Last night I attended the Reel Paddling Film Festival at the Kendall, a three-hour collection of the best kayaking and canoeing films of the year.

On the way in, organizers asked attendees to register for two raffles. I ( Read more... )

Huh. Last week Lenovo announced a worldwide recall of 205,000 laptop batteries manufactured by Sanyo because they could overheat.

When I bought my StinkPad, I got two extended-life battys. One overheated and fried within a few months of purchase, and the other I’ve used sparingly since then.

Now they’re both (allegedly) being replaced.Score one ( Read more... )

Are you superstitious? Very little, if at all.
  What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition? I dunno. Not something I particularly pay any attention to, but I do believe that professional athletes tend to have the most thoroughly wacked-out superstitions.
  Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition? Dunno ( Read more... )

So whenever the topic of stock options comes up, I have this dilemma. When people learn that I sold my stock near the peak of Sapient's stock value, the usual response is "Boy, that sure was smart. I wish I'd been that smart."

Now, I'm torn about how to respond. Yeah, it was smart ( Read more... )