Month: October 2004

Logitech Harmony Remote 688 reviewed – Engadget – www.engadget.com Everyone needs a solid universal remote these days.

Silicon Valley – Dan Gillmor’s eJournal – Google’s Price Absurd, but Business Model Has a Long Tail Dan Gillmor rightly points out that the stock price of a company as great as Google is getting downright bubblicious. The concept of marketing to the tail is very compelling… but not that compelling.

RED HERRING | Give me Firefox, or give me death Update: Steve Ruble interviews the PR man behind the Firefox ad, Rob Davis.

When people spend $250,000 of their money at $20 a pop for the sole purpose of taking an advertisement out in the New York times to tout the superiority of Firefox over IE, look out! This many people this impassioned is sure to have an impact.

I will say that after having used Firefox for a number of weeks now that it is indeed the superior browser. At the same time I still need to keep Internet Explorer on my machine as certain sites don’t operate correctly from time to time with Firefox — a small annoyance but well worth the trouble.

Hopefully Microsoft takes this threat very seriously and makes some much needed improvements to IE. On the other hand… how much money do they really make on IE anyway? Try to go after the Office cash cow monopoly instead and then you’ll see the real fireworks.

Lichtenstein’s at the MOMA. Too bad I can’t bring my camera in the MOMA. Looks like I’ll be missing that exhibition.

When you walk around Crocket at 9:30 in the morning you are struck at how closed everything is in the town. There is a donut shop and a little market that are open that you’d expect, but then there are the two town bars, Toots and Club Tac that are also open. It’s unusual in a quiet little town that could be more of a throwback to rural America than 30 minutes from San Francisco. I’m not sure if it’s just the night shift getting off from the local plant in town or it’s just everyday business in Crocket.

Thoughts on technology and business from an early Google Investor, Ram Shriram, who owns almost $1 billion of Google stock.

Addicted to Digital Media – BusinessWeek: MCE PCs are ready for Living Room After giving the extenders a lukewarm reception last week, Businessweek has a pretty positive article on the Media Center PCs out this week. From Sean Alexander’s Additcted to Digital Media.

Orale Orale is fine everyday Mexican fare in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Although the food is nowhere near the spectacular food you’d find at Cactus Tacqueria in the East Bay, La Morena in South San Francisco or La Tacqueria in the Mission, Orale Orale is in my opinion the best Mexican for the Downtown San Francisco at present. I particularly enjoy the flautas which are served best crispy and come covered with sour cream and guacamole with rice and beans on the side.

There is always a line at Orale Orale so you’d be advised to get their early if you want to get a seat. Fortunately I eat at 11:00 every day and it’s never a problem then – but by 11:30 you will be waiting. The service is quite good and fast at this busy restaurant as they are eager to get you out and the next paying customer in your seat. They are also very good at making sure your chip basket and salsa are refilled promptly as your table empties them.

See Thomas Hawk’s Complete Bay Area Restaurant Guide for more reviews.