We Can't Be Equal While reminded me: Once I was at a party with a lot of tech folk, and talked a bit with a woman, and one of the things we talked about was …
A Malcolm Gladwell blog entry reminds me that domain expertise changes one's perspective mightily. Yesterday I visited the Wired NEXTfest. I stopped by the Pfizer booth because their exhibit on using RFID to secure the …
I've lived in a house my parents owned, but it was in sunny Northern California. In less temperate spots (say, Indiana), homeowners have a heck of a lot to remember to do. Courtesy Ben: mortgage …
Will Franken blew everyone away last night at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater. Yesterday I got a couple of laughs at the lunch table with, "Well, they don't call it Moderate Programming."
Jonathan Coulton's "Code Monkey" is to Fog Creek this week as Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" is to the entire Internet. I can't forward the latter to anyone because ten innocent acquaintances have already forwarded …
Why, why, why did Aaron Sorkin think that Gilbert & Sullivan filk was the way to go? I am the very model of a cringing, disappointed fan. And why are bicker banter scenes not rising …
Sometimes I forget that Woot exists. It's a deal a day. And it's a podcast. Today: "I Never Got to Tell You � Dude, You�re Gonna Get Yourself Killed (Song for the Crocodile Hunter)", which …
Leonard and I just saw the new Gondry film. He liked it more than I did, although I found it quite beautiful visually. I remember that I used to have more empathy for mentally ill …
Remember how I had to stop thinking of debt as a bad thing when I started learning accounting? I've done so. If you're pretty sure you can make money faster than interest on your loan …
Google results, jetBlue and Joel on Software did some page redesigns or enhancements over the last few days. It's unnerving. But probably good. By the way, the indirect method statement of cash flows is pretty …
