http://mesozoic.geecs.org cogito, ergo possum Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:59:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I complained a while ago about WaMuWhooHoo, which (at the time) seemed another spurious webineering attempt by a corporation that thinks it can spam Twitter the way it spams my Gmail account. I was wrong. Here is a sampling of some twittering I've seen from their account: A good consumer stays in ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/04/27/standing-corrected/ Cheryl just pointed me towards Kiva, one of the best web sites I've ever laid eyes on. Microfinance firms around the world sign up and create profiles for each of their entrepreneurs who are seeking funds. You, the fat-cat Westerner who makes more than $1 a day, can make loans ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/04/16/microlending-for-the-masses/ I didn't think it would be this soon that Google would feature direct-to-cortex integration. Last week, Karl told me about a site that could show housing prices on an interactive map, with some neat effects (like a heat map of a metro or regional area). But I couldn't remember the name. ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/04/10/google-brain-launches-beta/ I joined Facebook when it was young and relatively immature (remember when it was TheFacebook.com?), so I've missed out on riding its usage peak. I just can't compete with college undergraduates in terms of the number of free hours per week I'm willing to spend clicking through a web site. But ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/03/26/ground-rules-for-todays-social-networker/ I got an Aliph Jawbone today and I can't get enough of the slick product packaging. It's genius. It's gorgeous. It makes me want to buy a second one for my other ear. http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/03/17/product-packaging-love/ I got a Twitter notification today that WaMuWhooHoo is following me. It's not the first time (or the tenth time) that some random account has started following me in an attempt to get some eyeballs on itself. Normally these tactics are either for link-spammers (who get summarily blocked) or for ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/03/14/wamu-why-you/ Do we really need another war? This is in South America, of all places, where economies are still struggling to recover from decades of mismanagement. (Or, in the case of Venezuela, where economies are actively being mismanaged.) Hugo Chávez seems to think we do, and President Bush is mincing no words ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/03/07/casus-belli/ Exciting news from the primaries this week. John McCain is about guaranteed the Republican nomination (though Huckabee still made a brilliant appearance on The Colbert Report.) Clinton and Obama are about tied for the number of states they've carried, but Clinton is winning more delegates. I'm still pulling for Obama to ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/02/09/maybe-theyll-make-this-one-easy-for-me/ Go Giants! What a great football game on Sunday. Suspenseful until the very end, with both teams playing hard, and a surprisingly small number of yellow flags. (Normally I expect the Giants to allow at least 3 points on some sort of a penalty.) David says he won $10 and doesn't know ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/02/05/we-am-the-championest/ While I was home for the holidays, Pat and I got into an unexpectedly heated debate about the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike. I'm not sure we're that far apart, really. We both agreed that the writers got screwed on profit-sharing from DVDs, and now they deserve a fair cut of ... http://mesozoic.geecs.org/2008/01/22/thoughts-on-the-writers-strike/