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Monthly Archives: November 2010
You’re not the customer – you’re the product
Hot on the heels of a discussion I just had regarding [my] waning interest in certain social media services, Lifehacker points this out: MetaFilter user blue_beetle accurately observed that “if you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re … Continue reading
Adventures in Fly-Fishing Retail – the new series begins December 4th
Winter can be dismal. Outliers across the northern hemisphere will chase tailwater fishes while dreaming they were standing on a flats skiff in The Bahamas. The rest will scan their boxes for empty space and then hit the tying bench, … Continue reading
Get to know the beast within, and get yourself some free fly-fishing magazines
There is a ferocious beast living in Eastern Idaho. Locals call him Smithzilla, but the world of fly-fishing publications refers to him simply as Bruce Smithhammer. He’s an ornery critter, with razor sharp vision and even more finely-tuned claws, a … Continue reading
If I can’t hack it I can’t buy it
For the last few months I have been debating a laptop purchase. I’m running a four year old MacBook Pro 2.33, with a 120 gig hard drive and 2 gigs of RAM. It was time. Unfortunately, I’ve also found the … Continue reading
Quantitative easing explained: “Is this an episode of The Twilight Zone?”
Couldn’t pass this up… Rather than trying to revive the deflation as a cure meme, I’ll just thank Mish. MG signing off (to buy more 50lb bags of rice)
Conjured in Notes
Tagged deflation, economic bubbles, Federal Reserve, inflation, quantitative easing
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Roses are red
Roses are red Violets are blue Fishing blogs are for bullshitting That much is true But if you’re feeling a bit generous Looking for something new The Fishing Poet has t-shirts Made especially for you MG signing off (because I … Continue reading
Announcing my entrance onto the professional poker circuit
It’s been a long time coming, yet the irritation I’ve felt for years is now gone. It is welcome relief, finally figuring out your place in the world, your purpose. At minimum I now know what mine is not. Pete … Continue reading
(Re)Imagining software bloat
During the process of setting up a few test bed environments, I was reminded of why I moved off MS Windows going on five years ago. Some standard installations of select operating systems were being done within VMWare Fusion, and … Continue reading
Conjured in Office
Tagged Fedora, Linux, software bloat, Ubuntu, VMWare Fusion, Windows XP
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Common carp should take legal action against RIO Products
RIO Products recently announced they’ve got a new specialty fly line coming out, the Smallmouth Bass. It’s a fair guess that RIO put a lot of thought and effort into producing the animal, because the company is good like that. … Continue reading
“There’s a higher percentage of experts in fly-fishing than any other sport.”
Marshall Cutchin of MidCurrent speaks, on the Fish Schtick podcast. Topics include: 1) Whether fly-fishing culture has been hijacked by beer-swilling adrenaline junkies; 2) The prevalence of Orvis catalog models in Rocky Mountain National Park; 3) How it feels to … Continue reading
