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Your April Fools Day Joke Sucks

Since I can’t come up with a remarkable April Fools joke, I’ll just point you towards this post from 2006 by Anil Dash.
Your April Fools Day Joke Sucks.
Hmm. So this is what it’s like being a critic. Much easier than trying to create or do something new and interesting. I could get used to [...]

Something Cool Is Coming…

If you happen to fit the profile in the Venn Diagram shown below, something pretty cool is coming.

That’s right, all 13 of you! Watch this space.

2008 Wine Blog Awards Announced

Tom Wark’s 2008 Wine Blog Awards winners were announced today. Tom does a great thing each year highlighting wine blogging and helping to push it into the mainstream of wine media.
There’s been a bit of backlash this year for some reason though, and anonymous blogger overoaked does a fantastic job of skewering both Tom, the [...]

The Limits of Our Knowledge

This past Thursday I headed up I-80 to Davis to attend RAVE 2008. There were a number of cool presentations, but the final talk of the day by Dr. Mark Matthews was by far the most provocative.
Matthews covered a lot of ground in his talk, which was an overview of the research he had conducted [...]

3.5 Ways To Free Up Some Cash For Wine

“Don’t let a little thing like a recession come between you and your pinot!” – Me.
I don’t buy the idea that wine lovers – real wine lovers – are going to “trade down” during the current economic downturn and buy cheap wine, or worse, no wine at all. I think many of you are like [...]