New Niche for the Numb of New York
Jeff Jarvis reports that a new demographic has been discovered: I had to laugh at this quote from an entertainment exec in Saul Hansell’s NY... Read more
Category: Everything else
The Vuvuzela: Threat or menace?
Who knew someone would find a way to “school” Americans on annoying noises? There’s lots of stuff I don’t know, believe me. One of them... Read more
To die for
I’ve long been interested in life after digital death. It does seem to have caught on. Patrick Reilly writes: I spent the day at an... Read more
Likelihood of extrusion (Archive post)
Reprinting my annual Passover post. The first seder is tonight, Friday, April 19th. Here’s a nice thought on the topic, apropos for our 24/6 social media lifestyle:... Read more
“Fully cooked,” like so much Boston scrod–here comes Meet the Bloggers VI!
Cribbed entirely from The TTABlog® of Beantown home-boy John “Fully cooked, yes, but still Keeping Tabs on the TTAB®” Welch: Meet the Bloggers VI, the... Read more
How Upworthy Won the Internet
Upworthy has learned, as the infographic below demonstrates, how to work the levers of the Internet — building a brand out of nowhere. Can these... Read more
Confusion ascendant
Every year I post a version of this. Hopefully, this year will be the last. Tonight is Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month... Read more
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) — which begins tonight — five national calamities occurred: During... Read more
Happy Purim!
Purim – the holiday that celebrates LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION! Speaking of which — click here for the PTO’s response to the application for a writ... Read more
Not a good e-discovery strategy
Lavi Soloway writes (hat tip to Above the Law) regarding the extremely un-white-shoe discrimination litigation in New York County between former Sullivan & Cromwell associate... Read more
Litigation is war!
Old Passaic County courthouse With apologies to Fred Whitmer… great day today, going in person to file a verified complaint in a commercial case in... Read more
The bitter billable hour
Is lawyer time billing a great big scam? The Bitter Lawyer says it is. I’m not so sure it is and I say so in... Read more
Confusion ascendant
Jewish tradition teaches that on Tisha B’Av (the Ninth day of the month of Av) — which begins tonight — five national calamities occurred: Read more
Clean playgrounds
MySpace walks the thin line between being an arm of the law and being a heel: Popular Internet social network MySpace said on Monday it... Read more