I’m going to quickly plug the web site of a colleague of mine, because I like the work he has up there, and also really enjoy how the site is laid out. If you are looking for a few minute break today, take a wander thorugh the pics at KJ Photos.com.
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Way up here in the top left corner of the map, we tend to get a little isolationist in nature. Lots of people in Seattle never actually LEAVE Seattle for any length of time, and I have been personally shocked by how many people I meet here who have never ben to New York or Washington DC. Because of this, Seattleites tend to have a pretty narrow look at how the country works.
And with that soliloquy to set the context, I bring you a report from Charlotte, NC from the the Mid-Atlantic Regional Headquarters of Andy Boyer.com:
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You may think you are having a bad day today because you have to replace your WAMU ATM card. Well, remind yourself of the good things you have going on while you fill up your tank at any of the gas stations here that you can stroll right into…..
These people got mortgages…..
Nothing about marketing here, really. But I have a simple idea for the NFL, NBA and MLB to stop teams from throwing games at the end of seasons ot get a better draft pick. Instead of making the draft based on worst to best record for the season before, why not define the draft order by worst to best record over the last THREE years.
I have a few reasons for this suggestion:
- This would stop events where a great team has a few key injuries in one season, ends up with the top overall pick, and builds a dynasty out of it (see Spurs, San Antonio.
- It’s hard to tank 3 straight seasons, so individual games are less important for draft order.
- Teams that are that bad for so long need real help.
- You can make your draft choices with some “general” idea where you may end up in next year’s draft, and make some strategic decisions on free agents based on this.
- Having a ridiculous string of unjustified good luck for 1/4 season doesn’t kill you.
Anyway, that’s my big idea for the day.
You have to wonder what the people at PETA are thinking when they have “brainstorming” sessions. It’s like they purposely come up with ways to alienate anyone in the middle 98% of mainstream thought. From WNBC in New York:
VERMONT — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow’s milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.
“PETA’s request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow’s milk in the food he serves,” the statement says.
PETA officials say a move to human breast milk would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health.
You may now insert your own jokes and analysis.
Adding video clips to YouTube is nothing new, and video game companies have been putting demos of their games up there for years.
But Nintendo has upped the ante with some real creative work on their channel. Make sure to watch the whole video, then do some right clicking to see how they did it.
$20 Billion. $16 Billion. Two relatively large numbers that may be too hard to comprehend. So here’s a funny comparison.
According to Valleywag, the entire newspaper industry is now worth $20 Billion. I suppose that seems right for a 100-150 year old industry with papers everywhere from New York to Wasilia.
But that number seems kind of small when you figure that Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s cofounders, are worth nearly $16 billion each according to Forbes. So 2 men who have made it easier to search for online versions of newspaper articles, could essentially buy the entire industry they are destroying. Does that mean personal fortunes are a tad over inflated?
I am unashamed to be a huge Mark Cuban fan. American success story of a guy who hustles, has worked his rear end off, is always searching for the best opportunity for success, and cognisant of when to get out and start something new. Now he has more money than he can ever spend and gets to run around thumbing his nose at other NBA owners. (The only unfortunate thing is that you can probably make a case that David Stern’s officials are under orders to make sure he never wins a title. See: Wade, Dwayne, 2006 NBA Finals).
Anyway, his blog is always worth reading. And I was just having a conversation about transparency yesterday which makes this thread on BlogMaverick even more relevant. The context of my conversation was whether anyone in the U.S. will be able to run for public office in 20 years, if hackers are going to be able to get to emails you sent and received.
But here are people who use real email addresses to willingly spew stupidity and hate. I would love to sit next to one of these guys in the office and get his reaction. Good for Cuban for publicizing these. Check out the post.
Does this make me want to buy a bunk bed? Maybe not. But did it introduce me to a url I had never heard of before? Yes. And am I forwarding said url around to others who might want to buy a bunk bed? Apparently so.
But check out this fun and easy game from Bunkbeds.net.
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“A Nigerian Muslim court Monday detained an 84-year-old Islamic preacher with 86 wives after he failed to heed a call by local leaders to divorce all but four of them…..The authorities charged Mohammed Bello with “insulting religious creed” and “unlawful marriages” after local chiefs and Muslim leaders gave him until September 7 to comply with Islamic sharia law, which allows a man to have no more than four wives at a time.”
I see it now – “Elimina-wife.” 82 eliminations to get to the remianing 4. Endless possibilities on an International stage here….