500,000,000 bottles of water per WEEK in the USA alone. Yikes!
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The Story of Bottled Water
Posted in Commentary, tagged water on March 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Lemonade
Posted in Commentary, tagged lemonade on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Really enjoyed Lemonade. Whether you’ve been laid off or not, this is a great 30 minute reality check. Available in full on Hulu for those in the US: http://www.hulu.com/embed/U_odwAUsThscpcw2HvAxhA
Talk about a speck…
Posted in Commentary, tagged universe on December 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This simply has to make you wonder about what else is out there.
It can’t be both!
Posted in Commentary, tagged econony on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Which is the worse scenario? 1) Retail spending is down for the holiday season because consumers are spending within their means. OR 2) Retail sales are up slightly while consumers over spend on their credit cards and further bury themselves in debt. Despite what I see on the news most nights, I propose that the [...]
A look inside the deliberations
Posted in Commentary, Politics, tagged whitehouse on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times had an excellent feature story a few days ago: How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan The three-month review that led to the escalate-then-exit strategy is a case study in decision making in the Obama White House — intense, methodical, rigorous, earnest and at times deeply frustrating for nearly [...]
3 years!
Posted in Commentary on November 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy 3 year anniversary my love. All photos are by the amazing Mindy Sonshine Photography.
Doofus quote of the decade: “The Internet was designed for the PC”
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, ballmer, iphone, microsoft, pc on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seriously. This is the message Ballmer’s trying to send during the launch of Windows 7. “Let’s face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That’s why they’ve got 75,000 applications — they’re all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone.” – Associated Press [...]
A Big Difference
Posted in Commentary, tagged Apple, iphone on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Clearly there’s a big difference between simply checking a box to meet a specification (i.e., phone with a 3megapixel camera), and making the complete user experience drop dead seamless and fun. iPhone is now the most popular camera on Flickr… Flickr for god sakes. And it absoultely blows away other camera phones that have been [...]
Garmin Connect is Excellent
Posted in Commentary, Training, tagged garmin, gps, Training on August 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When I picked up my Forerunner 301 a few years ago, Garmin’s support for the Mac left much to be desired. MotionBased was clunky, the connection required some finagling, and on it went. When I really picked up running last year I tried out a few different tools for syncing my training progress to my [...]
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Difficult Decisions
Posted in Commentary, tagged death, hospice, medicine on August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hospice medical care for dying patients – Via The New Yorker An absolutely gut wrenching story about the difficult decisions patients, families, and their physcians face, at end of life.
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