A good travel article about how some people view being in a destination in a different way.
“Bruce Fullmer, who promotes tourism to southwestern Utah’s stunning red rock country, calls this kind of travel “confirming.” He says he notices it primarily in Japanese visitors who get off the tour bus, take a photo of Bryce Canyon [...]
Archive for October, 2007
30 Oct
Is that a Starbucks in China? Let’s go!
26 Oct
Facebook valued at 15 billion USD
According to this article, “Facebook is expecting to earn a profit of $30 million on $150 million in sales this year. So if it were a publicly traded company, it would be valued at a whopping 500 times earnings. Google, no slouch when it comes to market value, is currently trading at about 53 times [...]
26 Oct
Goodie gumdrops
How unexpected – I wake up this morning to see the bloodbath that is the stock market and then notice Microsoft has popped up to 35.56 (+11.16%) in after hours trading. Finally, the entertainment and devices division registers a profit! Thank you Halo 3 (but bye-bye Bungie) and the excitement regarding the investment in Facebook.
Microsoft [...]
22 Oct
Planet of the Apes is upon us!
Monkeys kill Delhi deputy mayor
One solution proposed:
“Train bands of larger, more ferocious langur monkeys to go after the smaller groups of Rhesus macaques.”
The downfall of humanity is looming. I’m never going to Bukit Timah Nature Reserve again.
21 Oct
Land of opportunity
Interesting article from MSNBC about how many emigrants are looking to China rather than the United States as a place to move their family.
The US does seem saturated and stagnant… while Asia (and Southeast Asia) has an atmosphere of entrepreneurship.
19 Oct
Oh let me bookmark it now…
Sometimes I receive work e-mails that pain me:
“We are proud to announce the launch the first Phase of the newest <corporate department name removed> Web site – the exciting and brand new <corporate acronym> site!
In order to help promote our newly joint region and increase overall awareness of <corporate division> to not only employees and management but also the [...]
18 Oct
Lookie lookie…
Who might get a cookie… and stock that will be worth something of value.
Goldman adds Microsoft to buy list
Okay all you stock lemmings, make Microsoft go up!
9 Oct
In East Timor
In case you’re wondering why I’m not on a conference call or why I’m not responding to e-mails, it’s because I’m on vacation.
