Archive for July 2007
Squid Pie and Skippy’s List
While I’m sitting here not producing the presentation I should be, I’m appreciating something called "Skippy’s List" of the 213 things he’s not allowed to do in the US Army. I post it here merely because I’m laughing out loud at this and the Squid Pie story. Some of my favorites: 7. Not allowed to…
Read MoreSecond thoughts on Second Life
A lot of people that I thought should have known better rushed into Second Life thinking it was the next big thing. I pooh-pooh’ed it, but others who thought they saw potential continued to run with the idea, both within my firm and elsewhere in the industry. (and now you know that I don’t have…
Read MoreTip: Use free Starbucks cards to self-budget your coffee habit.
Sarah and I use Quicken to manage an annual household budget. Everything goes in there. Monthly set-asides for the property tax bills, the home insurance, we’ve got it all covered. It should come as no surprise when we began this process that we were living beyond our means. As we began to lockdown our personal…
Read MoreOh. My. God.
…I have a market research project that’s as original as anything. I’m looking at something that not even academics in my field have focused on. And it’s all within my grasp, I need not be a PhD or use econometrics or other arcane math to figure it out. I am so hyped.
Read MoreIf you see me coming to a poker table…
…stop what you’re doing, take some money out of the ATM, and sit down at the poker table with me. I’m on a losing slide that will erase all my profits for the year if it continues another 4 or 5 sessions. Hey, the least I can do is make sure some of my friends…
Read MoreBloglines, I hardly knew ya.
I’ve been using bloglines for years. But lately it’s been failing me. I’ve got a friend whose significant other is battling a mystery illness and since she doesn’t blog, he keeps our circle of friends informed about her condition via his blog. For some reason bloglines isn’t showing new posts on his blog, so the…
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