Another favorite podcast of mine is a show co-produced byChicago Public Radio and NPR called Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me. Self-described as “the oddly informative news quiz,” the show takes a humorous spin on the week’s news, involving a panel of comedic talent (regulars include Roy Blount, Jr, Paula Poundstone, Charlie Pierce, PJ O’Rourke, Mo Rocca, Roxanne Roberts, Sue Ellicott, [...]

Bettye Lavette’s I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise came out back in 2005, but it’s been stuck on repeat mode in my home office for the last few days. (Not literally stuck, of course – it’s all digital now, and I could change it if I want, but can’t bring myself to). Bettye’s been in the music business a [...]

From a promo for Michael Crichton’s Next comes this ad, featuring a cavalier king charles spaniel (we have two at our house just like this one): You can find this and related products at the NextGenCode website.

A long time ago I had a client in New Haven, and spent a fair amount of time there – walking by the New Haven Colliseum on the way from the train into town. I wish I could have been there for this:

I’m visiting the new Optaros office in Austin this week. Who knew it could be so challenging to get between two major US cities? There was really no direct flight that was going to make this easy.

Testing out the “Sepia” function in the camera phone in my Samsung i607 (Cingular Blackjack).

Had a great lunch at Manna Vegetarian Deli in downtown Cincinnati. (map)

So I’m in Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for work. (map) I flew in Tuesday night. After the “Northern Kentucky Regional Airport” and their no cabs without first getting a taxi request slip from the desk inside the airport – which took me a few minutes to figure out, and a $25 cab ride into Cincinnati, I arrived at the Westin [...]

It’s not exactly an obscure podcast, and it won’t win me any Indie cred, but it was one of the first I subscribed to and actually listened to on a regular basis: Brian Ibbott’s Coverville.

Alright, let’s try this one again. I started tried to start two blogs at once back in May of 2006 – this one, and Open Parenthesis. I did pretty well on Open Parenthesis – not trying to do multiple posts-per-day or anything, but at least it is a real live blog. This one’s been dead in the water – as [...]