Compliance Building
Good to know.
“Athletes are free to blog during the Games,” says Condron. “And Twitter is just...”
– Athletes Confused by Olympic Social Media Rules | Playbook
So as an athlete I can post first-person accounts of happenings at the Olympics as long as they aren’t news, and I can post photos to my Facebook page as long as they don’t include my sponsors. Great rules- totally clear and...
Leftover food art: composition #49. Either a...
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“I used to like ‘My Way,’ but after all the trouble, I stopped singing it,” he...”
– Sinatra Song Often Strikes Deadly Chord - NYTimes.com
No karaoke for me. No I don’t live in the Philippines, but you can’t be too careful.
“The group’s original lawyer, Edwin F. Coq Jr., was dismissed over the weekend...”
– Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Help From U.S. - NYTimes.com
Bad start.
“The district stopped assigning students by ethnicity in 2001, with schools...”
– Revamp simplifies S.F. school choice
School segregation is largely a result of residential segregation. No great surprise there.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7) →
Lucinda Williams (14)
Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Etc., Antonio Pappano; Orchestre De Paris, Choeur du Theatre du Chatelet (12)
Nightmares on Wax (11)
Portishead (11)
M….
“According to Chua, their research found that “people who were made to...”
– The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People — HBS Working Knowledge
I think the implicit concept here is “I like this standard of living. What do I need to do to maintain it?” and that leads to self-interested decision making. Fascinating.
“The Loss Leader concept then evolved to include pricing certain commodity items...”
– 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Loss Leader Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
I’m not sure firms think of these deals as a loss leaders; I think it is more about keeping staff busy and covering expenses. Agree that it’s tough to convince clients to pay $20,000 for the same work you did for...
“Trek charged that the three-time Tour de France winner devalued the brand, in...”
– Trek/LeMond lawsuit settled - VeloNews
-It is SHOCKING to hear that Greg might have abused product discount privileges. Good for Trek for going after him.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-31) →
Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam, Etc., Antonio Pappano; Orchestre De Paris, Choeur du Theatre du Chatelet (26)
J.R.R. Tolkien (17)
Beck (14)
The White Stripes (13)
Modest Mouse…
How to pick an independent board member
rafer:
bijan:
The vast majority of venture backed startups have a board of directors.
Over time, the board may have 5 people or 7 people. Unfortunately, I’ve seen startups with even larger boards (the latter is usually for all the wrong reasons but I won’t get into that issue in this post).
These boards will include independent directors (1 or more depending on the size of the board). The...
