To anticipate and prevent
If you haven’t heard about the iPad yet, you live under a rock on Venus. Even my mother heard about it. That being said, I think this product is one of the biggest flops in recent history. Sure, there have been massive flops in the past, but I can’t think of anything this made of…
This post is part of a series on disaster preparedness. Each entry will cover one part of the preparations I’m making for a “disaster kit”, along with why I’m including the items, how important they are, and how much it cost. See the initial posting for more details. In the case of a natural disaster,…
Recently, I’ve been playing the Star Trek Online open beta. During this time they announced the availability of 12 month subscriptions and “lifetime subscriptions”. I understand why they do this from a business perspective, after all developing an MMO costs a lot of money and if you can recoup $240 a person now instead of…
So for the last 6 some months, one of my friends has been harassing me about trying out Aikido. When I was in middle school, I took Tae kwon do for 3 years, so martial arts aren’t a new concept to me. I was going to get around to trying out Aikido eventually (this friend…
This post is part of a series on disaster preparedness. Each entry will cover one part of the preparations I’m making for a “disaster kit”, along with why I’m including the items, how important they are, and how much it cost. See the initial posting for more details. This is one of those posts that…
I happened to tune into Hulu last night looking for some entertainment and their top scrolled landed on a a pilot for a new TV series titled “Human Target” (which is based on a comic, which I knew nothing about till I checked Wikipedia). I vaguely remember seeing a commercial for it that was interesting,…