Rust Valley

This cannot have been intentional.  But the confluence of the “Obituaries Inside” call-out right next to the section heading for the Business section in yesterday’s paper was too rich to not be called out.  In these economic times, I’m sure the combination is accurate.
In particular:  Circuit City has decided to seek Chapter 11 protection today [...]

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According to the entire Interwebs, and more specifically this article at the Guardian, Google celebrates their 10th birthday this month. Sometime. Like maybe the 7th, or maybe the 13th.
In reality, Google is either 10 or 11 or 13 years old depending on how you count. The press is making a reasonably big [...]

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Perhaps the best life hack I’ve ever been involved with. This genius algorithm was invented by my partner, Beth, and it solves that basic problem that anyone who moves to a new town has: where the heck is the $X here (for values of $X to include (”dentist”, “zoo”, “mechanic”, “Thai place”, “cheap [...]

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