Archive for the ‘Business practices’ Category
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
My favorite dog in the world has died. His name was Jethro and he was the sweetest, cutest, coolest little pup ever.
He belonged to my friend Laurie and had a weird knack for playing when you wanted to play and resting when you wanted to rest. He was obliging, which ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
It's Wednesday now and, on Monday, PBS' Frontline re-ran the truly excellent profile of the credit card industry.
Granted, the interview with then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is a lot funnier now, but the episode was a truly horrifying and in-depth look at a really shady industry that bankrupts a ...
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The Innovator blog at the Sydney Morning Herald (that's Down Under to you) had an interesting post on the role of consumers in product development.
Basically, the tenet is that companies should listen to the consumers and be open to ideas and innovations from the outside. Sounds interesting. Reminds me a ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Meet the eco-chocolate.
Not only is it yummy and have neat tips on the wrapper, but it can assuage your environmental guilt. Why? This choco-tastic candystuff - brought to you by TerraPass, Whole Foods Market and Bloomsberry and Co. - comes with a verified TerraPass carbon offset for the average human's daily carbon ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
The ongoing process of me realizing that no one in the US makes a damn thing anymore is constantly stymied by reality.
I'll find a small company that makes the greatest potato chips I've ever had or recall the trip to Iowa my family made when I was a kid to pick ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
His name is Roland. He's my friend Rob's son and his third birthday party was today.
Me being the good pseudo-uncle I am, I went to get him a gift. I went to a locally owned toy store, feeling all good and self-righteous. I rock. Then I tried to look for ...
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Sunday, March 2nd, 2008
That's not a clever title. There's a disposable video camera out there.
I first saw it a few weeks ago at my local CVS. That's a chain of drug stores for those of you outside Chicago.
According to this CNN.com article, CVS unveiled the disposable, single-use video camera in summer 2005. I ...
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Here's an object lesson in research:
For years, I've worn New Balance shoes because they have good arch support and, I thought, they're made in the USA.
Turns out I was only partially right.
True, New Balance does manufacture some of its shoes in the USA. But not all. Not my green, yellow ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
I would like you guys to take a few seconds and look at this posting on Lifehack.org. It's called "How to Avoid Being Enslaved by Consumerism."
Seriously, take a look. I'll wait here.
... hum de dum de du rai ey ... (softly crooning) Oh, Eileen ...
Oh! You're back. I swear, I ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
A brief diversion from the usual topic today.
The National Catholic Reporter did a story on nuns going green.
Hmmm. I wonder where they got that idea?
Dang religion reporters ripped me off.
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