Archive for September, 2004

How does Wal-Mart sell so cheaply?

That’s a rhetorical question–we all know that Wal-Mart uses their buying power to squeeze their suppliers, who in turn do stuff like hire child labor in third-world countries to make stuff cheaply for the American consumer. But damn, as one of those consumers I have to say it makes for some amazing bargains.
I was […]

Solar particles unleashed on Earth

Uh-oh, the experiment to return solar particles to Earth has crash-landed. Presumably the capsule containing the particles did not survive the crash and so the solar bits have been released into the atmosphere.
It’s like the beginning of a bad a science-fiction film. Did the solar particles have a dangerous contagion that will now sweep […]

Louisville has a great baseball park

So this past Sunday was the second-to-last day for the Louisville Bats this season. It was also dollar Pepsi/dollar hot dog night, so I decided I’d finally haul myself over there to watch a game.
The Bats play in Slugger Field, named of course after the famous Louisville Slugger company that’s still based here. […]

AT&T Wireless has lousy customer service

If you have ever had to use the customer service system at AT&T Wireless probably already knew this, but I just found out the hard way–the customer service sucks.
I accidentally left my phone in my slacks and it went thru the washer, so of course I had to replace it. I figured I’d just get […]

Arnold is a darned good speaker

So it turns out Arnold Schwarzenegger is a darned good public speaker. I saw most of his speech at the Republican Convention last night and it was remarkable. He was confident, he knew how to manage the pauses and the rhythm of the speech, and the speech itself was good. I’d love to […]