It’s common to joke about toothless hockey players. But some of the injuries that keep NHL team dentists busy are no laughing matter. Check out this story from the Toronto Globe and Mail for the brutal details …
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Former Microsoft exec Dave Chase has an interesting post on TechCrunch arguing that media companies need to abandon their role as middle man and become more central to transactions that are happening.
“In some regards,” Chase writes, “smart media companies need to think more like retailers. That is, get directly involved in the transaction that they are only indirectly touching today. Rather than let the next eBay or craigslist form independently, they should get actively engaged in some of these new models. …”
Interesting ideas here …
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Homecoming paddle
I finally dragged my kayak and rack down to the dock this week and took advantage of that fact to get out on the lake this morning before the storms moved in.
I paddled several nearby coves, cut across the lake and then did a wide circle past Saltpeter Bluff (on the right) and back into Duck Cove.
Hard to believe, but it’s the first time I’ve paddled on Loudon since I returned to Knoxville last October. I’m hoping the weather will move on so I can start making up for lost time …