Dec 25, 2012

TIL: Skijoring

Last week at work one of my coworkers suggested we go cross country skiing. In one of the maps, they mentioned skijoring. Looks fun and dangerous.

Not so clever advertising

Ironically, they chose to put Win 8 phones on the island of misfit toys.

Dec 23, 2012

Custom lego designs

Sad, that Lego stopped offering purchase of custom designs. I thought this was a great idea, fitting with the "long tail" economics and personalization of Web 2.0.

Scout 2012-04

Messed up at CBS

Why would CBS run 4 hours of paid programming locally instead of the Packers-Titans game? Why would the NFL and CBS make it so difficult? This is the second game this year where we can't get local coverage.

AFOS: Not a One-Hit Wonder

I have to disagree with Carrie Keagan's assertion on VH-1's one-hit wonders. Even according to the insider definition of having top 40 on the top 100 hits, A Flock of Seagulls had 3 in the top 40 of the Billboard 100.