There’s a lot of talk these days about “free” being the new business model, especially in the online world. But there’s actually nothing free about free. Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine says $0.00 is the future of business. As an example he writes, “Virtually everything Google does is free to consumers, from Gmail to Picasa [...]
Please excuse the lack of posts recently…and for the next week or so. My wife and I are on vacation in Croatia, discovering hidden beaches from our Folbot folding kayaks. We’ve been to Croatia several times now, and if you’re considering visiting (highly recommended), here’s a bit of advice: Zagreb is a cool city if [...]
If either you have a dog or you know someone with a dog, then this post is for you. As we all know, dogs pee and poo like all other humans. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately depending on your disposition, they don’t tend to do so on a toilet designed for humans. There are LOTS of [...]
If you’re illegally downloading music or considering doing so, think again! This woman just got slapped with a 1.9 million dollar fine for downloading 24 songs. That’s rough!
I was sad to hear that David Carradine, who played Kwai Chang Caine in the 70′s “Kung Fu” series (and also starred in both “Kill Bill” movies), died last Thursday. Although I own all three seasons of “Kung Fu”, I’ve never met David Carradine, so my sadness quickly turned to a combination of curiosity and [...]
The last Paul Krugman column, Reagan Did It, blames Reagan for the current financial crisis due to his signing the Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act and deregulation: Reagan-era legislative changes essentially ended New Deal restrictions on mortgage lending — restrictions that, in particular, limited the ability of families to buy homes without putting a significant [...]
After some of the comments on my last Vibram Five Fingers post, I thought it would be interesting to delve a little deeper into the human foot and the horror of modern shoes. In the picture above you can see a pair of very healthy feet from a photo of an Iban man taken recently [...]
New York Magazine is great for reading on the toilet, or any other time for that matter. And it was this article that convinced me I must get a pair of Vibram Five Fingers. Let me first say that this is not a paid post. With that out of the way…these are the best shoes [...]
