Tag: Business and Economy

Clever & Creative Packaging Design

Creative packaging design: I stumbled upon this interesting collection of 25 products. Check out the full list if the ones I’m including here interest you. (Source: Bored Panda) I hate when product packaging is so clever you actually don’t want to use the product!… Continue reading

Crazy, Busy Times

Yes, I’ve not been attentive to my blog because life has been very, very busy. This past extended weekend was spent in the San Francisco Bay Area house shopping. Five strong contenders have been selected. The house here is now officially sold.  That was a really unusual process, let me assure you. The buyer saw the house before the sign… Continue reading

The Tonsorial Parlor

Yesterday was my first visit to The Tonsorial Parlor — a barbershop/hair salon in Manhattan Beach. I have been searching for the past 2.5+ years for a good place to get my haircut. I found a guy that did a great job. The salon where he worked was just ridiculously expensive. While he always cut my hair waaaaaaay too short,… Continue reading

My Cab Driver

A few weeks ago I was in Saratoga, NY.  I had landed in Albany and took a cab to the wonderful inn in which I staid.  My cab driver was a young man from Afghanistan, of all places.  We had an interesting conversation about the whole Afghanistan mess. He echoed what I had heard in the news:  that suitcases literally… Continue reading

What a Difference a CEO Makes

Image via Wikipedia Steve Jobs.  And by contrast, Tony Hayward.  And the past and present CEO of Home Depot provide a lesson in contrast as well. In the past I hated going to Home Depot.  The sales people were invisible.  And when you caught one with the angry glare of death, s/he was most unwilling to assist you in any… Continue reading

Well, It Has Finally Happened!

Back in 2005 I posted about my desire to be able to design and create my own custom clothes over the Internet just as we can other products. And then I posted about a service that let you customize your own Keds. M&Ms can even be customized. But I want to customize my clothes rather than being restricted by the… Continue reading

Secret Apple Data Center

Apple has quietly been building a data center in Maiden, North Carolina.  It’s apparently well underway.  What makes this of interest is that the explicit purpose of the enormous and secretive center has never been announced. Related articles A First Look at Apple’s Massive Data Center (readwriteweb.com)… Continue reading

Update on the Closing of The Silver Grill

I have posted several times on my blog over the years about The Silver Grill restaurant: The End of an Atlanta Tradition In Piedmont Park Lunch with JR: Should It Be Outlawed? The Last Supper Red Menu After breakfast and shopping at Home Depot and grocery shopping at Whole Foods (both on Ponce de Leon Avenue near American Roadhouse, where… Continue reading