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NY Times, Young Internet Producers, Bankrolled, Are Seeking Act II:

Jay Adelson, 36, and Kevin Rose, 29, are parallel entrepreneurs — starting a second company just as the first one is taking off.

If I were an investor/boardmember/employee of either company I’d be worried because I’d want my CEO 100% focused on one company. The chance of startup success is low enough without having to distract the CEO with side projects. I also imagine they wouldn’t tolerate their employees splitting their time between two or more companies so why the double standard with the CEO?

(Note: I have the same complaint about Bezos and his space flings and had a compliant about Gates mixing both Microsoft and the Gates Foundation).

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I’ve been trying out Blue Dot recently to bookmark pages (they’re a Pioneer Square company, we’re a Pioneer Square company…). To see what I’ve been bookmarking go here: http://bluedot.us/users/mattgoyer.

…I’m still baffled that they chose a name where the .com wasn’t available.

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Crate and Barrel has launched a modern store: CB2. It’s like DWR for people who make less than $100,000.

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This past weekend we drove up to Vancouver primarily to see a hockey game but we did some drinking and shopping too. Here are some photos from the Canucks vs The Ducks pre-season game. This first photo is from our $20 seats (face was ~$30) in the 300 level:

Canucks vs Ducks Hosted on Zooomr

Then after the first period we moved down:

Canucks vs Ducks Hosted on Zooomr

Last weekend we were also in Vancouver, that time for some shopping, etc. Here is a photo from the boat show on that little island that’s not really island whose name I’ve forgotten:

Vancouver Boat Show Hosted on Zooomr

Both times we stayed at the Hotel Georgia for ~$100/night via Priceline.

Oh, and on the way home yesterday there was a huge line to get back into Canada. It must have been over three hours long. We’ve never seen such a line before. Anyone know what the deal was?

Update: Border-guard walkout creates traffic backlog:

Dozens of guards walked away from their posts at four border crossings in the Vancouver area, causing a massive backup of vehicles attempting to enter Canada on a busy Sunday night.

The guards walked off the job after they got word that an armed, murder suspect in the United States was headed toward the Canadian border…

Apparently Canadian border guards aren’t armed and walk off the job when there’s a known dangerous situation headed their way. Imagine if the US border was secured in a similar fashion!

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