Matt McDonald's Website http://www.majmcdonald.com Matt McDonald's Website Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:52:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why Blockbuster Fails We used the Blockbuster movies-in-the-mail system for quite a while. It was nice being able to take your movies into the store and switch them out. I felt like we were getting twice the amount of movies as Netflix. Sure, the mailed movies were a bit slower ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/03/26/why-blockbuster-fails/ My del.icio.us bookmarks for March 10th through March 21st These are my links for March 10th through March 21st: Converting ogg to mp3 in Linux - NKB: Nachos Knowledge Base - Perfect General II - FAQ - moblock-deb: Debian packages for MoBlock (a PeerGuardian alternative for linux) - moblock-control start Fender Jaguar/Jazzmaster Bridge Mod -- Jag-Stang.com - Acclaimed Music - All ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/03/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-march-10th-through-march-21st/ My del.icio.us bookmarks for February 27th through March 6th These are my links for February 27th through March 6th: Yet another iPod manager - Home - Free guitar lessons - justinguitar.com - MMALinker.com: Online MMA Videos - Windows Tip: How To Find Directories That Are Taking Up Space On Your Hard Disk - AudioPod+ - http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/03/06/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-february-27th-through-march-6th/ My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 26th through February 20th These are my links for January 26th through February 20th: Sulla's Civilization IV Walkthrough - Civilization Fanatics' Forums - Linux.com :: Mounting USB storage devices and Windows partitions - HARDWARE iPod - Gentoo Linux Wiki - FLAT EARTH® | IMPOSSIBLY GOOD® - The Best, Free Alternatives to Nero CD/DVD Burner | ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/02/20/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-january-26th-through-february-20th/ Australian Open I watched a lot of tennis this weekend.  As none of the teams I care about were in the NFL playoffs, it satisfied my sports craving.  And it did so in a big way.  Friday night I was able to watch the match between James Blake and Sebastein Grosjean.  Blake ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/21/australian-open/ Bigger is Not Always Better A week or so ago, Steve Yegge made a post titled Blogging Theory 201: Size Does Matter.  I'll sum up 10,000 words for you - "when you write a blog post, put as much time and effort into it as you would an essay for school."  While I partly agree ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/18/bigger-is-not-always-better/ My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 14th through January 16th These are my links for January 14th through January 16th: best of craigslist : Star Wars Guide to the Candidates - Smithsonian Magazine | Travel | The Smithsonian Life List - http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/18/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-january-14th-through-january-16th/ Recruiters Since I've been getting semi-daily calls/emails from recruiters lately, I found this blurb hilarious.Had something similar happen the other day:Joe Recruiter: Hi, this is Joe, just wanted you to know we've increased the salary for that job we offered you to $75k a year.Me:  Really?  I've never been offered a ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/15/recruiters/ My del.icio.us bookmarks for January 11th These are my links for January 11th: 2008 March Madness on Demand - NCAA.com - http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/13/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-january-11th/ My New Years Resolution, 10 Days Late I've never had a new years resolution. I guess I never got the point. I set small goals for myself here and there, so I never saw the need to set them at the beginning of the year. That changes this year. So here we go: 1) ... http://www.majmcdonald.com/2008/01/11/my-new-years-resolution-10-days-late/