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An interesting fashion show “Winning in a World of Change” with not a mention of the blog word anywhere. Compare and contrast with this fashion conference in Paris which is devoted to Fashion and blogging. another example of the French fashion industry showing the way… http://www.gapingvoid.com/MT-2.65-full-lib/mt-tb.cgi/1314
Interesting story here and here (Registration may be required) that moots Tesco as a possible bidder for Albertson’s in the USA. Albertsons are the number 2 food retailer in the USA who are having a hard time against Walmart.This is interesting especially after all the recent UK PR about Asda (Walmart) bleating about Tesco’s dominance […]
Excellent blog hihlighting the case of a single mum taking the RIAA to court- yes thats right – the mighty RIAA in the dock at last and not before time in my opinion. Thank you Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP. for taking the case on. Will be interesting to see the outcome. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2005/08/recording-industry-vs-people.html
A graph of historical USA house prices (adjusted for inflation) for the period 1880 to present day. showing the almost doubling in prices since 1996. Previous doubling boom lsimilar to this was in 1945 with prices remaining static (after inflation) for next 50 years. http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3043001
Wonderful tale here about how the Apple logo designer got 50 cents reminds of Trevor Key the photographer who designed the Virgin logo on the back of a napkin. Branson notes that he didnt begrudge paying his £200 bill. So Mandy’s bill for $1500 seems very generous
A brilliant article comparing the western guilt culture and the Arab /Eastern shame culture. I have often wondered why this is “Arab men eradicate shame and bolster their shaky self-esteem by imposing the shameful qualities of the dhimmi, submission and passivity, upon women. Trailing a humbled woman behind them, Arab men can walk the walk […]
Thanks Nick for this link. I can imagine my mum swooning to Bing Crosby during my birth. Bing Crosby • The Squadronaires / Bing Crosby (tied) – ‘Among My Souvenirs / A Gal In Calico’
This is just what I was talking to Laurence and Jeff about last night at the CHASE puntmeet. A holographic image straight out SciFi. Wait till google maps is displayed and you can go inside the world. IO2Technology: Heliodisplay/ Interactive Free-Space Display Trackbacked to http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3013778
A really cool application that allows visitors to your website to add themselves to your map MyGuestmap – The first and only Google Maps Guestmap Service! Thanks to Social Software for the link
A friend of mine who is a piano teacher has started to get these very weird emails:- “Hello there, my name is peter wells and i am a british nationality based in in Africa,at present i work with the UNITED NATIONS and i am presently looking for a piano ttutor for my son she will […]