Daily Archives: November 12, 2008

For one brief shining moment…

November 12, 2008 – 5:36 pm

by Kate Muhl In short, there’s simply not a more congenial spot for happily-ever-aftering than here in Bamalot! Whoever coined Bamalot (New York Post?), they were NOT paid enough. It’s just a particularly apt and wonderful description of the breathless era consumers are entering as the Obamas transition into the White House. Despite the economy [...]

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We don’t get mad, we get even

November 12, 2008 – 9:57 am

by Hans Eisenbeis The New York Times reports today that Washington has been overrun by lobbyists who are hungry for a piece of that $700 billion pie. (Actually, the pie is only half available right now. There’s $350 billion still under the glass.) “Lobbyist” is practically shorthand these days for “shyster” (or “reprobate,” if you [...]

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Drunk test: Google’s Mail Goggles restricts boozy emailing

November 12, 2008 – 6:19 am

by Robert van Alstyne WHAT’S HAPPENING Don’t drink and drive is a no brainer, but Google’s Mail Goggles is putting a stop to those who drink and email. The Gmail application makes consumers think twice before sending a drunken missive. Sotty emailers eager to share e-prose must first solve five simple (if you’re sober) arithmetic [...]

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