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October 23, 2006
BANG 17: April 28, 2007
The Platonic Solids have announced that BANG 17: Knights of the Round Table will be run on April 28, 2007 at UC Berkeley. They'll be sending out more information closer to the actual game.
Posted by mcneal at 08:34 AM | Comments (0)
October 19, 2006
Herald Hunt Preview Clue
Dave Barry has posted a preview clue for the upcoming Herald Hunt. You have to search the Miami Herald's website for the clues. For a history of the hunt, checkout this site.
For help on finding the preclues, read below the jump.
Searching the Herald's website for "Botero" ( the artist who did the statue on Dave's blog ) will bring up four pages. Each page has the same text, but there is a different image on each page. The images are:
Now you just have to figre out what to do with them.
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October 17, 2006
Actions 101
If you're trying to sell a car on eBay, you should checkout Greg Lewis's research. He's exploring how information like photos, charts and text influences buyers in the used auto market.
Posted by mcneal at 05:58 PM | Comments (0)
Free isn't always free
I've been using Google Calendar for a few months now and for the most part I love it. It's easy to use, available from every computer on the net and free. Over the past few weeks though, it has been taking a turn for the worse. It has been slow to load, creating events has been painful, and today it won't even launch.
Now, yes, a service can't be up 24/7. I understand that. But the problem with Google is there is little accountability. There is no number to call. No website to check on a status. Just a message telling me to "Cross [my] fingers and try again in a few minutes." At least they are "sorry for the inconvenience."
This lack of user support is one reason why users and organizations should be leery of migrating wholesale to third party service providers. Users are used to high availability and will still call the local support folks when something is down. For them, it doesn't matter that only google can fix the problem. It only matters that it isn't working.
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October 16, 2006
S' live!
This weekend S' performance at at Ann Arbor's hottest new venue, Gary's House was fantastic. Be sure checkout their myspace page, videos and pictures. If you like them, be sure to pickup one of their CDs or download it from iTunes.
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