Cablevision Blows

So it would appear that Ed had some problems with Cablevision. I too have experienced the suckiness embodied by this awful company.

Subjects: business, customer service, investing, personal narrative

Reviewing versus Criticism responses

There have been some interesting responses to my Reviewing Vs. Criticism essay on Wet Asphalt, specifically from Ready, Steady Book and more expansively from The Reading Experience (whose posts about the difference between criticism and reviewing were part of what sparked the essay in the first place). Know that I really want to respond to […]

Sell BP

According to this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP,

BP was named one of the “ten worst corporations” in both 2001 and 2006 based on its environmental and human rights records.[8][9] In 1991 BP was cited as the most polluting company in the US based on EPA toxic release data. Greenpeace International named BP one of Scotland’s two largest […]

What I bought and why I bought it

Cross-posted to my livejournal
My stocks have been doing pretty well recently. Most of my buys have been in the technology sector, which is the sector I know the best as professional a Computer Programmer, a sector I follow anyway and understand. Here’s what I bought:
Apple - with the iPhone coming out, this is a no […]

Holy Crap

The latest episode of Doctor Who (which I would never download off the Internet even though it’s the only way I can watch it until the Sci Fi Channel gets it next year, and edits it down so they can fit in more commercials, thereby offering me an inferior product with lots of commercials versus […]