The Cafe is Opening March 7–and I’m Off to Cyprus
Today was another whirlwind of a day, we began at 9 am as a snowstorm blew about, meeting with the new cafe employees. GoNOMAD CAFE, the new internet cafe in town, will officially open on March 7. We gathered our future baristas together to discuss what we expect and how […]
Porn, Porn, Even on the Phone They Want Porn
Jason Lee Miller writes in Web Pro News about how popular cell phones are for Porn“The young executive sits with his back against the terminal wall and flips open his mobile phone. Using Google’s Mobile Search, he begins sifting through an array of tawdry “religious experiences” and nobody’s the wiser. […]
Critical Mass: Cool Idea, Bad Times in NYC
From today’s Village Voice sad news about a really cool idea. “Minutes into last month’s Critical Mass bike ride in Manhattan, two cops on scooter patrol collided as they moved to head off the cyclists. One officer reportedly lost control while trying to grab a biker and slammed into the […]
Susan Orlean: A Wonderful Lady to Hate
“It all began on a Thursday. I was at my computer idly scrolling through House & Home, that most invidious section of the New York Times, and there it was: a splashy article about New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean, and the house she and her husband recently built in […]
Cousin Steve’s New Blog–Armchair Travel
My cousin Stephen works at GoNOMAD as our Associate Editor. He’s really the editor of our site, I send him direction but now he handles all of the day to day chores of editing, selecting, getting the art and details of our articles together. It pleases me to have my […]
Oh Please, please Don’t Take Away My ‘Net!
On the plane back from San Francisco, I read an old copy of the Atlantic Monthly. Among the many choice items was a snippet about what happens when Internet users are deprived of their daily fix. Being in the category of email addict, I read with interest about a study […]
Paying More on Saturday and Less on Tuesday
We woke up to East coast like temps today, much to the horror of our B&B proprietor, Diana, here in Forestville CA. The newspaper we brought up the room included a story from the NY Times about how movie prices will soon follow the path of airline tickets, going up […]
Hiking in Muir Woods with an Ipod
I remember my mother telling me in 1967 about driving down the NJ Turnpike listening to a friend’s new 8-track tape machine. She said it turned the dreary surroundings into beautiful meadows with the help of the strains of Beethoven enveloping the car. I thought about Val today when I […]
Sexy Statuary and Dungeness Crabs in SF
Last night we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco. We weren’t sure where to go, we thought we’d start at Ghirardelli Square, and poke about the shops. The weather was unseasonably cold, rain came down in spurts, and there were tourists ducking in and out of little […]
Check the Buzz on Blogs Before You Buy
Jason Lee Miller writes on Web Pro news today about a new phone from Toshiba that asks blogs what they think about new products, giving shoppers a quick check before they buy. “Have trouble making purchase decisions? Toshiba has developed a mobile phone technology that scans product bar codes and […]
Infohub Lessons: Focus on First Things First
Today I met Roy Andrada, a VP from Infohub.com at my hotel. We walked across the street to the Marin County Brewing Co. for lunch. Roy and partner Jim Zhu used to work together at Sun Microsystems and back in 1993 decided to start their own travel portal. “We saw […]
The Monster Telescope Funded by the Military
In a hotel room in Larkspur California, I was hoping it would be warm, but it’s only mild. Ten miles from here there was a rare snowfall, about an inch fell and it is all over the local news from San Francisco. I read today about a monster telescope that […]
Now, Even Toyota Should Feel Threatened
Yin Mingshan spent 22 years in a Chinese communist workcamp and prison as punishment for his political dissent. The NY Times reports today that Yin is now the enormously wealthy president of Lifan, an up and coming Chinese car maker with its sites firmly set on the U.S. market. “Chairman […]
A Father’s Approval Makes All the Difference
On the plane to San Francisco, we watched ‘Walk the Line,’ the Johnny Cash biopic. The movie was poignant, especially in the portrayal of Johnny’s father and the tortured relationship between father and son. One scene was set at the height of the star’s drug and booze addiction, when Cash […]
Brrreeeport. It’s What’s for Dinner
Remember that word, brrreeeport. It’s not a city in Connecticut, nor a new flavor of frozen yogurt. It’s the word that a famous blogger made up to try to string all of the ‘Z list’ bloggers into a more powerful collection. You may have remembered another post that talked about […]
Photos that Make You Say ‘ Wow!’
This is from an incredible collection of photographs by a Chinese photographer named Li Wei.The image is called “Dream Like Love.”
Mocked for Watching American Idol
American Idol crushed the Olympics in last night’s TV ratings. And deservedly so. I mean why would we wanna watch distant skiiers cruising down slopes or figure skaters falling when we can see the reaction from twenty kids who’ve just gotten rejected by Simon, Randy and Paula? My employees mocked […]