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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...
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...
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...
Organized crime, forests and climate change
in Sox First, on October 8, 2009
...s warned that organized crime will target a United Nations scheme to cut carbon emissions by paying poorer countries to preserve forests. These projects are called Reducing emissions from deforestatio...
Lean IT bandwagon gains horses
in The CIO Weblog, on October 7, 2009
...r push behind the methodology.
I've put a post up with more complete coverage of the Forrester piece on the Agile Operations blog (Lean is not Agile!) but here I want to focus more on the organ...
Twitter Clones
in The Social Networking Weblog, on October 6, 2009
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TechCrunch recently published an interesting piece on the new Spanish language Twitter clone, Birddi . I hadn't realized how many Twitter clones were out there... There have been many Twitt...
California - America's first failed state?
in Sox First, on October 4, 2009
...e of becoming the first failed state in America ... California's education system has become so poor so quickly that it is now effectively failing its future workforce. The percentage of 19-year-o...
Seen that? - Can Purple Be the New Black
in Pretty Things, on October 2, 2009
... A little self promotion never hurt anyone! I am a fan of neutral tones. I designed a piece to include within this fall's jewelry collection of Kitten Couture which allows fashionist...
Seen that? - Model Plane Supplier
in Home Based Business, on October 2, 2009
... It was a while since I last read a REALLY new thing in supply chain but today I read a piece in Supply and Demand Chain Executive which was quite interesting and like the new blood in my ...
Seen that? - The Robin Hood Awards Round #1.5
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on October 2, 2009
...ther) Seeing this cartoon above, I name this award half sarcastically. Robbing the rich to feed the poor? Fighting against injustice and tyranny? Robbing and fighting are a bit too harsh of words for ...
Seen that? - DEPP BUYS ISLAND!
in The Celebrities Weblog, on October 2, 2009
... league to do it. If you want real privacy and have a mere few million one can buy their own little piece of the world, completely surrounded by an ocean. That's what the one time flamboyant, [......
Do You Really Like ALL Your Customers?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on October 2, 2009
...er all, a customer is a customer, right? Wrong. Some won't be a good fit for your business. The piece, by Lesley Spencer Pyle (the founder and president of HomeBasedWorkingMoms.com and HireMyMo...
How to save print media
in Sox First, on October 1, 2009
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Can the print media be saved? Strategy+Business has produced its model in this piece Reinventing Print Media . According to the specialists there, newspapers need to pursue four strategies. Th...
EU to even more strictly limit the volume.
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...hich isolate outside noise but on the standard buds that the majority of people tend to keep using (poor ears), 80db might not be enough! Of course it'll be circumvented but not before annoying qu...
iPhone has issues in New York
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 30, 2009
... up to 30% disconnections being the average. I find it fairly hard to even comprehend having such a poor signal quality in a major city.... almost a third of all my calls will be cut short? That's...
Champions League Group Stages - Fixture 2, Day 1
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...d the Scottish champions and not until the 88th minute did Nacho Novo give the home side a stunning piece of consolation.
Barcelona beat Dynamo Kiev 2-0 at home and after the last fixture they played...
IPO boom out of sync
in Sox First, on September 29, 2009
...ut of sync with the real world. On one hand, new figures show that the gap between the richest and poorest Americans is getting wider. As reported here , the wealthiest 10% percent of Americans on m...
A Rainy Day Keeps No One Away at the Steamworks Concours
in Classical Drives, on September 28, 2009
... some of which are seen here, with more in the days to come. Nigel reported that " despite the poor weather this year's Concours, held in the historic Gastown district, was the most success...
Austin Texas Waits for You
in The Flyaway Weblog, on September 28, 2009
...from Texas and October is peak season for Austin - the capital of Texas.
Travel Post has a nice piece on why Austin is an inviting Fall destination. The list is long and varied. You can take in a ...
Why Sky-High Valuations Can Make it Difficult to Actually Run a Business
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-27
...uot;We've pumped in some new talent" "This will not happen again"
• Exclusive Interview With Steve Ballmer: Products, Competition, The Road Ahead
• StudentAid: Figure Out How Mu...
Arsene Wenger Can't Live Without Football
in The Soccer Weblog, on September 25, 2009
... the 2005 FA Cup final (a win in penalties against Manchester United) there followed two relatively poor seasons and a slight resurgence in '07/'08. Since then, though, the team have looked in...
Reality Check? How About a Background Check on Your Date?
in The Dating Weblog, on September 24, 2009
... Mashable ran a piece recently on a new iPhone app that could be every Casanova's nightmare. The app is call DateCheck.
DateCheck is free (for now, at least). To run the background check you n...
Heroes Season 4 : Ep. 1 - Orientation / Jump, Push, Fall
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-23
...Users Reporting Poor Battery Life
• Our Microblogging Lives: Work, Home, Lunch, Sleep?
• Tweet Scenes
• the baby book for modern parents - lil'grams
• BitsyBox - Hosted Content Storage &am...
Swine flu "could kill millions"
in Sox First, on September 22, 2009
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Swine flu could kill millions and throw the world's poorest countries into a state of anarchy, says a United Nations report leaked to the Observer . According to the report, the only answer...
Carbon tax and dividend
in Sox First, on September 20, 2009
...th and environmental sciences at Columbia University's Earth Institute, James Hansen. In this piece , Hansen suggests imposing a carbon tax with a 100% dividend for the public. "The entire ...
The Pros & Cons of Technology
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on September 16, 2009
...iness on a global scale.
Cons:
1. Learning curve: You have to learn something with every new piece of technology.
2. Upgrades: Don't you hate upgrades? Especially the kind you have to pay fo...
Top Venture Capital Blogs
in TJ's Weblog, on September 15, 2009
... TechCrunch had a nice resource piece last week on the top venture capital blogs. Are you reading them? It's a great way to keep up with the trends and issues involved in the VC industry today.
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