Archive for the ‘culture’ Category

The Bathroom as Status Symbol.

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

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This is so true. The previous owner of our house converted a bedroom into a bathroom!

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What George W. Bush could learn from Steve Jobs

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

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After all, he’s selling iRaq.

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Report of the Demise of L.A. Palm Trees Premature

Monday, December 4th, 2006

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Sounds like this story was too bad to be true.

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Olbermann’s Hot News

Friday, December 1st, 2006

He learned it at the ballpark: “In sports, if a centerfielder drops the fly ball, you can’t pretend he didn’t. There’s also an awareness of patterns, a relationship between what has gone before and what is to come that is so strong in sports coverage that doesn’t seem to be there in news reporting.”

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Turntables, picture frames outselling Zune at Amazon.com

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

I wonder how Segways are doing.

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The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

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The rise and fall of the Los Angeles Times. Will someone please invent a new business model for journalism? Good reporting costs money, which fewer and fewer newspapers have.

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For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs Big Debate

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

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There are a thousnd working prototypes now, and mass production gets under way next year.

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Do Not Pry Open Until Christmas

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

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Manufacturers are finaly getting the message that we all hate clamshell-plastic packaging.

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A black hero asks a writer if he makes difference

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

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A raspy voice on the other end of the phone wants him to think about race, racism and what it means to be an African-American sportswriter.

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L.A. to Palm Trees: Drop Dead

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

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Little shade, little CO2 capacity — what good are they?

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