Monthly Archives: January 2009

M&M’s Musings

Posted by svec on January 21, 2009 1 comment

We have an M&M’s-filled candy machine at work and we wondered: What do you call it when you get exactly 6 M&M’s in a single turn of the dispenser, one of each color?  M&M Yahtzee?  Full House? And how about when you get more than 6 M&M’s in a single turn of the dispenser, with [...]

Google closing Austin office

Posted by svec on January 14, 2009 0 comments

It seems like just yesterday Google was celebrating the opening of their new office in downtown Austin, Texas – actually, it was mid-October, 2008, according to the Austin American Statesman (google has the story in their cache, but the Statesman’s link doesn’t work). But today Google announced that they are closing the Austin office, along [...]

Book Review: Blog Blazers

Posted by svec on January 9, 2009 0 comments

I just finished the book “Blog Blazers” by Stephane Grenier. My three word review: “Not too shabby.” I have to admit this book wasn’t exactly on top of my “to-read” pile. I’m not usually a big fan of blogs/books about blogging, podcasts about podcasting, etc. – it’s all too meta for me. But Ian Landsman [...]