I rented a car yesterday, and it’s made the problems in Detroit utterly clear to me. The vehicle in question is a 2007 Chevy Cobalt, a vehicle so heinous that it makes it clear that no executive from that company ever even tried to drive it around a test course. It is a vehicle that is utterly devoid of design concern for the user, and has such poor fit and finish that I surmise they would have trouble giving them…
I’m behind the eight ball this week. My truck broke down last night on the Mass Pike and I was luckily able to limp into the Westboro Rest Area. Very lucky, in fact, as I found that I didn’t have my coat with me and with temps in the teens, I’d have been very unhappy at the side of the road. The mechanic just called to tell me I need $1,400 in front end work, which is the death sentence…
Over the past couple weeks we’re seeing a lot of folks coming around to the view I express last year: The thing that calls it all into question for me is the number of people who are generally ex-online marketing folks now using strange titles like “Social Media User Guru” or something equally ludicrous. It reminds me of a networking group I once attended that turned out to be a room full of sales people, each hoping to sell something,…
I got a few photos as I was headed out to my friends house in Hubbarston I thought I’d share… It is strange to me that a thing that could cause such devastation could at the same time be so beautiful. (These photos came from my Iphone, so quality isn’t what it could be with a real camera…and a real photographer)
It’s Christmas, that magical time of year when we settle old scores, and lay the seeds of discontent for the forthcoming year’s grudges. No, wait, that’s not the way it’s supposed to be. We’re supposed to be thankful for the love we share, for all the good things that happened in the previous year, and look forward to prosperity in the New Year. In case anyone else forgot… In that spirit, I’d like to thank all of you for your…
Okay, the next one that wishes me a “White Christmas” gets a candy cane where the Star of Bethlehem don’t shine… We’ve gotten to the point that we’re pushing the panic button for everything these days. So it snowed for a couple days. Still it’s only a little over a half a cubit of snow, and it’s the fluffy stuff at that. Not nearly the “Snowmageddon” that was predicted. A few random thoughts from the snow storm: Another plow truck…
You’d think it wouldn’t be hard this year to come up with a list of the ten worst autos, but indeed, with so many trying so hard, the folks at TheTruthAboutCars.com have had a real struggle. Yet they once again came through with a list that’s becoming a Christmas tradition for me… TTAC’s Ten Worst Autos 2008: The votes are cast. The polls are closed. And there’s no question which vehicles our Best and Brightest consider the TTAC’s Ten…
Here, finally, are the photos from The Chain of Lights in Sutton, Ma last weekend. They were taken with my Canon A530 5 megapixels, point and shoot. Some of the photos I took, others were taken my my 9 year old Mackenzie who you can see in many of the shots. I will be going back in tonight to add captions and descriptions to the photos. These are scaled down, if you want a hi res version, post a comment…
Barry Diller had some rather sharp words for CEOs this week in regards to the recent spate of layoffs: “The idea of a company that’s earning money, not losing money, that’s not, let’s say ‘industrially endangered,’ to have just cutbacks so they can earn another $12 million or $20 million or $40 million in a year where no one’s counting is really a horrible act when you think about it on every level. First of all, it’s certainly not necessary….
There’s nothing like the Christmas season in a traditional New England community, and that is exactly why you should try to get to Sutton this weekend for the Chain of Lights Celebration. The celebration runs from 10am to 5pm (although some of the churches end a little early for Saturday Mass) followed by a tree lighting and caroling on the common at 5:30 and a roast beef dinner at the Congregational Church next door from 5pm until 7pm. You…