30 Mar
Posted by Vanessa as business, geek stuff, general, media & entertainment
A sign of how things are changing and disruptive technologies are making their mark on mainstream business. Verizon Wireless and MySpace launched the ‘unsigned’ band Parlour Boys to the world through mobile phones bypassing the entire recording industry machine.
The Parlour Boys who won a contest were chosen from more than 4,000 entries to be the [...]
30 Mar
Posted by Vanessa as general, society & politics
Possibly that its now condoned through an ‘official’ court system. Possibly that it has been propped up and condoned by the US government? Is this religious intolerance any different than the previous Taliban? In one word, no!
Wow, is all I could say when I learned about the religious intolerance in current Afghanistan. I’m not a [...]
23 Mar
Posted by Vanessa as geek stuff, general, media & entertainment
I was recently checking the stats for my blog, woo hoo up to over 200 people a day reading my rants. But moving on, I saw quite a few referrers from a site called, Live and Let, setup by Marc in Cologne, Germany. So I surfed over to see what was going on — [...]
Over the past two years my family has labeled me the crazy aunt who doesn’t eat beef. Well that is partly true, I don’t eat beef if I don’t know where or who raised it. Or if the person selling me the beef can’t tell me where or who raised it. I know it sounds [...]
It was bound to happen — Martha Stewart has teamed up with KB Homes to build and design communities around the US. I can’t say I’m surprised and I might even consider buying something Martha designed because I do like her sensibilities.
The two companies’ co-branded communities are outside Raleigh, North Carolina, known as KB Home [...]
