A Little Ludwig Goes a Long Way

A smattering of opinions on technology, books, business, and culture. Now in its 4th technology iteration.

Pithy lessons from football

14 November 2007

[Buckeye Legends Game of My Life - Michigan (Part 2)](http://blog.buckeyelegends.com/2007/11/game-of-my-life-michigan-part-2/ “Buckeye Legends Game of My Life - Michigan (Part 2)”): That football’s about getting back up after you’ve been tackled. That it’s not about success or failure, but both at the same time. And the question isn’t whether either is permanent, but whether you choose to get up again, without fear or recrimination, after you’ve failed. Ad infinitum.

These made me laugh

13 November 2007

* [FOUND Magazine Paper Can’t Win](http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/770 “FOUND Magazine Paper Can’t Win”) – points out the logical flaw in paper-scissors-rock. Hat tip to MGOBLOG which all loyal Buckeyes should be reading this week as part of mandatory game prep. * hat tip to Andy for the pointer to the Predatory Lending Association

New Zunes

12 November 2007

Microsoft One-Ups Apple’s IPod Engraving – oh well that will hurt Apple share big time.

I don’t really understand what MSFT is doing. Anyone who gets a Zune instead of an iPod under the tree is going to be sad. The consumer asset MSFT has is in the gaming space, people love their XBOXes, I don’t get why MSFT isn’t starting with a mobile game device and growing from that.

Eagles album available in FLAC

07 November 2007

[The Big Picture The Eagles Disintermediate Major Labels](http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2007/11/eagles-direct-d.html “The Big Picture The Eagles Disintermediate Major Labels”) – one of the buying options at EaglesBand.com is flac, awesome.

Products I Want But Don't Need -- PC Edition

05 November 2007

* [Electronista SanDisk TakeTV media player leaked](http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/10/20/sandisk.sansa.taketv.leak/ “Electronista SanDisk TakeTV media player leaked”) – an end to DVD burning which has always sucked. * Bare SATA drive dock – OK not sure why I want this but I admire it