There are reasons Walmart is so big

Here’s one example. I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 4 at an Apple Store in Las Vegas. However, they were out of clear plastic protecters for the screen. A nearby Best Buy didn’t have them either. A search online found some, and pricing was generally about $18 for a package of three (the [...]

To Egypt

Time Has Come Today, Chambers Brothers

Now the time has come, nowhere to run Might get burned up by the sun but I’ll have my fun

Looks like news but more like fantasy meets The Onion

Growth probably sped up on spending gain: U.S. economy preview

Egypt Army intervenes, protects protesters from police

Video via John Perry Barlow.

All the armies on earth can not stop an idea whose time has come.

Ammunition runs out. Machines break down. But ideas, and ideals, are inexhaustible.

Let us hope the Egyptian people feel the power in their own hands, and use it.

Creedy: “Die! Die! Why won’t you die?… [...]

Got recovery? California unemployment stats

Sue, who is the Goddess of Excel, tracks California unemployment statistics. Here’s the latest for southern California. That’s not a misprint for Imperial County, which is primarily agricultural. Unemployment there really is 28%.

You can download the entire spreadsheet (a mere 72k) which has data for all of California grouped by region then [...]

For me and my prison friends, Egypt is personal

Maajid Nawaz, co-founder and executive director of Quilliam.

I’ve been dragged through the dungeons of Egypt’s underground state security headquarters myself. The infamous al-Gihaz sits in the middle of Cairo and inspires fear in all who walk past. Anyone taken into al-Gihaz is immediately blindfolded, numbered and then has to listen as colleagues are tortured, [...]

Jerry Brown to California cities. Stop your sobbing

At League of California Cities luncheon last week, Gov. Brown harrumphed that this was no time for “turf wars,” telling attendees they needed to deep-six their “narrow perspectives.”

All of this might have sounded lofty and high-minded, as the governor explained the current budget shortfall, except that it was his very own proposed budget [...]

New media, social media analysis from Baekdal

Thomas Baekdal has impressed me for a while by consistently providing in-depth insight, research, and analysis on the ever-changing, continually more important world of social media and new media. He recently started Baekdal Plus, which gives you access to even more comprehensive articles, some of which are 7-10 pages long. It costs $4.99 a [...]

Michael Vicks’ dogs make a comeback

Sue and I do cat rescue and fostering. Currently we are fostering two kittens that were found abandoned by a road. They were traumatized and starving when we got them. Now they are happy and playful, as well as best friends forever. They are totally bonded. After all they’ve been through Hell and have [...]

Really Bad Idea of the Day

Shining laser beams into the eyes of pilots landing at airports.

Imagine the surprise of the pranksters doing it when they get arrested and discover it’s a federal offense.

Kids: leave those laser pointers at home when you go near an airport!