February 2009
37 posts
Amazon's E-Book Strategy Re-Kindles Debate on Open... →
adriennes:
Phew. My Kindle desire has again been slightly dampened.
Don’t believe it folks, she’s 100% kindle-obsessed
Miracle Cleaner →
I thought that this was:
a) a spam message, pretending to be from my sister
b) a description of how those amazing magic erasers work
Instead it’s some pretty wild stuff about what happens when you run an electric current through salt water! Sortof blew my mind. I want some on my toothbrush.
“If the debt of a company has not gone up in three years, was it an over-indebted...”
– It was over-indebted three years ago, sorry guy.
WSJ
That's a lot of plastic →
An interesting statistic from the WSJ article on NYC budget cuts: NYC estimates that it will earn $84 million a year on the 5 cent plastic bag tax. That implies 1.68 billion bags a year. Given the NYC population of 8.3 million people, each of us uses 3.9 plastic bags per week.
Stay at home parents and re-entering the workforce →
This is something that I’ve been thinking about, off and on, for the past few years. The cost of hiring childcare frightens me, but so does the challenge of getting a job after a couple years of being out of the workforce. I think that I shouldn’t use current cash flow to decide whether one parent should stay home. It’s a bit like getting a mortgage: it’s probably worth it...
Papa: I noticed a small coffee grinder on the counter, electric cord tightly wound around its spindle in the base, ground coffee residue in the basin.
Me: I'm sorry I forgot to clean that out and put it away. I usually take a dry paper cloth and wipe out the grinder.
Papa: That seemed like too much work, so I just stuffed a paper towel into the grinder, plugged it in and depressed the switch with a knife. Paper bits everywhere! It was glorious!
“Forty-five percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 34 would like to live...”
– Urban Dreams, NYT
(via tlvx)
(via adriennes)
Does this mean that I’ll want to move in a few years?
The Hungarian Pastry Shop
magicmolly:
A dark place that seems best to avoid. Not because its charm is forced, but because so many others insist upon its charm (and its strudel). Longhaired girls with intricate hosiery and serious faces, men with MCAT textbooks, tourists. Most of the food is known to be untasty. These are all reasons why the Hungarian Pastry Shop seems a place to avoid.
And it is, maybe, if you are a...
Stamp Prices to Go Up 2 Cents in May. Postal... →
$3 a year, seriously!?! That’s 150 letters mailed each year. Who sends 3 letters every week?
TicketMaster and Live Nation Agree to $2.5 Billion... →
girlindc:
Evil squared.
Check out the theories about the forthcoming auction-based ticketing model.
EVIL.
(via thebrowncoat)
LiveNation has an untested and expensive strategy and far too much debt. It will go bankrupt, and this deal might take TKTM with it. No synergy, just ego. Lots and lots of ego.
Starbucks to sell coffee and breakfast food combo... →
Corporate signalling in action: First Starbucks started offering sandwiches, encroaching on McDonalds’ market. McDonalds responded angrily, introducing premium coffee in over 7,000 locations. Starbucks tried to calm the situation, by pulling sandwiches from its stores. McDonalds was unmoved, and continued its attack with ads such as “Four bucks is dumb.” Since McDonalds...
Toy dog, decorating diva, "I just don't get it" →
It’s too easy to find reasons to hate the East Side.
“Then there is a distinction many condo buyers probably dismissed as a boring...”
– -NYT
Note to self, think hard if ever tempted to buy a condo.
And good luck to Bob Vila, this might just bite him.
'There's no reason only poor people should get... →
whattheproblemis:
So true
That’s awesome. He brought us Powerpoint, and clearly knows how to give a powerful presentation.
New York Madam will out hundreds of Ibankers on... →
I want this to blow big
“The Cowans found that the average drop in marital satisfaction was almost...”
– More NYT on kids and happiness in marriage
“I look around your website for data on average income by age group, and were not...”
– Google translate makes me sound like an idiot. I sent the email anyway.
"Did you pay your taxes?"
onemoretimewithfeeling:
shorterexcerpts:
icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:
See how easy that was. Ok, now some follow up.
“Did you pay your taxes last year?”
Easy peasy. You’re a pro at this already. Now onto the hard stuff.
“Do you owe back taxes, have any tax liens or do you have a ’nanny problem’?”
Congratulations, you have proven the mental fortitude to be a part of the President’s...
Japanese sewage yields more gold than top mines →
someday landfills will be mined
Just a suggestion...
Mamma: When I was in Seattle I saw Macy's ads for Cuisinart food processors for $99.
Mamma: From what I know, that's a good price.
Mamma: You might want to see what you can get one for.
Me: (vaguely remembering that I had expressed interest in a food processor) I'll take a look.
