Thoughts in Random Patterns

Why Boulder Is America's Best Town for Startups - BusinessWeek

Why Boulder Is America's Best Town for Startups - BusinessWeek.

Uxorious

I like to think that I'm my husband's biggest fan.  Even though he doesn't get very excited anymore when he shows up in the Denver Post Sunday business section or when his Feedburner and Wallstrip deals get written up in Private Equity Week -- I still think it's great.

And in my eternal quest for the mot juste, there doesn't seem to be a husband-oriented counterpart to uxorious.  Is that because it's not possible for any amount of devotion to a husband to be excessive or foolish?

Software is so Intuitive

We're experiencing some network difficulties up here in the wilds of Alaska, where Brad's computer just broke for some mysterious reason.  He had me go to our webcam site to test our network connection, and a cute little icon appeared in the bottom toolbar of my computer that looked like a brown cup of coffee with red steam coming off the top.  I said, "What is that cup of coffee for?" And then I realized... it's Java!!  I literally always thought Java was referring to the Indonesian island with the capital city of Jakarta on it.  Always.  Literally.  It's good that I've figured this out..

I find it to be entertaining when Brad's computer is broken and mine is still working.  When the situation is reversed it somehow doesn't get the urgent attention that he's giving his hardware.  Now, why is that??

Attention, Shoppers

Anyone who knows me even a little bit knows that I love fashion.  I have been tearing pages out of fashion magazines since I was in about 5th grade, and now I have flat files full of beautiful layouts and ads from fashion and design magazines, as well as a closet overflowing with shoes, shoes, and more shoes. 

Now there's a great way for me to keep track of things I see while I'm trolling about online shopping -- Stylefeeder. 

Halley Suitt (whose blog was the 2nd blog I ever subscribed to, after Brad), is involved with the company and would love lots of use for their beta test.

Stylefeeder is incredibly easy to use, has great photo capture, and adds some high fashion love to my blog.  Check it out, shoppers..

Judy's Book

Although Brad has been a vocal and longtime supporter of Judy's Book, I have been, as usual, more skeptical and slower to come around.  I created a review of the Pratt Museum in Homer when Brad first wanted me to try it out in August of 2004, but balked at the idea that I'd have separate places with my reviews instead of being able to consolidate my work on my very own blog.  Happily, Judy's Book recently added the ability to enter reviews on their site and then post them to your blog.  Now I'm a believer.  I did a truthful but quick review of The Kitchen restaurant here in Boulder as my test blog post, and it worked quite nicely.  Way to go..