The dog park over winter has no operating water fountains, so we either have to bring in water or find it. Willow prefers to find it. Granted, she was really hot (and thirsty) after our first round of frisbee. School is just about over (minus one final) so I’ve been working from home for the [...]
Archive for 11 December 2007
Watering Hole
Posted: 11 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: australian shepherds, dog park, dogs, frick park, frisbee, puddles, water
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Predictify!
Posted: 11 December 2007 in UncategorizedTags: crowd wisdom, futures markets, money, predictify, predictions, startups, web 2.0
I wrote about Predictify a while back. It’s basically a website that pays users for predicting world events. When I first wrote about them, I presented the sample question: “How long will Michael Vick’s sentence be?” Well, the verdict came down and my prediction was very close. I predicted 24 months and the dirty bastard [...]
To my dog Daedalus, comfort is being close to Master. He often forsakes comfortable beds for our laps. He crawled up on the chair today while I was on the computer and plopped down. Because resting his head on a laptop is more comfortable than his plush doggy bed. This position got annoying for me [...]
