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Tag Archives: 2008
The stock market spiral. It may not be what you are being told
4 CommentsThe broadcast media loves a good, tight narrative. Here is the narrative for the stock market downturn for the recent events happening on Wall Street. Congress squabbles over debt ceiling, Tea Party was obstinate about debt and deficit, we came … Continue reading
My extra second in 2008
2 CommentsI heard on NPR today that 2009 will have to wait an extra second to coordinate clocks with the Earth’s rotation. Rarely do we get handed the gift of time, so I got to thinking about what I would do … Continue reading
Not entirely an accurate analogy on Net neutrality
Leave a commentFound this analogy about Net neutrality and depite its convincing face, it is not entirely accurate. Say there was no deal cooked up between Telus and the big pizza chain and everyone was competing equally. But, the local pizza place … Continue reading
Joe Biden get a German Shepherd
3 CommentsVice President-elect Joe Biden has picked out a 3-month-old male German shepherd from a suburban Philadelphia kennel to bring with him to Washington. Biden, riding deep with seven black Secret Service vehicles, rolled up to German Shepherd breeder Linda Brown’s … Continue reading
How to look clueless on Twitter in three easy steps
1 CommentRecently, one of the folks I follow sent out a tweet about a teacher who is selling sponsorship on the bottom of his test. The tweet went like: I am in advertising, but even I think this is a bad … Continue reading
How to dumb down more stuff
Leave a commentHere’s what you do when you’ve written a Dummies book about everything. Posted by email from rufus’s posterous Tweet
Selling diamonds in a down economy
Leave a commentYou might think that selling diamonds in a down economy would be a tough game, but you would be wrong! Here is how DeBeers is doing it, full page ad in the WSJ. Posted by email from rufus’s posterous … Continue reading