Sneaky ways of Advertising Online

September 24, 2011
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With an increasing amount of people using social networks and web based emails, there evolve new and sneaky ways of advertising. Some of these are hard to recognize. Here are a few examples. The other day I receive an email from Trazzler. “Free Weekends in Carmel and Big Sur“. That sounded great, why not?...

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Gas Prices: post 9/11, 10 years later

September 11, 2011
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Gas prices September 11, 2011

So in 2001 back when 9/11 happened a gallon of gasoline was at about $1.50 per gallon. 10 years later we are paying $4.00 and more. This is a photo of Shell Gas Station’s prices the week of September 11, 2011. Pacifica, California. USA.

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9/11 – 10 years later: ONgoing War and Xray machines

September 10, 2011
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9/11 2011: While now, 10 years later, there are more questions than answers about who destroyed the Twin Towers and a nearby building #7 in downtown New York on September 11, 2001, two things are clear: 1) it served as an excellent excuse for perpetual war in the Middle East 2) a former chief...

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Airports USA: Either Xray or Pat-Down

August 29, 2011
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Whatever happened to the metal detector scanners? We have used them up until May of this year and as far as I can remember the x-ray machine was always an option you'd choose if desired. Now the TSA choses for you. If you say no to the X-ray machine, the TSA will choose the...

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Red light Green light on Duane st Sunnyvale

August 10, 2011
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Social Network Isolation

August 10, 2011
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Now that everyone is part of some kind of “special network” the social isolation is reaching its peak. Some people are on Facebook, some on Google+, others are on Skype or yet a dozen of so networks. How do we connect the dots? Only in world wide web, if we're lucky. What happened to...

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