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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Annika Sorenstam’s New Wine

Annika Sorenstam's New Wine

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Annika Sorenstam last Sunday at an event to formally launch her new 2008 Chardonnay, a collaboration with Wente Vineyards in Livermore, CA. You can read what I had to say about the amazing wine on LUXETIGERS

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

NCH Customer Disservice

It would have been really easy to keep me a happy customer, NCH Software. Instead, you now have a dissatisfied ex-customer who doesn’t mind holding you up as the poster child for lousy customer service. Your audio editing software, WavePad, is great. I bought a license to use it, remember? What I didn’t do is [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Foodie!

Foodie!

The latest issue of LUXETIGERS is online at last – including my article about the 28th Annual All Black Truffle Menu at La Toque in Napa. It’s a lot easier to describe food with “mmmmmm” than it is to write about it – especially food this incredible. Check it out in the foodie section at [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Buzz Off!

Buzz Off!

Google Buzz may have some value, but I sure can’t see it. If it’s trying to be a “social media” feature it’s failed miserably. At best, Buzz is an annoyance. So how do you shut the darn thing off? The simplest solution is the most obvious: scroll down to the bottom of GMail and click [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Trying This Again

Trying this again. My last attempt at installing and configuring WordPress resulted in my site being hacked and hijacked by self-described Turkish Muslims within 12 hours. If this fails, I’ll go back to a hand-crafted site. It may lack some of the bells and whistles, but at least it’s secure.