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Fuck Blogger. Moving Soon. Anywhere else.

March 20, 2007

Ever since Blogger transitioned from Beta - by which I mean - forced its users to change from “old” blogger to new blogger, I’ve been having problems publishing. Sometimes my posts publish to an atom or rss feed, but they do not publish to the index or to my domain - which explains the […]

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Free Riders & Fuel Efficiency

March 20, 2007

That’s all well and good - except that a 50% improvement in fuel efficiency doesn’t cost “hundreds more” to build. It cost “thousands” more to build. And whenever there is a divergence between the highest bidder and the lowest seller, demand will go unsatisfied: No matter how many people are willing to pay […]

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Screwing You in the Name of Political Correctness

March 20, 2007

Via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Target Stores is leading the pack, by refusing to fire employees who refuse to serve the needs of their pork-consuming customers. In most occupations, not doing your job is grounds for termination. Apparently Target’s robust business model permits them to effectively pay people to irritate paying customers.
Some stores have […]

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The Country Club Mentality, and the Master-Slave relationship

March 19, 2007

A few friends and I spent the weekend at the Otsego Club, in Gaylord, Michigan, for their ski-season finale and St. Patrick’s day celebration. It was a very nice resort, by Michigan Standards, and the size and quality of the ski area far exceeded my expectations. For $2,200, a family can get unlimited […]

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