Read this as soon as it hit the wires last Saturday. The poll was organized by the non-partisan Pew Research Center but regurgitated by the mainstream media. Well okay 78% of Americans don’t trust big government but the biggest FAIL isn’t Congress or the Obama administration, it’s the stupid media for not vetting Obama’s big government agenda. This gave drones who can’t think for themselves an easy answer. I’ve always thought political candidates who will serve the public’s best interests were either uncharismatic or had a business discipline. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Ron Paul lie but he’s just not charming enough to woo the masses. That sucks for America.
I’d love to see a poll on America’s distrust for mainstream media.
The countries that practice democracy in its purest form don’t “celebritize” their politicians. You won’t see them in the news often because they carry out and serve the decisions of the public. Switzerland for example, does NOT have a Head of State as that role is carried out by the Federation. They do have a President of the Federation but the role only has a one year term.
What’s really ironic is how leaders of the worlds most CORRUPT countries use Switzerland’s pro democratic resources (BANKING) to stash the money stolen from their people.
Anyway, I don’t trust the media and the only source I semi-trust is Bloomberg news.
And if you really want to know what’s going on in America, just go to international news sites like this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Isaac Albeniz originally composed this piece for the piano. The version played on the Spanish guitar is richer and warmer. This is one of my favorite piece of classical music, second to Capricho Arabe. My heart races upon hearing the first chord progessing into what feels like Allegro appassionato. It’s beautiful, fast, melodic and mysterious especially during the part played in Andante tranquillo.
Heavily DISAPPOINTED me. It’s the 15 in. unibody, 2.8 ghz, 4gb ram, 500hd, GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512mb, superdrive 8x…
AND the damn thing froze and crashed minutes after I registered online.
Aside from that encounter, the thing “bleeps” randomly. It drove me mad so I searched online to see if people had the same issues and here’s what I found:
So Apple acknowledged the problem and released a Bluetooth and HD firmware for units shipped before June 09
At $2500 a pop (I tried cheesing for the student’s discount but to no avail), one would think Apple had better QA. What sucks too is that the problems occurred to a lot of people.
The only thing differentiating Macs from PCs is the OS and I’ve heard great things about Windows 7. I’m very unbiased and not a fan of either brands. I guess all I wanted was to get my money’s worth.
On a lighter note, I will admit that I enjoy watching the enthusiasm of Mac fanboys on youtube. I love how they do Apple’s marketing work for free. It’s fun to watch the newly converted Mac users unbox their white Macbooks or 13” MBP.
The truth is, I bought this MBP to give as a gift but I learned that they have one already so I ended up just keeping it. That’s probably for the better because I’d be embarrassed to give a friend a broken present.
Been playing it for almost 100 hours with the good karma option. Just installed 5 new DLCs that will take an extra 20 hours or so to finish. After beating the game, I’m looking forward to playing it again from the beginning as the bad guy. I’m going to give my character a “witchy” look. She’ll be the baddest bitch in the Wasteland and beyond.
Fallout 3 is the BEST GAME I’ve played in the last 10 years…and that’s saying a lot. I know, I need to go out more. But going out sucks anyway. It’s all a bunch of people BS-ing and a lot of nonsense in the end.
I am also looking forward to Mass Effect 2, Bioshock2 and Fallout New Vegas.
Ugh, so many games – so little time. It sounds pretty dorky but I’m happy.
Earlier this week, I received a box of teas from the cool folks at Leaf Spa.
I actually prefer teas to coffee due to my already high strung nature. Prior to trying out the organic teas from Leaf Spa, I thought all teas tasted the same and possesed that “vegetal” after taste. However, unlike the teas you get pre-bagged and packed in carton boxes, these bulk teas had a burst of flavor.
My favorite one is the Mango Black. Although it has more caffeine than green tea, the rich, dark flavor is unparalleled. It also has a hint of sweetness.
April 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm
· Filed under Gio, Marketing
Ok so we pay a lot for our 2 bedroom loft with an open 2nd floor office space. I’m thinking of moving my operations to one of the bedrooms (the gameroom) next week. There’s been an addition to my scope of work and the new business model requires time on the phone.
Got my ass kicked by a sh*tty little 9 year old on Live. I don’t get these new games with fancy 3D graphics and moves. I’ve been playing the Street Fighter series since 1992 and all the sudden this kid born this decade kicks my ass.
My screen name on Live is WebYuppie. I’m going to practice all week so I can beat the crap out of that little chum. My avatar looks constipated but whatever.
A nosedive CPM drop is something I never thought would happen. When I started publishing sites a few years ago, the agenda was to rank and keep ranking. The higher the CPM, the more competitive the industry. Since my goal is sustainability anyway, I went after a pretty competitive yet undeserved niche.
Everything was done best of breed – from design to content quality. Another reason I started the site was to warn a family member about the risks involved with this niche. That led to the creation of a graphic tool like no other.
It was a fair trade-off with the search engines where I enhanced user experience and attracted organic links. No black hat techniques were performed. I was subtle with the ads, there were no pop-ups, cookies or spyware.
I began to get some traffic, things were good and dandy until the beginning of this year…
A 70 percent drop from last year’s average CPM can really sting revenue. It was something I never prepared for because CPM varied by industry and remained a constant. Page impressions and click through rates were the two variables of concern once a vertical is targeted. It’s beginning to not be the case because now we have to factor in micro-economic trends that may affect advertiser’s budgets.
I got lazy and left my daily contacts on for two days. When I finally removed them, the right lens dried out so bad that it ripped off the tear producing membrane of my right eye. Although my eye was pinkish, it really wasn’t pink eye. Maybe I had a lazy eye. Get it? Har har.
This strange and somewhat painful incident led me to appreciate the significance of vision. It was really tough driving with one eye covered.
