First off, I’m all for minimizing landfills and maximixing the use of our resources. But, I’ve been thinking more and more about the economics of ‘recycling’ since listening to Mike Munger on EconTalk in July. Right at the start of the podcast, Munger asks, “I have something in my hand, I want you to guess, …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Data Mine
Yesterday, I was listening to Bruce Schneier’s talk at DefCon 15. As always, fantastic. While some of it was familiar, one new bit I picked up from him is the legal ramifications of not owning the data we create. We don’t know when it’s being used for secondary purposes. “And the 4th Amendment doesn’t work …
First Crack 104. The Moustache Rangers on a Podcast
I was forced out of my podcasting hiatus by the The Moustache Rangers, a highly-entertaining, improv’ed, space-comedy duo. Aric (also of MakeMeWatchTV and LeastDangerousGame fame) and Cory share the backstory of the Rangers, the mythos of the Great Moustache, and the emotional power of guacomole. If like me, you’re a fan of Teknikal Diffikulties, you’ll …
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RSS Everywhere: Mail.app
Rex Hammock confirms Mac OS X 10.5’s Mail.app supports reading RSS. While I’ve yet to see Apple implement RSS in a smart way, RSS in Mail.app proves RSS support will be ubiquitous. Just as I mentioned last month. Can’t wait to see if Mail.app is a better podcast-receiver than iTunes. If you’ve got Leopard installed …
Tyler Cowen Mostly Cloudly on Cumul.us
Ben and I have been exchanging late-night previews of our respective side projects for a while now. The idea behind Ben’s project – Cumul.us asks, can we turn the weather into Wikipedia? (Wisdom of the clouds – hehe). Will we get better weather predictions from it? Dunno. From what I’ve seen of the site, it’ll …
I’ll Be Back
AJ gave me call today wondering when there was going to be another First Crack podcast. Thanks AJ! The answer – Soon. I hope. I’ve been working on a new podcast receiver app, which is eating up all my podcast production time. Then there’s the bit about needing some new inspiration. There’s something new fermenting. …
REST-less with link_to
This week, I file my first major complaint with Rails. I was innocently running tests and tweakings some views – when I discovered function that should work longer did. A little background, my app is filled with routes the make the URLs more contextually appropriate and memorable than the standard REST URL construction. If you …
Favorite Website of Oct 24, 2007
IsItChristmas.com makes me giggle – especially because it has a feed. Thanks davedelaney.
Where are the Good Minnesota Business Blogs?
I asked twitter about good MN business blogs and Mike Keliher mentioned the new Twin Cities Business Magazine site, while it’s not wholly a blog, there’s an editor’s blog and a very short list of local business blogs, including Graeme Thickins’ blog. I’m not confident in getting the whole story from a single source, so …
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Kongrats to Kris with a K
Since the beginning of podcasting I’ve looked to Kris Smith to make a go of it professionally in a way that feels right (selling services) verses some of the smarmier approaches I’ve seen (CPM, shoehorning the broadcast network model). Today, Kris announced he’s leaving Room 214, the marketing firm he joined at the beginning of …