We’ve been getting more and more offers for advertising to our mailing list. We try to send just one email per week to the mailing list. Currently we have what I think is a good opportunity to test some of our recommendation algorithms and also different formats for these offers, so I’ve been...

Got a request from a client to have a specific category page on their WordPress blog running the Thesis theme show full posts (vs. excerpts) for just one category. So I’m going to figure it out and write the steps here for the benefit of humanity. First, to be clear, I’m not talking about changing...

Trying to figure out what to think about this: (from BusinessWeek) The Nasdaq said after markets closed that it will cancel all trades of stocks that moved more than 60 percent from their price at, or immediately prior to, 2:40 p.m., when the slide started. The cancellation applies to trades...

If you are a fan of Gary Vaynerchuk but haven’t noticed his “Into the Trenches” videos posted from the VinTank office, you should check them out on Gary’s Cork’d blog. They are a nice change of pace compared to his WLTV videos. Gary is a great, engaging interviewer and gets some candid responses...

I’m going through old old notes under my desk today (that’s for the prodding, Kim), and thought I’d post this bit that I scribbled into a notebook on a plane ride a couple years ago. So here is a script for a WineLog web comic. I drew a little outline of the panels; it’s basically Kim and I sitting...

Update: No longer streaming. The plugin works great. Kim is going to make it pretty, then I’ll post to WordPress and do a right up. I’m streaming live right now while I work on a WordPress plugin. Follow me at ustream.tv/channel/stranger-studios. I’ll be working on a plugin for a feature that we’ve...

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I’ve been reading Paul Krugman’s blog at NYTimes.com daily. Paul won a Nobel Prize for economics, so obviously a smart guy. He’s very thoughtful and always bases his opinions on research and current economic thought. I basically defer to this guy on all economic...

I still own a few shares of GOOG. It’s felt overpriced recently, but I’m holding onto a minimal amount at all times and trying to add more over time. So I’m hoping the price drops a bunch so I can pick up more cheaply. Do a search here for GOOG for my previous thoughts (years old), but I basically...

Testing our new SS-Downloads plugin. It basically will require an email address before serving a specified file. Right now, I’m using a zip of the pre-release plugin for testing. I will update this to point to the latest version once it’s ready. Should see a form or download link here. Enter your...

Just testing a plugin. Ignore this.