Month: April 2011

Why hasn’t someone replaced Craigslist?

On By Rick McIn product complaints1 Comment

Good question:

There are so many things that Craigslist could do better; so many ways it has stopped innovating; and so many social and network features that a competitor could leverage. Why hasn’t anyone disrupted and replaced Craigslist?

Quora

Having posted something on Craig’s List lately, I can confirm it’s pretty crappy. And not improving.

Kijiji is quite a bit better.

Andrew Parker says that competitors have eroded Craig’s List on a category-by-category basis.

Leave a comment if you’ve any thoughts on online classified ads.

Rockin’s Barbecue Museum

On By Rick McIn friends2 Comments

Rockin’ Ronnie had a looonnnnngggggg day.

On the up side, the police didn’t actually arrest him after midnight on a lonely country road.

Here he is at Amo’s house, finally retrieving his Barbecues and accessories so she can sell the place.

… he’s about 3hrs late, at this point in the evening.

Here he is stuck in the snow and mud, transferring barbecues to Victor’s farm pick-up. The IDEA is to store the hoard in Victor’s farm Quonset hut, dubbed ‘Rockin’s Barbecue Museum’ by Rocco.

… he’s maybe 4hrs behind schedule at this point.

Here he is end of day, finally finding a service station with Diesel open at 1:30am.

No doubt this escapade will be bantered in the soon-to-be-launched Rocco and Rockin’ Comedy Hour audiocast.

I can hardly wait.

I’m shopping for downhill skis

On By Rick McIn health & fitnessLeave a comment

Here’s how I skied the LAST DAY EVER on my old boots.

Completely unlatched, I could feel the wind.

(I have bunions and any pressure at all on them is agony.)

My ancient skis and bindings have had it, too.

Any advice on where to shop for skis in the Calgary area?

Good end-of-season sell offs?

Sunshine Ski Resort … snow keeps coming

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I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much snow at Sunshine. Rocco cannot recall this much snow in the Banff Rockies ever.

Here’s one of the slave Aussie staff shoveling snow off the roof of a building at the base of Goat’s Eye Mountain.

And the snow is still falling. They’ve had 30cm over the past 72hrs as I post.

Ski on week days, if you can. The runs were empty today.

Jarome Iginla 1000th Point

On By Rick McIn sport - proLeave a comment

A half arsed Calgary Flames fan since they first arrived in Calgary, … I reckon I’m more proud of Jarome Iginla than any other player.

He’s consistent. Never injured. Reliable year after year.

Click PLAY or watch a tribute on YouTube.

Iggy has a no trade clause. But has said he would go if asked by management.

Who should the Flames keep?

Jarome? Or this guy?

If Iggy is traded now, … the Flames will be dead to me.

what’s with all the GREEN men?

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Green Man costumes are lycra body suits that are typically worn by people at large sporting events. The first appeared on the TV show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia in 2007, but soon spread onto the internet, and into real life.

They are now used as a distraction tactic at major sporting events. Green Man has several fan pages on facebook, for both the original It’s Always Sunny incarnation, and provincial “Green Men” who appear regularly on college campuses and at local games.

Know Your Meme

nobody telephones any more

On By Rick McIn product complaints, things getting worse1 Comment

Kate explains why:

THE New York Times has declared that nobody telephones anybody any more. In a recent story by Pamela Paul called Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You, it said that we’ve all given up on the telephone in favour of texts and e-mails. …

“Phone calls are rude. Intrusive. Awkward,” wrote Paul. …

I’m not the only one who chooses to respond to a work-related message on my telephone with a conversation-avoiding e-mail; according to Paul, that’s the norm. …

Kate of Late – Not so alone in the no phone zone