Michael Gracie 

Or your month TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington is ‘taking a break’ from blogging, and running for his life. While the latter part seems pretty serious, the editor of the venerable Silicon Valley news resource is also blaming a Wall Street Journal property and one of Nick Denton’s gossip columns for some of his woes. And if [...]

I’ve decided to take a break from traditional winter sports to spend more time (what else?) fly fishing. So I have a little beer-induced pow pow with my friendly neighborhood Craigslist wunderkind Tim, and he gives me some tips on how to unload my finely tuned cliff-hucking gear (and then passes me a card for [...]

In retrospect they probably had plenty of life left in them on my own feet. But last season I picked up a new pair of wading boots, and had recently begun feeling like a selfish bastard for having three pairs in the closet. So I gave this fine fly fishing footwear to a pal of [...]

The Madoff scandal put the phrase ‘ponzi scheme’ back on the tips of everyone’s tongues, and the concept of stealing/losing/burning gargantuan sums of money in everyone’s mind. Since that time we’ve seen… A Florida-based money manager who travels in ‘elite’ circles disappear, leaving only a note and a Subaru – monies in the sum of [...]

Well worth the lines I whizzed by the International Sportmen’s Exposition last Thursday afternoon, and spent the better part of the day there the following Saturday. The first round was consumed primarily in ‘closed door chats’ – at this event it meant stopping every ten seconds for someone to say hello to the subjects (as [...]

Sarah Perez: TinyURL, one of the most popular URL-shortening services (although not our favorite) is now being used by cybercriminals to redirect web surfers to pages that contain viruses, trojans, and other sorts of malware. According to Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center, these criminals are using the service to avoid having their web sites flagged [...]

It felt like spring around here last week. Now it’s time for flurries. Rack ‘em up – Timely Tips For Recession-Racked Entrepreneurs. Not everyone is getting racked, but it’s time for some offensive posturing nonetheless. (Forbes) The future of fly fishing – Montrose 11-Year-Old Is A Flyfishing Prodigy. I’ve seen it myself – the kid [...]

Brewing on Colorado’s South Platte River I took the afternoon off yesterday, seeing as I worked until after midnight Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. At first I felt compelled to throw some gear in the truck and head up to the South Platte to do a little fishing. Then it hit me – I suck – [...]

Words of wisdom from a fly fishing icon (and maker of fine lemonade) I thought I was about to meet a man jaded by attention. Lefty Kreh is certainly a fly fishing legend, and today he was deep in his realm – an outdoors industry convention. But the person I sat and chatted with was [...]

I’ve been working on one of those double-super-secret stealthy projects with my colleague, Eric Winkelman. He’s doing the heavy lifting on the engineering side, and I was tasked with being his research assistant and business planner. I’m learning just how inept I’ve been with non-technical issues i.e. marketing, but it’s coming together thanks mainly to [...]