I Join Business Week’s Elite Circle of $1 CEOs

Today I join the Elite Club of CEO’s who only take home a dollar in in pay a year (or less). I announce to the world that as CEO of Better than a Wooden Nickel, I will only get paid one virtual wooden nickel all year. I have decided to link my future with the [...]

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Picture of a Wooden Nickel, like my father always talked about

Another map of subway systems

http://www.radicalcartography.net/?subways

Subway systems compared

This link compares the relative extent of subway systems over the world. What would be even more interesting would be a comparison of which subway station stinks the most. I have transited on many of these subways, and plan on hitting the rest of them before I expire. http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/subway/ A couple of interesting ones that [...]

Source for Cool Concert Posters – Philaarts.com

I bought a Decemberists concert poster recently from www.philaarts.com. great selection and good service, although you have to pay by check or paypal.

Speedread the internet — Get a RSS reader — Bloglines is my favorite

Slate says: But there’s a way to keep track of the New York Times, the Washington Post, Talkingpointsmemo.com, Wonkette—most major newspapers and nearly all blogs—in a lightweight, speed-readable format that lets you scan dozens, even hundreds, of fresh headlines a day without the time-wasting tedium of opening one Web site after another. All you need [...]

Buddy Lee’s Aero Speed Jump Rope — 5 Wooden Nickels

My favorite jump rope. While $35 is a lot to pay for a jump rope, having the best motivates me. Besides the user error that caused me to dislocate my knee when I tried to get fancy with my jumps, this rope is the best. The Buddy Lee, the obviously disinterested owner of the company [...]

Sonos — Ipod for your house — 5 Wooden Nickels

If you want music in every room, and a way to control it, Sonos is what you need to get. Playlist Magazine stated “The Sonos Digital Music System turns your entire home—or as much of it as you’re willing to pay for—into a system that can play any of your music, anywhere, at a moment’s [...]

Blonde Redhead — All Brunettes — you heard it here first: 4 out of 5 Wooden Nickels

The latest album follows up on the old ones with high pitched female vocals by the Kazu Makino, the Japanese singer. She is married to one of the Italian twin brothers–Simone and Amedeo Pace–who make up the remainder of the band. One of them sings too, but I forgot which one since they look the [...]