I just read in businessweek about a move toward professionally produced videos for the internet now. Which is a move away from the amateur based productions. Which goes hand in hand with my latest behavior which has been watching the show 'lost'. We've been renting it on netlfix but the newest episode does not come out on DVD until Dec 11. It is available for free, however, on ABC. So it seems content owners will be putting forth their own content without the need for special distributors...it's great...the internet really has shaken things up...
but the article talked about a great video which was popular about a year ago. I never saw it...yes, i'm slow...if haven't seen it yet...check it out:
Nov 28, 2007
Nov 25, 2007
quick oats
I remember about 10 years ago trying to find 'steel cut oats' and having a really difficult time doing so. At the time, the product seemed like an exotic relic from days long gone...like a cotton gin...or a dial up computer...
But I just had breakfast and ate steel cut oats produced by the cereal Goliath 'quaker oats'. It seems a concern about being left behind in the steel cut oats market pushed the company to start offering the product. I bought it at Target.
I often blame corporations for creating the society that we currently live it. But perhaps they are just giving us what we want?
Or at least what we think we want...
But I just had breakfast and ate steel cut oats produced by the cereal Goliath 'quaker oats'. It seems a concern about being left behind in the steel cut oats market pushed the company to start offering the product. I bought it at Target.
I often blame corporations for creating the society that we currently live it. But perhaps they are just giving us what we want?
Or at least what we think we want...
Nov 18, 2007
warning: falling dollars ahead
Are you concerned about the falling dollar? Does it mean anything to you and me?
It does if prices have to get jacked up in order for companies to keep up with the declining value of the American currency. This is if inflation takes hold. We have not seen this hit us yet, because the fall in the dollar has been so swift.
For instance, take note of how the pricing difference on book covers regarding the Canadian dollar and the US dollar. Even though the Canadian dollar, or loonie, has achieved parity with the dollar these book covers have maintained the same pricing structure, which must be based on historical values. If the difference in currency pricing exists for a while, I suppose it's a matter of time before the methods used to determine these pricing structures catch up.
so is the falling dollar a concern to you and me? In this case, you just have to tell by the books cover...at least its price...
It does if prices have to get jacked up in order for companies to keep up with the declining value of the American currency. This is if inflation takes hold. We have not seen this hit us yet, because the fall in the dollar has been so swift.
For instance, take note of how the pricing difference on book covers regarding the Canadian dollar and the US dollar. Even though the Canadian dollar, or loonie, has achieved parity with the dollar these book covers have maintained the same pricing structure, which must be based on historical values. If the difference in currency pricing exists for a while, I suppose it's a matter of time before the methods used to determine these pricing structures catch up.
so is the falling dollar a concern to you and me? In this case, you just have to tell by the books cover...at least its price...
Nov 14, 2007
biPolar Barely
remember just about every child on the swing set 10 years ago had attention deficit disorder?
Apparently, now the mental illness de jur is bipolar disorder. And bipolar has more pricey drugs...
Mental illness works great for goosing profits for drug companies...and it keeps people thinking there is something wrong with them if they don't 'fit' the social mold...so it keeps people in line as well...
It's funny, because evolution works when it throws out concepts and ideas that fall outside of what everybody is...when it tries out new ideas...some work...some don't...
mental illness is one of those attempts by nature to force us to evolve...it's trying new things...and we label it as 'wrong' or 'incorrect' when in actuality, it's nature working...
Apparently, now the mental illness de jur is bipolar disorder. And bipolar has more pricey drugs...
Mental illness works great for goosing profits for drug companies...and it keeps people thinking there is something wrong with them if they don't 'fit' the social mold...so it keeps people in line as well...
It's funny, because evolution works when it throws out concepts and ideas that fall outside of what everybody is...when it tries out new ideas...some work...some don't...
mental illness is one of those attempts by nature to force us to evolve...it's trying new things...and we label it as 'wrong' or 'incorrect' when in actuality, it's nature working...
Nov 11, 2007
eatwatch online
a great application gets better...eatwatch is online now!
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/online/hdo.html
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/online/hdo.html
Nov 6, 2007
rummaging through the attic
I am reposting old posts I took off line because it thought I was going 'in a new direction'...
New direction?
I've heard that life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. So i'm rereading old posts to understand my backwards life...
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't look backwards with me...
it's fun...
New direction?
I've heard that life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. So i'm rereading old posts to understand my backwards life...
I don't see any reason why you shouldn't look backwards with me...
it's fun...
Nov 5, 2007
whacked...
well it was more...thudded...
i was biking from work to the train station and got 'thudded' by a car...at least it was a low emission vehicle...a prius...
i was just thinking how lucky i've been to have not been hit in almost 10 months of biking in the city...so now i'm a little more experienced and I have to find out what do do when hit next time...there's just so many cars in such a small space it's a given it'll happen again...
but's it reminded me of how much i think cars are over used today...
the most stressful thing about the incident was another motorist yelling at me that i was the one at fault...i'm actually not sure who was at fault, but it was a good lesson that i need to learn what my rights are as a bicyclist in the city...
i'd love to live in a car free community, but i don't think any exist..
but i'll be looking...so the worst that could happen would be to get thudded by a golf cart maybe...or a kid on a big wheel....
OUCH!
i was biking from work to the train station and got 'thudded' by a car...at least it was a low emission vehicle...a prius...
i was just thinking how lucky i've been to have not been hit in almost 10 months of biking in the city...so now i'm a little more experienced and I have to find out what do do when hit next time...there's just so many cars in such a small space it's a given it'll happen again...
but's it reminded me of how much i think cars are over used today...
the most stressful thing about the incident was another motorist yelling at me that i was the one at fault...i'm actually not sure who was at fault, but it was a good lesson that i need to learn what my rights are as a bicyclist in the city...
i'd love to live in a car free community, but i don't think any exist..
but i'll be looking...so the worst that could happen would be to get thudded by a golf cart maybe...or a kid on a big wheel....
OUCH!
Nov 3, 2007
are you golden?
this news is just going to spike gold up even more...crazy...like gold needs any more support...
gold will correct back to a stable price i would say of 550 or 600/ounce...i think the stable baseline price of gold will be higher than the historical one...
why is gold going up? I think because people's values and what they value are in question...interesting...
gold will correct back to a stable price i would say of 550 or 600/ounce...i think the stable baseline price of gold will be higher than the historical one...
why is gold going up? I think because people's values and what they value are in question...interesting...
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