Archive for January 2008
Ack Recession!
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 22, 2008
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I have lived through 2 recessions that I can remember already and I really don’t need a third. The thing is that our economy used to run in 30 year cycles according to our history books. Now we seemed to be on a 10 year cycle early 90’s recession and 2001 recession pointed to this. [...]
Ninja Bear Gun vs Rock Paper Scissors
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 17, 2008
Oh my, the creatives have come up with a new one. They are playing Ninja Bear Gun rather than the old Rock Paper Scissors. Where do they come up with these? In case you are wondering…
The ninja beats – kicks the gun out of your hand
The bear beats – mauls the ninja
The gun beats – shoots [...]
TopGear USA Version 2 with NBC BBC Partnership
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 15, 2008
According to this news article NBC has contracted with the BBC to produce a USA version of TopGear for network free tv. No estimates on when it would launch but I would guess Fall of 2008. It is sad though that I think they may miss the mark. A lot of funny TopGear stuff is [...]
Football Update Overheard in the Office
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 11, 2008
“I have it on good authority that Brett Farve (the quarterback of the Green Bay Packers) is actually 63% cheese.”
this was interjected in a conversation about football teams still in the playoffs.
This is why I enjoy sitting next to creatives. (Art/Design professionals) They have more creativity in their pinky fingernail than I do in my [...]
Six Creative Uses for RSS « eMarketing & New Media Trends
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 10, 2008
Six Creative Uses for RSS « eMarketing & New Media
I thought that this was a good article, it outlines that RSS is still not used as much as it should be considering how versatile it is. Sometimes it has to do with a lack of technology knowledge about feeds and other times by the limitations [...]
Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: January 7, 2008
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According to the FiveCentNickel money and finance blog and CNN these are the top consumer money resolutions of the year in 2008:
1. Pay down debt (33%)
2. Save for retirement (23%)
3. Build an emergency fund (11%)
4. Buy real estate (11%)
I think that last one must be some seriously mis-informed people.
I also think building an emergency fund means that people feel the [...]
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