Feb 2012
Back over the summer and fall amidst the furore over Netflix’s attempt to split itself up, I was taken aback by the vehemence with which Internet commenters put down Hastings. A few months later in December Megan McCardle wrote an article in The Atlantic that chimed nicely my thoughts: if Hastings is such a fool how did […]
Jan 2012
Foodspotting Begins Looking for Business Models Recently this headline from AdWeek caught my eye. According to the article, apparently the CEO (and co-founder) of Foodspotting is “currently more interested in building an audience than making money”. To me that is the perfect embodiment of putting the cart before the horse. I don’t want to rip […]
May 2009
If you’re looking for a safari company in Arusha, I recommend Shidolya Tours and Safaris Ltd. Their information is: Address: P.O. Box 1436 / AICC Complex, 2nd Floor / Ngorongoro Wing, Room 218 / Arusha, Tanzania Telephone: 255-27-2548506 / 255-27-2502813 Fax: 255-27-2544160 E-Mail: shidolya@habari.co.tz I went with them on the Mt. Meru trek, they provided […]
Jun 2007
Last week a couple of co-workers and I played at a recital organized by our guitar instructor. I show up in the second half of the video below: [Video was here] Update March 2008: We were performing “Brown Eyed Girl”, apparently Van Morisson felt threatened and the video was pulled. Sorry to all who missed […]
Apr 2007
This past Sunday our club held its Winter match racing championships. We had three local teams and a team from Eastport Yacht Club in Annapolis, who came and showed us a thing or two and won the championship. I wasn’t sailing, I was on the Race Committee boat, where it was our job to signal […]
Mar 2007
Just when we thought that Winter was over, we had a bunch of snow and ice dropped on New York. Digging the boats out to racing warmed us up, but by the end of the day I was getting frostbite.
Mar 2007
Winter match racing! Here are some pictures from the sunny Hudson. The picture below is me and Doug, who organizes these races for our sailing club.
Feb 2007
We sailed back to the Gosier marina in the morning and were at the airport by 1 p.m. Four of us were flying back together. After 8 days on a boat a couple of us had a hard time adjusting to the steadiness of land–I had to keep rocking sideways to keep from feeling sick!
Feb 2007
We spent the morning going over cruising knowledge that we needed for the ASA standard and learning some knots. Bob was doing some very strange things with rope and sometimes it looked like prestidigitation. Meanwhile the Sunsail people replaced the two electric pumps and the furler cleat. Then we sailed to Islêt Gosier, a tiny […]
Feb 2007
Going back north we were on starboard tack. On the passage from Dominica to Les Saintes I had noticed a little water under the cabin sole, but we’d assumed it was normal bilge water that was appearing because of the extreme heel. Today we again saw water and at first dismissed it, but after a […]