I read through Fractal Time and nothing ambigious was found. The book is clear and straightforward. The formulas and calculations start to make a good deal of sense by end of the book. I frankly am not that interested in the subject to follow each calculation closely but they seemed legitimate. The general background covered in the book is fine and makes sense. The book is not a scholarly text though may appear so and is more of a popular text (authored by NY Times Best Selling Author!!!). I am sure it will sell well and do not doubt the content is legitimate in many areas. The subject is not my area nor I care to study that close to have a solid opinion. It is an interesting book to read. It is not written to entertain or amaze you and seeks to convince.
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I read quickly through this book and it is written for scholars as it states. The information is comprehensive but not written as a how-to or business book. It is a scholarly text and covers the topic quite well.
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This was the second time I read Will Write for Food and it was better than the first time. The book is written for people who are serious about doing food and restaurant writing creative work and the bias is toward those who want to be hired in such capacities. It is still a very good book by how it is written and the information it covers. Some of the materials obviously does not apply to what I do but what does is worth reading, applying and re-reading in the future. A very good book.
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+Weekend edition one has only about a dozen short posts and that is probably what it will be like. I like doing a weekend edition, though it requires some blogging labor, because it allows me to include a few short points. I have great weeks sometimes and if it rains and is cold as last week, I will get to accomplish less to share. The business training I am participating in requires me to move around for onetime daily events and I may come across interesting things in the process. Unfortunately, one cannot find every little thing that happens substantial enough to share in writing with insights and details but a mention of visiting a place or finding a product can be a great thing for someone else. That is the spirit and the objective of the weekend edition and I know it will do well. Weekend edition will contain just about everything I may have to include and can increase in numbers dramatically depending on what I am doing that week. For example, a good wine tasting may require mention of a dozen wines (thus a dozen posts) or a trip will bring many photographs with short notes. The number of posts in each edition are out of my control and extremely variable.
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I have visited AT&T store before both as AT&T and Cingular stores. Cingular used to suck for the signal while the plans were good. AT&T is better but the staff are the least attentive of all the cell stores I visited. Every company has a culture and it shows in how people work. Sprint people want to sell you things and they love to see you. Verizon people literally line up from the entrance into the store and love to help (that is for as long as I have been to their stores which is years). T-Mobile staff appear as if they don’t think the customer will buy anything (they have the least subscribers of all big cell companies and it shows) but are polite and professional. AT&T has the old Cingular attitude. They are what they are and can care less. When all cell companies offered 30 days return, Cingular would not go beyond the absolute minimum legal time (nothing) after the product was sold. AT&T has done great job with the signal and service but still thinks BIG and it shows. I would not be surprised if the employee who helped me is penalized for helping a customer. They have a very cool phone which is basically a flip but does 8.1 megapixels. That is great and it is not a smartphone and not expensive. The rest is obvious.
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A very interesting product that should come in handy for those of us with too many gadgets that need charging. Wired chargers can be such a burden but I wonder how safe this device is healthwise as far as radiation?
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I found this product by accident. A handheld unit dedicated to Twitter. I guess with 54 million users it is about time but then again the number of Twitterpeeks sold should make a strong statement about how many of how many are really that much into Twitter.
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I learned a good one today at Best Buy. The store is a warehouse and is obviously huge but organized into sections and displays. All items that are main attraction are accompanied by their accessories. Cellphones in one section were hung in columns and the adjoining columns were car chargers. Electronics on shelves had their cases and accessories piled up and positioned above, below or next to them. That is a very way of offering the accessories since most of the main attractions have tiny profit margins but accessories have real profit margins. If I was buying a laptop I would make my decision standing there looking at it and right there its case, or whatever was starring at me. It is almost impossible not to seriously think about the accessory as part of the decision to pay the product. Money has nothing to do with it because when deciding one is focused on what the product is good for and accessory makes it way into that thought.
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(Photo from Yelp)
I noticed the window of this shop on Geary and the window is covered with lots of writings in red and big letters. I thought this is cool. I have found an ethnic meat store. I pushed in and not. It is a bakery but everything looked like the stuff I ate all my life as a kid. I bought some honey cake and was good though I am not a baked good judge. It was actually great. I will definitely visit them whenever in the area. That is an example of a GOOD ethnic store. Great selection and displays. Quality was great for mine. It was a lot of fun just running into this bakery.
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I checked out Macy’s today. I know the store well so rarely interested to check it out. I am not their target market for many reasons. The cellar is still there and lots of kitchenware. You can buy a whole set of kitchen knives for Christmas. The price $999 which makes sense once you pull it out and see the brand. Their products are good but not extremely diverse. They still offer whatever you want but choices are what they are. There is no hint of a need to compete. Their customers are theirs and that shows. It is always fun to visit Macy’s though I really prefer to avoid the ‘meat market’ (the cosmetic floor) on my way out. It is a little tricky finding your way out. It was fun and lots of happy folks.
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