Entries from August 2006

August 19, 2006

Toad the Wet Sprocket @ Mountain Winery (Saratoga, CA)

Last night I saw one of my favorite bands from the 90’s – Toad the Wet Sprocket – at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. I’ve seen Glen Phillips a couple of times in the last few years but I had never seen Toad play live until last night. Overall it was a great [...]

August 10, 2006

Is Nick Douglas the Devil?

Thomas Hawk has confirmed that Nick Douglas from Valleywag is indeed the devil.

The Devil Himself, Nick Douglas Hosted on Zooomr

August 7, 2006

1999 called…

In case anyone is wondering why I’m being credited with the title of this post on Supr.c.ilio.us, that phrase was from a comment that I made on Techdirt a few days ago…
1999 called, it wants it’s bubble back.
The comment was related to Business Week’s recent cover story hyping Web 2.0 companies.
More on the BusinessWeek article [...]

August 3, 2006

Bonds HR #715 ball goes for $220K

The auction for Barry Bonds HR ball #715 ended today. It ended up going for $220,100. Full story here.

August 2, 2006

Snakes on a Plane – personalized message

OK, this might be the coolest marketing idea ever. It’s a personalized message about the upcoming Snakes on a Plane movie in the voice of Samuel Jackson. It will actually dial the phone number of the recipient and he will address them by their name, mention their job, how they look, what kind [...]