Polish Power! The story of Wojtek: The cigarette smoking, beer chugging, Nazi fighting Polish soldier bear
In the sixth grade, I remember learning about World War II, and specifically about how overmatched the Polish people were against the mammoth German war machine. We were told that in some battles the Poles had no choice but to send out warriors on horseback armed with sticks to fight off the invading German tanks. […]
Got a Business Card? Help Set a World Record!
A few days ago I thought I somehow stepped through a time warp as I opened my mailbox and found a piece of non-corporate snail mail. At first I eyed this envelope suspiciously as it was not my birthday nor could I conjure any other reason for the snail mail. As my paranoia subsided, my […]
Declaration of Independence 2.0
What happens when you change the wording of the original Declaration of Independence very slightly? In particular, if we change “King of Great Britain” to “King of the United States of America, George W. Bush” does the document still make sense? Let’s see [note, anything you see in brackets is me adding an incident to […]
War on Terror Ends!
Are you terrified? The question is of extreme relevance as the war on terror is all about you. A war on terror is a war on a word, a concept, an invisible entity that we can never truly kill. It represents a shift in war mentality. In recent history war has taken an us versus […]
Worst Ad Ever
It’s times like this when you start wondering if Google Adsense is worth it: [Edit: Image removed but it was an ad for this guy.] Is it the worst ad ever? All I know is I feel dirty now. Damn you contextual advertising, this post was not positive!
Economics Battle: President Bush versus Facebook Users
Who do you think knows more about basic economic theories and principles, President George Walker Bush or a mass of facebook users? In a democracy, we subscribe to the idea that the majority knows better than a principled few. So from a democratic perspective, the facebook users should know more about economics than President George […]
To The Ron Paul Spam Brigade
While scrolling through my Akismet blocked comments for any possible non-spam comments that got blocked, one comment caught my attention for it’s lack of link spam. Usually, blocked comments are obviously spam because they have about 10-20 links to some dubious pharmaceutical product or pron site; however, this comment had merely one link, and seemed […]
Industrial Revolution Era Spammers
In the beginning stages of marketing in America, the media distributors were entities completely dissociated from advertising and worked to institute journalistic standards, which in turn limited the range of advertising and forced advertisers to focus on the content, not the delivery. Newspapers were the primary media of the time and worked to ensure each […]
Boston: Hub of the Blogiverse
That’s right Boston! We’re #1, again, in yet another area. First public high school, first college, first public transportation system and so on. Now we can add being the first city crowned bloggiest city by outside.in. We’re #1, baby! Sing it with me, we are the champions, no time for losers (Philadelphia) because we are […]
The Rise of Corporate Fascism in America
A successful American corporation relies on mutually beneficial relationships between multiple parties with a vested interest in the success of the corporation. These parties’ interests lie in three domains, capital, profit, and the public. A board of directors and one or more managers of the company perceive a right to manipulate the invested capital of […]