Media - what is it good for…

There is a great article in the NY Times about Jorge Flores of Chivas USA.  It points to something I talked about before: there is great untapped soccer talent in the US in the form of immigrant kids or kids of immigrants.  The article actually downplays the potential of drawing a lot of kids from [...]

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A story in the WSJ this morning reports that Seattle Sounders FC has inked a deal with Microsoft to be the main shirt sponsor for the team.  The deal specifies that the team will wear XBOX 360 Live on their shirts.  I think this is a great match and I was hoping Microsoft would step [...]

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I am pretty excited about Seattle getting an MLS team in 2009 even though I have been unimpressed with the level of play in the MLS. Perhaps I should restate that: it’s not the level of play that is disappointing so much as the brand of soccer being played in the US. It’s [...]

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Riding the 7 hills of Kirkland on Monday (doing the metric century).  Will post update after the ride…

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So I am not going to do STP again this year (but I may attempt a single day ride next year). But I will definitely do flying wheels and I am considering doing the high pass challenge (basically biking up the back of Mt St Helens). Not sure if I am going to [...]

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So MSFT just turned up the heat on Yahoo and I agree with Henry Blodget that Yahoo has been out maneuvered. I am not sure that there is much left for Yahoo to do unless some other deal gets done in short order. I also think MSFT has already figured out what kind [...]

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Here we go.  I am amazed that there is not more outrage about this.  Don’t people care about the civil liberties?  This is so over the top.  BPI says that ISPs should stop hiding “behind bogus privacy arguments”.  What is bogus about privacy?  It seems fundamental to democracy and the way we live.  And ISPs [...]

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So the Swedish press is reporting that the investigation results into the failure of the landing gear of have determined that wear on a certain bolt caused said bolt to come off and thus causing the problem.  The report is preliminary.  This Bombardier press release seems to indicate something similar.  Why do I care?  Because [...]

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Update on my previous post.
So the results are in.  Seattlites voted no on the viaduct and no on the tunnel.  This may not be a bad outcome as perhaps the surface street option with public transportation and serious bike lanes may be considered.

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OK, I should state up front that I don’t know all the facts on the pros and cons of this one, so the argument is more of a gut thing than a rational argument.  So here goes.
Seattle’s waterfront has a long viaduct running along the length of the waterfront. The viaduct is ugly and [...]

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