They say reality is stranger than movies. Globalization has gone wrong, very wrong if a Bangladeshi man has to travel 6000 miles to sells tacos on the streets of Mexico City. Add to that the fact that this man is sure to be a Muslim-and therefore eats no pork. And he got swine flu? Or [...]
Browsing Posts published in April, 2009
You are efilecabinet.com, one of many companies that are trying to get big and hit the big time so you can be bought out by Oracle or whichever sugar daddy happens to come along. Now here you are, in a recession. Or a depression. Or a world-wide pandemic that will turn us all into zombies. [...]
A fascinating look into the turd-world of “direct calling”. I saw this ad on top of my gmail. For $3, these guys, Leads Direct Marketing will robo-call millions of people, and transfer the live lead to you. Having been robo-called a few times, I cannot emphasize how much I hate these people. Check out this [...]
A few days ago the governor of Texas made some ham-headed statement about seceding from the USA. Most people asked him to not let the door hit him in the posterior on the way out. Most of the world wants to come to America, STILL, and he wants to leave. Who does he think will [...]
Agriculture is definitely unsexy. You go to your local garden shop, and some wizened old guy tells you the best way to pot or mulch or whatever other verbs/adjectives are applicable to agriculture. But online, it’s a whole new game. I was very surprised to see sex being used to sell fruit trees. Check this [...]
I am on a redeye from LAX to NYC, desperate to score a window seat so I can try and get some sleep. I go to the online app to see what seats are available. It’s nice that they have a seat map, and they helpfully mark out my seat for me. And then I [...]
I am convinced that the government is incompetent. Yes, I know, some parts of the government work well, and the US is pretty well governed as a whole, when compared with the rest of the world (except for Switzerland and Singapore). But it is little nitwit things like this that drive me up a wall. [...]
I will not turn this note into a scathing attack on the NYTimes, but it sure has fallen from grace in my eyes. They hocked their HQ, and are trying to survive in these crazy times. Just recently their stock traded at less than the price of one copy of the Sunday times. I think [...]
