Cord Cutting Is Here For The Sports Fan
It’s been a long time coming but you can now, finally, cut the cord and still be a sports fan.
The Leader of the Defense
Having to inflict change on the federal government’s largest organization.
Lights Out
When Ted Koppel speaks we listen. We hope he’s wrong but what happens if he’s not?
25 million lines of Fortran
Originally posted on Coding the markets:
One of my colleagues is ex Bloomberg. He tells me there’s only one thing I need to know about them: “25 million lines of Fortran !”? Apparently they have 1500 coders firefighting, just keeping that legacy monster alive. And there’s a good reason Bloomberg has those 1500 coders keeping…
Americana
I was not a fan of the Grateful Dead growing up. In fact I hated them. I was more of a punk rock/industrial angry music guy anyway. It was more out of a dislike for the drug/hippie culture that encompassed Dead shows that I really pushed back against and it was a pretty prevalent culture…
Not Good For The City
I check out various podcasts while on long runs. From The Audible on FoxSports to NPR’s Fresh Air. One I pop on regularly is The Brookings Institute Cafeteria podcast. They had Smith College Economics Professor Andrew Zimbalist on recently. He has written well over a dozen books on sports and money. His most recent (which…
Outside The Comfort Zone
Nate Boyer is a baller. Volunteering in Africa, Green Beret, walk on at Texas and now trying to make it in the NFL as a long snapper for the Seattle Seahawks. The definition of a baller. He recently wrote an article for Monday Morning QB which was something outside of his comfort zone. Something he thinks…
