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Re: Supervisors give final approval to Buddhist printer's expansion

Randy Hall — Wed, 25 Jun 2014 13:46:24 -0000

Thanks, Guest, for your anonymous scare tactics. In the future, you might not want to hide behind anonymity while at the same time outing someone else's private property holdings.

Re: Watch The Maker Faire Bay Area Center Stage Come To Life

Randy Hall — Fri, 23 May 2014 19:57:21 -0000

You guys might warn people that the playlist is eleven hours long :)

Re: Capturing Envoy Data

Randy Hall — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 23:56:18 -0000

This is something I wanted to do a long time ago, and here you have it all figured out (or at least mostly so). I'm curious if it's still going strong for you, and what you're doing with the data. I have an Enphase install from 2010 and it's still going well.

From your previous post, I was just thinking "how is it that he's doing a man-in-the-middle" with SSL? The fact that an embedded solution doesn't implement a full and robust SSL stack doesn't surprise me in the least.

Re: Look At This Treehouse

Randy Hall — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 16:28:12 -0000

You only hurt the ones you love(?)

Re: ‘Ender’s Game’ author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Randy Hall — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:39:34 -0000

I too liked the book, although I read it a long time ago. I thought it was clever and had a good message at the time I read it, and going back over it I don't find any angle in the book itself that has an anti-LGBT message. That is, unless, the Buggers are the LGBT community.

Re: ‘Ender’s Game’ author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Randy Hall — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:36:02 -0000

The truly dark secret is that the number of gays that were molested or raped as children is very likely not statistically different from straight kids that were molested or raped. <sigh>

Re: ‘Ender’s Game’ author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Randy Hall — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:34:30 -0000

Yes, Card, as a producer, almost certainly has "points" in this film, or has a contract that gets him access to pre-profit revenue.

Re: ‘Ender’s Game’ author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Randy Hall — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:32:06 -0000

I think that it's fair to point to his own hypocrisy in his statements. But the problem is one of liberty and minding one's own business; he is entitled to spout his opinion on whether LGBT should be allowed to marry. However, he then goes on to talk about violent revolution if gay marriage becomes the law of the land. They have a word for that kind of rhetoric: sedition.

The merits of his claims that gay people want to be straight are half-true, in my opinion. LGBT want to be treated as equal, and for the longest time, in order to be treated as an equal, you had to behave in what I've come to know as "homonormative" ways (i.e. in the closet). So there might be a longing to be accepted, or to "feel normal" about their sexuality, but I doubt that it really manifests as wanting to actually be straight.

Re: ‘Ender’s Game’ author Orson Scott Card welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Randy Hall — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 16:26:55 -0000

Wow, I'm not supporter of Card's views on LGBT issues, but you just proved him right about character assassination.

Re: Top Weiner Aide Trashes Intern Who Wrote Campaign Tell-All

Randy Hall — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:19:42 -0000

Why do I get the feeling this was meant to teach the ex-intern how to properly undertake a character assassination?

Re: Inhofe: Oklahoma Disaster Relief Will Be Different Than ‘Slush Fund’ For Sandy

Randy Hall — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:10:33 -0000

Do senators understand the difference between hurricanes and tornadoes?

Re: Here’s What’s Wrong with Iron Man 3

Randy Hall — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:18:09 -0000

Yo, it's not the Open The Happy channel, it's Open The Whup-Ass!

I found I didn't enjoy IM3 as much as The Avengers. I found it too contrived in much of the same way that Simon noticed.

Re: Inside NAB 2013: Through the Lens of a Filmmaker/Educator

Randy Hall — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:12:34 -0000

JB, I very nearly went to NAB this year. I won't be missing it next year!

As an owner of the Sony NEX-FS700, I watched NAB closely with other FS700 owners, and we weren't disappointed. Still not tons of detail on the 4K upgrade for my Sony, but Convergent and their new Odyssey 7Q OLED monitor/recorder looks great and is on my radar for 2013.

I'm glad to hear that SFSDF is going to finally cut loose from FCP7 and move to Adobe. I'm betting that the transition will go faster and smoother than you might think. Premiere Pro is straightforward enough (and I use the FCP7 keyboard layout, which you can set in Premiere Pro) and flexible enough that it's likely to become a favorite around there, especially when time comes to work on DSLR footage natively without all the transcode headaches.

Nice summary! Cheers!

Re: Eatyourkimchi Studio Updates

Randy Hall — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:53:52 -0000

Love it. Crowdsource the crowdfunding perks!

Re: The REALITY of Being a 5th Column Company

Randy Hall — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:05:08 -0000

Paul, another insightful article, as usual. I'm glad that there is someone who is telling it like it is for the bizarre vertical that is wine.

Re: Dispense By The Glass

Randy Hall — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:01:43 -0000

Huh, seems like they either have let their domain name lapse, or their whole business has "lapsed", as it were.

Sorry to see them go, if that's the case. It was a clever business; but it's just plain tough times right now.

Re: Tasteful Cheers

Randy Hall — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:12:38 -0000

Sorry that it took us so long to catch up the backlog, but hey, we're all caught up!

Re: How Gap captured my email and I feel in love with eco-friendly name acquisition.

Randy Hall — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:52:06 -0000

So brilliant, it's almost a forehead-smacking moment.

Re: The Star of Wine Social Media – Hardy Wallace

Randy Hall — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:40:06 -0000

We obviously won't be satisfied until we get you to cry, Hardy.

Re: The Star of Wine Social Media – Hardy Wallace

Randy Hall — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:00:10 -0000

Hardy is the best, plain and simple. We loved him from the start (and indeed in this episode [http://winebizradio.com/art...] we said that he was the one, and we backed his play 100%).

Also, Hardy linked to a show where we talked about the NPA's tasting room, but his first visit to us with Kevin Kelley was a real treat to behold as well [http://winebizradio.com/art...]

So our friendship with Hardy has been a real treat, it's been inspiring to see his continued success, and we expect nothing less than unfiltered Hardy on into the future.

Re: Flash Sale Killer

Randy Hall — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:27:28 -0000

Tom, thanks for your comment. Comments are the lifeblood of any blog/podcast, and I appreciate any feedback we get.

I believe "predatory" in the way that Paul described it was more akin to the "predatory lending" that banks and mortgage brokers were doing on those folks who were unable to get the time of day from anyone else.

I would consider what VinTank is doing with "Deals from the Vines" as customer acquisition for VinTank, since they are giving away a service to wineries (i.e. possible prospective clients) in exchange for marketplace goodwill and reputation that will lead to paying clients coming to VinTank for their consulting services. The key however is that at no time do they advertise explicitly their services.

And as generous as our sponsors are, for what WBR takes in from sponsorships, I hardly qualify as a capitalist. Yes, not everything is about profit, but at the same time, there's nothing wrong with making a comfortable living. I believe the real art lies in striking the balance between avarice and altruism.

Re: Intel takes the wraps off its “Nvidia killer”

Randy Hall — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:48:55 -0000

There's only one mention (last name only) of someone named "Knupffer" in the next-to-last paragraph. I assume you mean Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer.

Re: It is time for a wine democracy – The king is dead, long live the king

Randy Hall — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:02 -0000

I haven't weight in on the badge discussion, partly because I have yet to hear a compelling rebuttal to the badge bandwagon. I think that Chris offers the first real criticism of the approach.

My biggest reservation is what Chris describes as '[seeing] the badge “Legit Juice” next to the badge “AwesomeWK” on a wine shelf talker or online wine description'. That is, the practical application of badges in an environment where people actually buy wine.

Perhaps this is my lack of knowledge of the overall plan by Vintank to encourage the use of badges at wine retailers and tasting rooms, but I still see the notion of a cadre of online wine personalities issuing badges that match what appears to be an arbitrary set of wine attributes as no less elitist and derivative as Robert Parker issuing a numeric score. And if the issuance of badges for wines *isn't* elitist, then what do retailers do with wines that not only garner numeric scores from the big critics, but a handful or more of individual badges from less-well-known online wine reviewers? It just seems that the signal-to-noise ratio drops precipitously in that circumstance, to where consumers are not empowered or informed, but rather more confused than ever, to the point that they walk over and grab a six-pack of craft beer instead.

Make no mistake: I want desperately to believe in the appeal of this badge initiative, but the arguments in favor haven't been terribly compelling.

Re: Cork’d Video: The “American Dream” of Maritas Vineyard hits close to home for Gary Vaynerchuk

Randy Hall — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:12:36 -0000

The audio is killing me. The whole "GV in left channel audio but on right side of screen" thing is maddening. Please remix the audio, I beg you.

Re: S-Bombs Everywhere

Randy Hall — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:11:16 -0000

For all your bizarre grape pronunciation needs: http://charmingwinegeeks.co...