the best mp3 player you've never heard of – creative zen stone plus
a few months ago, the mp3 player i regularly took with me during exercise decided to fail. shortly thereafter, i ended up at a toys ‘r us (presumably to buy something for felicity) and i decided to peruse through their feeble electronics dept. what i found was this little black looking “thing” that cost a [...]
tagged.com is a crazy spammer
look at that title. how’s that for seo? anyways, i’ve been getting tons of spam from site called tagged.com that i DID NOT sign up for. today, i decided to click on usubscribe (knowing good and well that doing so almost always opts you in for even more spam), and the monstrosity of what i [...]
john ziegler tears contessa brewer a new one
having just seen john ziegler’s new documentary (thanks to michael graham of 96.9 wtkk for the free tickets), i think i have some perspective on how and why his recent msnbc interview with contessa brewer (see below) went down. this guy, in my view, is doing an extraordinary job at trying to bring back some [...]
mass voters are clueless and oh yea, i told you so
mass voters overwhelmingly decided to NOT eliminate our state sales tax last november for fear of “retaliatory tax increases.” well guess what mass voters? as i predicted, a tax increase has happened anyways. last night, the mass senate voted to increase the state sales tax from 5% to 6.25%. did i mention that we’re in [...]
another deceptive offer from valero gas credit card company
surprise: i got another credit card offer in the mail today. this time, it was from valero, a gas company that i have a gas card through. so what’s the gimmick this time? they sent me what looks like a flyer with big letters telling me to IMMEDIATELY RESPOND or else! but wait, what’s that [...]
today in gloucester, massachusetts
catherine and i spent today in gloucester, mass – home of the nations oldest seaport. it’s a pretty nice quaint new england fishing town. we had some great seafood and stumbled upon a superb antiques store. here are two panoramas i shot (catherine is located in both if you can find her): stage fork park [...]
panorama of cambridge, mass at mit
i shot this panorama this week at the MIT ILP conference using a samsung s85.
how *not* to market to your customers
so the other day, i go to check the mail and i get this little gem from hsbc owned orchard bank: now this isn’t the first time they tried this, but i figured if they’re going to keep trying to convert scam me into they’re CompleteHome product, i might as well have some fun with [...]
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