December 2008
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DC Trip '08
My family decided that now was as good a time as any to get together for a winter trip in DC.
It took me a little longer than normal to get here thanks to the airport delay, but never the less we made it in time to fill our dinner reservation at Famous Luigi’s.
Ending my first day tired, and stuffed with food is not a bad way to start. Did I mention there is a bar and a Starbucks in the...
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Just Like Crack, Really
I was trying to explain to someone at work what I thought of the proposed bailout of the auto industry. I don’t like the idea of giving GM and Chrysler government cheese to the tune of $14 billion. That is provided they can turn two hugely failing companies around in 102 days.
I couldn’t come up with much without using metaphor. Here’s what I’ve got:
Imagine I have a...
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Free *$
What’s better than Starbucks on your day off?
Free Starbucks on your day off.
I recently bought a used car. A 2004 Camry. Bonus? $4 in coin. Thanks nooks and crannies.
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$71/hr Is Misleading...It Will Only Be $53/hr... →
To say that costing a company only $53/hr to build a car isn’t that bad is what is misleading. The NYTimes paints a picture of a some-time-in-the-future Ford that pays its workers an average of $53 an hour. Which is a step in the right direction from the current rate. The comparisons, however, come from Japan where workers get an average of $49 and hour.
Sure, 53 is close to 49. The major...
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Can't Wait For This →
Wired.com has a piece about a chip you can swallow that will monitor drug effects as it makes its way through.
I want more technologies like this being developed. I am OK with not having flying cars, but why we can’t monitor our internal chemistry more exactly, well that I just can’t forgive.