Month: September 2011
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So long, Mr. Edison. It was great seeing you.
Years ago when we were hunting for a condo to rent in Singapore, I noticed that the ceiling light fixtures hadn’t been installed in the kitchen of a newly constructed unit we looked at. When I asked the agent why, she said that the landlord was waiting to see if a Japanese or American expat…
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Take THAT, Best Buy
Just yesterday, as my wife and I were going through the Sunday papers, I ran across an ad for HDMI cables from Best Buy. As you can see from the snippet from their weekly ad, they have a house-branded 6ft “high speed” HDMI cable for $60. I mentioned to my wife that I knew this…
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“Mister Softee” is the funniest episode of television ever made
Do you know who this Red Sox first baseman is? Does this still image bring back unimaginable pain from the long lost 80s? Does Bill Buckner encapsulate for you the pre-21st century course for the Olde Towne Team? What if you could laugh it off, courtesy of a brilliant crew of comedic writers and actors…