Ramblings from the Midwest

Celebrity chefs fold in Las Vegas

2010-03-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

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In what some are calling the beginning of the end of the reign of celebrity chefs in Las Vegas, both David Burke and Charlie Trotter have stepped away from the restaurants that bear their names.

Elsewhere on this city's glittering Strip, however, chefs like Rick Moonen of rm seafood at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino have reinvented their concepts to create a more distinct upscale experience, and high-end venues such as Joel Robuchon are planning to raise prices in light of a more optimistic outlook for 2010.

Burke last week announced the end of a joint venture with E Brands Restaurants, based in Orlando, which opened the restaurant David Burke at The Venetian more than two years ago.

Back?

2010-03-24T06:17:00.000-07:00

It's been too long. I plan on posting again.
I went to The Well in Waldo last night. Mainly to meet with some friends.
Quick up / down?
Snarky server, crude attempts at upselling, marginal appetizers.
That said, it was pretty clean, dug the deck upstairs, but with no shade, it will get crazy hot this summer.

Yahooz closing?

2008-12-12T06:20:00.000-08:00

Rumors are swirling that Yahooz in Town Center is closing. In it's ashes will rise the Coyote Grill from early PB&J Mission Mall fame. For some reason Yahooz has never done that well. I think it has a great atmosphere and food.
I did love Coyote though.

Zest open in KC

2008-12-12T06:10:00.000-08:00

Actually, in Southern old Leawood in Mission Farms. It joins Room 39 (a fav), and others. I had lunch the other day. It's a rather large, spacious, warm place. Great bar as well, Beautiful hardwood floor. I would suggest putting down some mats to protect during the slush and salt. A welcome addition with a few bugs to work out.

Extra Virgin opened

2008-12-12T05:23:00.000-08:00

Finally! I can't wait to try the offal items.

Texas Tom's Closed

2008-12-12T05:19:00.000-08:00

Violations Close Fast Food Restaurant

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Citing five “critical violations,” The Kansas City Health Department has shut down a Texas Tom's restaurant.

During a routine inspection of the Texas Tom's at 709 E. Linwood, officials discovered a malfunctioning refrigerator where food was being stored at temperatures above 70 degrees.

Inspectors also found unclean conditions on food surfaces and cited the restaurant for not having proper sanitizer liquids in the dishwashing area.

Officials say the restaurant also failed to properly date mark items, so there was no way to tell whether their food was fresh.

“The establishment was closed because, among other violations, the walk-in coolers were broken, and the food in the coolers was outside the safe temperature zone and had to be discarded,” said department spokesman Jeff Hershberger.

The health department report indicates the restaurant may reopen after resolving the violations and passing another inspection.

The walk in at 70? That's just nasty! I haven't been to a TT since high school. I guess it will be a while longer.

Star restaurant critic Lauren Chapin dies

2008-12-12T05:06:00.000-08:00

She was the local restaurant critic. As a critic, she always had her face turned in Star press. The funny thing is everyone in the biz new her. That said, she will be missed in the biz and more importantly by her family.

New Restaurant in Leawood

2008-11-07T05:36:00.000-08:00

Man there are tons of new places opening at the 119th area. Sullivan's, NoRTH, Trezo Vino, Ingredient, 119 (in the back of a clothing store, don't miss).
Today, I'm going to go to Ingredient. Counter service, they run the food to your table. Looks like a great place for a casual meal.

Our Church too busy

2008-11-05T05:30:00.000-08:00

Our Pastor has decided to kill the 4:00 Christmas Mass because it is too busy. The parking lot is too full. Instead, we will have a regularly scheduled mass at 6:00 and one in the basement at 6:10. Not sure how the parking lot gets bigger.
I guess we will find another Catholic Church to attend for Christmas.

NoRTH comes to Kansas City

2008-07-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

So, North Restaurant just opened in Leawood on Monday. Supposedly it will be the HOT new restaurant in town. Here's what they have to say about it:

NoRTH - Modern Italian Cuisine

THE DISH...
Taking its cue from an Italian trattoria, NoRTH offers a fresh new approach to Modern Italian cuisine. With sleek interiors, a sexy atmosphere, and a menu offering unique antipasti, gourmet pizzas, inventive pasta dishes and many wood roasted and grilled dishes, NoRTH is the perfect spot for any dining occasion. NoRTH appeals to a variety of guests seeking a casual, hip and upbeat venue with deliciously affordable fare.

Personally, I don't get it. It's pretty cool, but not that great. Lot's of hard surfaces means loud!

It also has a patio on the West side that is about as boring as possible, and will be scorching hot!

Good luck!

Tv royalties?

2008-02-08T09:10:00.001-08:00

I saw this at at truck stop McD's. Is this true? Is the sign nec?

Post me

2008-02-05T15:45:00.001-08:00

Blog

2008-02-05T14:35:00.001-08:00

Hotels in St Louis

2008-02-05T14:29:00.000-08:00

I'm over in St Louis and the upscale times are here. The Four Seasons is opening in the next few months. The Westin has new ownership, has closed their club, cancelled their flat panel upgrades and seems bent on retiring their mantel as the best hotel in St Louis.
I'm in the Sheraton Clayton now, new rooms, flat panels, tres nice.

wall of doom

2007-05-22T12:20:00.001-07:00

Since 2006?

2007-05-22T11:56:00.000-07:00

Man it's been a while.
Guess I should come back.

2006-02-16T12:02:00.000-08:00

Its not ringing

Not much action at the airport at 5:30 a

2006-02-14T03:37:00.000-08:00

St louis cathedral

2005-12-09T08:12:00.000-08:00

Ride to lunch

2005-12-07T16:26:00.000-08:00

All that is left

2005-12-07T13:47:00.000-08:00

Stevie Ray

2005-09-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

Flamingos

2005-08-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

Making a barrel

2005-08-17T06:05:00.000-07:00

2005-08-15T13:21:00.000-07:00

GMail down?

2005-07-06T13:40:00.000-07:00

The last couple of days, Gmail seems to be down quite a bit.
Not complaining about my free 2.3 gb email account however.

If anyone wants a freebie gmail account, email me or comment below. I have about 150 to give away.

Woot

2005-07-06T07:18:00.000-07:00

In case you haven't seen this site.
It's the first site to visit in the middle of the night.
They buy closeouts and feature one item per day.
When it's gone, it's gone.

Great concept, easy to manage.

Pikes Peak

2005-07-06T07:13:00.000-07:00

Found this on The Auto Prophet Blog.
Very cool 1990 film of a Pikes Peak Run.
http://theautoprophet.blogspot.com/

The files

2005-07-06T07:06:00.000-07:00

Battle du desktop

2005-07-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Go Blog

2005-07-06T06:50:00.000-07:00

This is cool.
Blogger know supports direct picture uploads and pix from my phone.
This could be fun.

2005-06-23T06:19:00.000-07:00

Indianapolis F1 Race?

The fans respond, Part 1

2005-06-23T06:18:00.000-07:00

We have received hundreds of responses to our request for your opinions about what happened at Indianapolis last weekend. The responses are published in the order they were received. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of grandprix.com.

While everyone points the finger of blame at each other, I think it's important to separate the questions of who caused the fiasco and who had the power to fix it. In this case it seems pretty clear that Max (Mosley) had the power to put in a chicane and save the day for the fans, sponsors and billions of TV viewers. So it is for this reason that the blame for the sham of a race should be placed at Max's feet. I made the mistake of attending the the Austrian race in 2002. After Ferrari's games there I left the TV off for the rest of the season. After the Indy fiasco, I may leave it off until 2008.

Click on the link for comments.

Room 39

2005-06-23T06:14:00.000-07:00

I went to Room 39 last week for lunch.

IT WAS GREAT!
That said, no dinner and no wine...yet.
Hopefully, they will be able to get a wine license and open for dinner soon.

The atmosphere is casual, clean and elegant.
I only wish I went with more than one person so I could'v tried more on the menu.

1719 West 39th Street
816-753-3939
Hours: 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
Closed on Sunday

Formula One

2005-06-23T06:08:00.000-07:00

Alright, last weeks race in Indianapolis was crazy!
I think the FIA made the right decision in not changing the track.
Curve 13 has been there since 1909 and F1 has raced there for 6 years.
Michelin job is to provide tires to race on the track as it exists. It is not FIA's job to make a last minute change to a track that will help one manufacturer over another.
That said, it would've sucked to be there and only see six cars race.

Talk about a natural ad campaign for Bridgestone. I would use Michelin's quote that their tires are unsafe at speed.

2005-06-23T06:07:00.000-07:00

Indy Formula One Fiasco

Re:Verse Happy Hour

2005-06-15T13:22:00.000-07:00

What a deal.
I met some friends on the Plaza for an adult beverage before the Royals game last night (they won!).
We went down to Re:Verse to have a few apps on and some vino.
Not knowing there was a happy hour, we ordered away.
What a deal!
1/2 price on app's and wine.
We had about 5 apps and some Cambria Chardonnay (yum!) for about $40.
Deal!

Free Gmail accounts

2005-06-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

I know, I know...everyone has them.
I do have about 50 freebie accounts to give away if anyone wants one.
Toss me and email and I'll send you one or more.

Rebate!

2005-06-14T09:33:00.000-07:00

In the mail today, I received my $50 rebate for my Brother color laser.
Cost to purchase is now $235 + tax!
For that, I can put up with the noise.

Printers - more

2005-06-13T07:32:00.000-07:00

I ended up giving my 3200 to a friend who needed something for outgoing faxes (uses e-fax) and wanted a printer. His $500 inkjet (HP) was falling apart.
Mine still printed and seemed like a good short term fix for him.
While he was configuring it for him, he found my missing faxes in memory.
Ah Ha!
Interesting because no where that I could find on the HP forums was there any mention of this.

Printers and me

2005-06-13T07:14:00.000-07:00

Well, my trusty (not so) hp 3200 died beyond my patience to live with it any longer.
While it continued to print, every once and awhile, it would stop receiving faxes (or so I thought).
The bummer with that is unless I know a fax is coming, I just miss it. Admittedly, emails have supplanted faxes, but I still receive 5-10 a month. It turns out that this is fairly common if you look on the HP support web site. The only cure is to download the firmware (done that) and to re-start the fax every week or so. There also is no error message when the fax is not received.

My last two printers were HP's that had suffered many and various problems and I was done with them. I started to do some research as I am prone to do and decided to just buy a cheap fax printer and get another laser for every day duty.

I settled on a Brother MFC 5840 which touts about 18 pages per minute. While it may achieve these speeds with one word on the page, 4-6 ppm is more realistic. The cool thing about this is that it has networking built in. All for $199 with $30 rebate (still not received).
The set up was very easy from both an XP and win 2000 machine.
The OCR works quite well although copying is excruciatingly slow.
I bought the more expensive version because it had a card reader built in - photo's are pretty crappy. I probably should have saved a few bucks and got the one without.

Later that week I went to Officedepot to UPS a package. The goal was to spend about $9.
On the clearance table, they had a new in sealed box Brother hl-2700 cn (four pass color laser) for $235! $599 on sale for $385, marked down another $100 on the table with a $50 rebate (still not received).
Too good a deal to pass up. For around $500, I know have two printers for less than my old HP 3200 cost me. The laser also had networking built in. I was in the market for a one pass with built in duplexing, but this was $235! One third less than the printer that I was looking at.
That said, man this thing is noisy! Color lasers also pull a lot of juice it makes the lights dim when using. It also only does 8x11. For know I am happy though. It sure beats going to Kinko's and dropping $1-$2 a page to do color.

Some Cafe Owners Pull the Plug on Lingering Wi-Fi Users

2005-06-13T06:18:00.000-07:00

"But lately, the subject of Wi-Fi - specifically, the cafe's move to cut back on the free Wi-Fi connection it provides for patrons' Internet use - has been impossible to avoid. "It's distracting," said Jen Strongin, a co-owner."

Imagine that, some people are freeloaders.
Since getting my Treo 650, I tend to look less for free wifi.
Most Panera's have free wifi although the one on the Plaza shuts it off during the lunch time (can you blame them). The above subject has been making the rounds lately, I guess it's the latest media darling. One owner has a pretty good idea - no plugs in the dining area so the most you can stay online is a few hours.
Bottom line is that if you use someones free wifi, spend some money in the place!

Exotic Cars web site

2005-06-13T06:15:00.000-07:00

For those of us that must live vicareously through others cars, this is a pretty cool web site.
If you spot an exotic (I have actually sent in a few from Leawood KS), you snap a pic and email it in with a brief description. The web site is updated several times a month.

Unused gift cards deliver $43 million to Home Depot

2005-06-13T06:13:00.000-07:00

This is crazy that retailers can charge you for holding their gift cards.
Many retailers charge you a monthly fee after a few months if you do not use them.
This is insane.
Do not let this happen.

The nation's No. 2 retailer (NYSE: HD) recognized the gain from gift card "breakage" for the first time ever, in a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Breakage is the balance remaining on gift cards that a retailer can claim when the cards expire, are lost or are unused for a lengthy period.

treo 650

2005-02-27T19:06:00.000-08:00

I had a moto v600, which of course I could not wait to get. I had 5 in less than a year. Talk about problems! I ordered a 650 through att (not cingular) and received it about a week ago. I'll post more later, but I have to say that I love this thing. What's up with the stingy memory and no mp3 ringtones? Anyway, edge blows away gprs and one can actually surf the web from a mobile. I am actually posting from my Treo now. Ciao for now.

Yahooz

2005-02-13T10:25:00.000-08:00

Went to Yahooz in Leawood last night for dinner.
Totally forgot that it was the weekend before Valentines Day.
Oops.
Anyway, we had reservations and after a small wait, got right in.
The service was quite friendly, one of the owners was walking around talking to and helping bus tables.
I think the kitchen was extremely concerned about getting behind, beacause the food flew out.
Not too quick (maybe a touch). I'm sure the speed of the kitchen helped keep the wait down though.
While a beautiful restaurant with high, beamed ceilings, it is oddly quiet no matter how busy.
Anyway, overall a very good experiance.

Mercedes CLS 500

2005-02-10T08:49:00.001-08:00

I'm leaving lunch at Houlihans in Leawood and what do I happen to see?
That's right a Mercedes CLS 500!
In Kansas City of all places.
This car is a beauty.

2005-02-10T08:49:00.000-08:00

Merc CLS 500

2005-02-10T08:48:00.000-08:00

CLS 500 in the wild!

Chicago Chow?

2005-02-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

Ok, the presumption here is that someone will read this, but here goes.
I'm going to Chicago in a couple of weeks, staying downtown.
Tips on newer restaurants to eat at would be greatly appreciated.
I will be staying near the Four Seasons off Michicagn Avenue.

150 Free Gmail accounts

2005-02-10T06:23:00.000-08:00

Go to this site and email these guys for a gmail account.
Google has been handing these out bit by bit, but now there is a flood.
Anyway, if you still don't have one, it's a pretty handy tool to use.

Treo still on the way!

2005-02-10T06:22:00.000-08:00

Am I being selfish about wanting this right now? It's tough to be a good roll model for my daughter when I am just as needy (if not more so) than her.
IT has finally gotten around to configuring it to work with our servers so I should see it today or tomorrow.

Nick & Jakes and buffet brunch

2005-02-07T09:07:00.000-08:00

Overall, I like these guys.
I tend to go to the one in Leawood on 135th.
The restaurants are always very clean and have very friendly staff.
I went their for brunch the other day.
They switched from a menu to a buffet brunch.
We went ahead and stayed due to company we were in.
However, we probably won't be back for the brunch.
As good as it looked, it's pretty pricey and I am not big on customers foraging through my food.

Treo 650 on the way!

2005-02-07T09:01:00.000-08:00

I have wanted this one for a while now.
I have a Motorola v600 (which I also wanted).
It's a love hate with the Moto. I am on my 5th one so far. It seems to keep re-booting. Sometimes when in the middle of a call, sometimes not. Pretty annoying. ATTWS offered to give me a different phone, but wouldn't tell me which model. I'm not too hip on that.
Anyway, that will now be my back-up phone (love the sim card and gsm).
My Treo has been in someone's office for about a week.
I should have it later this week.
Finally, something that's not too big that I can use to take notes, keep my calendar and oh yeah, use as a phone.

More free gmail accounts

2005-01-16T04:45:00.000-08:00

It seems like I am getting 8-12 email accounts a day to give away.
Rather that just posting the links here, just email me and I will send them out in the order that I receive them.

JohnFremont at Gmail.com

Flash Games

2005-01-14T11:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, we've all seen various flash games.
Here are two that take things a little differently.

How far can you hit a penguin?

My record is 307.5 feet. Don't worry, no penguins were hurt in this web site.

Admit it, you have always wanted to be master of Stan.
It's true. Make Stan work for you.

When will the GMail madness end?

2005-01-14T07:26:00.000-08:00

Here are 4 more.
It seems as fast as I give them away, I get more.
Have I mentioned, please leave a comment?

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-bfc9ac0347-a9b018a66c

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-6dc135c093-cc91e23c17

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-5e93e0d43e-27ad45a36c

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-0eecf71d5b-bd9c917d23

Go daddy go!

Once again says the gmail guy

2005-01-13T17:04:00.000-08:00

Alright, please lets just take one.
Use your account and you will get more.
I've given away about 20 this week.
12 just today.

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-8572371b0f-64d902262f

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-6f0de4858b-938c610278

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-bc7b04b527-87d04d9055

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-03dafb227b-b32b9a2421

Just take one Gmail account!

2005-01-13T14:06:00.000-08:00

Hey, don't be rude. I know that it's nice to have more than one email account.
As you use you gmail, you will be given accounts to give away.
Don't take all the accounts.

I just posted 8 accounts in two postings.
I notified those on digg.com

One guy took FOUR!
If anyone is interested here they are;
Shahzad Khokhar is the user name (on digg?) took them and is using the following email addresses:
dragonsurfer@gmail.com
greensurfer@gmail.com
knightsurfer@gmail.com
surfergermany@gmail.com

I will still post more as I get them.
Thanks to those that took just one.

Still more gmail accounts

2005-01-13T13:31:00.000-08:00

I think the four from the previous post are gone.
However, I just got four more!
Please post a comment on where you are from.
Also, if you use firefox, install the gmail notifier extension.

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-984004e922-98c2ff587a

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-d4db50f500-c4aae4ed90

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-44abbf2ed0-f82a58199e

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-deb06c4d68-8db80b9f19

Enjoy.
I have been getting about 8 per week, so check back if you miss out.

The Rasterbator!

2005-01-13T12:17:00.000-08:00

The Rasterbator is a web service which creates huge, rasterized images from any picture. The rasterized images can be printed and assembled into extremely cool looking posters up to 20 meters in size.
Click on the title to link to their page.
This is so cool.
Takes a couple of minutes to upload a pic and get the download.

Yet more gmail accounts!

2005-01-13T12:13:00.000-08:00

Man oh man, just can't seem to give them away fast enough.
Do me a favor and enter a comment and let me know where you are from.
Enjoy.

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-3c5678cabc-8f10e27583

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-7dc7fe864d-0de1035509

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-8b142a8085-1776ecaffc

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-e5eeec8119-b65fdb3e1c

Exotic cars

2005-01-13T05:53:00.000-08:00

I took the below prose from their web site. How cool is this for those of us that love cars. I have a few friends that I call when I see something cool. I will definitely be hanging out at this web site.
Click on the title to view their web site.

Welcome...
Too often exotic cars are viewed behind a plate-glass window or roped off at car shows. This tends to diminish their beauty.

The shock-value of an exotic is felt most when they are viewed on the streets, side-by-side with regular cars.

Unfortunately, spotting an exotic is a rare occurrence. That's why this site brings together hundreds of exotic sightings from all over the world. Enjoy the pics and please submit photos that you've taken.

2005-01-13T05:51:00.000-08:00

The Screensavers...together again?!?

Screensavers

2005-01-13T05:49:00.000-08:00

For those that liked the old TSS and miss it so, it looks like the crew got together at MacWorld.
Even though the new tss is demasculated, it's nice to see projects continue and the people we thought we knew, Kevin, Pat, Leo et all, really were those people.
Listen to the audio, great stuff.

2005-01-09T14:02:00.003-08:00

Ciao

2005-01-09T14:02:00.002-08:00

Ouch

2005-01-09T14:02:00.000-08:00

Dizzy

2005-01-09T14:01:00.001-08:00

Still more

2005-01-09T14:01:00.000-08:00

The Arch is here

2005-01-09T14:00:00.000-08:00

Some guy I saw at the arch.

Art

2005-01-09T12:50:00.000-08:00

A Miro as seen at the Nelson Art Gallery.

A truly amazing place to spend some time.

2005-01-09T12:49:00.000-08:00

Interesting viewpoint on price increases without a clear value added statement.

2005-01-09T11:21:00.000-08:00

Enzo as seen in Aspen

PB & J Revisited

2005-01-08T08:03:00.000-08:00

Well my first comments were on the fall of PB&J.
Last night I went to Yia Yias's in Leawood. They just spent some money on an addition. While the chairs were in a little dis-repair, the service was great and the food was most tasty.

Although the first post still stands.
Recently there was an article in the Kansas City Star about PB&J's new restaurant called "Say Cheese" which features gourmet cheese sandwiches. I mean, come on, is that the best they can do? Grilled Cheese?
Wolfgang must be so proud of his protege.

Yes more Gmail

2005-01-08T07:56:00.000-08:00

When will the madness end?

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-5ab4dd0a7d-465dc78213

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-90a36ae5c6-e0bc158b15

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-b3a0554575-644c46146f

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-e4cd6146c1-bd1f667a1a-e581ad4011

Still More Gmail accounts

2005-01-07T14:46:00.000-08:00

Man, as soon as I give them away, more pop up.
Anyway here are the links:

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-b6a745ee85-556a1c64b5

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-c494e75971-61cbd90e27

https://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-438c95514f-69109a1535-876b99dc45

Use in good health.

Satellite Images of Tsunami Sites

2005-01-07T11:11:00.000-08:00

Truly amazing shots of damage caused by the recent tsunami.

Coffee

2005-01-06T14:55:00.000-08:00

Who here doesn't love coffee? Since no one has yet read this blog except for me...
Everyone here loves coffee.
My favorite in town is at Bar Roma next Waldeaux Wines and Spirits on Gregory.
He uses Danesi. Killer java. Rich, creamy and not bitter.
Behind that Dean and DeLucca has pretty tasty brew.
I made the mistake of stopping by Panera that other day because they have free wifi (huzzah!)
While the sandwiches are great, their coffee is lame.
Better however than their bagels and spread.
What's up with no smolked salmon? Anyway I ordered a bagel with a vegetable spread.
Yech, it tasted like weeds.

Sorry for the rant, must have more Danesi.

Matanzas Creek Syrah

2005-01-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

I was at Ruth's Chris the other night and had a glass of Matanzas Creek Syrah. A bargain at $9 (for RC).
I thought there was only a few hundred cases of this wine made.
They must have a pretty savvy buyer to get their hands on this.
Man it was tasty! Dark, rich red, hints of cedar, blue and blackberry, good tannins.
I'll definitely go back for more.

Gmail Accounts

2005-01-06T07:37:00.000-08:00

What would a new blog be without a few free gmail accounts.
Do me a favor and post a comment on where you saw the notice as I have posted on a few websites.
http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-93e93d5cdc-f25cb62951

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-f9a80ccd75-b6eb155419

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-9af01b8598-ce65bc0e41

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/a-7e1827e6fa-5e68bc6f93-8ac718687e

I'll post more as I get them.

Phonage

2005-01-05T14:49:00.000-08:00

The gadget I guess that I am waiting for is the Treo 650.
Last year it was the Motorola V600.
What a bust that phone is!
I was excited about the camera, blue tooth form factor and size.
I guess I should have been more concerned about whether I could make a call.
I am on my 5th V600. I have had continuous problems with the phone re-booting.
Sometimes in the middle of a call, sometimes just on its own.
I did get to use a blackberry for a while, liked the email, but hated the phone.
Part of the problem was that I am with AT&T and their coverage is less than stellar.
Since they have been sold to Cingular, I do have better coverage.

The new Treo looks interesting though.
Nice form (relatively small).
Bright screen.
Seems to be a good all in one device.
Hopefully Cingular will release soon.

What Happened to PB&J in Kansas City?

2005-01-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

Had lunch at Grand Street in Kansas City.
I used to love it.
The lobster martini app was $12 and served in a 3 oz martini glass.
Horrible perceived and real value!
No manager ever stopped by.
Manager miles used to be a trademark of theirs.

I talked with a few friends of mine and they all agree.
It seems the company just wants you in and out.
No building for the future.

Too bad.