This is my old blog which I don't really update much anymore. I do love paging through the old archives, perhaps you will too.
Fifteen years ago our phone rang, our friend Amanda told us to turn on the TV. The buildings where I worked exactly two years prior were engulfed in flame and smoke. I tried in vain to call my former coworkers. I learned the next day that they had an early conference call that AM that they […]
So the summer is finally over and our son is off to first grade. We ended up going to a number of different camps and all were good but some were big hits. JCC Cosmo Kids – We did two weeks of this and they were “just OK”. They didn’t seem to be as organized […]
We’re just beginning the process of looking for Summer Camps for our Kindergartener. This is just a post where I can keep track of my notes on potential programs. Tinkering School Tree Frog Treks Camp Edmo: K-1, 2-4, 5-8 Lots of different camps Note: Kids playing in JK park seemed a bit out of control […]
This week we had a temp come into the office, so I pulled out an old Windows XP laptop for them to use. However, it had IE 6 on it. I needed to upgrade to IE 8. Easy, right? Nope. Windows Update wasn’t working in IE6. NO UPGRADE. The download link on the IE8 web […]
I’ve long known that getting into the big schools is the hardest part of the experience, but I’ve never looked at it this way: It turns out that merely getting into Harvard is as good an indicator of future success as actually going. It turns out that being the sort of person that can invest […]
Larry Ellison via Startup Quote. Great quote, but easier said than done (by me) sometimes.
But — on the agencies spreadsheets — garbage inventory from garbage sites aggregated on garbage networks often shows a lower cost per click. Many web advertisers, even those that buy banners, treat it as a direct marketing medium.For premium media properties such as ours, this is a contest that should be avoided at all costs. […]
So I got a spam email in my box today where the spammer wrapped the ad in the header/footer of a legit company (I’m seeing a lot more of this lately) so there’s a real corporate logo and real unsubscribe link, but yet it isn’t coming from that company. Well, this spammer actually hotlinked the […]
