Just when you think you’re clever…
I thought I was clever coming up with the term paraffinalia for the stuff Amy bought to make candles, only to find that there’s already a company Paraffinalia Candles. *sigh*
1 comment April 1st, 2009
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A silver lining in the Bennigan’s storm cloud…
For those of you who, like me, observed a moment of silence upon hearing that the Bennigan’s chain was closing immediately with the parent company filing for Chapter 7 liquidation, I bring you word that you may one day again visit a Bennigan’s. Apparently the 138 Bennigan’s locations operated by franchisees won’t be closing!
Don’t even ask me what itch Bennigan’s scratches, I don’t know, and it’s gotta be a sick one. But for some reason, I’m relieved to know I still have the option!
Add comment July 30th, 2008
Too long for a bumper sticker…
Do you remember, from the ’80s, all the “My son is on the honor roll at XYZ Middle School”?
How about the response bumper sticker, “My kid can beat up your kid who’s on the honor roll”?
Is it time for a retort like, “My kid’s making six figures while your mouth-breather’s taking out the trash at 7-11″?
I think that might be a bit long for a bumper sticker…
Add comment February 21st, 2008
Happy Solstice
Nice to think that at least after tomorrow the days will be getting longer…
Unfortunately they won’t get up to full speed in their lengthening for a while, but it’s at least a reason for hope.
Add comment December 21st, 2007
Subscription or free, that is the question…
Zubin Jelveh put down in words some thoughts about the decision at the New York Times to make previously subscription-based Times Select articles open to everyone. On his Odd Numbers blog his post The TimesSelect Effect gives some traffic data about NYTimes.com and other news sites, and ends with “So is 1.3 billion worth page views $20 million over two years? Not knowing anything about their inventory, I’d argue yes.”
I’d argue that looking forward, if I knew I could get 1.3 billion page views, and sell them for $20 million, this is a question worth asking. Looking backward, I don’t think that you can value things that simply to determine if the strategy of limiting access was the correct strategy. Did the nature or quality of the work change because it was a limited release? Did the quality of the work increase because someone was paying for it? If so, was it because there was budget available that could be charged against the revenue?
If so, is there further benefit of releasing to the public that which was developed in private, so to speak?
Add comment October 4th, 2007
