From the category archives:

Entertainment

I wonder what the prices for TV and Internet TV spots are.
Ads in Internet videos work — at least on Hulu.  As a viewer, I’m forced to watch them because:

they’re too short (15-30 seconds) to walk away from, and
I can’t skip them like I do on my DVR.

I almost never see any commercials on TV.  With [...]

Jennifer — my previous pick to win this season of Top Chef — was booted last night.  Boo.
I don’t necessarily disagree with the choice.  It was probably tough on the judges to pick someone to go home out of the final four.  They all seemed to be strong contenders, with no obvious weak link (unlike [...]

I just finished reading William Gibson’s Neuromancer.  I was in a scifi mood while looking to add a new novel to my Kindle for iPhone.  Since it’s such a classic, I thought I’d give Neuromancer a try.
I was not that entertained.  In fact, I was bored for most of it and it was a chore [...]

I’m looking forward to the start of the NBA season tonight.  The Lakers are the one sports team that I’m not a fairweather fan of.  Probably has to do with attending games at the Great Western Forum when I was a kid and growing up with them.
It’s nice that the Lakers are so strong again. [...]

There were so many things right with the U2 live webcast on YouTube tonight that I have hope for the world again.  If you didn’t get a chance to see the webcast, click on the screenshot over there on the right — it’s been annotated with the things that struck me.
Some thoughts:
1. How many albums [...]

I’m a fan of the Bravo show Top Chef.
Just discovered that head judge Tom Colicchio has a blog about the show and posts after each episode. To my surprise and delight, his posts are authentic and insightful, giving us fans something to tie us over until the next episode. Great job Bravo for the [...]

I’m rereading Seth Godin’s The Bootstrapper’s Bible via DailyLit. I read the book 3 years ago from cover to cover before we launched Killer Aces.
I’m not sure how much I absorbed back then, reading the book before having started a company.  Rereading it now, I see that some of the Bootstrapper’s Manifesto has stuck with [...]