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2007-10-22 17:09:00 Apparently wordpress is for sale. They are guessing the amount that would be paid for the organization would be between 150 and 300 million dollars. Yikes that is a lot of money, but I think they do provide the best blogging platform in the world. They do spam blocking better than anyone, the themes work ... More About: News , Blog , Americanism
My Favorite City: Chicago
2007-10-22 07:16:00 I happen to get asked a lot about what to do when people are visiting Chicago . I get this question from friends, relatives and coworkers. They all have heard about the city and want to experience it over the weekend or on their vacation. Since I have lived here all my life I can speak ... More About: Family , New York , Vacations , City
Jersey Boys
2007-10-19 23:18:00 I am completley obsessed with the soundtrack fromthe Jersey Boys broadway musical. I saw it in Chicago at the LaSalle Bank Theater last week and I have been singing Frankie Valli songs ever since. They weave a very moving story among his songs and somehow they are all appropriate to represent times in his life and ... More About: Americanism
Spock.com the new search engine
2007-10-19 23:02:00 Yes, we all know Spock with his pointy ears and his logical intelligence but what if a search engine was that smart? What if you could get better results from tagging and different search technology and algorithms than Google. Who wants some semantic search? Ok, I can’t help you with the last one but there is ... More About: Search , Search Engine , Engine
Video Gaming Starts at age 6?
2007-10-19 22:44:00 According to this article I read today gaming starts with kids at age 6. That’s first grade. That is unbelievable that they are already so into it by then and will be playing games from then on. I suppose playing games is easier than learning to read, so why would they read books and do ... More About: Video , Gaming , Americanism
Garage Conversions
2007-10-19 22:37:00 Before it gets too cold, it’s time to sneak in those last few home improvements and projects this year. It is a good time to do any garage conversions you may be thinking about. Plus you can usually do home improvements that are under 30K in value without any change in your property taxes. So ... More About: Garage
The New Radiohead Album
2007-10-19 19:23:00 I am listening to the new Radiohead album courtesy of a friend who downloaded it for free ala the new pay as you see fit system and apparently share as you see fit system. It is interesting that they have used the record companies to market them to the point where they are household names and ... More About: Album , Adio
Las Vegas Baby! Vacationing
2007-10-19 04:24:00 I am not sure when I will get back to Las Vegas but I know some people who go every 6 months and would love to move there. They are contemplating selling their home and moving to a condo in Las Vegas for the winters and Chicago for the summers. If they did do this, ... More About: Family , Baby , Americanism
Food Catering for the Holiday Parties
2007-10-19 04:18:00 I was at a dinner the other night and was surprised that the people attending were oblivious to the cook’s time and work put in to the dinner and were generally acting very un-enthusiastic about it. And yes, it wasn’t fancy or anything but still, where are their manners? What do they expect? I have ... More About: Food , Holiday , Parties , The Holiday , Catering
Fancy Fine Jewelry Gifts for Christmas
2007-10-18 19:21:00 Ok, I am one of those people who usually blogs about seving money and cutting costs and not paying too much for something but I want to turn your attention to the upcoming Holidays. Christmas is the one time during the year that I buy gifts that are really nice and a good fit for every ... More About: Family , Gifts , Jewelry , Fine
Baby Boomer Marketing
2007-10-18 18:51:00 Everyone in the business world is a buzz about marketing their products to U.S. Baby Boomers (people born between 1946 and 1964 after WWII and in that big baby boom that happened post war in peacetime) They are a hot target for companies these days for the following reasons: 1. There are far more of them than ... More About: Marketing , Family , Baby Boomer , Americanism
The U.S. Mortgage & Lender Mess
2007-10-18 18:40:00 The mortgage and lending crash just keeps getting worse. I don’t know which is worse, the people not reading the contracts they sign and not understanding the terms involved with a baloon payment or adjustable rate or the banks and financial companies offering such bad manipulative terms. It seems like no one really did any ... More About: Mortgage , Americanism , Mort , Mess
Toyota Quality Drops, Ford Quality Improves Dramatically
2007-10-17 18:36:00 I have never been excited by the sight of a Toyota , but they have climbed to the top of the sales charts in the U.S. because of a claim that they build better cars with less mechanical problems and better over all quality. They cite all the J.D. Power and Associates awards and Consumer Reports ... More About: Ford , Quality , Americanism , Amat
Cosmeceuticals - What?s Next with Skin Care
2007-10-17 18:12:00 I have particularly light skin. I am what they call a pale person. My friend Janice is Asian and has darker more olive tone skin and finding makeup for it has always been challenging. She not only has issues with finding makeup that matches her skin tone, she also has to find the right makeup ... More About: Skin , Skin Care , Care
Wake Up WalMart - Chinese food product recall update
2007-10-17 05:45:00 I just got this information in an email from Wake Up WalMart and wanted to pass it along because more people should know about what lengths WalMart will go to in order to make more profit. Nothing is sacred, so don’t spend your money there if you want to have any control over our U.S. ... More About: Food , Chinese Food , Product , Recall , Chinese
Software Reviews of Microsoft Vista
2007-10-17 05:39:00 I have heard a lot about Vista lately from my friend Kevin who just bought a new laptop computer that has the Microsoft Vista operating system on it. Yes he bought it to upgrade his 3 year old laptop and to get a dvd burner but he didn’t bet on Vista being such a pain. ... More About: Software , Reviews
Google Yahoo Search Fight
2007-10-16 19:14:00 Well not a fight really, except for marketshare. Google has been the etch leader and Yahoo has been the display ad, apps and news leader. Both combined have about 90% of the search market and are major portals for how people start their day, their search for information and communicate throughout their work and lives. A huge ... More About: Search , Fight , Yahoo search
Must Love Dogs
2007-10-16 18:49:00 My friend Mikala has a great puppy dog Gilbert and while she was gone I was babysitting (dogsitting) for her. He is a little Boston terrier and the cutest thing ever. If I got a dog I would probably get fluffy furry kind of dog though I am more into the fuzzy kind. But anyway, ... More About: Dogs , Love
Jeremy Clarkson Chews pipe and burns mouth Season 10 Ep 2
2007-10-16 18:41:00 Ok, so this week’s TopGear was funnier than last week’s season premier show. The Audi R8 was nice, but alas I won’t be in the market for a super-car for at least several lifetimes, so it was just car porn. This week the funniest moments in no particular order were: 1. James Smoking the pipe as ... More About: Season , Jeremy , Mouth , Jeremy Clarkson , Burns
Anonymous Surfing
2007-10-16 18:38:00 Anonymous Surfing is something people should have the option to do without government or companies tracking their every move if they want to. The ability to use all the interet has to offer is great, but can you really feel safe if you are being watched? If you are being tracked at every click? It’s ... More About: Anonymous , Anon
Kodak drops Olympic Sponsorship After Beijing 2008
2007-10-15 17:26:00 The 2008 Beijing Olympic s are less than a year away. NBC is shaking in their boots though because so many advertisers are baling out right after and have probably reduced their advertising and commercial media spend on this upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. A few things seem to have changed with the Olympics over the past 10-15 years. ... More About: Kodak , Beijing 2008 , Sponsorship
Conservatory or Loft? Which is a better project?
2007-10-15 16:47:00 In the UK many people decide which is a better project for their home between a loft conversion (attic) or adding a conservatory (greenhouse, or sun-room)? Both may cost a smiliar amont, but which will add the most value to your home? I would prefer the Sun-Room Conservatory addition because I think it would be more ... More About: Project , Loft , R Project
Family Fun
2007-10-15 06:35:00 I was at a family function today and it was fin to see everyone there and catch up a bit. It is always interesting to see what people have been up to although I am not the best person at being social. I admit I am more like my dad in that I am quieter ... More About: Family , Americanism
Holiday Christmas Shopping Target
2007-10-15 06:24:00 I am one of those people who like to have all the Christmas shopping done by Thanksgiving so that I never have to deal with huge mall crowds or long lines wasting my weekends in December. Plus aren’t there a million holiday parties to go to in December? They start early in the month with ... More About: Family , Shopping , Holiday , Target
Advertising and Economic Growth Dissertation
2007-10-13 23:22:00 advertising-and-economic-growth.pdf Ok, back to the serious stuff again… (ugh) I have been reading this study on advertising on economics, while I am on the train. (it keeps the crazy people away) Advertising and Economic Growth by Maximilien Nayaradou and prepared by the World federation of Advertisers. (I guess there is a federation for everything) It is ... More About: Vert
Morphing Photos for Fun
2007-10-13 22:29:00 I have posted about cool photo stuff before but I wanted to make sure I got this out there in case people don’t know about it. There is new software out there that allows you to morph photos together so they change from one into the other. It’s like of like how photos change in a ... More About: Family , Photos , Morph
What to eat? Cheap Food & Eating on a Budget
2007-10-13 22:16:00 I was recently looking for budgeting blogs to tune in to and read about how other people save money and I ran across the Trying to Follow blog, (which is a religious based blog, although I am not religious in any way) which had a post about living on a budget. I give credit to ... More About: Food , Budget , Cheap , Eating , Americanism
Working from home
2007-10-13 18:25:00 I have a job now that allows me to work from home on occasion and take the flexiblity I need in my life while still getting my work done. Not all companies are like that though. Many companies are very rigid in the 8am to 5pm schedule and don’t allow any calls or home type ... More About: Home , Working , Workin
New Google YouTube Ads
2007-10-12 21:56:00 I just tried to install the YouTube Google ad format on my other blog. it was interesting, and it isn’t really suited that well for my blog. I got it to work and you can see it here. Chicago Restaurants Here is what I would like from Google and YouTube to make it better: 1. Better targeting ... More About: Youtube
Hair Transplants
More articles from this author:2007-10-12 18:27:00 Ok, now the conversation has gotten weirder in the office. It is odd when you have open cubicles and you have to listen to what your neighbors are talking about all day every day. Now Rick is talking about his uncle that is having Hair Tran splant Surgery because he is afraid to become bald at a ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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