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Just a follow-up on the last post. I need to stop following old employers, especially one I was at for only five months, but MSC’s current CEO is going to “retire”, and be replaced by someone who was appointed to the Board by the company that had previously been trying to take the company private. (It makes sense if you read slowly, I swear.)

I’m curious how this will affect everything. Changes at the top can often be symbolic. VA Partners, the previously threatening company, has a habit of turning companies around, though. They did a bang-up job for Martha Stewart Living. And VCs, if nothing else, hate to lose money. Wonder if this is the beginning of the slow climb for MSC?

Either way, MSC has a new CEO, which they desperately needed. Frank’s business aside, listening to him give a presentation was horrible. Any executive who can’t get through a sentence without saying “uhm” is not the executive you want as the face of your comapany.

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In my never-ending quest to risk my career as much as I can (see: applying to CyberNET and the debacle that turned into), the last company I left had a big news day today.

Leading off, they are about to be delisted from the NYSE. They have earnings coming, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Oh, and if you’re into claptrap on semi-anonymous bulletin boards, the employees are about to file a class action lawsuit.

I sure can pick ’em. Thank God I got out. All the best to those employees over there that deserve it. You know who you are.

Side note: If you think you’re one of those people, but aren’t sure if I’d wish you well, I don’t.

I have to apologize to Paul over at Meer Macatawa. I was plodding through an upgrade of MTBlacklist and I despammed your comment. Thanks, for commenting here; sorry I’m a dumbass.

On a totally unrelated note, this is the 300th post (that I’ve kept) to this blog. Considering what I lost in the MT-to-WordPres-back-to-MT debacle, that’s not bad.

Shifting twice in one post, if anyone knows how to remove accidentally despammed users from MT Blacklist, I’m soliciting answers.

I find this hilarious for some reason. I shouldn’t because the sum of the equation is an FCC that destroys good television and radio, but the method is too juicy to resist. David Galbraith doesn’t like that the FCC is getting spammed by “organized religious activists” in “flashmob fashion”. Which is completely accurate. These activists are doing just that. In fact, I would think Mr. Galbraith would appreciate these efforts because technology has enabled people to accomplish their life goals. I’ll go one further and suggest Mr. Galbraith would change his tune completely if they were “orgnized activists” instead of “organized religious activists”.

It’s funny how the right and left share so many common traits, they just don’t realize it. Technology, like it or not, is a politically-neutral enabler. A tag couldn’t care less whether you’re trying to suppress nipples everywhere or posting, well, a screed against those trying to suppress nipples anywhere. Use the tools given to you to accompish your goals and stop being a whiner, Mr. Galbraith; you’re smarter than that.

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Seriously, this one-wheeled Wheelsurf has to be a complete knock-off of the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison builds IT (the one-wheeled vehicle powered by, uh, stroking motions).

Royalties?

I know authors pump and dump books on Amazon all the time with literati dick-waving, but I had no idea the fanboys were in effect as well. (Never thought I’d write a sentence with literati, dick-waving, and fanboys all in one sentence, did yah?)

Apparently, all you need to breed such humorous banter as this is a Pixie’s tribute album.

i’m sure that weezer is really upset that they didn’t get as many stars on the rollingstone website that the pixies did, i mean when they count their money all the way to the bank, im sure they really regret not kissing rollingstone’s ass.

Yeee haw! Sales are the true measure of a band, mate! Nevermind that the Pixie’s are generally considered a pretty solid band (one which could quite possibly take credit for thinning the emo ranks now and then, as well).

I’ve never heard the album, but I suspect the reviews on Amazon are more entertaining anyway. Read through more of them on the extended reviews… great stuff.

Sidenote: Someone at Weezer’s fan club must have pointed to this, because they are way over-represented here.

Amazon.com: Music: Where Is My Mind: A Tribute to the Pixies

I use this for most of my publishing (except when I’m at work). Can’t wait to try out the new version.

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I love tomatoes; summer is too short if only for the growing season on those red beauties. So, when someone at work mentioned they had ordered their seeds for the coming gardening season, I thought this year I’d quit having to wait out the stores and farmers for good toms, and grow my own.

I’m told you can do so very effectively in a pot on a porch, which means I have a 30% chance of actually growing a tomato, and not just a ever-browning tomato plant.

I went looking for some seeds, and I sure hope I can grow these puppies because this page is making my mouth water.

Now I may even have an excuse to go that store across from Sweetwater’s (drawing a blank right now). Is this town turning me, or am I going back to my roots?

In the slew of groundhog-related articles today, the Detroit Free Press takes the cake for dumbest/weirdest/most disjointed sentence of the day.

For the two years since one-eyed Noah’s demise, a groundhog puppet and a live llama were used.

That is the first and last mention of a puppet or llama in the story. No explanation offered. Why did they use a puppet and a llama? Were they just hanging out and sort of got volunteered? Do they have the same weather-predicting abilities as one-eyed Noah? Do they have to be used together (puppet prompts llama, llama uses puppet, etc.)? HUH!?!?! Tell me!

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I have zero clue how much this thing costs, but the new ASUS Vento 36000 case is very, very cool. Good design and functionality. Bet it’s $300.

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UPDATE: Wow, I’m surprised. It’s only $150. Downright affordable for a kick-ass case.