March 19, 2008

  • Silver and linings

    My main disappointment with living in Boston this winter is the crappy snow. I think we’ve had only one or two snows this winter that were not what they ephemistically call “wintry mix”: snow mixed with or changing to rain. This morning we had another nice little snow, about half an inch, that has since… Continue reading

  • Clue shipping

    Says here at Amazon that Cluetrain is …   #13,139 in Books #33 in Web Marketing #34 in Theory and #43 in E-Commerce   I kinda like the Theory thing, not sure about the other two. But hey, for a book that old, it’s not bad. Continue reading

  • Cruising over Cornwall

    Got some nice pictures of the Cornwall Coast, while still ascending out of Heathrow en route to Washington and Boston. The shot above is of Padstow Bay, with Trebetherick and the Polzeaths on the right, above Padstow and Daymer Bays. (The latter is the lower, or southern, one.) Interesting to see how the surf hits… Continue reading

  • Finding Newfoundland

    Often as I fly over eastern Canada, I’ve somehow always missed Newfoundland. It has always been nighttime, or clouded under, or too far from the plane’s route. Well, not this last time. When I flew from London to Boston via Washington (LHR-IAD-BOS) on the first day of March, I could see on the plane’s map… Continue reading