February 2012
5 posts
Visually Thinking The Sheriff “[When elected as... →
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The Sheriff “[When elected as Sheriff I plan to] change the name Aspen, Colorado to Fat City. This would prevent greed heads, land rapers, and other human jackals from capitalizing on the name ‘Aspen’. These swine should be…
I like Hunter
“It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.”
– Steven Wright
“Amateurs practice until they get it right.
Professionals practice until they...”
– unknown - but appeared on a signature in an email I received today :-)
Garth Brooks Awarded $1 Million from Hospital →
Double your money and take it away …..
Susan G Komen Foundation Bows to Pro-Life... →
Shameful shameful shameful
January 2012
41 posts
libdronemuses.com →
Garth Brooks Awarded $1 Million from Hospital
Garth Brooks Awarded $1 Million from Hospital
RStone : Rock and Roll Daily
An Oklahoma jury has awarded Garth Brooks $1 million saying that a hospital company defrauded the country star by accepting a $500000 donation and failing to honor his request to name a building after his late mother The total includes Brooks’ original donation along with an extra $500000 in punitive…
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libdronemuses.com →
What if We Count the iPad as a Computer? →
Forensic accounting :)
24/7 Wall St. →
Netflix as one of the ten most hated companies in the US - really ? On the stock market - get it - but definitely not in the Goldman Sachs // American Airlines category
“Of course just a few months later the Strokes and the White Stripes heralded a...”
– Indie rock’s slow and painful death - love that expression ‘landfill indie’
Mars Volta – Noctourniquet →
Apple’s predictable unpredictability →
I actually think there is something else going on - there are more things going wrong - tiny - stupid little things I grant - but wrong nevertheless
Vanity Fair on the Uselessness of TSA →
The details behind the inadequacy of TSA
Thinking about Facebook’s Timeline →
Walmart begat Amazon begat Facebook - see how win - another great read from JP
For Mobile OS’s, Three’s a Crowd →
When you break it down this way …..
World record attempt for most comments on an... →
tref, trefor.net
At 6am Greenwich Mean Time (that’s in the the UK) an attempt at the world record for the most comments on an online news item in 24 hours began (ie this blog post). According to Guinness World Records® we need around 100k unique comments. Tha…
I wonder how many will be meaningful comments
Marriage proposal goes wrong at UCLA game →
Amy Willis, Los Angeles, telegraph.co.uk
A creative marriage proposal at a basketball game became memorable for all the wrong reasons when the bride-to-be took one look at the ring and walked away. Perhaps it was the wrong diamond, or maybe she wasn’t feeling very festive but when …
I would suggest that this was not a good outcome !
Prediction 6: Thompson’s no Yahoo →
Not sure what the reduction is here …
Prediction 5: No IPO for Facebook →
Again - logical
Prediction #4: Motorola buys TiVO →
This seems logical
Oh What a Year it Was →
A year in review by my good friend Kevin H
The chance of a lifetime →
And for some positive news ….
Q&A →
Reminded of the old Roy Harper lyric / song
‘Grown Ups are just silly children’
Say Mmm Taps Evernote to Generate Grocery Lists →
Clever.
Won’t be using it myself - but clever nonetheless
If Android is so hot, why has Java ME overtaken... →
Now THAT is a very good question
Prediction 3: Intel buys Qualcomm →
The most logical if mr C’s predictions
Prediction #2: Amazon and Bezos supplant Apple and... →
No no no - just don’t see it in 2012
Prediction #1: A new CEO for Apple →
Hmm - not sure I agree with this - but interesting out there idea from Mr Cringely
Turn risk and opportunities into results: power... →
Blog Traffic, Think Tribe ..Go #Triberr | Anise... →
Off to go get an invite
Robert Reich (My Political Prediction for 2012:... →
I wonder - love the idea - I wonder …..
Why customers are fundamentally unpredictable →
Customers will choose to make long-term commitments with companies that give them simplicity, convenience and freedom of choice.
As always … Great Read from JP
Apple's Revolutionary Smart Bezel Project Gains a... →
It won’t be hitting your iPhone anytime soon - but the idea is superb
10 things we learned about Apple this year –... →
It is amazing that this story continues to run ::
“Apple missed Wall Street’s mark for its September quarter earnings because iPhone sales were below expectations.”
What they didn’t miss was their own guidance - that they beat in their usual fashion - it’s Wall Street - again - messing with investors heads …
This quarter - who will you believe - the guidance...
The Atlantic Goes Digital First →
Great example of a bastion of print media winning in the digital world - by embracing the new world …
Neh - more than that - redefining itself as digital that happens to print
I think the Guardian in the UK has done a very similar job ( though not sure it defines itself as digital first) … but either way two very successful alternative approaches to Rupert’s - that seems to...
Indulgences →
As he says - indulgences
One year later .. →
John does make me smile with his finds
Blogger of the Year →
Excellent Choice
Hackers target emails of UK's Gordon Brown: report →
FINALLY - a useful email hack - now - what did the publishers learn ? And how much of it did they share ?
December 2011
30 posts
Rodrigo Rosenberg’s Murder in Guatemala : The New... →
Got to say - this is such a twist and turn thriller of a story - when you stand back and think it through - you know - you just can’t make this kind of stuff up !!
“It was totally killing my buzz.”
– The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders | Politics News | Rolling Stone
The End of the Web? Don't Bet on It. Here's Why. →