Archive For February, 2010
We had a great time skiing up at Tahoe (Sierra-at-Tahoe, Heavenly) last weekend. It was kind of a blizzard so the camera didn’t make it out of the jacket pocket. There were plenty of high-speed groomers, big bumps, and some soft stuff in the woods too. There’s a great deal going on at Shell gas [...]
1. Google. Does Google even need to advertise? I believe this is the first time I’ve seen a Google ad on TV. Very clean and simple, yet tells a great story. 2. eTrade. I love these talking babies. 3. Bridgestone. A Hangover-inspired whale rescue mission, made possible by great tires. 4. Hyundai. The future is [...]
If you didn’t have enough Super Bowl munchies yesterday, you’ll have to build one of these next year:
You heard it here first: By the end of this year, “strategic default” will be a familiar media buzzword describing the next phase of the foreclosure crisis. In a strategic default, mortgage borrowers who owe more than their house is worth, but who can afford their loan payment, decide it is simply smarter to stop [...]
Have you seen these PZEV stickers and badges on cars? It stands for “partial zero emissions vehicle.” The acronym was devised by the State of California, which makes sense, because it makes no sense. What part of zero are we talking about? PZEV Defined A partial zero emissions vehicle has zero evaporative emissions from its [...]
