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(An episode where Peter screams out loud at stupidity in the Japanese service industry…) I’m a businessman, and businessmen (Or businesswomen, businesspeople, drunken monkeys, or lobotomized fleas for that matter…) will tell you that in order to win or keep business, you do things to make your customers’ lives easier. Japan is reknowned the world over for [...] Good article here –> http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2006/03/08/chinas_wondrous_web.html The whole Chinese take on the internet (Do I get credit — or snarls? — for the term “Chinternet? :-) ) is really amazing. I first noticed this about 4-5 years ago when taking business trips to China. It was the easiest place in the world to get internet [...] “A revolutionary way to send cargo into space, the LiftPort Space Elevator will consist of a carbon nanotube composite ribbon eventually stretching some 62,000 miles from earth to space. The LiftPort Space Elevator will be anchored to an offshore sea platform near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, and to a small man-made counterweight in space. [...] Why is it that in the United States one sometimes still cannot get a WiFi link at an airline lounge? It’s bad enough that we have to pay for them most of the time (Admitedly this is also true in Europe. There are also enlightened airlines, such as Continental, that make the service free.), but to [...] It is fine to have the electrical outlet at one’s house or work under the desk, yet I think that all of us who move notebook computers around would agree that having one on the desk surface or on the wall above the desk makes it easier to connect and disconnect when necessary. It is poor design [...] This is the first of what I have unambiguously called “Ridiculous Things.” It will be a blathering (As opposed to blistering…) attack on all things ridiculous that one finds in the course of living one’s life. An entry could range from the prosaic (It’s ridiculous that the plastic bags in cereal boxes are so damn hard [...] And now, for a good reason I need a back-up module… [...] When someone with different cultural values enters this picture, there is bound to be tension. I come from a culture which looks for the horizon, for the frontier, for the places, people and things which haven’t been seen, known, or conquered. My culture places value on movement over stagnation; traditions are young and easily broken. I’m predisposed to seeking the best way, not the oldest way and there’s enough of the frontier spirit in my bones to want to see what’s over the next mountain range; to know what’s on the other side of the river; to want to find out if I can, indeed, cross the desert. [...] Hmm…Up to w.bloggar 4.0 now. No problems with the install or anything (So far, that is…), but I wasn’t planning on an upgrade only a week after getting the first install running. Uff Da! I suppose if this were commercial software, I’d instead be talking about installing a patch rather than an upgrade, so I it’s really [...] Andrew Harris Wines My favorite vineyard ever (Well, so far, anyway, and it’s stayed in this spot for almost 2 years now…). The “Vision” series is a shiraz-cabernet blend that is so dark you could use it as ink to write a novel, and it’s about as easy to sink your teeth into as a good book as [...] |
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