May 11, 2007

On Golf, Lob Shots, and Trading

Some typically entertaining comments over at Daily Speculations, this time on the relationship between lob shots and trading:The primary reason the lob shot is much more difficult to master is margin of error. The ball must be struck with almost...

Vint Cerf Talking Google Directions

A recent video of Vint Cerf here in San Diego talking Google directions. I was stage left and three rows back for the first half....

Summer Investing & Entrepreneurship Reading List

My friend James at TheStreet has a good summer reading list of entrepreneurship and investing books:Founders at WorkThe Only Three Questions That CountHackers and PaintersConfessions of a Street AddictThe Dhando InvestorThe Wisdom of CrowdsGrande Expectations...

A Digression on Spiders and Things

A brief personal digression. Was sitting here moments ago and the five-year-old came in to chat for a second before leaving for school. The following dialog resulted:Him: Daddy, I love you a lot.Me: Oh, that's great. Thanks for telling me.Him:...

Mobile Gaming at the Indie 500

I won't pretend to know much about car racing (and most of what I do know about oval racing of any kind comes from Hunter Thompson's "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved"), but I couldn't be happier about an...