Hard to imagine that it’s been 20 years. There is something so cold, so chilling, about armed soldiers pulling guns on and aiming tanks at unarmed civilians. Their own civilians. And yet, it’s not the first time … (more…)
Hard to imagine that it’s been 20 years. There is something so cold, so chilling, about armed soldiers pulling guns on and aiming tanks at unarmed civilians. Their own civilians. And yet, it’s not the first time … (more…)
from: The Huffington Post Lawrence Bender: Remembering David Carradine.
One of the most wonderful memories I have of David is from first day of training. (more…)
It’s such an obvious idea. And yet, over and over again in the internet, I find web sites that surprise me. (more…)
Koko Taylor. Sam Butera. David Carradine. All gone in the last day.
If you don’t know who these people are, here are some pointers. (more…)
I rediscovered the Kung Fu series only recently and completed the whole DVD set of season one a few days ago. I used the famous Grasshopper quote in my first post to this blog. In honour of Carradine, here are 2 more (more…)
It’s the beginning of the month, so I’m looking at my web stats for the various websites I have a hand in. The results are amazing …
One of my favorite bloggers, Joel Spolsky, wrote:
Many companies that have gone bust didn’t die because of the recession. They failed for one reason: They treated customers poorly
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In the comments following this article, I found this little quote, which says what I was trying to say a few days ago, but more concisely.
The root cause of the world economic collapse was a socioethical malaise rooted in greed. Now it appears that this wasn’t limited to the financial sector.
via Elsevier published 6 fake journals :The Scientist [7th May 2009].
And the hits just keep on coming …We talked a few days ago about the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, a peer reviewed medical journal that was not peer reviewed, not very medically authoritative and not much of a journal.
Today it got worse.
First we had the term First Lady. And that was good. Sounds a bit elitist, I suppose, but the idea was respect for the position and unacknowledged time and energy. The First Lady is more or less an official position. There’s an Office of the First Lady. She has staff.
Then we had the First Family. And that was OK, I guess. No official position, no staff, no office, so it’s not really the same. But you can stretch the point that far, I guess.
Then we had the First Dog!
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