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$1.6MM Loss = Great Business.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 24, 2010. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
$1.6MM Loss = Great Business.
Here’s to turning lemons into lemonade.  Zappos’ sister site 6pm.com recently flubbed up their pricing calculations, capping all sales at $49.95 regardless of total price.  Rather than hassling their customers or hiding their heads in the sand, they took the loss and addressed the issue quickly and transparently.  Kudos to them.  Below, the note from [...]

Spill vs. Earth

Written by Peter. Posted on May 21, 2010. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
Spill vs. Earth
Amazing app by Paul Rademacher using Google Earth to show the current Deep Horizon spill volume – in place, and relative to major cities.  Check it out here.

You Can Help.

Written by Peter. Posted on May 19, 2010. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
You Can Help.
Found this recently, and it brought me back to high school in the 1980s, when punk rock was still fighting the good fight against the evils of the music industry.  These days, it seems they won the war ;-)  “Home Taping” has such a ring to it…

The 1-second Flight.

Written by Peter. Posted on February 17, 2010. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
moores_law
I believe that this is from Intel’s lobby.  Really puts Moore’s Law and the explosive expansion of technology in perspective.

Test Driving the Fiesta.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 4, 2009. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
Test Driving the Fiesta.
Epic British test drive.  The Ford Fiesta put through the paces.

United Breaks (and Loses)…

Written by Peter. Posted on October 29, 2009. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
United Breaks (and Loses)…
Brutal.  I remember seeing a blurb about this Canadian guitar player a while back – he flew United and they broke his $1200 guitar and refused to fix it.  So he wrote a song about it and posted it up on YouTube.  5.8 million views later, United wises up and invites him to their HQ [...]

Rain Rain, Go Away.

Written by Peter. Posted on October 15, 2009. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
Rain Rain, Go Away.
Something about this makes me giggle.  The carpet doesn’t seem to match the drapes, so to speak.

Drinking Straw Chair.

Written by Peter. Posted on August 2, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, pranks, uncategorized. No comments.
Drinking Straw Chair.

The Great Trash Island.

Written by Peter. Posted on June 26, 2009. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
The Great Trash Island.
I’ve been curious for a long time about this reputed ‘Great Trash Island’ floating out in the Pacific Ocean.  Here, it’s addressed at a recent TED conference.  Pretty dumbfounding.  We reap what we sow…

Don’t Mess with Obama.

Written by Peter. Posted on January 22, 2009. Filed under uncategorized. No comments.
Don’t Mess with Obama.
Holy mother of god. Inside the Secret Service Yukon XL that follows the presidential limo – see the Dillon M134D Gatling Gun, a six barreled, electrically driven machine gun chambered in 7.62mm, capable of firing 4,000 rounds per minute. And the bullets are laced with poison. Just in case.