Author: Rick Klau

I searched in vain for the lyrics to “Become America” by The Call, easily the best band that never made it to super-stardom. I was thinking about Become America lately, in light of President Bush’s comment that the soldiers at Abu Ghraib don’t represent “the America I know,” Dave Winer’s recent comments about America “getting…

In the last 36 hours, FeedBurner reports that more than 1000 unique subscribers have read my RSS feed. That’s more than double the number of visitors who came to tins through a web browser.

This year’s entertainment lineup has been announced. In our little suburb, check out who’s performing less than a mile from my house: dada Sugar Ray Lynyrd Skynyrd (FREEBIRD!) Poi Dog Pondering Not bad. Last year’s line-up included Hootie & the Blowfish (drummer is a Naperville alum), Blondie and Los Lobos. As in years past, the…

Interesting. W Hotels and iTunes have paired up — stay at the W, get 3 free downloads at iTunes. Plus a three month subscription to Wired.

I’m giving FeedBurner a try. FeedBurner addresses the thorny dilemma posed by RSS: while you know that it increases your readership, you have no frickin’ clue who’s reading your RSS feed. FeedBurner swaps out your own with its version of your RSS feed (more on that in a minute); by running sophisticated tracking software on…

This Memorial Day story by Ed Cone is wonderful.

Watching BBC America this morning, we saw a promo for Season 4 of Coupling. It looks like there’s a new Jeff? Can’t wait for the new episodes. Share your predictions about what will happen in Season 4 here.

Interesting: Washington Whispers notes that a major overhaul is coming to the Kerry campaign website, which will include: It’s an online capability that allows phone banking from a home computer. Not everyone has the time to travel to a campaign office or union hall and make calls for the candidate. E-block will allow them to…

Just yesterday, Matt Homann asked, “can lawyers innovate?” I responded with some thoughts of my own, and it turns out we already have an answer: Yes, they can. Of course, can lawyers legally innovate might have been the more appropriate question. This lawyer figured out a sure-fire way to drum up business: call into a…

Took the boys to a drive in theater that’s just a couple miles from the house. Shrek 2 was showing, and this seemed a great way to kick off Memorial Day weekend. That Ricky enjoyed the movie and the experience wasn’t a surprise — from the moment the Spiderman trailer ran, he was entranced —…