Friday, March 01, 2002

Finally...
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah is offering "normalized relations" between Israel and all of the other Arab countries if Israel will pull back to the land they were originally given. (I think? It may otherwise be just giving up the land they took over in the 60's? Sorry I'm not more clear. Kevin will probably write and clarify.) In any case, Israel said it was interested. I suspect that it's more likely that Israel shouted, since it was probably pretty loud when they were busy killing and wounding Palestinians yesterday.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/677951.asp

I'm not guilty, but...
If someone comes to you and offers a deal... if you don't get mad at me, I have something I need to tell you, then right away, you get mad. Right away you know they've done something wrong. Two senior Enron officials are trying to get immunity in exchange for their testimony. I think they should be told "Uh, yeah, we'll take the death penalty off the table if you want to talk." And until then, remove fingernails on a machine that does it really, really, really slowly.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/716711.asp

Sure, let us pay for it...
I feel bad for the Enron people who lost pensions. No more sitting at home without working. I'm sorry, but the company was formed in 1986 or so, wasn't it? Just how many people have been with the company long enough to get pensions? And how come those of us -- many unemployed ourselves -- are going to have to foot the bill? Make Kenneth Lay pay it. Bastard. (Yes, I still think that KPMG is a bunch of bastards, too.)
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/716712.asp

Since when did they grow some?
I must have missed it when someone finally admitted this was a recession and not a "downturn" or "Correction." I guess it was announced just in time to announce that the recession was dead. Oh yeah? Prove it.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/715158.asp

Recession? What recession?
28,000 more H1B visas were approved in October, November and December of last year. Ok, question... don't we have a 5.6% unemployment rate currently? And lots of people from other countries that we can't find or track? Stop letting people in!
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/716623.asp

Eat me!
Put my picture on a cake and then eat the cake. How bizarre. This seems like something that would be well suited for naked women... naked women on cakes for bachellor parties and stuff like that. Though I assume that they wouldn't let you do that.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/715927.asp

Lara Croft could kick Britney's...
Britney Spears is starring in a new (lame) video game. Actually... Angelina and Britney in a cat fight would probably go over really well in Tomb Raider II.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/716371.asp

Yeah, I've got a swiss bank account
Have you ever wanted to say that? Me and Monika were curious about that the other day, so I did some digging. Apparently it's not as easy as it looks to get one, and it will cost you to keep it. But, if you're interested, here's some links.
http://www.howtoadvice.com/SwissBanks/
http://www.worldlawdirect.com/article.php/978

Video killed the telephone star
You know? I had an entirely different take on this article until I wrote that headline. Sprint PCS says it will soon allow you to send pictures from your phone. The article doesn't mention it, but it seems to me the most killer app would be the one that lets you see the person you're talking to. You get a headset to talk into and then hold the phone out in front of your face. A camera beams your picture to their phone while your screen shows them. I think that would be cool. And then I went and wrote that headline and suddenly I'm thinking that this could be a big boon to the porn industry. (Ok, so now I've mentioned porn, nudity and a cat fight. And I'm writing these headlines from a computer at church. Shame on me.)
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16529.html

Press "Yes" or "Yes"
People are complaining that AOL is shipping them junk and billing them for it. I've only dialed in to AOL once or twice. But I know that when you dial in to AOL, it involves clicking No to an average 56 offers to buy crap. The kind of crap that you can get for "free" from your credit card company, if you want to pay the $15 in shipping and handling. People are claiming that they pressed "no" and got stuff shipped to them anyway. And they're suing. They're suing for the right to get to keep the stuff, but not pay for it. C'mon people... that's pretty darn lame, even for an AOL-hater like myself.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16523.html

Hubble upgrade
On the news this morning they were singing "Tiny Hubbles." It wasn't funny at all. It was quite lame. (Kevin thinks it's funny that I watch channel 5's morning news. Actually I don't, Lori does. She says I can't watch the "skanks" on channel 11 anymore.) Anyhow, I'm completely off-topic. The last of the original parts of the Hubble telescope are being replaced. It's nice to know it was at least built in such a way that pieces can be swapped in and out as the technology improves.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/16516.html

Congratulations to Conan O'Brien!
Conan O'Brien just got his contract extended, twice as much money, and they're thinking about rebroadcasting the show on another cable channel at an earlier time. Which I'm totally for. He's great, but I'm not as young as I used to be.
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsId=108912

The view from down here...
This guy races nitro cars. The really fast and really expensive little cars. He hooked up a wireless camera on one of his cars so you can watch movies of the car racing. Kinda neat.
http://racenut.com/barrc/

Brand Loyalty
How much does it cost to acquire a new customer? Companies are finally realizing that it's much cheaper to keep your existing customers. Here's an article on that:
http://www.channelseven.com/adinsight/commentary/2001comm/comm20010806.shtml
Here's a list of the top brands:
http://www.channelseven.com/adinsight/commentary/2001comm/comm20010806chart.shtml

We're not your father's Disney store
Disney's redoing all their stores. Actually, they're sort of closing all their existing stores and reopening new stores. (Though it'll seem more like a re-name and a re-model.)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/717799.asp?cp1=1

Go away! Stop it stop it stop it!
Popups and popunders are here to stay. That's because you (not me) keep clicking on them. Stop clicking on them! tvjames x blogspot is popup free. Not because I have any control, but because who'd want to advertise on this piece of junk?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/717296.asp

Not gonna type "I told you so"...
Car sales are starting to show signs of pain.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/717413.asp?cp1=1

Not gonna go there
Grammy viewership was at 6 year low... Same with Christina Aguilera's sense of style.
http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_rt.jsp?section=news&news_id=reu-n28120991&feed=reu&date=20020228&cat=INDUSTRY

Conspiracy Truths
I heard about this on the news this morning. Apparently we have a shadow government, in case BinJerkin gets ahold of a nuclear bomb and detonates it in Washington D.C.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/717680.asp

Faster speeding ticket
I have always argued that speeding tickets aren't really a big deterrent. But that if you pulled someone over and slapped a time-release boot on their car, forcing them to wait, that that would be more of a deterrent. Well, some guy's working on technology to make it possible to write speeding tickets faster. Albeit safer, but faster. Ironic.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/717369.asp?cp1=1

Diet
Down to 186. And that's all I have to say about that.

Stock
AOL: $25.98

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