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Hands across the Atlantic (Dec 10 2003 23:34 GMT) - Down in Barcelona, economist and fellow-Celt, Edward Hugh, proprietor of the much-loved Bonobo Land, is cooking up some interesting changes.... |
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The End of Books--Or Books Without End: Reading Interactive Narratives (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Weblogs are such stories too, of course. Your favourite weblog might end tomorrow. It might be deleted from the server. All the comments you'd carefully crafted would be as though never written, the links that tied your work to it would be broken, bleeding, gasping with surprise. It's not a matter of books without end, it's not knowing when the end will come. |
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The Radical Center : The Future of American Politics (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Increasingly, I think the only answer to this paradox is in something like the "Radical Centrism" of people like Ted Halstead, Michael Lind and, to some extent, Matthew Miller. I used to wish that this "centrism" could be called with it really is: good, responsible liberalism, updated for modern circumstances, respectful of the market, and thankfully stripped of its fuzzy thinking, sacred cows and special interests. But it's actually more than that, and we so clearly need a fresh start that the ... |
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Marketing - The Retro Revolution (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Stephen is an advocate for retro marketing a la the hucksterism days of PT Barnum. He wrote a book on this topic. I've read both and the HBR article is worth picking up more than the book. |
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Emotional Branding: The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman and chief global strategist, is quoted in the book Emotional Branding by Marc Gobe, "It's our partners (store employees) who pass on to customers their knowledge and passion about Starbucks. If we greet customers, exchange a few words with them and then custom-make a drink exactly to their taste, they will be eager to come back." |
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The Last Samurai: The Official Movie Guide (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - The Last Samurai, and Oprah gave it a glowing review. Steve and I had both seen previews for the movie -- and after Oprah's high praise we decided we definitely wanted to see it on the big screen (as opposed to waiting and netflixing it!). |
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Consecrated Life (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Our school hosts a used book sale every year. It's an event I greatly enjoy. It's so exciting! My library has grown impressively, and for so cheap. Plus all the profits go to a good cause. |
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Life of Christ (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Our school hosts a used book sale every year. It's an event I greatly enjoy. It's so exciting! My library has grown impressively, and for so cheap. Plus all the profits go to a good cause. |
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GRT IDEA GRT BKS (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Our school hosts a used book sale every year. It's an event I greatly enjoy. It's so exciting! My library has grown impressively, and for so cheap. Plus all the profits go to a good cause. |
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Judgment under Uncertainty : Heuristics and Biases (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - This appears to be one of those human biases that doubtless has some psychological explanation but which acts against both our interests and objective reality (Kahneman and Tverskys Judgment under Uncertainty : Heuristics and Biases has many examples of these). Indeed, this reluctance is patently absurd when the size and importance of the purchase can be so significant, such as a life insurance contract or the selection of mutual funds to invest in, and the difference in performance and charges ... |
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The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - People are very sensitive to breaches of social contracts. (There is fascinating empirical evidence for this, such as that presented in the chapter on Cognitive adaptations for social exchange in The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture, edited by Barkow, Cosmides and Tooby). This sensitivity is most often manifested in the sense of something being unfair. When people feel something is unfair it is usually a powerful emotion. |
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Batten Down the hatches~ (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - We had our GE washing machine fixed today - he was here a total of 15 minutes to "unplug" a... |
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Suppose it gets much cheaper to put stuff in earth orbit – then what? (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Another evening meal with a fellow Samizdatista, and out of it another question. The Samizdatista was Michael Jennings, and the question now is this: If the cost of getting stuff into earth orbit is seriously reduced, what kinds of things will be done in space that are not done now? I am not asking how this big price reduction will be contrived. (As I understand it, it's either better rockets or a giant stepladder, but... |
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No slippery (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Der Winter ist sicher: Wie soeben gemeldet wurde, hat die City of Chicago 415.000 Tonnen Streusalz gebunkert ... |
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Chick Magnet (Dec 10 2003 23:33 GMT) - Wenn ich mit Samuel unterwegs bin, kann ich mir der freundlichen Aufmerksamkeit jedes weiblichen Wesens sicher sein. Soviele Frauen haben mich noch nie angelaechelt ... ein echter "Chick Magnet" der Kleine. Besser als jeder Hund! (^_^) |
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No bread for you! (Dec 10 2003 23:32 GMT) - France, Germany and other whiny little slimepits countries who didn't support the war won't be getting any tasty reconstruction contracts.... |
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Microsoft's Patent Tricks (Dec 10 2003 23:32 GMT) - More patent news to report. On Tuesday, Microsoft was granted a patent on the “method and apparatus for writing a Windows application in HTML.” Though Microsoft is quoted in the article as “ |
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Goodbye to Basic Freedom (Dec 10 2003 23:32 GMT) - The element of the campaign law which limits ads is infringing on the free exercise of speech and of redress of grievances against our government. As private citizens who mostly likely cannot afford to spend thousands supporting a candiate, joining groups like the AARP and the NRA are a way for us to get our voices heard. |
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