On Biting the Hand that Feeds You

Microsoft has announced that they will open their own branded retail stores in an effort to gin up publicity, sales and their public image. It’s going to be yet another in a long series of disasters for Redmond. I predict that Microsoft’s stores are going to fail (my guess: within three years). This will happen for several reasons.

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 | Comments Off

On Hiatus

Yes, I’ve been very lax in posting to this weblog over the last few months. Here comes a new post.

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Five things involved in every sleepover I ever went to as a kid

  1. Sleeping bags (natch)
  2. Friday the Thirteenth, Part __
  3. Jolt Cola
  4. Camouflage pants
  5. Wandering the neighborhood at 3:15 a.m.

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 | Comments Off

On Optimism

I don’t normally talk about who I support in elections. I usually prefer to play my cards close to my chest, since I don’t mind if someone votes for the other guy.

But tonight is different. Tonight, Barack Obama won.

Tonight, my country is eighteen years old again. Tonight, the future is an open book and the possibilities are limitless. Tonight, we can unite.

Tomorrow, we’ll go back to our bickering, our anger, our finger-pointing, our petty squabbles, our cynicism.

But tonight—just tonight—things are looking up. For the first time in what seems like forever, things look…hopeful.

Mahalo.

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 | Comments Off