Michael Gracie 

Yesterday morning I deleted Twitter for Blackberry from my phone. This follows elimination of the Facebook application a few weeks back. I do not have nitpicks against either software – both worked just fine for their intended purpose. I won’t denounce others’ use of this software, or any like it, either. This is a personal [...]

Unless you are watching college hoops, playing with the kids, waxing the vintage auto, balancing the checkbook, vacuuming the rug, fly fishing, playing fetch with the dog, sharing a beautiful mountain sunset with a loved one, smoking a fine cigar, taking a backcountry hike, reading a classic novel, [UPDATE INSERTED AT THE REQUEST OF A [...]

Technology Surprise – cyber-crooks are targeting Facebook. This is like shooting fish in a barrel, but Facebook participants won’t understand that until it’s too late. They are busy throwing up pages in a vain attempt to garner attention, and have to figure out that the barrel is already too big first. Speaking of social networks, [...]

A fly fishing geek’s disjointed broad brush perspective Rods and reels too high priced? Cantankerous farts told one too many newbies how it must be done? Or is A River Runs Through It just last century’s metaphor? It doesn’t matter which way you cut it, interest in fly fishing has been waning… …at least as [...]

Knowledge leads to success…sometimes Wealthy men give women more orgasms – the statistically insignificant polling sample is going to lead to a lot of controversy, and a lot of men looking for second jobs; Roughfisher Beast of the Year – this is an honor suitable for kings, and an idea for trouters who don’t know [...]

Take your time – you’ve got about 36 hours Cheap cement is pouring into the US, and it’s creating headaches for Cemex, the largest US producer. Don’t feel sorry for them though – they’ve been pushing through price increases in the midst of plummeting construction. I wonder how this will effect the ‘replacement cost’ line [...]

A list not worth saving I’m thankful one of my guests yesterday was an attorney.  He’s already threatened to sue me over my cooking and I need a good lawsuit to keep my mind off work this holiday season. US investors should be thankful for the SEC. They’re keeping their priorities straight. The fishing industry [...]

Facebook and MySpace are yesterday – Movable Type and WordPress are today? The next question is: how many bloggers are going to take on the task of trying to build and manage a base of social network constituents? Maintaining an audience is hard enough – getting them to consistently engage at disparate locations (based on [...]

Tidbits are small, until they grow up Roubini on bank losses: “If people were not spending their rebate checks in June, what will happen when there are no more checks?” Yep…retail is next. Trout are unwelcome in South Africa. Check for whirling disease, and then send ‘em on over? You mean subprime lending wasn’t the [...]

VCs are doing it. Should you? It’s pretty obvious by looking at these pages that I don’t have much taste for widgets. Now, it seems, at least one blogging venture capitalist is taking widgets to task – cleaning them out because they slow down page loading time. While I’d like to say I’m a trendsetter, [...]