To paraphrase Jon Stewart, “be an eff-ing person!”
He said it in relation to the GM executives who were closing decades-old car dealerships via form letter. But it really stuck with me and has become a kind of life mantra. If you’re unsure of what to say or how to react in a situation, just be [...]
Wow, I had no idea there were so many first-round games.
On to the last eight matchups; let’s see who’s homepage is the top seed, and who’s is at the bottom of the bracket.
Marquette v Washington
Kudos to Marquette for having a link to “Majors and Programs” right in their top navigation. However, that top [...]
The race for the homepage championship marches madly on. The next round of first-round contests:
Syracuse v Vermont
Syracuse goes with the “big picture,” while Vermont tries to get two bites at the cherry with two photo features side-by-side with the result of a loss of impact for both. Syracuse is one of the longer pages I’ve [...]
Here’s my second batch of first-round picks in the NCAA bracket of homepages. Will the crazy run of upset wins continue? Let’s take it to the paint and find out!
Kansas v Lehigh
I suppose it would be folly to ask why the University of Kansas is called “KU?” No matter. The #1 seed does have a [...]
I left my office tonight, grateful to have just barely escaped from the unceasing onslaught that is my email inbox. And as I stood — dazed and blinking into the late winter sun of the parking lot — I realized something.
Email is a zombie.
You can knock it off one by one, but it just keeps [...]
So now we know: Apple’s new tablet will be called the iPad [insert joke here]. It will cost $499 to $829. It will go on sale in March.
But along with some answers, the announcement of Apple’s much-ballyhooed device raises some questions. For instance, I was already asked yesterday when we can expect to see a [...]
On Tuesday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted an open letter describing some upcoming changes to Facebook.
The changes involve updated privacy settings and the discontinuation of regional networks (read the open letter here). But judging by the comments, it’s not privacy settings that most users care about.
What the users really want is a dislike button.
This past [...]
