http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:45:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Shannon recently sent me a link to this article regarding ESPN aired college football games for download through XBOX Live. Now, the concept of on-demand streaming or download is a very interesting topic. I truly believe that our progress down this road is completely inevitable. But, from a purely ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/216 Losing to OU didn't help, but I still think that the business ethics thing had some impact. http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/215 So, Dennis Franchionie is in serious hot water because of his "VIP newsletter." To sum it up, he was basically selling inside information to a select number of program boosters for $1200 a year. Since the newsletter occasionally talked about injuries and recruiting, it violated several NCAA rules. OK, ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/214 So, now Golden, Colorado and Milwaukee are neighbors thanks to the epic merger of Miller and Coors. What does this say about beer and the US? 1) Budweiser is kicking the crap out of everyone else in the beer business. Maybe its taste, maybe it marketing, maybe its cost ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/213 So, I recently started making beer in my garage. Now, I like beer, but I'm not an exclusive beer drinker. I would really place myself more as a whiskey/wine guy. However, making wine requires really good grapes, and making whiskey (legally) requires some insane licensing efforts with the government. Making ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/212 Craig Newmark over at the door pointed me to a year old article regarding the National Guard's rescue operations just after hurricain Katrina. What you read there might suprise you. http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/211 So, I followed a link to a "how to tie a tie" video to make fun of it. I consider myself an excellent tie tier, and scoff at double windsors unless they have an attractive demple coming out of the knot. But what is so interesting about the link was ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/210 Results came out today, and I passed. I am totally enthused. For those of you not familiar with the test, I would conservatively estimate I spent 350 hours studying for this thing (if you include the time I spent studying for the June 2006 exam, which I failed). One more test next June, ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/209 I wholeheartedly agree with Paul Graham's opinion on stuff. The bad news for me is that I have a penchant for changing hobbies annually. I like to try new things, but I don't like owning things I don't use anymore. I love ebay. http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/208 So Tyler at Marginal Revolution has a new book out there called "Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist." I do not own the book, but I am a huge fan of Tyler's blog, so someday, I will ... http://www.brent-reynolds.com/wordpress/archives/206