Blogcoven

Last photo of Kola before he ends up on Valleywag.
Now I really need to meet Robert Scoble:

Note to self: figure out a way to run something like Le Web 3 in Ireland. I could be the Irish Loic Lemeur, I just need charisma, money and investors.

The classes I most cherished during my undergrad were the ones that had nothing to do with my major. I refer to several moments as touchstones, but after dusting off some music I haven’t listened to in a while, one speech from the Jazz History professor comes back to me.
I paraphrase:

My haiku week game
Ends today, a great success.
Thank you for playing.
Music to seek out:
“Through the Fire and the Flames.”
This, my gift to you.

Your assignment for the weekend is to go experience the most amazing thing the Series of Tubes has coughed up since Napster, SeeqPod, before the record labels sue the skin off its creators. Search for “Paralyzer” by Finger Eleven, listen to it, then if you’re feeling adventurous go ahead and search for all the Finger [...]

I’m not good with the whole “inspiring obituary” thing, so I won’t try. However, I can’t let the deaths of Luciano Pavarotti and Madeleine L’Engle pass without comment.
I discovered both artists a bit too late; I didn’t read A Wrinkle in Time until college, and wasn’t savvy enough to realize I preferred Pavarotti to [...]