My priceless day in Tangier
Link: priceless.com: Savoring Tangier’s medina quarter How cool is this? I’m so happy with the way this turned out, even if the pic of me and camel isn’t super-flattering. Comments!
SoCal, day x
I didn’t really get a chance to write on the other days, now did I? During my six days in Anaheim area I was either a) working, b) eating, c) sleeping, d) walking. So now I’m back from California. Both conferences went well. The first one had two few attendees (a bad thing), and the [...]
Newport Beach
What I did today: Drove from Anaheim to Newport Beach Tried forever to find parking, finally did valet Ate lunch Walked around for 20 minutes Drove from Newport Beach to Anaheim Don’t know… my heart just wasn’t in it. It was interesting sitting in the restaurant, watching the chaos of harbour boat traffic. Otherwise, there [...]
SoCal, day 1
A few flight delays later, I’m finally in California. The weather’s great, not a cloud in the sky, and relatively comfortable as long as you’re in the shade. Here, let me share some photos. Click into them for a better view. A view down the street, towards the Anaheim Convention Center. The Convention Center: A [...]
Prosper, 13 months later
I made a bunch of microloans through Prosper.com this time last year. Here’s my blog entry where I explain what it is. Let’s take a moment and see how they’re doing. I started with 28 loans. A year later I’m down to 19. Of those 19, only 13 are still current (people are making their [...]
Read. The. Email.
C in Towson reminded me of two things that happened this week. They’re both email-related. Email 1 (note this occurred on a Tuesday) Email 1 Me: Joe, can you ship the LCD projector to 123 Main St., Anaheim, CA 92802? I need it for this Friday morning. Email 2 Joe: I’ll just bring it with [...]
We seem to have lost all your money
From an entry on Marc Andreessen’s blog, excerpts of a letter from Bear Stearns, presumably to shareholders: The preliminary estimates show there is effectively no value left for the investors in the Enhanced Leverage Fund and very little value left for the investors in the High-Grade Fund… So that’s not really what you want to [...]
Poll: ‘None of the above’ leads GOP field
Article: Poll: ‘None of the above’ leads GOP field – CNN.com Man, that can’t be good for your confidence.
100 Things About Brian B. Hart
1. I’m anxious about touching metal in the wintertime for fear of shocking myself. I close car doors by touching only the glass. 2. My first computer was an Apple //e with one floppy; I eventually added a 10 meg hard drive an 300 baud modem. 3. I live in a house with no central [...]
Bank of America – Keep the Change
Link: Bank of America – Keep the Change Have you heard about this Keep the Change program from Bank of America? From their web site: Automatic Savings When you enroll in Keep the Change, you don’t even have to think about saving. We’ll round up every Bank of America Visa® Check Card purchase to the [...]