Archive For November, 2009
I think this is a cute story, and appropriate this week after Ford’s $1 billion Q3 profit. Nice job guys! Over 100 years ago, Henry Ford was tinkering in the shed out behind his house. He was building his first car. But when he finished, he realized he’d made one critical mistake: it was too [...]
Where else can you sit in a old-fashioned streetcar and get a four-course meal for like $10? The Old Spaghetti Factory is amazing and deserves recognition! Last weekend we went to the San Jose Spaghetti Factory, and it was approximately equal in awesomeness to the Seattle one. Plus they earned bonus points because we didn’t [...]
Thankfully I was unaffected this time, but Google is again showing just how loosely they interpret their own “don’t be evil” mantra. A Timeline April 2007 – Google acquires DoubleClick, and all it’s subsidiary businesses including Performics, the affiliate marketing network. Conflict of interest, anyone? June 2008 – Google rebrands Performics as the Google Affiliate [...]
Surprise surprise, not all country singers are “red state” die-hards (although there are plenty who are). I’ll do my my best to re-create a political spectrum based on select song lyrics. What’s even more interesting is that Toby Keith is a pretty well known democrat, but you’d never know it from his songs. I guess [...]
Here’s a headscratcher from Chase (formerly WaMu): Domestic wire transfers are free from personal checking accounts. From business checking accounts, there is a $20 fee. It is free to transfer money between business and personal checking accounts. Great policy, Chase. I’m sure your employees enjoy processing the extra paperwork, and the customers behind me appreciate [...]
