No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

I’m big on heroes. I have a few, some life heroes, some literary, some sports and even a couple super.
One of the rules of storytelling when it comes to heroes, is that they must have a tragic flaw. Think about it, a hero with no flaw isn’t really that interesting. That’s because we all have [...]

Wil Wheaton is a really good actor, best known for the movie Stand By Me as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation (the best Generation, by the way). He played young Wesley Crusher, son of the ship’s doctor and for many fans, a kind of pain in the ass. Well, Wil’s grown up, he’s [...]

I’ve been hearing about Twitter for quite some time. Knew that it was kind of an IM/Blog/SMS thingy, but had no real idea what it’s about.
So, after reading that Dave Winer has questions about it, I took a look. Okay, you can set up an account and then more or less continuously update what you’re [...]

Just watched An Inconvenient Truth tonight, and though there weren’t any concepts I didn’t know about, it was a compelling experience, and I’m glad I signed the Draft Gore petition. I’d really, really like the opportunity to make up for that bad vote I cast in 2000.
Hope I’ll get the chance.

Well, a couple weeks early, tonight most of America (though not Arizona, where yours, truly resides) moves their clocks ahead an hour to save energy. I could probably work out how that works if:
A: I wanted to devote the brain cycles to it
or
B: I gave a shit
I really don’t care, since the savings in [...]

The coffee house chain’s leader has regrets about expanding so quickly, according to this story in the LA Times.
In his memo, Schultz noted that increasing the scale of Starbucks had
led to a number of necessary corner-cuts: For instance, the
introduction of "flavor-locked packaging" that has caused stores to
lose their distinctive aroma, or the decision to install [...]

If you’re a blogger (and chances are, if you’re reading this blog, you are) you may be aware that there are quite a few tools out there to make your task easier and spicier. Lately, I’ve been messing more and more with del.icio.us, the social bookmarking service that everyone should use and contribute to. Using [...]