If people have control over there health records

Isn't that better than many other organizations having that data to themselves?

Plus, do you trust your insurance company or Google to keep your data safe and private?

These stories never get as much attention

As the original "scandalous" stories. But good to see that my alma mater responded well and is seeing increased interest since the potentially catastrophic cheating scandal from last year.

As they say, it is during the rough times that you see the true measure of a man (or institution).

Go Blue Devils...

When folks complain about mermaids on coffee cups...

You know you live in a strange country sometimes. Aren't mermaids supposed to be nude?

Why I don't give money to Duke (or Cal)

Similar to this story about Harvard, which has a huge $35B endowment... Duke shouldn't ask me for my money until it does something better with its large endowment.

I will give to Cal - but only when they give me a diploma with my actual graduation date on it. If you ever want to hear a story about bureaucracy run amok, just buy me a beer and ask me about it.

Nobody watches you anymore...

TV, that is...

Surprise, surprise, the May sweeps is a disaster.

"The writers strike, along with the rising popularity of DVRs and the increased availability of programming on multiple platforms, conspired to make this season the lowest-rated on record for the broadcasters. There was also a dearth of breakout hits, with no new show emerging as the biz's savior."

Maybe that is because all the networks have on is American Gladiator and other reality shows (though I must admit I am stoked to see is the new Mole is as good as the original one - the only reality show I really loved until Top Chef).

You wonder how come they are so surprised that people have figured out that they can entertain themselves by blowing up things on PCs or consoles, or getting outside to smell the fresh air, or countless other ways of entertaining.

Bring more shows like Lost on the air and people will start tuning back in.

David Brooks - Frienemy?

I am conflicted about David Brooks. On the one hand, he is generally one of the few normal and reasoned folks in political commentary (I know, a really low bar to hurdle). I sometimes disagree with him, but I think I have kind of a man-crush on his brain.

For full info - I kind of feel the same with George Will - except I really dislike him when he goes off on the democratic party (like they are any worse than the other side). Stupid, perhaps, but two sides of the same corrupt and insane coin.

George Clooney, rest well, this does not change my overall man-crush on you and your Lake Como villa (and the rest of your semi-charmed life).

Posts based on old posts

I love it when I can link to my old posts!

• Barack wins - Hillary, not so much (and my vote for the Democrats seems safe, along with the ire of Sarah!)
• Rob and Sarah either have a car or a chipmunk, after Rob and I spent literally months looking (OK, really just 2 hours). I look forward to being a back seat driver more than once this summer. Plus, actually seeing the car. :)
• Somehow, my work got in the way of Mike Montgomery ending up as Cal BBall coach. I can't really say what I feel about it - I figure he starts winning and taking us to the Final Four and I will start liking him a lot more than Braun.

That's enough for now... enjoy.

High density of posts on weekends...

Because my damn job keeps getting in the way of all this important blogging stuff. I really need to have a talk with Larry and Sergey...

If there was a way to post items from Google Reader directly to Blogger (the new Notes feature comes to mind), that would be tres cool. But I think the only place you can share those is in Reader. :(

Cool new feature from Google Reader

The three people (ok, maybe two) that read this blog know that I happen to work for a really small and upcoming start-up. They happen to have a cool new update for Reader for the iPhone. It makes it easy for "folks who have never used RSS much" to keep up with news and RSS feeds.

(Nina, this means you).