I was going through my tweets after lunch and found a comment by Merlin Mann. He was replying to Graham Linehan, the creator of The IT Crowd so naturally I had to follow him (@Glinner if you’re interested). As I scrolled through page-after-page of videos and links of utter hilarity, I came across this video […]
Author / Michael Ashby
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
I came across an article by Clay Shirky called Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable by way of DaringFireball and I have to say, it is a must read. There’s been a great deal of discussion on the subject of newspapers and other traditional print publications in the news feeds and podcasts that I listen to. […]
Jim Cramer On The Daily Show
I didn’t see it on TV when it occurred, but apparently Jim Cramer made an appearance on “The Daily Show with John Stewart” and didn’t fare so well, to put it mildly. There’s a lot of buzz about this on the Internet and after watching the un-edited video, I can see why. Jim Cramer really […]
Bye Bye Miss American Pie
Palm has finally come clean and confirmed what has been widely suspected, that it will no longer develop any new traditional handheld PDAs. Word came straight from Palm CEO Ed Colligan during yesterdays conference call, but it bears mentioning again for posterity. The announcement was made practically off the cuff when asked by a financial […]
A Few Political Links
I’ve been buried in work since my last post and have a half-dozen, half-baked articles in the queue, but after going through my feeds this morning, a handful of links seemed to gel and I thought a quick post was in order. Hack The Debate The next debate on October 15th is going to feature […]
Microblogging – Conversation or Shouting Match?
I’ve been using Twitter for about a year now and more recently Identi.ca. If you haven’t heard of either of these services, not to worry, because they are relatively new. If I had to give them a label, I’d call them tools for micro-blogging. If that sounds completely weird and foreign to you, then I […]
Behind The Scenes of the Nashville Gas Shortage
If you haven’t been following the news of recent, Nashville has had a gas shortage for well over a week now. I’ve been having flashbacks to the 1973 oil crisis as we’ve seen lines around the block for people trying to get gas at a station that actually had gasoline. It’s been a bit nuts […]
Looking For A Lean & Mean Browser
There’s this little routine that my business partner and I go through every time he comes into my office. He walks in and asks me to pull up a web site. I open a new tab, or page and lo and behold I get the spinning beachball of death. Without fail, this happens nearly every […]
Meme(me)
Yet another post inspired by FiatLux. It was hard not to edit the photo before posting, but what the hell… 1. Take a picture of yourself right now. 2. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix your hair… just take a picture. 3. Post that picture with NO editing. 4. Post these instructions with your picture.