Paul

Sometimes it needs to be said

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Of course, part of the problem with redheads is that there aren’t enough of them. They make up just two percent of the population. So they’re pretty extraordinary. Redheads are too numerous to be ignored, too rare to be accepted. Grant McCracken, from “Big Hair“ With thanks to Kitty for finding the quote.

What on earth is “progressively designed high tech space?”

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I can’t decide which is worse: the building design or the ad copy.  Either way, if it were being dropped next to MY condo building (sorry, “amenity”) I’d be out rioting. Dropping a ginormous suburban-style office building on the edge of a densely populated urban neighborhood is neither progressive nor high tech. http://www.150second.com/ Continuing Kendall … Read more

Willie Bobo: Spanish Grease

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In the category of “things I heard while drinking mojitos in a bar in Jersey City and used Shazam to track down.” Funnily enough, one of the first youtube hits was for “Summer Loving” in Spanish.

OK, who’s surprised? Really?

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Many Homeland Security initiatives are called flops – latimes.com www.latimes.com A high-tech “virtual fence” to catch illegal border crossers. Next-generation nuclear detectors at ports. Tamper-proof driver’s licenses in every state.These were signature Bush administration initiatives to protect the country against terrorism and secure its borders. …

Steve Jobs weighs in.

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I wonder how I’d feel if I didn’t hate Flash. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ I wanted to jot down some of our thoughts on Adobe’s Flash products so that customers and critics may better understand why we do not allow Flash on iPhones, iPods and iPads. Adobe has characterized our decision as being primarily business driven – they … Read more