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Archive for November, 2003

On Being Remembered

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Kim: “Everyone remembers you. You know, with the beard and the glasses.”
Me:”The glasses?”
Kim: “Yeah, because they both cover up your face, so people are probably like, ‘Oh, it’s the guy without a face.”

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Facts for Drinkers

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

34. If you bring Old Milwaukee to a party, you must drink at least two cans before you start drinking the imported beer in the fridge.
36. If you ever feel depressed, get out a bartender’s guide and browse through all the drinks you’ve never tried.
42. You can tell how hard a drinker someone is by […]

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Except for sex and religion, nothing motivates people like A Good Deal

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

How Wal-mart Effects It’s Suppliers - Fastcompany article on the pressure Wal-Mart puts on it’s vendors to be super-cheap, e.g., “Dobbins’s customers have begun to face imported clothing sold so cheaply to Wal-Mart that they could not compete even if they paid their workers nothing.” Also, astonishing statements like
[Wal-Mart] is at least partly responsible for […]

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Sunday Evening Links

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Behind the Indian outsourcing craze - good and detailed Q & A with Narayana Murthy, the co-founder and chairman of Infosys, originally from McKinsey Quarterly.
Google Analyst-type Chatter - collected jaw-flapping about Google’s future, mostly of the IPO and revenue strategy variety.
Avoid instanceof

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Yeti, Robot, Auggie, and Yurtle

Friday, November 28th, 2003

Kim put together a gallery of the pets. There’s extensive commentary as well.

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