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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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Whew. Busy weekend. If anyone’s curious, Tool was oustanding.
I have a post on at Daily Blog Tips about WordPress Blog Maintenance. Check it out if you’re into that sorta thing.
I don’t want to, but I feel somewhat obligated to discuss Paris Hilton briefly. First off, this stuff about her grandfather donating to the campaign of […]

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This does not strike me as “sick”, “ill” or “the shizzle.” It reeks of “radical” and “cowabunga.” It smells of the 80’s.
This is some (apparently overpaid) marketer’s idea of “appealing to the younger generation.” My guess is that said marketer is pushing fifty and has very little exposure to “the younger generation.” The logo is […]

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If you haven’t heard, an 11-year-old boy shot a gigantic hog down in Arkansas. Apparently it’s larger than the previous record holder, a Mr. Hogzilla. Awesome.
How to create a market
Do something extraordinary. Look at this freaking animal. Now that you have everyone’s attention:
Praise your supporters by posting their comments on your website.
Rile up your adversaries […]

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The web is abash with theories about Microsoft and their hungry lawyers. It’s always fun to speculate and muse but, whether I imagined the article I mentioned or not (I’m pretty sure I didn’t), Microsoft is not going to sue anyone over open source patent infringements.
Why not?
Well, it’s simply bad business. Everybody knows that Microsoft […]

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Read this blog post on Jonathan Schwartz’s blog (CEO Sun Microsystems). It’s semi-interesting. I guess Sun is trying to take advantage of the situation by wearing a halo next to everyone’s favorite devil. As I recall, I saw an article yesterday outlining some comments Mr. Ballmer made, the gist of which is that MS will […]

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Wow, chalk this up as the most absurd story of the moment. Some rabid (def: carrier of rabies) fan of Paris Hilton’s has attempted to have her DUI (that’s driving drunk/endangering lives/generally having no regard for others) pardoned (oh yea, and her license was suspended) by sending a letter to the governator.
The author’s claim is […]

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I try to keep political rants off of here for the most part. I’m not really sure that I’m saying anything new or exciting, but sometimes it really gets to me. After that little outburst, I thought we needed something positive, and this is definitely a good sign of things to come (edit: link is […]

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Something is going horrifically wrong in this country. We have a president that’s supposed to represent our population but ignores its majority. 50% of the officials in the national government are in some kind of trouble. A number of them can’t seem to keep it in their pants.
And now this. Suddenly people on the front […]

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I guess I’ll jump on the bandwagon. This whole code of conduct thing is ridiculous. Honestly, I find it a bit pretentious. We’re really not that important. Bloggers make up a community, or a series of communities, but there’s very little legal pretense in what we do. Sure, you wouldn’t want to make a habit […]

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