Archive for January, 2007
Yahoo trying to emulate a CNET strategy?
Yahoo is working to launch a bunch of microsites, like wii.yahoo.com, that aim to aggregate Yahoo resources around very targeted audiences such as Nintendo Wii owners. The idea is to make them destinations where that specific audience will gravitate and explore.
Guess who’s running that business for Yahoo–Vince Broady, who came over to Yahoo from my […]
I really hope The Police are launching a tour
So The Police are reuniting to perform at the Grammies next month. The big question of course is whether they’re going to launch the rumoured reunion tour afterwards.
Yes I’m old enough that I was a fan of their music growing up. But we were poor, or rather “lower middle class” as the demographers might say. […]
CNET restatement goes all the way back to 1996
As a result of an internal investigation into options pricing, CNET has restated earnings going back to 1996. Total charge was just north of $105 million.
I’m pretty surprised, because I always thought CNET handled stock options in a very above-board and well-documented way. I remember my tax guy one year actually mentioned how well done […]
The Vista era begins
Well it’s finally here, Microsoft’s Windows Vista has finally launched to consumers. The marketing is going to be pretty relentless–Microsoft plans to spend half a billion dollars pushing the new Windows operating system.
I bought an Acer laptop just before the holidays, it came with some kind of coupon I can trade in for a Vista […]
Ted commented on his Valleywag entry
Ted Cahall posted a comment onto the somewhat unflattering Valleywag entry about him. I must say that’s pretty adult of him, in his shoes I might not have been brave enough to do the same.
Of course his posting doesn’t address his anger-management issues, all the yelling and threatening he did at work. All the people who […]
Finally, a Wii
The long national nightmare is over–I finally found a Nintendo Wii this morning. It’s been a month-long quest to secure one of these consoles, every weekend (and some weeknights) prowling the Targets and Walmarts and Gamestops of Louisville trying to find one of these little white boxes. And at last, the quest has ended.
Wasn’t quite as […]
Sharapova got spanked
Maria Sharapova got spanked last night. And not in a good way. Serena Williams just absolutely totally dominated Sharapova to win the 2007 Australian Open.
I’m a big tennis fan–I like the sport because it’s just two people fighting it out. Sortof like boxing but without the blood and missing teeth. And I’ve watched a lot of […]
I got Valleywag-ed
Valleywag linked to my site this morning. Ironically somebody told me that Valleywag used to be one of Cahall’s favorite sites. Would love to have been there when he saw the original Valleywag posting, I wonder if he got as angry as the time he nearly hit me in the CNET offices?
Hint to the AOL folks: […]
60 terabytes for Dead Man’s Chest
At the end of this article about ILM (George Lucas’ special effects company) they mention that the special effects for Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man’s Chest required 60 terabytes of storage. And they’re expecting the final film in that trilogy, At World’s End, to take about 50% more storage.
Damn. Really shows you how much of the […]
AOL under the tender mercies of Ted Cahall
Ah those poor suckers at AOL–they’re about to feel the full force of Ted Cahall’s famous temper. He’s apparently been hired as the EVP of platforms, I’m guessing the job interviews did not cover his anger management issues.
It always amazes me that folks with serious deficits in their social skills somehow manage to climb the […]