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It’s the Fourth of July and the Mariners are contending ?!?
Don’t look now, but this Mariners team might actually have a chance to make things interesting. The injuries have been a bummer, the left side of the infield is not what it could be. Junior’s bat has been disappointing, but he still has a flair for the dramatic (and I’ll take a .220 batting average [...]
the July two music report
Grizzly Bear Veckatimest This album is sonic candy. I heard once that they are the east coast’s version of the Fleet Foxes. That’s kind of true. I really enjoy the timbre, melodies and how the bass player blends in with the rest of the band. It’s authentically catchy. These guys were meticulous in their song [...]
Getting coffee @Starbucks.
A real time look at when Starbucks is mentioned on Twitter. It peaks every morning around 8am … This is a great site to analyze trends on Twitter: http://twist.flaptor.com
Meet your new customer.
Lately, I’ve found myself saying, “they should be doing this if they want me to come back,” a lot when it comes to buying products or services. For many reasons, my wife and I are the new consumer, Digital Natives. I don’t think I’m being narcissistic: rather, the new world requires different thinking. I’ve had [...]
Bonnaroo 2009
I spent this past weekend in the middle of Tennessee. It took me 24 hours to get there via plane, and I spent the next 24 hours without any luggage. But I’m not going to talk about that here, I’ll save that for a future post about how American Airlines could have used Social Media [...]
The hectic race to nothing.
Next weekend I’m getting away for a long weekend in Tennessee. There’s a huge music festival going, and for four days I plan on wandering the grounds with no real plans, sipping beer, and watching some of the most talented bands on the planet. I’m really looking forward to getting away with no real agenda. [...]
chaos theory
I’m bumming around Vancouver today for the Convergence 09 conference. This evening after getting some food I decided to take a walk onto one of the piers. The weather was nice and i thought the view would be worthwhile. While walking down the pier I turned around to watch the city. It might have been [...]
The long ride
Last weekend I rode my motorcycle to Chelan, WA to meet the week old offspring of my friend Matt. To date, this is the longest ride I’ve ever taken dwarfing a trip last summer by 80 miles. My sv650 is definitely a city bike, but the seating position is upright enough that long rides aren’t [...]
MLB.tv, please remove Local blackout periods
Dear Mr. Bud Selig, I have always been a big baseball fan. Until I reached the awkward years of puberty, I wore a Seattle Mariners uniform to every game I went to. It had my favorite players number on the back and name, Scott Bradley, no. 9. He was the backup catcher, but he always [...]
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