February 2009
23 posts
One Thing You Don't Need To Be An Entrepreneur: A... →
mikehudack:
Totally agreed. I say this as a venture-backed high school dropout.
Spring Games Begin →
And A-Rod went deep on his 1st official at bat.
Planning a trip has taken a strange turn...
Mike: Oh and I forgot I talked to the owner of one lodge last night and he said the animals you could hunt there include weasel. I am not saying that we should necessarily go weasel hunting, but if we choose a place that gives you the possibility of shooting a weasel, then that definitely is a big plus.
Me: We may have a winner on the weasel hunt there Mike. I'd feel pretty good about bagging 4-5 weasels over a weekend.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-22) →
Frightened Rabbit (5)
Kings of Leon (3)
Cake Like (2)
Röyksopp (2)
Cake (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“You should consider spending less time talking, and more time prototyping,...”
– Paul Buchheit (via entrepreneurwisdom) (via mikehudack)
I feel sorry for any kids whose parents buy this. ... →
Is it common for parents to track their kids online activity? Not just the sites they visit, but the conversations they have? I can’t imagine my parents trying to control my email account growing up, or snooping around my ICQ chat logs. Hopefully kids will learn how to get this software off their computer. In fact, I’d like to see if there is a company that would run a check on...
5 Startup Myths →
2009 Top Ten Fantasy Baseball Players
I’ve been doing a bit of research for the upcoming fantasy baseball season. I play in a standard 5x5 10 team rotissierie league. Here is how I think the first round of the draft should go (note - pitchers rarely go in the first round in fantasy drafts):
Hanley Ramirez - Has reportedly bulked up to 225 lbs. Not sure how that will effect his steals, but it should help his HR’s...
“What use could this company make of an electrical toy?”
– William Orton, president of Western Union, when given an offer to buy the patent for the telephone for $100,000.
thanks to Numair for this quote
(via fred-wilson)
Blip.fm
I’ve been having a lot of fun on Blip.fm lately. It’s interesting to see how new music services eat into the time you used to spend on others. Blip.fm has directly taken up time I used to spend on Hypem.com. Neither of these effect the time I spend in iTunes or Last.fm.
It appears Blip and Hypem are cleverly skirting the legal issues with listening to music on demand. Both are...
Why would I want to be a commissioner here? →
A bunch of message boards to try and fill out gaps in league membership, solicit trade/draft advice, and bitch about a broken draft application. I’m very happy I don’t give CBS Sportsline any money.
URL Hacks to Launch Web Services
thegongshow:
I don’t know exactly how to describe this, but I really like this new pattern in web services of adding something to a URL in order to use a web service. Perhaps this is best described through two examples:
If you put “http://bacolicio.us/” (no quotes) in front of a URL, it will put a piece of bacon on the website. Example: http://bacolicio.us/http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/
If...
Baseball Prospectus 2009 Win-Loss Projections →
So the Mets need to be on a 103 win trajectory with about 15 games remaining . That could be a stretch.
“Ok i admit it i at performance enhancing frosted flakes 2 yrs ago, lol”
– THE_REAL_SHAQ
Will Leitch on Twitter →
This is a fantastic article on Twitter, especially for those unfamiliar with the company and what they do.
“Normally, a tax hike is a classic win-win: The government raises taxes, people...”
– James Taranto - Best of the Web
“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people...”
– Steve Jobs, 1998 (via uxquotes) (via simplify) (via mikehudack)
Jesse Woods on RCRD LBL →
(via feedback)
My friend Scott has been sending Hunter and I some of Jesse’s songs for the last few weeks. He’s incredibly talented and already has recorded some excellent raw tracks. I’m really excited for Scott and Jesse. To be doing what they’re doing right now must be a lot of fun.
iPhone Google Analytics App ($5.99) →
gtmcknight:
Looks damn sweet, I’ll be buying this once I charge my phone.
Good call.
Pivotal Tracker Review →
My brother and I have loved using Pivotal Tracker over the last few months for project management. This should be catching on in a big way soon.
“Last week the president gave California permission to impose, for vehicles sold...”
– George Will - Newsweek