“ Some might say that Mathematica and A New Kind of Science are ambitious projects. But in recent years I’ve been hard at work on a still more ambitious project—called Wolfram|Alpha. And I’m excited to say that in just two months it’s going to be going live.
March 8, 2009
March 4, 2009
Ive had an affinity for sneakers ever since I can remember. When I was really little, my father owned a Stride Rite store in a strip mall. I was always so proud of his ability to size up someone correctly. Ill never forget the time when my brother, dad and I were almost held up at gun point for trying to return a defective pair of high-tops to the hottest sneaker joint in downtown San Diego, back when there were no gas lamps and those streets werent quiet as friendly. In high school, I was amongst the first to brave the newest patent leather Jordan’s in a real basketball game. I met my roommate and one of my closest friends one summer in New York because of a shared love for the tragically squeaky Air Max ’95s. And while Corporate America had a strong preference for straight laces, spreadsheets and Ferragamo’s, I eventually settled back into a vanilla pair of Nike dunks from 8th Street.
Sometime last April, awestruck by my brother’s gaudy and garrish ode to sneakers in his closet, we decided it would be cool to try and build the world’s greatest sneaker expo. We envisioned assembling one pair of every sneaker in a MOMA-inspired web setting. After picking up the recently expired Superkix domain for $7.99, we were off to the races, building the start-up dream. Along the way, Rob Morris (my hero in so many ways) graciously agreed to bring our idea to life, and John Bresnik tirelessly built the whole kit and kaboodle.
And so, after months of hard work, we are excited to present Superkix, the only search engine for authentic sneakers. Superkix makes it easy to find sneakers currently for sale at retail and get a sneak peak into what is coming next from Nike, Reebok, Adidas and other popular brands. Users can search sneaker inventory by size, updated continuously from 35+ leading online retailers and discover new styles set to debut using a consolidated and ranked feed from the 20+ most authoritative sneaker bloggers.
If you dont like sneakers, someone you know likely does, and would certainly appreciate knowing about our fantastic new site: www.superkix.com - search & discovery for sneaker lovers.
4 months ago
March 3, 2009
March 2, 2009
“ AIG, which is considered too large to be allowed to fail, previously received about $150 billion in loans from the government, which currently holds an 80 percent stake in the company.
March 1, 2009
“ Ask.com has gone too far. I have given them a lot of negative attention recently but they deserve it all. They are now framing the landing page of the search results. Let me rephrase that… If you search at Ask.com, click on a listing, Ask.com will put the result in a frame.
Ask Crosses The Line Try crossing that line, I double dare you. Ask is a little less tragic than toxic, but just barely. IAC’s enterprise value is now less the price it paid for the butler and his ensemble of emoticons and little girls.
4 months ago
February 28, 2009
Ron Paul’s speech at CPAC 2009.
4 months ago
February 26, 2009
“ A month and a half in the saddle and today I have the perfect excuse to get blogging. I’m singularly focused on providing you with awesome products. Period. The kind that get you so excited, you have to tell someone about them. Whether on your desktop, your mobile device, or even your TV.
Yodel Anecdotal » Getting our house in order Well put. Looks like Yahoo has found their leader.
4 months ago
“ The U.K. cash injection into RBS could increase the government’s economic stake in the bank to as much as 95% from the current 70%. The private stake allows the government to avoid the politically fraught move of taking full responsibility for the bank’s lending decisions and losses.
U.K. Takes RBS to Brink of Nationalization Same tunes being played around the world.
4 months ago
“ Every year David Blaine gets paid ridiculous money to lock himself in a smaller box for days - he comes out drained, anorexic, speaking different languages, etc. Well, several times a year I lock myself, through cold, rain, snow- in a sleeping bag/chair on the street for days waiting for these releases. The math is simple for those who understand the shoe game.
NIKE FOAMPOSITE LITE NATE ROBINSON KRYPTONATE SLAM DUNK - eBay The Honus Wagner of sneakers.
4 months ago
February 23, 2009
“ On Friday night a technology blog called Techcrunch posted a vicious and completely false rumour about us: that Last.fm handed data to the RIAA so they could track who’s been listening to the “leaked” U2 album.
February 22, 2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Rock (Superstar) by Cypress Hill
4 months ago
benstein: Is this a bay * ner * ad ?
4 months ago
February 21, 2009
“ Demand in the U.S., of course, is the motor for the drugs trade. Three former respected heads of state in Latin America issued a joint report recently saying the drug war was too costly for countries like Mexico, and urged the U.S. to explore alternatives like decriminalizing marijuana.
February 19, 2009
“ So why does Hulu exist at all? Hulu must have seemed like the “better option” for getting people to watch TV ads on their computers — better, perhaps, than the iTunes Music Store selling the same “content” piecemeal and getting price control over video as they have for music. Or, perhaps, than YouTube, selling and showing ads without the studios necessarily involved in any way. Let’s control ads on the Internet by putting them on our “content” through Hulu, an entertainment industry company, not a smelly nerd company.
“ Having hoped for years that TiVo would identify the correct business / distribution model, it will be interesting to watch Boxee’s travails. Lets see if Boxee’s ‘all-star cast’ of VCs can provide the much vaunted value add they so commonly trumpet along with their cash.
