Starbucks – Romance of the Italian Coffee Bars?

I was feeling a bit “lagged” this morning and made my usual pass by the local Starbucks. I’m standing in line yearning the smell of freshly ground coffee, but the barista odor de jour is of burning egg/cheese as the line barely moves. Finally I ordered my mundane Sumatra grande coffee with a little room [...]

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Supersize Me Using Cell Phones!

Japan’s dominant mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, a champion of mobile payments, recently inked a deal with McDonald’s to enable its subscribers to buy food at the restaurant by using their mobile phone. The ¥300 million joint venture company is largely (70 percent) funded by McDonald’s, which will install terminals in their stores that interact with [...]

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Sat-Rad Mergers

I’ve subscribed to XM Satellite Radio since April 2006. Previously, I was a subscriber of Sirius Satellite Radio for about two years. I remember the hype leading up to the Howard Stern launch. I’m a fan of the Satellite radio, and like XM better.
Now comes the proposed merger with rival Sirius [...]

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The Air in America is Chilly

Bismarck, ND: Current temperature is -5 degrees. You can view updates at the KFYR web cam HERE.
And if that wasn’t chilly enough news…there is the video of Al Franken announcing his intent to run for the Senate seat on YouTube or on his site.
He made this announcement today, his last show, [...]

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Michael Dell On Those Irritating Employees

I’m a fan of things that challenge or refresh my perspectives, but the email Michael Dell sent to all employees was just lame. It’s as if he’s saying that employees are an old trend in business where by people are required to perform tasks with a company, sometimes up to and even including THINKING!
DELL [...]

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Music Industry Driven By Art?

Steve Jobs provided a good read on his view and thoughts of the music industry yesterday and basically asks for DRM free music, something the entire world has been asking for. Jobs can be a catalyst, but towards what? What should the music industry do?
He makes excellent points in his post:
Today’s most popular iPod [...]

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Running…

Confession: I actually kind of totally hate running.
Several years ago I “dealt” with that, immersed myself in the hoo-hah and ran consistently (3-5 times a week) for about 4 years. Finally, after an unpleasant ‘clicking’ sound coming from my right knee during the Shamrock Run, I thought its time to call it quits and no [...]

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OQO’s Ultra-Mobile PC Running Vista

OQO, a self-proclaimed pioneer in ultra-mobile personal computing, launched their second generation ultra-mobile PC, the model 02. The device launched yesterday with integrated Verizon Wireless broadband access high speed data service. First shown at CES the magnesium alloy chassis in black, features either a 1.2GHz or a 1.5GHz VIA C7M ULV processor and [...]

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