Monthly Archives: June 2008

>Arbi..what?

Posted on 16 June, 2008 by jb

> Arbitrage. Finding a commodity that’s cheaper elsewhere and can be obtained with minimal resource commitment. I stumbled over a fairly obscure but quite exquisite Springsteen track the other day while navigating David Lindley’s 3D immersive viewing PicLens wall. He … Continue reading →

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>Bionade Economics

Posted on 15 June, 2008 by jb

>Bionade is the soft drink equivalent of the garage band made good. Here’s the story. The Peter Brewery in a 4000 soul town in Bavaria was on the verge of bankruptcy in the late 1980s. The company’s Master Brewer and … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me ….(about "The Department of Doing")

Posted on 15 June, 2008 by jb

>The Department of Doing is a tiny advertising agency working out of a Victorian shop front in Devonport, a pretty swish suburb on Auckland’s North Shore. Never worked with them and probably never will, but I’m still allowed to be … Continue reading →

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>Obi

Posted on 14 June, 2008 by jb

> “OBI” is one of a swath of DIY stores that have popped up in Germany in the last 15 years. They’re pretty much interchangeable – Hagebau has better plants, Hornbach’s pretty good on power tools, OBI doesn’t really stand … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me ….(about "The Economist")

Posted on 12 June, 2008 by jb

>Apart from flogging excellent t-shirts (and let’s face it – you can never have too many t-shirts, can you?) and being essential reading for anyone’s who’s vaguely interested in what makes the world tick, “The Economist” is the source of … Continue reading →

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>I’m very sorry about this…

Posted on 11 June, 2008 by jb

>A woman calls her boss one morning and tells him that she is staying home because she is not feeling well. “What’s the matter?” he asks. “I have a case of anal glaucoma,” she says in a weak voice. “What … Continue reading →

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>The Bathtub Curve

Posted on 10 June, 2008 by jb

>The Bathtub Curve is standard Risk Management stuff. You’ll find its applicability in almost every corner of life – a period of high incidence of error due to inexperience, a long period of low incidence stability, followed by a sharp … Continue reading →

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>Tunes for a Tuesday – 10 June 2008

Posted on 9 June, 2008 by jb

>Shawn Mullins – We Could Go And Start Again from 9th Ward Pickin’ Parlor Elliott Smith – First Timer from New Moon Peter Bjorn And John – Objects Of My Affection from Writer’s Block Little Feat – Sailin’ Shoes from … Continue reading →

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>"You’ve got a RECORD PLAYER….?"

Posted on 6 June, 2008 by jb

>Seven year old Sophie from up the road dropped in yesterday to make sure we’re going to be at the Finals of the Regional Reading Contest on Saturday (for sure and I’ll be surprised if she doesn’t win by a … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me… (about Frau Einstein)

Posted on 5 June, 2008 by jb

>The lady who delivers the free papers around our way is really nice, but she definitely isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Somewhere over the years, she picked up the name “Frau Einstein”. (From whom, I have absolutely NO … Continue reading →

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