Consider the beautiful bell curve, a graphic representation that tells much about the world. Most of us are weighted closest to the center of the curve in most matters—athletic ability, intelligence, attractiveness and so on. When it comes to issues relating the treatment of animals, most people likely fall into the middle of the bell of [...]
July 6, 2007
At some point, you have to chuckle. Here are two examples of business practices, intended or otherwise, that bite back. Both are sad and funny at the same time (if true): XBOX 360 failure rate as high as 33% (Consumerist) Consumerist ensnares Geek Squad (Best Buy) tech stealing porn from a Consumerist computer (Consumerist) For [...]
June 19, 2007
Gotta love Consumerist. This time Dell responds to the site with an apology after initially threatening Consumerist by asking the blog to remove a post about “confessions” from a former Dell employee. First, it should be acknowledged that there’s good reason sites like Consumerist exist—a general lack of faith in corporate American and customer service [...]
June 16, 2007
Never mind the Transportation Security Administration’s stellar reputation. And the free love its agents get from every other passenger traveling through its security checkpoints. Today the TSA posted on its Web site two videos and an incident report to refute allegations that it was harassing a passenger at Reagan National Airport. The video shows an [...]
June 7, 2007
It’s an elixir of journalism that is being used more and more to sell newspapers and newspaper ads online. The Fourth Estate’s First Amendment rights in practice guarantee that essentially anything can be said about anybody if attached to one magic word: allege. He said, she said. Truth and facts be damned. Public pissing matches [...]
July 22, 2007