screenshot from walmart.com
Order 4″ x 6″ prints of your digital photos at walmart.com for only 9 cents each.
Impossible you say?
You’d be right. In fact, it appears that nobody ever paid 9 cents for a photo printed at Wal-Mart, regardless of how long they were willing to wait for it, or whether they picked it [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 26, 2008
Wal-Mart Photo Processing At The Impossible Price Of 9 Cents A Print ? Don’t Bet On It.
April 24, 2008
What Are They Smoking Over At Blockbuster, Inc.? (2)
…because whatever it is, I want some.
Previously, we wrote about how Circuit City Stores, Inc. was basically, a dead company walking. We believe that the management of Circuit City irreparably damaged their company and their brand, by their really, really dumb decisions. Not only were they terrible choices from a business perspective, but they also [...]
April 23, 2008
Oh Great… Just When I Feel Like Having Arroz Con Pollo, They Announce Rice Rationing !
J. Howard Miller’s (see obituary) World War II era poster
Global warming, mad cow disease, Iraq, disappearing honey bees, $4.00/gallon gasoline, the real estate slump, food riots around the world, a recession here in the U.S. (despite what Washington may be telling you), and now rice rationing ?
Check your calendar. Is it 2008, or 1942 [...]
April 21, 2008
What Are They Smoking Over At Blockbuster ?
What are they smoking over at Blockbuster ?
…because whatever it is, I want some.
Previously, we wrote about how Circuit City Stores, Inc. was basically, a dead company walking. We believe that the management of Circuit City irreparably damaged their company and their brand, by their really, really dumb decisions. Not only were they [...]
April 18, 2008
Prestone “Quick Fill” Pre-diluted Antifreeze: 50% Ethylene Glycol, 50% Chutzpah
If you think the price of gasoline is high, you should check out the price of automotive antifreeze. It makes gasoline look cheap.
Hey Mr. Wizard (aka Don Herbert), it’s time for a chemistry lesson.
Monoethylene glycol (MEG), 1,2-ethanediol, IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-diol, has the molecular formula C2H4(OH)2.
Diethylene glycol (DEG), 2,2′-oxybisethanol; 3-oxa-1,5-pentanediol, IUPAC name: (2-hydroxyethoxy)ethan-2-ol, has the [...]
