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It will be a nice change to see some positive Mexico headlines in the coming weeks and months. Fortunately the Mexican government (via the Mexico Tourism Board) is pouring money (reportedly $92M) into a "North American Recovery" marketing campaign which begins today to restore the country's embattled tourism industry. It...

With today's announcement of a new $399 netbook, now even Gateway, famous for their cow spotted shipping boxes and low prices, has entered this white hot market segment. As I've written before, I still believe netbooks will become the new notebooks. They continue to get bigger displays — from 8.9" to...

Cherry. Bargain. That's the two word summary for this Merlot. I'd score higher if it weren't for just a tad too much cherry. It eases off after about an hour or two of breathing. And you know, maybe it's what gives this wine character and quality. Especially at this price. It's...

A little break from wine tasting. Never tried this Dutch one before (from Alfa Brewery in the Netherlands), but have a few tee'd up for afternoon backyard patio social after the game.

Best line from last week: "The fish never did jump in the boat." That was Jeffrey Goodman referring to an expression he had heard when seeking funding for his film The Last Lullaby. He rolled up his sleeves, and raised the money one phone call at a time. Jeffrey sat...

A garage anywhere else usually means car restoration projects, power tools or piles of old boxes and long-forgotten knick-nacks covered in dust and moth balls. But here in Silicon Valley, it often means start-ups. There are many garage stories. Most recently Google famously used garage space in Palo Alto to tinker...

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With stories of Iran, Obama, and summer festivals flashing across mainstream media, there is little real attention placed on all that is happening in our beloved little town of Loreto and the Loreto Bay development. I'm not surprised. To us, it may mean everything, or at least a lot —...

How much infrastructure improvement does $1.6B US buy? If you're Mexico, it means a whole bunch of new highways and, more importantly, possibly one way out of the economic and tourist funk that is now cloaking the country in hurt. According to Reuters, the $1.6B will be used this year. Deputy...