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Artists and capitalism
in Sox First, on November 28, 2009
...s, the more money around, the more the artist gets. Conversely, the bigger the gap between rich and poor, the more the artist gets. This is backed up in The Economist which notes that as nations g...
The Problem With Freelance Work
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on November 27, 2009
... © ishane
BusinessWeek ran a piece recently that highlights some of the dangers of freelance work.
What is freelancing? It is the idea of offering your services as a way for businesse...
The Time is Now: Getting in on Alternative Energy in China
in China Venture News, on November 27, 2009
... © myuibe
BusinessWeek had a piece earlier this month on the alternative energy market in China and how attractive it is at the moment for startup enterprises. As Chinese cities have be...
Online Dating or a Professional Matchmaker? Some Pros and Cons
in The Dating Weblog, on November 27, 2009
...n life) it kind of depends on who you are.
One of the benefits of a matchmaker (according to the piece) is that a professional matchmaker can specialize in a religion or ethnic group. Sure, there a...
How Well Do You Know Your Competition?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 26, 2009
... © Ed Yourdon
Entrepreneur.com had an excellent piece recently on the importance of knowing your competition in the business world. Know who your competitors are. This sounds basic, b...
Wine Prices: Lowering the Ceiling
in Celebrate Wine, on November 26, 2009
... © paulaloe
Decanter had a piece recently on the impact of the recession on wine prices in the US. The era of the US$100-plus bottle may be over as the US recession takes its toll on Bab...
Unemployment among blacks at Depression levels
in Sox First, on November 25, 2009
...frastructure issues, as well as higher rates of poverty and incarceration. As economists say in the piece, the consequences of this will be long lasting as these people will struggle to catch up when ...
Free Copy Of Wondershare Photo Collage Studio Software
in Digital Shot, on November 23, 2009
...them online?
Actually many people do it all, but if want to have some fun and create an original piece of art in the process, then try making a collage scrapbook page with this free software.
T...
Fuji Finepix W1 3D Digital Camera Review
in Digital Shot, on November 22, 2009
...uji Finepix W1 3D Digital Camera didn’t receive a glowing report, it is still an important piece of photographic equipment.
Like all new technology this idea has bugs that need fixing and the pric...
Ten years is two lifetimes for an operating system
in The CIO Weblog, on November 21, 2009
...t of gap in existing offerings. You can argue that it's not polished or sexy and that Google has a poor track record of follow-through on some projects, and you would be right. You could also say it...
Seen that? - Chinese Venture Capital Ushers in Thunder & Rainmakers
in China Venture News, on November 20, 2009
...ience and technology parks throughout the Middle Kingdom. [...] Read More For China's Poor- Venture Capital Funds for Digital Deliverance at China Venture News ...
Chrome OS Technology preview
in The CIO Weblog, on November 20, 2009
...the specifics of the offering, mostly along the lines of "Whoa, it's a super-browser!" (the Gizmodo piece linked above is a case in point) or "What's the deal? It's just a browser!" Of course, the...
Seen that? - Cutting calories part 1
in Daily Power Walk, on November 19, 2009
...The person who wrote it, said how unfair it was for the Vanilla Cheesecake to have 720 calories per piece.At 720 calories, a dieter can basically have one slice of cheesecake and 'not much else...
Seen that? - Let's Get Natural
in Pretty Things, on November 19, 2009
...d to have so many things with you. I love Cole Haan's Keaton snake Clutch! This is such a great piece that's simple, has clean embellishment and is available in this natural color while also b...
Seen that? - Jewel of a Perfume
in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 19, 2009
...eli jewelry designer, Nelly Cohen shows her love for jewelry and poetry as she creates fine jewelry pieces for her company, Cherie Dori. "Cherie" is French for love, and Cohen has a degree i...
Seen that? - In The Dark - Sad Poetry
in Latina Viva, on November 18, 2009
...l Voices keeps him very busy - but when he does, it's really worth the wait. He wrote the best piece I've ever seen about smoking - (Not) Been Smoking (in) Too Long - a short post that will l...
Apocalypse Fatigue: losing the battle on climate change
in Sox First, on November 18, 2009
... to the here and now and won't put up with long term forecasts. It's point I take up here in my piece on the psychology of climate change . As I say here: "Part of the problem is long-term thinking...
Economy to get worse with debt hitting $12 trillion
in Sox First, on November 18, 2009
...evels now topping $12 trillion . That only adds to pressure on the economy from weak bank lending, poor growth and high levels of unemployment which are expected to keep growing. Not surprisingly, D...
Need a Good Wine for Thanksgiving?
in Celebrate Wine, on November 12, 2009
... © xybermatthew
Good Wine Under $20 has a very useful piece at the moment geared to wines for Thanksgiving. Whether you prefer sparkling, rosé , white, or red wine, I'm sure there's so...
Suicides: the real cost of recessions
in Sox First, on November 11, 2009
...th soaring unemployment and home foreclosures. According to one psychology professor quoted in this piece, people who have lost jobs kill themselves two times to four times more as those who are emplo...
Seen that? - Buy and Sell Used CDs
in Home Based Business, on November 10, 2009
...d businesses never sell when they are put on the market. Selling a business is not like selling a piece of real estate or any other type of asset. This webinar is designed for California small and mid...
Seen that? - A Shorter Treo 650
in The Smart PDA, on November 10, 2009
...29.95. There's black, blue, [...] Read More What Can be Done About the Treo 680's Poor Battery Life? at The Smart PDA Its decently-sized...
Seen that? - Harvest Moon for Revolution?
in House of Nintendo, on November 9, 2009
...three weeks ahead of the typical harvest time. The year has been a tough one for French vineyards - poor weather and mildew have no doubt affected the yield. From The Independant: French growers - and...
Cuisipro Roasting Rack for your Thanksgiving Dinner
in Do you like to cook?, on November 9, 2009
...can even be folded for compact and convenient storage.
Available from Sur La Table for $20 a piece.
Looking for turkey recipes that are a tad bit different from the one you've been having yea...
Unemployment and the failed stimulus
in Sox First, on November 7, 2009
...e money to get to the problem. Secondly, there are political machinations. As this New York Times piece point out, 84% of the $1.05 billion in "green" stimulus funding distributed since September ha...
The psychology of climate change
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
...echnology that is never taken up, and a market-based system of economic coercion that penalises the poor while the rich keep polluting. Without an understanding of what drives people's environmental b...
Big profits: How Goldman Sachs bet on the US housing crash
in Sox First, on November 5, 2009
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Earlier this year, I did a blog entry on Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone on how Goldman Sachs had engineered market manipulation since the Great Depression. Now, McClatchy Newspapers ...
Seen that? - Reaching the Tween and Teen Markets via SMS
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 3, 2009
...eneration at Biz Plan Hacks Blogtrepreneur had a good piece recently on focusing your marketing plans to reach the next generation.Marketers who do not pa...
TechFlash discusses roadblocks to innovation in America
in The CIO Weblog, on November 2, 2009
...ting more educated candidates from doing so. It's an odd statement, even in the context of the piece. But it did get me thinking.
Something technical people often pride themselves on is rationali... ...-selected and exceeds the averages in education. Just because a country experiences a surge in poorly educated, low-income workers looking for agriculture jobs doesn't mean they are going to suddenly...
Seen that? - Corsair Releases 4GB High Speed Data Cards
in Tech Without Wires, on November 1, 2009
...t amounts to 4GB of data -- allowing you to store HD clips and a whole lot of songs in an inch-wide piece of plastic. Of course, it all boils down whether the gadgets that can read these cards can kee...
Someone Else to Run Your Errands? Time is Money...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...s a valuable skill that can translate into money saved or earned. Lifehacker had an interesting piece a few weeks ago on a time-saving service.
The article actually mentions four services that ...
Twitter Becoming a Malware Source
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 31, 2009
... Wired Threat Level ran a piece this week about how malware is becoming a growing threat in the URL's that get posted on Twitter. As many as one in every 500 web addresses posted on Twitter lead to s...
Seen that? - A Poor Diet While Pregnant Can Increase Child's Diabetes Risk
in Daily Diabetic, on October 31, 2009
... A Poor Diet While Pregnant Can Increase Child's Diabetes Risk at Daily Diabetic Apparently, it's never too early to join the fight against diab...
China Business Myths
in China Venture News, on October 29, 2009
... © Chi King
Forbes ran an interesting piece on China this week. It looked at three myths that are widely believed to be true, but are, well, not quite as simple as people (and the media)...
Pay Yourself First
in BootStrapMe, on October 27, 2009
...e at Get Rich Slowly look at the why and how of paying yourself first. And at the moment, the piece has 50 comments...
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Promoting Yourself: It Can Get You Fired
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 27, 2009
... © Gauldo
Personal branding guru Dan Schawbel had an insightful piece recently on how things you can do to promote yourself can also get you fired. Branding has become very personal the...
Amazon stays ahead on the cloud curve
in The CIO Weblog, on October 27, 2009
...le new gold rush to AWS as developers who weren't satisfied with the database offerings, a critical piece of many applications, take advantage.
More details can be found on Werner Vogels' blog ent...
Avoiding the Crowd in National Parks
in The Flyaway Weblog, on October 27, 2009
... © Tim Pearce, Los Gatos
Fodor's had a useful piece a few weeks ago on how to keep from being tied up in the crowds at U.S. National Parks.
Fodor's talked to Ken Burns, who recently ...
The US's Reverse Brain Drain Will Benefit China, India
in Global Mobility Report, on October 26, 2009
... Vinod Wadhwa had a insightful and informative piece in TechCrunch recently on what he called reverse brain drain. Large numbers of Chinese and Indians in the tech sector are going home - to Sh...
US housing probe and climate change
in Sox First, on October 26, 2009
...he ones who will suffer the most from bad storms, rising seas and heatwaves will be those living in poor conditions. "Market mechanisms – and unregulated markets – result in locations at risk of flood...
How Search Engines Judge Links
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 25, 2009
... © Max Klingensmith
Randfish had a good piece a while back on how search engine's decide the value of your links.
Randfish looks in detail at what search engines are are doing with th...
Turning Your Idea into a Business
in TJ's Weblog, on October 25, 2009
... © egor.gribanov
Women Entrepreneur has a good piece recently on how to turn your idea into a business. Lots of people have brilliant ideas for great gadgets, gizmos or thingamabobs, but...
Hulu PLans to Start Charging for Its Content
in Web 2.0, on October 25, 2009
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Ben Parr over at Mashable had a piece this week about the persistent rumors that Hulu would soon start charging for its content. Now those rumors are sounding more like a sure thing. At a bro...
Seen that? - Why the SBA may not be the best bet for entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on October 23, 2009
...w say that, for many reasons, the federal agency may not be the best choice for entrepreneurs. In a piece Fortune Small Business Magazine, senior editor Richard McGill Murphy argues that the agency...
Seen that? - Zelda Using Revolution Controller
in House of Nintendo, on October 21, 2009
...deliver Link letters at the most appropriate times. Here's an interesting trick that causes the poor chap to run right off a cliff! The video over at GameVideos.com shows you just how to do it. Th...
Seen that? - Baseball catchers can face irreversible hand damage
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 21, 2009
...Meets Jewelry, the Result is Original Wearable Art work. Ananda Khalsa Creates Unique One of a Kind Pieces at Cool Picking You may not have heard of Anand...
Seen that? - Virgin Mary Wins Big at GoldenPalace.com
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 21, 2009
...ranger to stupid publicity stunts, GoldenPalace.com ups the ante again after purchasing a 10 yr old piece of toast on Ebay for $28,000 - albeit one with an 'image' of the Virgin Mary. Apparant...
Seen that? - Jewelry Artist Breaks into Art Museum
in The Jewelry Weblog, on October 21, 2009
...onsidered " true" artists. This is always something that has irked me. Why just because a piece of artwork might be functional and fashionable should it be considered second class to somethi...
Snowmobiling in Yellowstone This Winter: Not So Much...
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 20, 2009
... © timo_w2s
National Parks Traveler has a piece this monthon the Winter Use Plan for Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
The number has been set at 318 snowmobiles and 78 sno...
Times dismisses Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on October 19, 2009
... the futile rear-guard action of protecting its existing cash cows, for the Times to publish such a piece seems to indicate that observers outside the industry are starting to catch on as well.
The...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...further trading in its currency. Smart people are not that smart when it comes to markets. Another piece of evidence supporting that comes with the reports that Harvard Business School screwed up a...
Tweeting wine
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...Twitter followers. So all for a good cause, teaching kids to read. It's an interesting and unusual piece of corporate social responsibility. But as Biz Stone suggests, it's perfectly in keeping with ... ...o based non-profit, will help us make that happen by bringing libraries and literacy to the world's poorest regions. Together we'll be making some awesome wine over the course of a year to benefit @ro...
Diseases Travelers Should Know About
in Wandalust, on October 17, 2009
... © Ryan Wick
I saw a piece in Vagabondish that made me think of some of my own experiences on the road. It was a look at some of the worst travel diseases - and none of them are Swine Fl...
Where is your server?
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on October 16, 2009
... © Soffia S
We all know that every transaction, every email, every little piece of information is stored somewhere. Normally we don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about it. It may cr...
AT&T and Google brawl over sex lines.
in Sox First, on October 16, 2009
...grows and expands into the territory of other companies. It's a point I examine in my piece here . At this stage, regulators are unlikely to move on Google. It is popular and hasn't abused its power...
Avoiding Layoffs by Pruning and Upgrading
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 14, 2009
... © aflcio2008
Venture Beat's Entrepreneur's Corner had a great piece at the beginning of the month on how to avoid large scale layoffs.
Let's face it. We all know that healthy busines...
Places You Thought You'd Never Go...
in The Flyaway Weblog, on October 13, 2009
... burgeoning wine industry, with vintages that have already raked in international awards. The MSNBC piece looks at similar destinations in Libya, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Palestine and a fe...
Internet: The Solution for Poverty?
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on October 12, 2009
...minute.com and multiple digital outreach programs recently met with the BBC to discuss how to get poorer people in Britain online by 2012. Miss Lane Fox commissioned a study that shows households ca...
Republicans Can't Speak Spanish
in Latina Viva, on October 12, 2009
... Wonk Room has a piece online that I came across today on the epic fail of the GOP with its Hispanic Heritage Month Press release. Though the press release emphasizes the Republican Party’s “commitme...
Bridal Cloak for a Winter Wedding
in White Lace Wedding, on October 12, 2009
...east 53 inches from your neckline to the floor so that the cape won't drag on the ground. This is a piece you can wear again for other formal winter occasions. An heirloom piece if you store it proper...
Seen that? - LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth II
in PCGamers Blog, on October 11, 2009
...other book of content at PCGamers Blog In yet another piece of MMORPG News (seriously, there appears to be very little else going on in the world of PC ga...
Seen that? - Taste The Forbidden Fruit
in Daily Diabetic, on October 11, 2009
...t;give me sugar, I need to eat now!" You try not to but after a while you give in and go for a piece of chocolate or something else that is high in sugar. To avoid the "after training sugar ...
Seen that? - Another non-starter: Micropayments
in P2P File Sharing, on October 11, 2009
...ropayments. Extensive obits have been written. I won't go into that here. See clay Shirky's piece Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content for background. There IS value in micropayment...
Mortgages: 30-year or 15-year?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on October 11, 2009
... © sfadden
Get Rich Slowly ran a piece late last month that compared 15-year and 30-year mortgages.
The fairly lengthy blog post is based on the personal experience of one of GRS's s...
Darwin Celebrated on Galapagos Nature Cruise
in Hidden Travel Gems, on October 11, 2009
... © jthetzel
The LA Times had a promotional piece last week on a Galapagos Cruise that celebrates the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. Honor Charles Darwin, his 200th birthday, the 150t...
China's Problems with the Falling Dollar are its Own Fault
in China Venture News, on October 11, 2009
... manipulate the value of their currencies - and buy dollars for security.
It's an interesting piece of insight into the current currency situation.
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Keep Yourself Sharp
in BootStrapMe, on October 11, 2009
...r mind. The five tips cover everything from sleep to reflection to your reading habits. It's a good piece. ...
Microsoft Office Lashes Back at Google
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 10, 2009
... online office suite would replace Microsoft Works, which is convenient. Works is always the first piece of bloatware I have to uninstall when I set-up a new PC or help a friend restore theirs. Seco...
Christmas/Winter Boutonnieres for the Groom
in White Lace Wedding, on October 10, 2009
... design, Erica can make a custom boutonniere to fit your wedding colors perfectly. Costs only $12 a piece.
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Chamber of Commerce versus Apple
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
...an-Markey Bill. "It is a shame that Apple will not be part of our efforts". But as this piece in Mother Jones points out, the only thing the Chamber has championed is carbon. And it raise...
