Author Archives: Jeff Porten

  • Melody Kramer:
    Classes start on Tuesday. Between Tues. and May 29th, I will be highly scheduled and highly studious. Plan accordingly.
  • Kevin van Haaren:
    and the return of binge drinking?
  • Melody Kramer:
    I don’t think I’ve ever done that.

Wait, what? You are a band alum. How can you have never binged? I was fairly tame, and still DSM qualified as alcoholic.

  • Kevin van Haaren:
    I went to an engineering school so binging was bad but I didn’t I hit enough parties to qualify for alcoholic.

I drank every day, but only because the keg was free and the Frank’s soda machine cost a quarter.

I quit easily when I left Penn. I was blown away by my retroactive classification, it was just Band & KA culture then.

Why you can’t find a discount MacBook

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Excellent article by Marco Tabini on Macworld about how Apple controls the pricing of its products.

With so many laws regulating competition among retailers, how does Apple pull off this amazing feat? It turns out that the company uses a fairly straightforward strategy, known as price maintenance, that takes advantage of the popularity of its products and exploits a quirk in the way retailers are allowed to advertise their merchandise.

A quick thought on doping

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I’m reminded of the old joke:

Two old men are sitting on a park bench. One says:

Ecch. I spent 40 years building the best boats in the state. But do they call me Arnie the boatbuilder? Noooo!

For all my life, I’ve given to charities, but do they call me Arnie the philanthropist? Noooo!

But you suck one cock…

They don’t need medical marijuana legalized in Las Vegas, they just need to set up outpatient waiting in my hallway.

  • Jim Dalrymple:
    My boobs shake when I jump up and down. Doesn’t sound as sexy when I say it out loud.

but it’s still amusing to picture you jumping up and down.

  • Jon Seff:
    Hmm, ever odder. Added the event directly in Google Calendar and it’s still showing all those attendees

does Google calendar cross check the event against other people’s calendars? Might be able to do title/time stamp/location lookup.

  • Dave Pell:
    i don’t care much about cycling, but I’d love to know Livestrong’s SEO tricks.

It’s a Demand Media site. That should tell you all you need to know.

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    In a Starbucks just now, I see that the Square Reader is for sale ($10). Barista was excited that *$ sold it.

that’s fascinating. And the $10 charge causes a level of engagement that doesn’t happen when free. I have one, never set it up.

  • Glenn Fleishman:
    Once again, Chris Christie uses righteous anger to speak the truth others won’t:

Annoyed by the press Christie is getting from his style. I first heard of him when called him re a capital case….

There was evidence the executed was innocent, and Christie used the same blunt style to say he didn’t give a shit.

“@SeinfeldToday: George carries an empty Starbucks cup so he can use WiFi at any location.” // Dammit, I am sick of being the George.