Monthly Archives: April 2009

Feedburner down again

Posted on 2009-04-29 by majid

I just tried unsuccessfully to subscribe to a feed hosted by the annoying bozos at FeedBurner. From my Temboz feed error counters, it seems FB feeds have been failing with 503 errors for at least the last 5 hours or … Continue reading →

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Mission to Marzipan

Posted on 2009-04-28 by majid

Is a new Ben & Jerry flavor I heartily endorse.

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Anthony’s Cookies grand opening

Posted on 2009-04-25 by majid

Another gourmet treats shop joined the burgeoning scene in the Mission. Anthony’s Cookies opened today to a line that stretched around the corner. As one of the officials present said, it takes courage to start a business in this economic … Continue reading →

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Podcasts, the new remaindered bin?

Posted on 2009-04-16 by majid

After eight years of a automobile-free life in San Francisco, I bought a car in December 2007. Acxiom had relocated us from our lovely downtown San Francisco office (a 15 minute walk from home) to the outer boondocks of Foster … Continue reading →

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SOCKS and SSH, two great flavors that go together

Posted on 2009-04-11 by majid

I am currently in New Orleans for a friend’s wedding, and staying at the InterContinental. The hotel has wired Internet access, but like all expensive hotels, wants to charge an extortionate fee ($7/hour) for it. This is annoying as the … Continue reading →

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Real-world organizational change

Posted on 2009-04-03 by majid

The economic crisis headlines are rife with CEOs and other executives behaving in ways contrary to the interests of shareholders. Business schools teach agency theory, an economic discipline that aims to solve the problem where an agent of principals (e.g. … Continue reading →

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