I got to the rink for hockey practice tonight and saw an empty wrapper from some vending machine snack laying on the brand spanking-new floor tiles. “Not like Mark to miss that,” I thought. I was right. Mark didn’t miss it because he wasn’t tending to our rink tonight.
Mark took his [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2006
Last Shift: Mark Peacock
Ken A Hora (poo poo poo)
My late grandmother used to say “No ken-a-horas,”, loosely meaning “don’t give early blessings” but figuratively translating into “avoid the evil eye.” Even tangentially touch on a compliment, and “poo poo poo” was the required punctuation to avoid inviting harm as punishment for vanity.
The Devils went 9-0 and I celebrated that accomplishment [...]
Today’s Tech Books Smothered under the Long Tail
Evan Marcus is my co-author on the High Availability book and creator of the rather fun Bill Gates net worth page. He knows a few things about statistics, having grown up (and into) a nerdy baseball fan. I can call Evan nerdy because he and I have co-published, and Evan [...]
Philly Czech Stake
Petr Nedved has moved to Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, D-cells wrapped inside of snowballs, and some moderately good cheese steaks. They play hockey there, too. I suggested back in November that Petr Nedved might be intrigued by moving east, since Mrs. Nedved (aka Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and really [...]
Number 9, Number 9
It is a Devils revolution. Elias has 4 goals in 8 games played (he missed one with a cold), along with six assists for a total of 12 points. He’s on pace for 20 goals and 60 points, not quite another 40-goal season but given what he’s been through health-wise this [...]
Elias at Practice
This is what a Devils practice looks like, at least from the scorer’s table at South Mountain Arena’s rink two. The players are in color-coded practice jerseys: red, green, grey and blue, sorted by lines, and defensemen in black. If you don’t recognize the faces up close and personal then you [...]
Elias at practice
This is what a Devils practice looks like, at least from the scorer’s table at South Mountain Arena’s rink two. The players are in color-coded practice jerseys: red, green, grey and blue, sorted by lines, and defensemen in black. If you don’t recognize the faces up close and personal then you [...]
Podcast of Cory Doctorow’s “Craphound”
Still in the halo of my Doctorow breakfast yesterday, today I received a pointer to a podcast of Cory’s short story Craphound. It’s a great reading of a great story; it’s the story that turned me from mild fan into sincere fanatic. It’s Garrison Keillor with aliens. It’s the [...]
Someone Comes To Town
Highlight of the young new year: got to have breakfast today with Cory Doctorow, one of my all-time favorite writers and just a brilliantly funny guy.
Read more at my Sun blog including an unflattering shot of yours truly, but hey, I’m standing next to Cory Doctorow.
It’s the first time I’ve spoken to a Canadian (of [...]
Someone Comes To Town
If you’ve ever heard me talk, in conference or via conference call, you know that I’m a huge, huge fan of Cory Doctorow. In addition to being one of the editors of boingboing, he’s a world-class, new-breed sci-fi writer, more focused on social issues and the socialization of technology (gotta love it) than on inventing [...]
