Thomas Friedman writes in the NY Times: We face two gigantic national challenges today: One is the challenge to protect America in the wake of the new terrorist threats, which has involved us in three huge military commitments – Afghanistan, Iraq and missile defense. And the other is the challenge […]
Just read this encouraging word in CNN’s travel section. Nearly one in four Americans, or 68 million Web surfers, used online travel sites in November, up 13 percent from a year earlier, said Nielsen/NetRatings. The market research company said 23 percent of Americans and 46 percent of all active Web […]
A Houston man got so mad at his three sons before the holidays that he took all of their presents and sold them on EBay. “My last name is not Scrooge,” the anonymous dad told the Houston Chronicle. He plans to keep all of the emails that he got from […]
Last night we met a bunch of cool people at a Festivus Party in Easthampton, MA. Made popular by Seinfeld, this December 23 ritual has become popular and features a list of grievances, a single aluminum pole and an intergenerational wrestling match at its conclusion. Our host and hostess live […]
From Boing Boing, a Directory of Wonderful Things, one of the best places in the world to check out at 4:45 am: Mayor of Bogota uses mimes for public behavior control This is brilliant. A March article from the March 2004 Harvard University Gazette has a great profile of mayor […]
Lloyd Groves writes in today’s NY Daily News that he’s done, absoutely, positively, shilling for Paris Hilton. He chronicles her shameless selfish self-absorbed life, shooting daggers like a paltry $12 tip on a $300 room service meal, and cutting to the front of a twisted and long ladie’s room line […]
We visited with a few high tech companies this week, trying to get help with some of the mysteries of running a website. We would like to move to a Content Management System, so that we can put up our stories the way the big boys do. Newspaper and magazine […]
We found these words on the web, a derivitive no doubt of Wired Magazine’s monthly list of new terms found that more accurately describe life in 2004. 1. CUBE FARM: An office filled with cubicles. 2. PRAIRIE DOGGING: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm and […]
What a joy to once again relax with the fat and redolent New York Sunday Times. No other paper has writers with such style and class, no one can put their finger on the East Coast Pulse like the Sunday Styles section. One essay that stood out was by Katherine […]
Reading in Web Pro News about the latest from Google, the publishing en masse of scholarly books to the web. It is turning the indexers into the content creators….let’s listen in. Although Google Print is in the pilot stage, the future looks promising. The possibilities of having these incredible libraries […]
We met with a dazzling young lady today, who impressed us with her poise, sophistication and earnest interest in what we do. We have long felt that GoNOMAD is a brand that people can understand and relate to, and that the potential is there to push and cultivate our brand […]
Travelers like us have a common fear, and it is one of those fears that comes back with a vengence and can cut both ways. I remember being in New Zealand in 2001, and savoring the beers that “only cost $4.00 NZ,” since that was $2.00 US. But I also […]