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Top Popular TV Shows by Ratings November 2007
2007-11-29 01:50:00 Every once in a while I like to check in on TV ratings and see what the most people are watching these days. My tastes don’t seem to be the same as the general public, but it’s interesting to see what they’re into even if it’s shows I would rather get a root canal than watch. ... More About: Family , Popular , Ratings , Americanism , November
Holiday Shopping Guide Online
2007-11-29 01:47:00 This time of year everyone is looking for the best gifts to give and the best deals. It is hard to pick out stuff from crowded department stores and guess what people will like. There is a new blog I ran across called shoppingaddicted.com that reviews products and has some good suggestions for gifts this ... More About: Shopping , Holiday , Online , Guide , Americanism
Why ATT High Speed DSL Sucks
2007-11-28 19:05:00 Apparently this is turning into a rant blog this week. I am trying to get my parents set up with DSL service within the Chicago metropolitan area and AT&T came back with the message that the service is not available in the area. How nuts is that? ATT sends us a million direct mail offers for DSL and then ... More About: Family , Speed , High , High Speed , High-speed
Cleaning out the Garage
2007-11-28 03:18:00 The garage at my parent’s place is packed. It is so packed with yard related stuff that it is getting tricky to pull both cars into it and not hit anything. I normally wouldn’t notice but I was there over the thanksgiving weekend helping cook and syating there a while and I brought the garbage ... More About: Garage , Cleaning , Americanism , The G
TopGear is Pissing me off! (BBC America Edits a Lot Out)
2007-11-27 18:28:00 Ok TopGear and company, I thought you had finally come to your senses and finally decided to broadcast TopGear to the United States via BBC America . I was glad the US Pilot was scrapped (because there was no open audition for it) and people would stop uploading your videos to YouTube because they would be able ...
New Travel Site Contest for Key West
2007-11-27 17:51:00 There is a new travel web site called Trusted Tours and Attractions that is having a contest drawing for free tour tickets from all the people who sign up for it’s new e-newsletter. I thought I would mention it in case you wanted a chance to win 4 tickets for the tour of your choice ... More About: Contest , Travel , Site , West , Key West
Google to hit 900? Then what?
2007-11-23 08:20:00 I was reading yesterday that Google increased it’s marketshare in search by about 1 percent to 64.5% of the searches done in the US each month. The up side of this is that they are gaining marketshare from the other few search competitors and are poised to continue being the leaders for a long time ... More About: Americanism , Then
Online Dating Sites
2007-11-23 08:19:00 I am not really a fan of dating sites online because people really don’t represent themselves as who they really are online. I have met some people that way and they are always different than their profile says. I guess it’s an imbellishment thing. There are other ways though to meet people online. MySpace, Facebook ... More About: Dating , Online Dating , Sites , Online , Dati
Short Week for Thanksgiving
2007-11-20 22:48:00 A lot of people are out of the office this week and everyone who is here is in jeans and casual clothes. Everyone is on the phone with family trying to coordinate arrivals and departures already. And Michigan Avenue is lit up like it’s Christmas already beneath the layer of fog that has just rolled ... More About: Thanksgiving , Week , Short , Hank
New E-Book Reader: Kindle
2007-11-20 00:34:00 I saw this today via read-write-web and I was amazed by the fugly-ness of this device. I was hopeful that an electronic book reader would be revolutionary and evolutionary at the same time and this looks like it is from 1989. Was it designed then? Couldn’t they find any better materials? Why beige? Ugh. It ... More About: Reader , Book , E-book , E Book , Kindle
Some new sites to explore
2007-11-16 23:29:00 My friend Meg linked to this site SEO moz that I had heard about but not kept up with and they had a web 2.0 competition of sorts not too long ago and the list of winners and runners up is an interesting list of sites to explore on a Friday afternoon. I have not ... More About: Links , Sites , Explore , Some
Even More Business Confusion
2007-11-16 21:45:00 I work in metrics so I see a lot of new data and have to decide what it means and how it can help us, but I was hearing someone talk about a business intelligence position here today and I realized I don’t exactly know what that is. It’s not what I do but I am ... More About: Business , Confusion , Sine
Proposed Cook County Phone Tax
2007-11-16 21:27:00 I heard about a $4.00 proposed cook county phone service tax last week and I am a bit pissed off about this. I looked at my bill and on a $19.00 phone plan with $14.00 Internet service I already have $12.00 in taxes and regulatory charges and surcharges. That is a combined tax rate of 36% ... More About: Phone , County , Cook , Americanism , Prop
Tax time - What is an S corporation?
2007-11-09 19:35:00 We all know the basics of becoming a company. There are sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. So what is an S corporation? And why do some people say this is a good way to save money on Taxes? I don’t really know a lot about accounting or finance laws but this is something I read ... More About: Corporation , Time
Poking fun at technology - Did TIME copy this NAA Ad?
2007-11-09 19:25:00 I have seen these ads from the national newspaper association of america for a long time now, they poke fun at the web and all its gangly wires when all you really need is a piece of paper for your news. I noticed today that TIME did a very similar photo shoot making fun of ... More About: Technology , Time , Copy , Americanism
I <3 Broadband
2007-11-09 17:46:00 I got DSL broadband in my home (from AT&T) about a year ago and I have to say it has changed my life. I no longer have to wait for pages to load and I get things done so much faster. In fact it makes getting info so much easier that I am more likley ... More About: Family , Broadband , Broad
Google offers new exclude features in adwords
2007-11-09 17:38:00 Google has been innovating how yor ads get displayed and un in adwords for about 4 years now. They have given you control over the matching, the timing, the budgeting, the creative serving, the site targeting, excluding sites and now apparently excluding certain pages on sites. What I want to know is how detailed are these ... More About: Google , Features , Adwords , Offers , Offer
New Email Marketing Social Network Site
2007-11-09 17:26:00 I am always interested in what other marketers have to say and are working on. There is always a lively debate about theory and practice of any marketing medium or method going on. Email marketing is also a huge success area for marketers and they debate heavily on what is best, worst and the new latest ... More About: Marketing , Social , Email Marketing , Jobs
Google Earth adds a weather layer to maps
2007-11-09 17:15:00 This is interesting. Google has partnered with weather.com and Naval Research Labs Meteorology labs to provide weather information on Google Earth maps. (maybe on gas pumps too?) I think this is very logical and makes perfect sense. I am suprised though with all the $ Google has that they didn’t launch some sattelites and provide weather ... More About: Weather , Google Earth , Maps
Going Back to School?
2007-11-09 01:35:00 My media planner is going to get his MBA now so we have been chatting about how it is going. It’s hard because he has to balance his full time job, wife and daughter with getting this MBA degree. Somehow he makes it all work. I always thought I would go back for some kind ... More About: School , Back , Back to School , Americanism , Going
2008 Calendars
2007-11-09 01:29:00 I bought my first 2008 calendar for next year already. Of course since I have been enjoyind Etsy.com so much I bought it from a crafter there. I am liking this letterpress look of paper products. It is 12 cards with letterpress patterns printed and embossed on them. I think they look best with individual ... More About: Calendars , Americanism
Finding Broadband in the UK
2007-11-09 01:15:00 I have a bunch of coworkers that fly overseas to the UK several times a year and they say that things are somewhat similar living there but there are always more differences than just the dialect. One difference is the technology for broadband. More people are catching on there now, but the popularity had lagged ... More About: Technology , Broadband , Broad
WalMart Black Friday Sales & Cyber Monday Deals
2007-11-09 01:08:00 I am starting to get more impressed with WalMart’s ability to change when they are under fire. They have a big article in TIME Magazine this week about revamping their stores and getting the selection tailored to the needs of each community and now I also read that they will be announcing all their sale ... More About: Family , Shopping , Sales , Black , Friday
Public Bathrooms
2007-11-08 00:18:00 I am a bit peeved with the bathrooms here at work. They are always awful and never clean. They have someone come in and clean but they really don’t clean. The faucets are always grimy, the doors are all grey with dirt and the whole thing smells. I wonder if it has always been this ... More About: Public , Bathrooms
Google gives directions at the Gas Pump
2007-11-08 00:12:00 In the News today said that Google is partnering with a gas pump manufacturer to provide screens in the pumps that you can get driving directions on while your car is pumping gas. I think this is a good idea since I drive around lost a lot and a directions kiosk would be very helpful. ... More About: Technology , Directions , Americanism , Pump
Building Rockets and Jets from parts
2007-11-07 19:22:00 If you are one of those people who watch the UK rocketry association with interest as the TopGear guys launch a mini from a ski jump or blast a car named robin into space ala space shuttle you may be able to get into rockets too as a hobby. There are a lot of rules and regulations as ... More About: Building , Technology , Jets , Parts , Americanism
Radiohead Album Downloads Average Price Paid: $6.00
2007-11-07 19:15:00 comScore released some data yesterday about the new Radiohead album that was only distributed through their web site and the price was not set and they did not enforce any pricing at all so people could download the album completley for free if they wanted and didn’t have the money or feel the responsibility to pay. What ... More About: Downloads , Paid , Price , Album
Fun Holiday Personality Test Quiz Game - Emo Emo Time
2007-11-07 19:12:00 Hah, the holidays are here again, and here come the fun site games and quizzes to match! Maybe you’re Emo about the whole thing? (Emo means emotional for those of us over 30) How about the How Emo am I Test ? I know I am more emo this time of year. It’s just frustrating that on ... More About: Quiz , Holiday , Time , Game
TopGear Season 10 Episode 4 Review - Drive Across African Desert
2007-11-07 18:14:00 This week’s show was not the funniest one ever. It was really about jaw dropping risk and edge of your seat drama in a more serious sense. I was drawn to the show’s risky challenges of driving across most of the continent of Africa in old used cars and was suprised that they were able to pull ... More About: Technology , Episode , Drive , Review , Transportation
Who is Howard Miller?
More articles from this author:2007-11-07 18:10:00 I have heard a lot about this Howard Miller guy lately. I was shopping the other day and saw some displays for grandfather clocks by him and the prices were pretty steep. They were kind of an heirloom type fancy clock that gets passed down from generation to generation. My parents have one and my ... More About: Family , Americanism 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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