August 2007
Nevada football tickets go on sale today
Single-game tickets for the 2007 Nevada football season will go on sale at 10 a.m. today. (via Ryan’s shared items in Google Reader)
Ryan Jerz: just got back from rite aid on s. virg. except it’s not rite aid anymore and the thrifty’s ice cream counter is gonzo (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
July 2007
Ryan Jerz: ooooohhh, meetings, meetings, meetings. anyone care to have a meeting. also, meeting caraway for lunch. should be cool (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Sustaining journalism through innovation
I have to say that I was disappointed with the Economist’s Project Red Stripe — in the idea they ended up with and in the fact that it is not yielding a product, as Paid Content reports. But I hope I can learn some lessons about managing innovation as I bring together a conference on networked journalism for our News Innovation Project at CUNY on Oct. 10 and as I start teaching a course this...
All hail the Rim Trail
Near the top of the list of things that make me thankful to live in Reno/Tahoe is the Tahoe Rim Trail. It took years and thousands of volunteer hours to complete, and now it is the crown jewel of the jewel of the Sierra. This weekend I got a chance to bid farell to Billy Ferchland — a former newspaper colleague who is headed to SF for law school — with a ride from Tahoe City to Page Meadows and...
Exactly one year*
One year ago today I left my job as a TV production nerd to become an idealistic grad school dork and figure out what is happening to journalism in this new world and many other clichéd terms that describe our migration from print to digital formats. And it is today that I finally say goodbye to the place I spent my days in the past year. Whether through school, working on our wonderful creation...
Ryan Jerz: twitter’s going nuckin futs on a friday evening. hallo to all, and have a beer for me. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Ryan Jerz: made it homw with $15k worth of KREN’s camera gear. shooting a golf tourney tomorrow for my tv thingy. please don’t drop it (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Rowe’s deal is for 4 years, $1.7 million
Jeff Rowe is signed. Now it’s his turn to deliver. (via Ryan’s shared items in Google Reader)
Ryan Jerz: It’s 2:03. I’m at Java Jungle. ed is supposed to be here, but he’s acting “fashionably late.” This is worth beers. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
The GOP’s big internet mistake
The Republicans are, I believe, making a gigantic mistake in running away, scared, from the internet. They’re running away from voters — and their money.
The latest indication of their fear of the internet is their attempt to fink out on the YouTube/CNN Republican debate. The party line — as we see from Rush and others — is that YouTube is somehow biased. That’s absurd. That would be like the...
Mavs GM weighs in on Fazekas signing
Hours after the Dallas Mavericks signed former Wolf Pack standout Nick Fazekas, general manager and president of basketball operations Donnie Nelson said the second-round pick will have his his work cut out for him. (via Ryan’s shared items in Google Reader)
Good Ole Grimsley: Are The Grimsley Affidavit...
Remember the Grimsley affidavit? (Yes: That one.) Well, the Associated Press has been suing that the public has a right to know the names that are in the affidavit, and the government says it’s an ongoing investigation. (A very ongoing one.)
Anyway, a judge in Phoenix is set to rule on the case today. Even if he rules in favor of the AP, don’t get too excited: The appeals process...
Ryan Jerz: @edadkins: now that was finally something funny. holy crap i hope your improv group isn’t as bad as your twitter posts have been. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Gibbons calls NV tourism "prime industry"
(via Ryan’s shared items in Google Reader)
Ross Armstrong = Richard Nixon
I’ll save the clichéd jokes—you all know them. I keep trying to figure out the best way to out the next anonymous Internet personality, and it’ll inevitably not live up the the hype I’ve assigned it in my own mind. The problem is, why should I move on when the first one keeps doing stupid stuff to give the story legs? Just two days ago, Ross Armstrong made an important announcement (first post)....
Jeff Pearlman, On His Subject Barry Bonds -... →
Ethanol resource →
Another ethanol study →
Ethanol as efficient source of energy →
What I'm up against
What are people searching for?: This is a Google Map of a restaurant in Carson City. Take a look at the “What else are people searching for” listing.Going to write for the State of Nevada is quite cool, if you ask me. I’m really looking forward to it. One thing hits me smack in the face, however, about our great state. The perception of Nevada to the rest of the country, and...
Ryan Jerz: new blog post—not about anonymous internet dudes. http://tinyurl.com/yprs72 how the hell do you manage all this crap? (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Being a nerd is time consuming
Originally posted on my personal site (ask me the difference) but eventually deemed to belong here, since it’s not like I’m doing anything else of late.
The setting(s)
Twitter
Pownce
Tumblr
Facebook
the blog
The difficulty
It takes so much damn time to follow this stuff and to figure out how to make it all work together and improve your life’s efficiency. If that’s even what...
Ryan Jerz: sitting in a lab at the j-school. really, i am. it’s about room temp in here, so cooler than outside, but hotter than the fridge. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Übercaster →
Caffeine Addiction Keeps Growing →
Everywhere you look, people are wired on caffeine or touting its benefits—or both. Products that already have caffeine are adding more—in the past few months Diet Pepsi, Jolt and Mountain Dew have all rolled out extra-caffeinated versions. Novelty items like caffeinated soap are showing up. But for the general public, the trend is more about
Ryan Jerz: @davidlaplante: sylar cuts out rons brain to steal magic - we learn from hermione’s playmate data sheet says she likes bald noseless guys. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Ryan Jerz: err, i meant tumblr. te “e” and “r” are next to each other, which led to a typo, and was not, in fact, an error of ignorance. sorry. (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
Ryan Jerz: just signed up on Tumble. we’ll see if I care. jerz.tumblr.com (via Twitter / Ryan Jerz)
