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Entries from July 2007

How to Keep Your Kids From Getting Fat: Let McDonald’s Parent Them For You, Apparently

July 18th, 2007 · 40 Comments

McDonald’s is under attack once again for marketing to kids. This has been a long term debate between the chain and its loyal (unwilling?) customer base. Jim Skinner (CEO) has fended off the attacks (temporarily) with the promise of a pro-activity campaign.
Let’s start with the positive - he’s not backing down. McDonald’s is a company, […]

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Tags: news · business

Microsoft Patch Needs Patch (or How to Crumble an Empire)

July 12th, 2007 · 10 Comments

I use Microsoft products everyday at work. We’re a .NET/MSSQL shop exclusively, so this is what I have to work with. It’s not a bad system. The Visual Studio IDE is a great programming environment - at the feature level. SQL Management Studio is a great product as well - also, at the feature level.
I’ll […]

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Tags: technology · rant · business

Sprint Firing Bad Customers

July 6th, 2007 · 13 Comments

- Why is this an issue?
It’s generally accepted in the business world that getting rid of bad/resource-intensive customers is a smart move. Sure, from the consumer standpoint it seems like we’re just being bullied, but we have the right to change companies if we’re not satisfied with our current one, so why can’t a business […]

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Tags: business

Google and Irresponsible Corporate Blogging

July 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments

This whole Google/Sicko fiasco is a little embarrassing. Now, I’m no supporter of Michael Moore. Personally, I find him obnoxious and I think he does more to make similar-minded people look sneaky and untrustworthy than he actually does to educate. I also think that Google is an awesome company. They’re incredibly forward thinking and quick […]

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Tags: business

I Just Got the Sweetest Linkback

July 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

From Bob Meets World. It’s at the end of the post. I contributed to his macbook pro fund/entered the contest to win something worth a lot for very little.
And you know what? He’s right.

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Tags: blogging