Friday, October 31, 2003
So it's not just Bush, Bloomberg & Pataki plus shopping tips from the Skymall and American Way magazines
So I just got back from a trip from Toronto where this story ("Ontario saddled with $5.6B deficit") was dominating coverage in paper's like The Toronto Star. It's a mystery how conservatives are able to monopolize the fiscally- conservative position in the politcal dialog on economic policy when you see stuff like this!
On my flight back, I was scanning the Skymall and American Way magazines and saw a few interesting things:
Why buy a Segway for $4500 when you can buy a Trikke for $160? I'm not sure how well these things really work but this video makes it seem pretty easy and cool for those into this type of thing. Someone needs to put these in a music video or something.
Sick of colleagues filling their memo's with slick business jargon and trendy buzzwords they learned while getting their MBA or reading the latest useless business how-to tome? Then you need to send them a copy of Bullfighter, a software program created by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu consulting firm. Bullfighter helps flag your writing for substance-free business jargon and buzzwords in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2000 documents. As described in the software's intro page: "It works a lot like a spelling and grammar checker in those applications, but focuses on jargon and readability" but you can think of it as basically being a business document BS-detector. You can also download it for yourself here.
Finally, for all those lapsed modernists out there looking to jump back into the lifestyle, they may want to consider buying this scooter. The Equinox 2004 not only has a cool retro-style design like the classic Vespa models but, with its electric power system, it's also environmentally-friendly to boot. Upgrade your wardrobe by shopping here (or here and here for the more serious) then buy this DVD and this excellent CD boxset and you're well on your way to becoming the Face in your hood.
Finally props to Mori and Scotti B for throwing a very cool pre-Halloween party last night and letting me spin some old school hip hop and other sounds. I was spinning Davy DMX's "One for the Treble" but getting requests for "Dancing Queen" (hey honey, that's not even from the 80's). Oh well, thank God for the sureshot 80's triumvirate of Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna for saving my DJ-ing ass and getting the party people moving.
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On my flight back, I was scanning the Skymall and American Way magazines and saw a few interesting things:
Why buy a Segway for $4500 when you can buy a Trikke for $160? I'm not sure how well these things really work but this video makes it seem pretty easy and cool for those into this type of thing. Someone needs to put these in a music video or something.
Sick of colleagues filling their memo's with slick business jargon and trendy buzzwords they learned while getting their MBA or reading the latest useless business how-to tome? Then you need to send them a copy of Bullfighter, a software program created by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu consulting firm. Bullfighter helps flag your writing for substance-free business jargon and buzzwords in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2000 documents. As described in the software's intro page: "It works a lot like a spelling and grammar checker in those applications, but focuses on jargon and readability" but you can think of it as basically being a business document BS-detector. You can also download it for yourself here.
Finally, for all those lapsed modernists out there looking to jump back into the lifestyle, they may want to consider buying this scooter. The Equinox 2004 not only has a cool retro-style design like the classic Vespa models but, with its electric power system, it's also environmentally-friendly to boot. Upgrade your wardrobe by shopping here (or here and here for the more serious) then buy this DVD and this excellent CD boxset and you're well on your way to becoming the Face in your hood.
Finally props to Mori and Scotti B for throwing a very cool pre-Halloween party last night and letting me spin some old school hip hop and other sounds. I was spinning Davy DMX's "One for the Treble" but getting requests for "Dancing Queen" (hey honey, that's not even from the 80's). Oh well, thank God for the sureshot 80's triumvirate of Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna for saving my DJ-ing ass and getting the party people moving.
