Comments on: linklings, shock the monkey edition

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:34:52 +0000

Hubris is surely one of the reasons they are defunct, Bubelah.

By: Bubelah

Bubelah — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:36:29 +0000

“had a helicopter fleet dubbed Air Digital” — that’s why they are defunct ;o)

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:24:54 +0000

Many things to comment on here . . . I have BlockBuster Total Access, with a BB store seven minutes away. I still use the mail-in all the time; just stopped driving to the store . . . WaMu’s the next to go under, you know . . .

I’m just not sure I buy the “exurbs are going to die” theory. People live where they live for a variety of reasons (family, schools, housing affordability, yes, even jobs; contrary to popular belief, there are many, many jobs outside of the central city), and I’m not sure the doubling of gas prices are going to make many move. There are many factors of life with more elasticity than where we have planted roots. I see more gas-efficient cars, carpooling, and telecommuting coming before I see a mass exodus from the exurbs. This opinion comes from someone who works primarily from home, incidentally.

An interesting story from the days of cheap transportation: In the 1980s, the now-defunct Digital Equipment Corporation had about two dozen facilities scattered about a three-state area in New England. To facilitate employees traveling between facilities, they had a helicopter fleet dubbed Air Digital, which even had its own gate at Logan Airport. At its height, Air Digital was the ninth-largest airline in the US in terms of flight operations. Those were the days, weren’t they?

By: deepali

deepali — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:33:43 +0000

It’s was his song about Steven Biko that got me interested in human rights and social justice.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:29:11 +0000

I really hope that we all still love writing that much in forty years XD Here’s to success!

By: FFB

FFB — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:11:52 +0000

Peter Gabriel also left a popular group, Genesis, to go out and do his own music. And he did it successfully. He’s also been active in humanitarian fields as well. What I’m saying is he isn’t your normal rock musician!

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:45:47 +0000

Thank you Steve

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:20:58 +0000

@Hunter: Yeah, it is broken – see Pinyo’s explanation. I’ll correct it once it’s up on Moolanomy again.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:58:24 +0000

Steve, thanks for the link. The post will be re-published tomorrow. It was scheduled during my vacation and it wasn’t quite ready…a blooper.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:27:33 +0000

Thanks for the link, Steve. I remember one lottery winner who won on the first ticket she ever bought, but to call that a million to one shot would be a huge understatement. And of course, these extraordinarily rare overnight successes usually lose it all anyway.

I don’t understand the “Seven Traits” link. Is it in strikeout font because the link is broken?