Steve Pilgrim's Radio Weblog

RELOCATION NOTICE - WE'RE MOVING!

This may not work, but assuming it does, you need to change your bookmarks, favorites and blogrolls. It is 11:50pm CDT on Saturday, July 20, 2002. If all goes well, this site will be relocated within the next few hours.

This weblog is leaving http://radio.weblogs.com/0100740/.

Look for it at: http://www.rodentregatta.com/

Thanks, Steve Pilgrim

WHEN THINGS OF INTEREST COME TO ME VIA DAYPOP

I always wonder where they originated. As I understand it, Daypop ranks the top 40 posts to weblogs based upon how often the posts are read or linked to or something. This implied that if something begins to run up the charts at Daypop, a bunch of weblogs are covering or repeating the item. Yet, I can't find where I missed this one in the weblogs I read today. It's no big deal. I continue to try to figure out how all these weblogs align with (and against) each other.

This was worth reading, though, and none of the weblogs I read today picked it up.

Poynter.org - The ABCs and XYZs of Weblogs [Daypop Top 40]

A NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK

The Memphis Redbirds play the Tacoma Raniers in AAA baseball tonight at Autozone Park. We're taking the night to regroup with friends, family and the hot dogs.

9:30pm Update - A muggy night for baseball in Memphis. Redbirds won in 8th with a single by the DH with one man on, two outs and a full count.

LINKING TO THOSE WHO LINK

Is this similar to Mark Pilgrim's "Further Reading on Today's Posts" where he indicates who has linked to his site? How is that accomplished?

Referrer List Locally -- More Ways to Weave the Blog. Linkback Referrers. [Blunt Force Trauma]

KEEP THEM COMING
It's great that the web lets you learn from the pro's in so many fields

Is it sharp or not? I've started posting images from my Nikon Coolpix 5700. I've now shot about 500 images. When everything goes well, the camera is awesome. It does take some getting used to the focus and manual settings, though. I'm still learning about the camera and probably will be for years. But, right out of the box you can see that it makes pretty darn nice and clear images. All of the images posted so far are unretouched images straight off of the camera. I think in the few hundred images I've posted so far you'll see a good range of different types of subjects. You'll also see that I used flash a lot (I bought a new Nikon SB-50DX flash that is pretty nice). [Scobleizer Radio Weblog]

A REAL ESTATE OR HOUSING BUBBLE?

John Robb: "The gain in homes over the next decade will make your head spin." [Scripting News]

Andrew is liberal in some ways that I cannot begin to fathom, but in personal finance and money management, he's been rock solid for an awfully long time. Take a look at Andrew Tobias's notions. Here's an excerpt.

Andrew Tobias: I get The Van Eck-Tillman Real Estate And Bank Letter, billed as “Adrian Van Eck’s Confidential Letter On The One-Half of U.S. Wealth in Real Estate” ($90 a year, call 800-219-1333). From its June 6 letter:

From coast to coast, the American real estate bubble has been puffing up ever more dangerously in the past 30 days. My gosh, when I think about the several boom-and-bust cycles I have observed and reported on in the past 40 years, I wonder just how high this one can go and how much longer it can last before it begins to come apart. When it will end is still hidden from us mortals. But the fact that it will end and end badly cannot be in doubt or dispute.

Will Rogers. "Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?" [Quotes of the Day]

WERE THEY IRATE BEFORE THE CALL?

Can this be right, "it took the computer company more than two years to track down and fix the problem?"

Wrong Phone Number Costs Gateway. PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) -- Computer giant Gateway Inc. has been hit with a $3.6 million jury verdict for a wrong number that flooded another company's toll-free telephone line with calls from thousands of angry Gateway customers. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

Unknown. "In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

REFLECTION

My military ambition. Not so long ago -- in response to my throwaway remark that the German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn looks like a Panzer commander -- someone commented: [Jonathon Delacour]

Aldous Huxley. "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

WE'VE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES
Where have all the leaders gone?

tearing down the command-and-control thinking that won two world wars and built a prosperous nation. In our zeal to rid ourselves of tyrants in leadership positions, we also ridded ourselves of many benevolent dictators who could build strong businesses.

We replaced them with pop-psychology management thinking that, while often sound in theory, is difficult to put into practice. Poorly practiced these fads or leadership-by-bestseller concepts lead to some horrible failures. Drucker, Deming, Juran and others had it right. In far too many places, we simply missed it or we allowed endless government intrusion to sap the optimism of our business leaders! Lately, we value style over substance.

The talent myth. I couldn't help being reminded of the steady deterioration in corporate and political leadership over the last twenty years while reading The Talent Myth, Malcolm [Jonathon Delacour]

THERE'S BUSINESS BLOGGING TO BE DONE

Building Business Relationships via the Blog. If you read only one post today, make it this one. [Blunt Force Trauma]

DOES YOUR BUSINESS HAVE A SURVIVAL STRATEGY?
Does your management team know how to develop one?

"There is nothing in sight that will provide an impetus for a spike in growth,'' writes economist William Dunkelberg in his midyear scan of the small business horizon. Call this the desert island economy. As you do all you can to survive, each day brings renewed hope of recovery. Are you going to let the media's mood determine your business success? # [John Henry on Business]

HE WAS MISERABLE
Shallow, phony and uninformed

WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE AHEAD: Maybe He Should Have Stayed In Retirement. I didn't see the show, and I'm not Ann Coulter's most rabid fan, but jeebus, Donahue comes off like the... [Dailypundit]

SPECIALIZATION

Niche market sparks an unlikely franchise - charged up with unusual power. Call it the mother of all narrow-retailing concepts. It's one-stop battery shopping, with batteries for everything from automobiles, RVs and lawnmowers to electric razors, remote controls, camping lanterns, smoke detectors and backup power systems for hospitals and other institutions. That's a unique a gimmick. What's yours? # [John Henry on Business]

There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't. [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson]

AN OPEN LETTER TO INVESTORS

BROOMFIELD, Colo., July 19, 2002 - The following statement can be attributed to James Q. Crowe, chief executive officer of Level 3 Communications, Inc.(Nasdaq:LVLT):

Read the statement. It clarifies this.

SMALL BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Note the this post and the next

Traction and Radio. Roland Tanglao liked my review of Traction, but reconsidered when Jim McGee pointed out that Traction is a whole lot more expensive: ... [Jon's Radio]

THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY SENSIBLE APPROACH

for evaluating knowledge management tools as they might be applied in small organizations. We also do some small business consulting and advisory work and our clients want a tool, but often lack the disciplines to use them well. Terry says this, "But Radio is still a lot closer to reaching the mythical Zero Contribution Barrier that I believe is critical to any long-term KM success."

Radio vs. Traction -- A Personal View. Jim McGee asked, so I thought I'd try to find an answer. [Blunt Force Trauma]

A DECENT SUMMARY OF AN EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Although "backed by Warren Buffett" seems a bit of overstatement

Level 3 Posts Smaller Second - Quarter Loss. PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT.O), the high-speed communications company backed by investor Warren Buffett, on Thursday posted a smaller-than-expected second-quarter loss but warned it saw mixed signals for a rebound in sales. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT EMERGES?

WorldCom plans to file for bankruptcy court protection as early as this weekend. The move likely won't have any immediate effect on customers, but ... [Wall Street Journal]

IT LIVED A YEAR
An amazing photo for 1862

First naval gun turret to rise from the deep [New Scientist]

Abraham Lincoln. "Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]

A GOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conclusion. Due to a long-standing bug in Radio, I am unable to include the full text of this post here, for fear of damaging your News page. Please click the item title to read this post safely. [dive into mark]