They are shrinking the groceries and keeping prices the same. Keep track of the offenders at The Consumerist. Meanwhile... I am long agricultural commodities (just entertainment, I am not a financial advisor!!)

"Full-Screen" View

Since we don't have a television, we were expecting to miss the Olympics again this year... but didn't want to. We were ready to sign up and pay for Internet video if it was available. It's available... and it's free!! Just visit nbcolympics.com and download the Silverstream plug-in for Firefox. At first we couldn't get Silverstream (Microsoft's version of flash video) to work on the Mac, but after a re-install we are super-hep with a video area of 846 x 480 pixels. For a shared experience, we pump it up to the big screen w/ an lcd projector.

The Olympic Live Control Room

So far, I have not had to watch a single dramatization of an athlete's story. Nor have I had to listen to any kind of commentary during the events (aside from some highlight reels.) We can watch events in their entirety, including the setup and the breakdown and all the slaggage during the proceedings. We can hear the grunts and the splashes. And, since we don't have a t.v., it's been easy to avoid spoilers and watch the events when we can / when we want to. This is important as the boys are enjoying everything from the swim races to judo to pistol shooting to archery to rowing and much more to come.  read more »  

The artist lineup for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival #8 has been revealed. Of course, the biggest news for this year's fest is the reunion appearance of   read more »  

Here is Rob Brown's latest short film called "Leap of Faith." Rob is an old school chum who now lives in Nashville. Please enjoy...  read more »  

Wow, it's July already! It's been a great summer so far. Every week is a little different w/ camps and I've been ramping down the business side for the pool and some options trading. Visitors have come through with more are on the way, and I've already seen 3 of my favorite bands. Trying to catch up w/ these photo galleries.  read more »  

Peter and Catherine have a new baby girl! Sasha Eleanor Boeger was born June 26, 2008 at 5:10 a.m. in Seattle. She weighed 8 1/2 lb's, 20 1/2 long, and came quickly. Everyone is happy and healthy... pictures (hopefully) coming soon. Update: Pics are here!  read more »  

Our friend Josh stopped by last night in a Tesla -- one of those newfangled electric cars that will retail for $100,000. He's a designer at their headquarters down in San Carlos and every now and then he gets to bring one home.   read more »  

I made it in to San Francisco the other night to see Howe Gelb (known as Giant Sand Man in our house) play at Cafe Du Nord. For those who don't know, Cafe Du Nord is a fancy old speakeasy on upper Market St.   read more »  

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