Archive for December, 2004
New Bay Bridge to be a big ugly on-ramp
How disappointing–just as the French have inaugurated a soaring beautiful new bridge, seems cost overruns on the San Francisco Bay Bridge project are leading many to advocate an ugly on-ramp design. It’s disappointing–the original design for the new Bay Bridge is gorgeous and a worthy addition to the landscape of the Bay area. […]
cnnfn is off the air
Yesterday was the last on-air day for cnnfn, the attempt by CNN to compete with CNBC. Now the Web site of cnnfn stays, though it hasn’t been branded as “cnnfn” for quite some time. They switched the Web site branding months ago to “Money.CNN.com” which is the Money Magazine owned by the parent company, Time […]
Apple disables Real Networks’ hack
Apple has apparently released an iPod update that disables whatever hack Real Networks was using to allow Rhapsody content to play on an iPod. Seems really anti-competitive, I wish Apple were more interested in expanding the market than shutting competitors out.
They’re acting almost Microsoft-like in trying to defend their turf even at the risk […]
KMart doesn’t know how to promote a sale
It’s strange given their long history as a discounter (people still use the phrase “blue light special” to talk about deep discounts), but I think KMart has forgotten how to do a sale. This past weekend there were little signs they placed all around their Hikes Lane store, promoting a “storewide sale” for Saturday […]
WiFi at the public library
Very cool–the Louisville Free Public Library has installed WiFi in all the branches. I’m sitting at the Jeffersontown branch typing this out. You do have to use their proxy, it’s not an open connection because, naturally, they are imposing all the same filtering rules they use on the hard-wired computers. So no […]
Christmas bowling party
It sounded kinda lame when I heard our Christmas party was going to be at Lyndon Lanes, a bowling alley a couple miles the street from our office. But it turned out to be lots of fun, even though in two games I never broke 70. But I did bowl one strike, so […]
My first Cardinals game
Went last night to my first University of Louisville Cardinals basketball game, versus Lindsey Wilson College. It was an exhibition game, which is why my friend Jim had extra tickets. Yet supposedly 17,000 were there anyway according to the newspaper. I really didn’t see 17,000 people–Freedom Hall was maybe 60 percent full […]
AdVair is too expensive and has weird side effects
I’ve been taking AdVair for a few months now, it’s an asthma medication you inhale twice a day to help improve your breathing and reduce the risk of asthma attacks. Turns out not only does this thing have kinda odd side effects, it’s also really expensive.
Now I hadn’t really been paying attention to what […]
Detailed hands-on of the Sony PSP hardware
Gamespot published a nice hands-on look at the Sony PSP, which they obtained from an auction run by Sony itself. I suspect mostly as a way to help generate publicity, which naturally seems to have worked.
Anyway, the part that disappointed me was learning that the PSP will not use the regular Memory Stick. […]
Clothing sizes are too confusing
The office where I work sponsors a couple families each Christmas. Basically we get a wish list from family services that tells us what items the family wants, and then we each pick an item and purchase it for them. So one of the families has a boy about age 10, the items […]