Rainy and Damp and Growing like Crazy
Belfast is rainy and damp but still warms my heart. Our guide Ken is a playwright who has several plays that have been produced here. While we toured Belfast he recited poems by William Butler Yeats in his rich Irish baritone. Very moving, the poem was about a man who […]
The Wall that No Longer Divides Belfast
Our first morning here in Belfast we took a tour and absorbed the main message: Belfast is booming, and the days of the men in hoods and the violence is all gone. The same armored vehicles that used to prowl the streets can now be rented out for parties and […]
Gaping Void on Business Porn
Gaping Void is a very popular blog with a Google page rank of 7, written by Hugh Macleod. This means that when he writes, the search engine giant lists this blog very high in searches. “I first heard the brilliant term “Real Estate Porn” when reading Gawker a few years […]
Burying Carbon Dioxide Beneath the Sea
Up early on this 15 degree morning reading the Telegraph UK about BP, and their environmental moves. “One such project is in Scotland where the battle against rising greenhouse gas emissions has focused on one of the main culprits, carbon dioxide. At one power station, the company is combining a […]
The Nightmare of a 12-9 Underground
“Imagine spending the whole day on that train,” a motorman named William Martinez once said in a Bronx diner near the end of the D line, his route for several years. “It’s an exercise in staying awake. I was telling somebody it’s like watching the same movie 1,000 times, but […]
Cozy Fireside Sunday
We woke up to snow this morning, gently falling and covering the cars in the driveway. Damn! Why didn’t we remember to put them into the garage?! One of life’s pleasures: watching snow fall and seeing that your car is snug and dry in the garage! Hanging out here by […]
Integrated Advertising on Trump’s Apprentice
What’s New in Advertising? Integrated Marketing…Web Pro News’ Rich Ord has the story today… “Microsoft won last night’s episode of The Apprentice hands down. In today’s TiVo happy world content integrated marketing is the future and we all better get used to it. Not just for TV either. Tonight’s episode […]
Getting into the Cafe Business
I’ve tried to avoid becoming overwhelmed by this big, long expensive process of creating the GoNOMAD Cafe. I’ve been warned not to get drawn too far away from my essential knitting, that is, our website and computer cleaning businesses. But the cafe business is tempting, and will bring us many […]