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The Apprentice

The Apprentice
The Apprentice – Sixteen candidates arrived on the treacherous island of Manhattan to face the challenge of their lives, with the hopes of winning a six-figure salary. Their boss over the next 15 weeks would be the biggest real estate developer in New York, Donald Trump. The players are from all walks of life, from ...

Shrook and an Automatic (OPML) Blogroll

I’ve discovered myself relying more and more upon “(extlink)Shrook”:http://www.fondantfancies.com/shrook/ (my MacOSX RSS Aggregator) to get my daily newsfix. In addition to the standard functionality of allowing me to subscribe to sites, and identifying new posts, Shrook also automatically syncs with “(extlink)Shrook.com”:http://www.shrook.com both keeping track of which stories I’ve read regardless of what computer I’m on ...

New Google Look

New Google Look
Google Testing New Look (Google Weblog) – Christopher Clay reports that Google is testing out a new look. Only a small portion of Google users will see it now, but presumably they’ll roll it out for everyone if it tests well. I like it. [ “(extlink)Googleblog”:http://google.blogspace.com ] I like the new look as well. It ...

NAFTA Effects

A decade later, a tempered vision of NAFTA – Industrial space that was once hotter than a jalapeƱo pepper is cooling as companies that flocked to Mexico in the 1990s are looking to China, Honduras, Sri Lanka, and elsewhere for lower wages and better all-around conditions. Overall, the number of jobs in Mexico’s so-called maquiladora ...

Kung-Log Becomes Ecto

chaotic intransient prose bursts: They called it “ecto” – With a new name, I felt the program should be cleaned up as well. I re-coded everything from the ground up. There are a lot of improvements now and a lot of new features, most of which have been repeated user-requests. The final product is now ...