Sirius Stuff

Enter credit card number to see if it has been stolen scam.

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:12 PST

It’s almost tempting to implement this just to see if anybody enters their info, isn’t it?

Tact Filters - how to deal with nerds

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:07:07 PDT

I thought this was a great explanation of why I’ve had trouble dealing with some excellent technical people. They had wonderful skills and cared about doing a good job but were very abrasive. Tact Filters has been around a long, long time but it’s as true today as it was 10 years ago, when it was written. Or 20 years ago, when I first started working with techies.

Test for blogrefs.com

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:06:06 PDT

This is a test for BlogRefs

Inside the Monkeysphere

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:06:06 PDT

Seriously good article on why we don’t think of other people as “people”. Inside the Monkeysphere is terrific.

This Blog Entry is Urgent

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:06:06 PDT

Eric Sink writes a great article called “This Blog Entry is Urgent” and it includes:

# When I see an envelope that says, “Do not discard this envelope”, I know immediately that it will be safe for me to throw it away unopened.

# When I see an envelope that says “Special Offer”, I know with certainty that the offer contained therein is not special, and was in fact distributed to everybody with a pulse.

# When I see an envelope telling me that Ive won, I see a completely unambiguous message. There could be no clearer way to communicate to me that I have in fact not won anything at all.

I'm Sorry You Feel That Way

Tue, 29 May 2007 05:05:05 PDT

Wow, this is a great post. Pet Peeve #7: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way · Violent Acres totally sums up how snotty some people are when saying “I’m sorry you feel that way”. Wow.

This is the way I’m feeling about technology, too

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:03:03 PDT

I found Eric Sink’s blog via some references from Joel Spolsky’s blog. This is a nice post about the problems with whiz-bang technology.

Like your drinks fizzy?

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:01:01 PST

Found a neat idea if you’re into doing things yourself. You can use this device to make your own bottles of soda, mixing the flavors and setting the carbonation the way you want.

CoolBusinessIdeas.com: Create Your Own Fizzy Drinks

Seattleite patronizing Portland again

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:01:01 PST

I enjoy reading 360digest when I get a chance. Not only is my brother-in-law Dave a newly-minted real estate agent but the house next door was up for sale for a while recently. Real estate is one of those things that we all have to deal with, because we all need a place to live.

Anyway, I was amused to read that on the blog this quote:

In Portland, Ore., $300,000 means a clean and simple floating home on the Pacific ocean

Ummm, it would not be a clean and simple home. Because the Pacific Ocean is 90 miles away from Portland, which is on the Columbia and Willamette rivers.

100 years ago, Portland was a more significant city than Seattle because of those rivers. It was simply easier to float things up and down the rivers than to try to move them across land. With trucks and interstates and container ships, that’s changed significantly. Now it’s important to have deep water and make it easy for big ships to navigate into docks as quickly as possible. So new Portland is “little sister” to Seattle. Which never lets us forget it.

Testing MyPages linking

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:01:01 PST

We’re experimenting with linking back to blogs who reference a business on mypages.com For example, a business that listed itself recently was Hammy’s Pizza. It’s in the Portland Pizza category.