Woodstock wrote about the Green Dilemma earlier this week. I thought I’d pick off a couple of cases and work through the math parts to determine if savings would really be economic savings. Case 1: consider my 15 year-old Kitchenaid top-freezer with an ice maker. The Kitchenaid Marketing Literature says the technology has improved: if you’re […]
Taking the motivational page from Glengarry, Glen Ross (link goes to Alec Baldwin’s best role) one further? First prize: Cadillac El Dorado. Second prize: a set of steak knives. Third prize: you’re water boarded. Yet, strangely, this made Fake Steve visiting the used car dealer even better.
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I found out that the North American Handmade Bicycle Show was being held in Portland. I ♥ Portland. I ♥ bike pr0n. The combination? Day trip! (Note: If you’d just prefer to skip ahead to the gallery, click here.) Portland’s about a 3 1/2 hour fugly drive down Interstate 5. For a day trip, that’s
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I started receiving three of “invitations” from spock.com on behalf of former coworkers: “Hi Jim Carson, [former coworker] has invited you to join their Trust Network on Spock. Click here to get started. Spock is a people search application for finding anyone in the world. Your Trust Network helps Spock tailor search for people you
Another blast from the past, and one leading me to realize I have a lot more cleanin’ to be doin’, was finding this pair of trade show badges being used as bookmarks. These are from a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, when I worked in a completely different industry than
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Last Thursday I took a half day off from work to attend a seminar held by UW’s “Center for Innovation and Entreprenurship.” The seminar featured three presenters, a three-panel forum, and a reception. Below the fold are my notes and quick thoughts.
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After an extended weekend of camping, I came home to an ominous message on the answering machine: This is [credit card company] Fraud Department trying to reach [my legal name]. Please contact us at your earliest convenience regarding suspicious activity on your card. I called and punched in the credit card number, my zip code,
Ever have one of these weeks at work? (Illustration by Ken Wong)
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