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25
Jan

Weakonomics Tour Of The Country: New York

Posted by The Weakonomist in Monday, January 25th 2010   3 comments already   

AKA The Capital State

Number 11 of the original 13 colonies, New York is one of the most significant states in the country.  It trails only behind Texas and California in total economic output.  We all know much of this is thanks to New York City, but we’ve got the rest of the state to cover [...]

under: banking, business, economics, jobs, media, technology, tour of the country    
23
Jan

Weakend: Two YouTube Videos And A Mother ****ing Crossfader Dot Com

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, January 23rd 2010   1 comment so far   

You’ll either get it or you won’t.  You’ll do one of three things: ignore it, spend 10 minutes on it and move on with your life, or waste the rest of the day.
Thankfully I cut myself off at 10 minutes.  This is the best I came up with:
Move the fader all the way to the [...]

under: technology, weakend    
23
Dec

The Science Behind Christmas: Santa Claus

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, December 23rd 2009   3 comments already   

Yesterday we learned about Jesus and his casual relationship with Christmas.  Sadly, more people associate Christmas with Santa Claus than Jesus.  However, like Jesus, there is quite a bit of science behind the stories of this jolly fellow.
But first a refresher.  Who is Santa and what does he do?  Santa Claus is a fat old [...]

under: Uncategorized, technology    
14
Nov

Weakend: This Puts Christmas Lights To Shame

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, November 14th 2009   Comments Off   

Retail hops on the Christmas bandwagon around about August of every year.  I start thinking about Christmas lists and stuff around Thanksgiving.  But I always get excited whenever the commercials and YouTube videos of Christmas lights set to Transiberian Orchestra music.  These haven’t really started circulating yet (though perhaps I just started it) but I [...]

under: technology, weakend    
6
Nov

I’m Tired of Receipts

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, November 6th 2009   5 comments already   

Swipe, print; swipe, print; swipe print sign; swipe print sign…
These are the sounds of money leaving my accounts and moving into the merchant accounts of dozens of businesses all over town.  Restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, clothing stores, book stores, office supply stores… you name it I swipe it.  Lately, I’ve been making more and [...]

under: business, personal finance, technology    
23
Oct

Stop Giving Away Your Information!

Posted by The Weakonomist in Friday, October 23rd 2009   6 comments already   

This is a short post today because the point is easy to make: STOP GIVING AWAY YOUR INFORMATION!!
Do you think you are one of the select few that does not give away your information?  What do you do when you make a purchase and the store asks for your phone number?  Yeah, you give it [...]

under: business, personal finance, technology    
9
Sep

The Weakonomist Buys a MacBook Pro

Posted by The Weakonomist in Wednesday, September 9th 2009   7 comments already   

Never in my life would I think I would cave and buy a Mac.  The iPhone purchase was a different situation, it’s not overpriced and it wasn’t purchased for its sexiness.  Though my first computer (back in the 80s) was a Mac I’ve been using Windows ever since.  Windows isn’t great, but it’s always gotten [...]

under: personal, technology    
6
Jun

Weakend: Microsoft Bing

Posted by The Weakonomist in Saturday, June 6th 2009   8 comments already   

If you haven’t seen in the news or noticed the commercials yet, Microsoft launched their new search engine this past week called Bing. Silly name, silly proposition.
Ever since Google came on to the scene Microsoft has been on a quest of epic proportions to beat them in the search game. In search traffic [...]

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