Metaphor of the Day – Shark Bait

I just IMed a colleague who recently completed a Herculean task. I asked him how it felt to be done. He responded “About like a fish feels as he passes [...]

August 22, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Oil at $67 a Barrel?

I just noticed that the price of crude oil topped $67 a barrel. When the fuck did that happen? In the early 1980’s, my first programming job (when I was [...]

August 12, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Grungy Airplane

I’m on an airplane for the first time in the last few weeks (from Anchorage to San Francisco). My choices are limited, so I decided to fly on Untied. The [...]

July 17, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Thank God I Don't Have Kids

I don’t have to deal with this shit. If I had a kid, he’d sound like Oskar in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: “Succostash my cocker spaniel, you fudging crevasse-hole [&he

July 11, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Google, Me, Stewardesses, And Unions

For the last few days, I’ve been puzzled that “Stewardesses Stripped” was the most popular link on my blog according to MyBlogLog. This was from a post I did in May [&hell

July 10, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Happy 229th Birthday

Michael Parekh pointed me to an awesome 10 minute movie of how the United States came together.

July 4, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Potty Food

Scott Moody sent this article about The Martun restaurant in Kaohsiung as an add-on to my post about the best toilets in this world. Even I found this a little hard [...]

July 1, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Do You Want To Hire Paris Or Joe?

The Paris Hilton Carl’s Jr. ad has gotten plenty of play this month. But the much better ad is Accolo’s Paris Hilton Spoof Ad.

June 18, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Congressman Mark Udall's (CO) Perfect Score on Breast Cancer

I’m a good friend and strong supporter of Congressman Mark Udall (Colorado District 2). I saw a note in today’s Rocky Mountain News that Mark got a perfect score on [...]

June 11, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard

As an unrepentant Ben and Jerry’s worshiper (thanks to my dad for my ice cream addiction). I’m always sad when my favorite flavor disappears. I like everything chocolate – the

May 29, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld