October 2009
17 posts
““Along the way, here we are a 14-year-old Internet company that somehow got...”
– Yahoo begins journey back to respect
Rafer sez:
Am I to interpret that Y! expects they can raise operating margins by adding more human editorial?
(via rafer)
That is exactly what I thought when reading that. Didn’t former CEO Terry Semel prove that Yahoo The Media Company was a bad idea?
(via...
“Of course you want to set up a system where an institution dreads the day it...”
– Trying to Rein In ‘Too Big to Fail’ Institutions - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: Too f’in bad. A system that creates uncertainty for the very institutions and parasites that feed off them that nearly f’ed every western citizen as a result of your careless and excessively risky...
“how to deal with institutions that are so big that the government has no choice...”
– Trying to Rein In ‘Too Big to Fail’ Institutions - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: Thank goodness - I have no idea whether this proposal actually will work - but it’s about time that the current administration finally started realizing that too big to fail is and was one of the things that got us...
“In an effort to push consumers toward buying more movies, some major film...”
– Business & Technology | DVD rental delay considered by Hollywood studios | Seattle Times Newspaper
Sawickipedia: This is literally one of the dumbest things i have ever heard w/r/t the media business. I guarantee this will not lead to more sales. I also guarantee it will lead to more...
“We must not get diverted by the financial sector’s opposition or by populist...”
– FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - How to manage the gigantic financial cuckoo in our nest
Sawickipedia: Martin Wolf is one of the best financial commentators on the planet. Everyone interested in finance and economics should read his columns. To his point - the threat of bankruptcy - the threat...
“Say what you like about healthcare reform—say that it is necessary, or it is...”
– Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up: The Audacity of Extortion
“We must not get diverted by the financial sector’s opposition or by populist...”
– FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - How to manage the gigantic financial cuckoo in our nest
Sawickipedia: Martin Wolf is one of the best financial commentators on the planet. Everyone interested in finance and economics should read his columns. To his point - the threat of bankruptcy - the threat...
“YOUR PET’S MARK The eco-footprints of the family pet each year as...”
– Save the planet: eat a dog? | Stuff.co.nz
Sawickipedia: Cats beat Dogs once again
Cocoa Sawicki - now since passed - but one cool cat when he was still here
“The point of the chapter in SuperFreakonomics is that geoengineering might be...”
– Are Solar Panels Really Black? And What Does That Have to Do With the Climate Debate? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
Sawickipedia: Myhrvold captures my view on the debate on what to do about climate change - we just don’t know what’s going to happen and what if anything we can do...
“The renowned Mayo Clinic is no longer accepting some Medicare and Medicaid...”
– Mayo Clinic Criticized for Limiting Medicare Patients - washingtonpost.com
Sawickipedia: The current pub/private insurance system is broken and the proposed “reforms” only double down on the current broken system. Why isn’t the loyal opposition not touting plans like this from...
“The White House tapping FOX News on the proverbial shoulder and asking them to...”
– The Humanity Critic, Why the White House is Smart to Take on Fox (via soupsoup) (via noahkai) (via ericmortensen) (via tedr)
Sawickipedia: It’s an idiotic strategy. Do NBC/MSNBC reporters still get access despite shills like Maddow, Olbermann and Matthews? Of course they do. The British...
“President Obama and members of Congress have declared that they are trying to...”
– Overweight? Smoker? Health bills hit hard - Washington Post- msnbc.com
Sawickipedia: The Dem’s health care reform bills are an example of a wrong trying to fix a wrong. As the adage says two wrongs don’t make a right.
“At this week’s ASPO conference in Denver there was a convergence of thinking...”
– Break Point
Gregor.us
Sawickipedia: First, anyone interested in the energy markets needs to read Gregor. Second, we’re still screwed.
Second, we need to move the energy reform discussion away from the holy war known as the debate around global warming towards something that all sides will...
““Aggregators and Google News are, to us, the worst offenders,”...”
– MediaPost Publications News Corp.: Google News Lives Off ‘Sweat Of Our Brow’ 10/14/2009
Sawickipedia: Online content aggregators are the digital, modern equivalent of what broadcast radio stations are to the music business. Aggregators and radio stations clearly created value for the...
“And, no, Obama hasn’t reset the American relationship with Russia. He was taken...”
– “Russia Disses Iran Sanctions” | The New Republic
Sawickipedia: Putin is a bully and he knows no one’s got the balls to standup to him. And unfortunately he knows he can make Obama blink. Bush tried to be his pal, Obama tried to level with him. The reality is we’re...
Ups and downs of a Stolen Laptop
rafer:
Some incredibly slick mofo stole my laptop out of my backpack in Starbucks today. In spite of the fact that it was within two feet of me and in my backpack the whole time, I’d think it was my blissedout state that allowed the crime — except Rahim was facing me across the table. The thief got by both of us.
[sorry this mid-published — borrowed machine with funny keyboard settings]
I’ve...