Comments on: The Last Days of Paper

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:56:02 +0000

I subscribed to the Sunday edition of the Portland Oregonian for awhile when I lived there, but it was so massive and only created a growing mound of recycling as I fell behind in reading it. It is a shame that many newspapers are dying, but it is likely inevitable.

By: Sal Paradise

Sal Paradise — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:52:16 +0000

I was skiing at Breck that with Diamond Dave and his girlfriend Jen, we were first timers at Breck (we were based at Sunlight) and contemplated heading over to peak 7 – we had spotted some other skiers over there – we were discussing our plans when one of the lifties overheard us and advised against it – due to avy dangers, we listend to him and after our next in bounds run the thing let loose….never did thank that liftie…

By: Ray Thomas

Ray Thomas — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 03:09:36 +0000

Hi Lou The avalanche danger is getting high in the West Kootenays near Nelson in southern BC. Here is an article about a recent accident.

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:33:22 +0000

Kevin, the trick in my opinion is to get a PDA with a fairly large LCD. I use mine (some kind of Samsung) quite a bit for reading websites in coffee shops, using their wifi, and it works great. I guess I’ve gotten used to it as it doesn’t feel strange. But I still grab a newspaper now and then since they’re kicking around, and I still like books, though the new version of the Amazon reader sounds pretty nice.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:19:04 +0000

Lou- I for one have embraced the speed of the electronic media age but there is something strange about ready articles on a PDA while drinking coffee. Your choice of newspaper headlines brought back memories of that day in 1987. I turned down a day of skiing on Peak 7 due to the flu. I remember my phone waking me that afternoon to hear my mother very happy to know her ski industry “professional” son had not headed into the Peak 7 backcountry that day as planned. As I recall the snow pack that year would have been the envy of C&H sugar company and no one else. The news traveled fast by phone and in the bars that day in Summit County.

The additional sick feeling I felt that day can only compare to the feeling I had last December 11th when I received the Madoff news from one of my analysts via Blackberry. FYI- Wildsnow is the only non securities industry website on my PC bookmarks and has top billing! It is all about priorities!