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When a Loss Leader is just a Loss…

Tweet Best Buy is having a rough time lately, so to improve things they are offering 20% off on iTunes gift cards! The thought here has to be that they will make up this loss by getting you to buy … Continue reading

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Chili Covered Porcupines

Tweet Nice wrap up of the Facebook and all huge tech IPO’s. Reminds me of being at Limelight when they went public. The Chili Covered Porcupine line at the end sums it up well. Four short links: 2 February 2012 … Continue reading

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Yeah I’m a fanboy

Tweet Negotiations with the carriers:Android handset makers: Here are our phones. How would you like us to change them so that you will sell them?Microsoft: Here’s $200 million. Please sell our phones.Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in … Continue reading

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NGC 6357 Nebula Original Modern Abstract by MelissaSherowski

Tweet My good friend Melissa Sherowski is not just a well adjusted listener of drum and bass, she is also a darn fine painter. Here I am linking to one of her acrylic paintings from her Expansion and Flux series. … Continue reading

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Whats with these crazy environmentalists and Tar Sands?

Tweet So there is a story going on about the Canadian Tar Sands, a pipeline, and environmentalists who want to stop it from happening. Sounds like more lefty liberal hippies trying to kill the American Dream and unicorns? Well if … Continue reading

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Punch to the Face – “Google are Pussies”

Tweet This is great writing from Brain S Hall – Google are Pussies – Cached Copy. Pull no punches and lay into the fucks: Google has not innovated in a decade. But, they’ve been in many fights. Against relatively tiny, … Continue reading

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Do No Evil and Googles Religious Tendencies

Tweet Google is a bit different from Apple and MSFT. Those two sell a product. Google gives everything away. The users dont have to even create an account to use Google Search. They even give away one of the most … Continue reading

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This is why Apple doesn’t have a popular Social Media Network in Ping

Tweet What an awesome day today! Had a great lunch with an old pal and made a number of connections that are going to be highly productive. Then I am home jamming to some jammy jams with my lady and … Continue reading

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Whats up with the Google Formatting Change?

Tweet I may be too hungover but when I did a search this morning for my new favorite song of the minute(We no speak americano, thanks Greg and his Hanover Coffee) the formatting of the search results at Google were … Continue reading

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Desertstandard TV with Roger and Greg talking Pandas n shit

Tweet Sometimes your lunch gets ruined by an asshole like my buddy Greg, so I put him on camera and let him show the world how smart he isnt. Seriously though if you get offended by any of this you … Continue reading

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