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Arrington declares world fully invented

In a post on Techcrunch today, Michael Arrington, the great hyperbolist, declared, “While plenty of startups are launching, we aren’t seeing any actual innovation any more. There just isn’t the “wow” factor around new startups like in 2004/2005. That does not bode well for the future – there just isn’t anything left to invent.” [emphasis [...]

The Beef Syndicate

The last three years have made me think hard about where our food comes from. The easiest way to know for sure is to buy it from the source. In this vain, a couple years ago I looked into buying a Steer. It seems like a win-win situation; support local ranchers and butchers and get [...]

Does this happen to everybody?

I was still half asleep after swim practice this morning, and so while dressing I unwittingly put my underwear on backwards. I didn’t realize this until about three hours later, a good way through my morning at work. What do you do at this point? I didn’t feel all that comfortable stripping down in the [...]

Please destroy the chair

We recently bought leather chairs for the living room from reclinersplus.com (a company I strongly recommend). One of the chairs was damaged in shipping (leather at the base ripped) and so they sent us a replacement. We asked when we should expect somebody to pick up the damaged chair. Here was their response: Due to [...]

Short Latte

If you aren’t price conscious (like me), I bet you have never heard of the “short” size at Starbucks. That is because it isn’t on the menu, or in any Starbucks literature. The unlisted size serves price conscious customers because it is cheaper and it makes them feel like they are getting a deal. Those [...]