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April 13, 2007
You're Kidding Me
Doggy Prozac?!?This is a brand new low in my mind.
Labels: Pharma
April 12, 2007
To Catch an ID Thief
I've never really taken time to see the hard hitting exposées of Dateline; but this one was pretty interesting.
General thoughts:
- The whole underground exchange of information and its effectiveness is pretty impressive.
- I'm a little surprised at the simple yet sophisticated methods credit card scammers use to collect their merchandise: Not only preying on specific people for drops, but sending off packages to random sites as red herrings.
- The guy at the end is pretty gutsy, sticking around well after the cameras are exposed. I would have bolted.
It was a little hard to take some of it seriously with the constant sensationalist and melodramatic tone but at least that made me laugh.
Particular areas that gave me a chuckle:
- Identifying different countries where credit card transactions are taking place and zooming into stock footage of said countries - Thailand: picture of a river with a person using an ox to till.
- Constantly reiterating exactly what Dateline had done, was currently doing and was going to do - Yes, CH Delivery is something you made up. We get it.
- The huge leaps in logic - Dateline checked Australia but there was no record for Dr. J. Jack: an obvious sign that Wendy is part of a much larger INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY THEFT CRIME RING
- The voice over used for "Wendy" - purposely using a particular leading accent and implying another identity for Wendy and changing the voice over mid sentence to match
(by way of Fallon Planning Blog)
Labels: Misc
April 08, 2007
Étranger Non Plus
Brunch at Czehoski with LBS some admits and alumni yesterday was great! The feeling of the brunch was different compared to the one I attended as a waitlisted student last year. As a waitlist attending admit events last year, I felt like a little bit of an outsider. It's not that anyone made me feel like one - more of a personal distinction. This time was nothing like that. Just a relaxed time with some interesting people.I had the eggs benedict with brie. I swear that anyone who even caught the slightest glimpse of the hollandaise sauce or the croissant that supported the structure must have gained weight. My heart still isn't beating quite right after eating it.
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A matter of vital importance to those who care what I'm doing THIS VERY MOMENT:
I'm twittering.
It makes me sad that I'm nearly all alone doing this.
Please join me.
I care about what you're doing.
I really do.
Labels: Events, MBA, Rave, Tech
April 03, 2007
Pay-As-You-Throw
The mayor of Toronto is proposing garbage fees.I think this is a brilliant idea, regardless of whether or not anyone thinks it's fair. I do understand that a family of four will definitely produce more garbage than that of a person living alone. People shouldn't be penalized for having a family, blah, blah, blah. This is beside the point.
The ultimate benefactor of hitting people where it hurts (more often than not, their pocketbooks) in this case, is the environment. If people have to start paying for their refuse, they'll start being more conscientious about what they throw away. Paying attention to what we dispose of is better for the environment and less taxing on natural resources. Better for the environment means everyone wins.
Toronto has the added advantage of green bins (for compost) and blue bins (for recycling). There are no proposed fees around those two bins and most everything that we dispose of can go into one or the other.
Toronto's waterfront may have been made from trash, but not everything we produce is that beneficial.
Labels: Rant