This is kind of awesome: New Year's Eve party at Mala Restaurant in Wailea, where the audience got to hear "Come Together" as performed by Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper, and...you won't see this coming...Weird Al: Note that Weird Al is the only one who knows all the words. There are worse ways to start the new year. … [Read more...] about Come Together
2011 in Review
2011 was kind of a busy year for me, especially during the latter half of the year when -- after 10 years in the part-time consulting racket -- I returned to full-time employment. It really cut into my blogging time, and I want to thank all of my loyal readers for sticking around. In any case, here at Windypundit, 2011 was the year in which: I argued that bloggers shouldn't … [Read more...] about 2011 in Review
Why SOPA is Bad and What You Can Do About It
This is a great explanation of how and why the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R.3261) is going to do a lot of damage to the Internet: And this is what you can do about it. Make waves. Talk to people. Tell your congresscritters to vote against it. If you want to know more, you can read more about SOPA at Wikipedia, you can see its progress at GovTrack, and you can find out more … [Read more...] about Why SOPA is Bad and What You Can Do About It
I AM an SEO Badass!
That's right! When it comes to search engine optimization, I can now claim to be one of the giants. Thanks to this post, Windypundit now owns the #1 and #2 Google search results for the phrase "Obama's left testicle". … [Read more...] about I AM an SEO Badass!
The More I Learn About the Mortgage Crisis, the Less I Know
I'm reading Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. It's an account of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market at the beginning of our current economic mess. The book tells the story at an odd level of detail: It doesn't give a lot of details about the characters and … [Read more...] about The More I Learn About the Mortgage Crisis, the Less I Know