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Sun, 30/11/08 – 23:09 | Comments

When I was younger I worked retail, and I remember dreading the holiday season; we’d be completely busy, and customers were never ruder.  I’ve seen ads poking fun at rabid crowds trying to break down doors before stores open to get the latest deals around the holidays, and it’s always some comment about how the [...]

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Distributing biodiversity data globally
Thursday, 9 Oct, 2008 – 12:00 | Comments
Distributing biodiversity data globally

My current project at work will take me far into next year, and that’s good because I’m facing an unprecedented amount of data, that will only continue to grow.  Because of this I’m finally getting to put my money where my mouth is.  For years I’ve talked about my ideas and theories about how I [...]

Commentary: AB sold to InBev
Saturday, 19 Jul, 2008 – 13:07 | Comments
Commentary: AB sold to InBev

NOTE: As a St. Louis native, I was asked to comment on the sale of local St. Louis brewer Anheuser-Busch to European beverage conglomerate InBev. The following are my comments from the thread.

A couple of things here, AB has been a big STL employer for years sure, but just because they’re big doesn’t mean [...]

Record Store Day - April 19, 2008
Friday, 4 Apr, 2008 – 10:00 | Comments
Record Store Day - April 19, 2008

“On Saturday, April 19, 2008, hundreds of independently owned music stores across the country will celebrate Record Store Day. On this day, all of these stores will simultaneously link and act as one with the purpose of celebrating the culture and unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally.”  There [...]