I always encourage my clients to be sure they OWN THEIR OWN (domain) NAME and then leave the web hosting your web developer. If things go awry w/ your web site, you still have the control to point your "name" to another website on another web server. This way you are never trapped.   read more »  

Kirk "Aquamon" Boeger terrorizes the local lobster population

Kari had a work function in Puerto Rico and managed to hop over to St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. and visit Kirk and Cara.

Coincidently, her visit was just before Kirk's 40th birthday. Happy Birthday Kirk! At this moment he is celebrating on St. John with Cara friends, and I sure can't blame Kari if she wishes she were still there. Kirk zipped her around on his little boat to some choice snorkeling spots around St. Thomas and St. John. (Little did he know that a party was being set up in his honor for later.)

Kirk also partook in his trademark hunting routine. He puts on his snorkels, mask, and gloves   read more »  

Congratulations to several Superclean clients who have been tasting the spotlight lately.

Fellow Alamedan Matthew Anderson of Foresight Analytics was just quoted and named in The Economist magazine! That's a pretty big darned deal for a little research house based in Oakland. I especially like the article because I am so short Commercial Real Estate that I can walk under doors. (not investment advice.)

Meanwhile, Danny Barnes keeps showing up in the Dave Matthews Band...   read more »  

This was Simon (age 7) on Christmas Day 2008. Chinese-made but fits him like a glove.   read more »  

Alameda must have the highest density off-campus blogger-to-populace ratio in the American West.

Heated commentary and discussion used to be contained to a handful of hyper-local blogs and "media" sites, all competing for the dish, the scoop, the gotcha... the Crown Cleverest.   read more »  

I finally let Simon and Henry (ages 7 and 5) watch the Star Wars movies, and unfortunately they got more hooked than expected. It's all about the light sabers, who'd a thunk? So I may be an idiot dad, but I can't help pointing out all the stupid things in Star Wars.

For example, if they have these big giant spaceships with powerful weapons, why do they send out all these tiny spacecraft and little man-sized robots with dinky guns to launch attacks? So much of Star Wars doesn't make logistical sense -- and they are hip to it -- but it doesn't matter. They love all the sliding doors and gliding ships and humming light sabers and I suppose that's normal for little boys.   read more »  

The following playlist (just click play to listen) contains 48 performances (2.4 hours) of Benny Goodman leading small groups from 1939-1941 over the radio. Lionel Hampton is all over this and Louis Armstrong shows up too. Just hit the arrow next to "Play All 48" in lower left corner... and enjoy.   read more »