Archive for February, 2009

Treating Food Like Wine

Friday, February 27th, 2009

I don’t like pineapple, melons, or kiwi. I don’t like cottage cheese, either. But I’ve tried all of them in 24 hours. Here’s why.
You remember the face you used to make when you had wine as a kid? The grimace, and the way adults around you chuckled? And do you remember how you learned to [...]

Media Hacks #3

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Mitch, Hugh, Chris, and I got together last week at the Carnegie Deli in New York to record a Media Hacks episode during O’Reilly’s TOC Conference. You can listen to it here (and subscribe with iTunes here).
Everyone else ordered pastrami on rye. I ordered the club sandwich. You can see the results in the photo [...]

We have seen the enemy

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

I spent the last three days in New York at Tools of Change, a book conference, talking with people in the publishing industry. I did this mostly in bars, which are the places you are most likely to hear the truth, especially late at night.
Only now, back home, do I realize: On the web, we [...]

Radiohead * Jay-ZzzZz = Jaydiohead

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

It’s not bad so far. Still not as great as (impossible to find) The White Albulum though. (Here’s a taste tho.)
Anyway, just fucking download it. You need something new.

(From the Assimilated Negro.)

How do we solve the guest post problem?

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Guest posts. We’ve all seen them. They may bother you, they may not. Too often, they are a plague on otherwise great blogs.
What’s wrong with them? Simple: They aren’t written by the blogger I subscribed to. When I’ve subscribed, I like the content and the style of the founder, and more often than not with [...]

On Barbershops

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

All men know: There’s nothing in the world like a good shave. A good shave is like a fresh start. It’s the best start to your day, and it makes you feel like a million bucks.
Unfortunately for me, I hate shaving; my first love is for barbers. But a good barber is hard to find. [...]

Here we go again: Finishing 52 books in 2009

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

They say most people read a book a year. I read a book a week; or at least, I try to. Every year, I fail, and every January, I start again.
While long-time readers will know that I’ve been attempting this feat every year, you may not know that I shift the rules every time. I [...]

This is too good not to blog

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Kanye West’s entourage: