The Zeitgeist

So, my 7 yr old daughter surfed on over to Disney this evening after finsihing her homework to play a few games.    No matter what game she tried to play she got a “redirect” message (see below – talk about your poor site design), and then a notice that the game she selected (and it [...]

Tags: Apple, Disney, Games

It’s Columbus Day weekend, and here in Huntington that means it’s the end of the season at The Shack. The shack is one of those classic road-side eateries that’s so good you make it your business to go back again, and again, year after year after year…
We know the owners of the shack, Kat [...]

Tags: Centerport, Food, Huntington Long Island, Long Island, Roadside Eating, The Shack

Apparently a 6th grader, Arjun Mehta,  in San Jose landed $6.5M in a series A round round led by Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, STIC and Novel TMT Ventures for his idea of an in-game commerce system called Playspan.
My first reaction is a combination of “Wow… smart kid!” and “Holy crap.. we ARE [...]

Oy-vey. At about 3AM we discovered one of our cats, a ~16 yr old cailco, named ConnieCat had died…
At 8:30AM this morning we had to break the news to our 7 yr old daughter. Much wailing and keening ensued. ..and continues.
Not. going. to. be. a. fun. day.
The [...]

I was going though my pictures from our vacation in the SF Bay Area last, and ran across this gem that I took at Children’s FairyLand at Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. It’s a very funky 1950s storybook park for little kids (my oldest thought it was “cute” but it’s really for [...]