Quantum Bond
Being a classic 007 junkie, I never thought I’d say this but the new Bond movies are the best of the entire 40 year series.
Finally, A Good Use for British Wine!
and that’s two British posts in one day, certainly a record for this blog!
It is certainly a vintage vehicle. And now Prince Charles’s beloved Aston Martin DB6 is running on vintage too.
A nice little white from a vineyard in Wiltshire, to be precise.
As part of cutting his carbon footprint, [...]
The Day the Shark Jumped in Britain
OMFG, I’m dying here. The city council of Gateshead spent taxpayer money to have salt shakers manufactured with fewer holes in them in order to get people to use less salt.
Gateshead Council defended its decision. A spokesman said: ‘Research carried out by us discovered customers were often receiving huge quantities of salt with [...]
Hard Working Iowans
Oh, great. I looked over on her TV set and the reporter was talking about how all the “hardworking Iowans” were “quietly pitching in,” and “picking up the pieces,” and “stoically moving on.” Frankly, I’m getting a little sick of being labeled with these kind of destructive stereotypes. Hey, media - what about [...]
A Red Tide Threatens Olympics
There is poetic irony in this story… red tides are typically are naturally occurring but are commonly linked to nutrient loading (aka pollution) from human activities.
With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small [...]
Qponix Coupon Widgets
I’ve wondered why marketers haven’t done more stuff like this. Pampers could put out widgets on baby care and feature local promotions on related products and coupons for POS redemption. The most powerful engagement you can get with a consumer is to get them to install your widget on their startpage or blog.
Qponix [...]
CA Keeps Tesla
This is exactly what governments should be doing to keep companies in the state… while they are at it CA should streamline business permit and regulatory filings, healthcare and sick time requirements. Of course it’s easy to offer tax incentives to companies that don’t have any taxable income…
Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc [...]
Newspapers in Survival Mode
You know it’s bad when your trade organization just gives up trying to put positive spin the numbers.
In fact, the industry group that compiles and releases ad revenue figures, the Newspaper Association of America, this month stopped putting out quarterly press releases with the numbers, though it quietly updated them on its Web [...]
All Expense Paid w/Right of Return
UPDATE: it gets worse, much worse. Not only is SF basically pissing all over their own police force by treating crack dealers like victims, they are actively engaged in an organized scheme to evade Federal law and in the process they are dumping felons in communities far away from SF county. Not only should SF [...]
THE Legal Decision of Our Generation
I’ve been watching the D.C. vs. Heller case that the SCOTUS handed down the decision on this morning with a sense of fascination about the historical aspect of what happened today. Whether you agree with the decision or not, your opinion will not change as a result of this ruling but you should not overlook [...]
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