Legendary British Rocker Sting plans to get into the wine business. According to this article he purchased prime property in Northern Italy and plans to launch a wine under his name. And soon after...
Do you want internet access with your fries and McNuggets? How's a free wireless hour sound? Today McDonald's announced it would offer WiFi internet access in 300 restaurants in NYC...
Light blogging today and the last few days. Been cranking on some tight deadlines for projects for my favorite and very important clients. Should be able to pick up with more blog content later this...
My blogless friend and adventure traveler cohort Johnny “A” points me to a cute story about an Alaskan who never heard of Jerry Garcia nor the Grateful Dead. Short but fun read. Check it...
In December I blogged about my News Aggregator epiphany when I discovered a beta version of the now nearly ubiquitous NetNewsWire Lite. Shortly after, Ranchero Software and Brent Simmons released a...
The SJ Mercury News interview with Marc Andreessen (founder of Netscape) asks if he has a blog. “No,” he said. “I have a day job. I don't have the time or ego need.”...
Associated Press has more on Apple's, as of yet unannounced and unconfirmed, foray into an online pay-for-music venture that would integrate with Apple's iPod and iTunes products. The LA...
Trader Joe's bled it for what it was worth. The $1.99 wine that the airlines supposedly sent back because it couldn't bring corkscrews on board. It was a hoax. Much like that Nigerian...
If you been following the hot blog topics the past few days no doubt you've read about Dr. Pepper's hot new marketing gimic: A Blog. And it's tied to what's destined to be a hot...
Wired reports today that cell phone industry underdogs Verizon and T-Mobile support a plan that would allow cell phone customers to switch carriers without giving up their phone numbers. Bravo...
Though this hasn't been confirmed by Apple, the Los Angeles times reports this morning (free registration or username/password: digitaltavern) that Apple will launch an online music service...
I found Peter Burrows op-ed piece on Apple Computer in Business Week a bit tainted, if not unfair. While reading it I had flashbacks to the mid-90's when Apple was everybody's favorite...
The DEA has seized mansions, sports cars, speed boats. The IRS has seized documents, computers and office equipment and now the U.S. Justice Department has seized its first domain name and website...
My dad just finished building a house in Southern Florida. He's been very forward of late in his invitation to visit. To my brother, too. So when Jon & I finally coordinated schedules...
A week late, but today New York Times business section report on the Pyra acquisition by Google. First reported by Dan Gillmor and reported here Live From the Blogosphere. There's already been...
You rock, sweetheart. Congratulations. At a time when the lines between soulful expressive music and noise, harmonic dissonance, voice and electronics blur the lines of what is music and what is...
Ernie's friend uncovers the three stages of Blog-Awareness, while Joi throws caution to the wind and asks Are you addicted to blogging? […] You are addicted to blogging if you answer...
Wired today reports on tools that will make posting to weblogs easier when on the road. […] Joe Laszlo, a Jupiter Research analyst, believes that of the estimated 500,000 people who maintain a...