WHAT IS A VECTON? The creativity of companies naming things is awesome. Now, an Israeli company. seems to have sold a super radar oven as something new. Is this hype? The company calls itself “Goji” as in the goji berries. I first heard about this from my brother Hugh who had an executiv[...]
Posts Tagged ‘hype’
December 24th, 2014 - 11:29 am § in Uncategorized
SONY Cashes In. APPLE sides with North Korea
Apple reportedly nixed a deal to bring “The Interview” to iTunes despite a request from the White House. This adds support to reports here on The Ave that Cupertino and North Korea have been discussing collaborations including joint branding, development of products in North Korea. ̵[...]
December 24th, 2014 - 11:04 am § in Misc.
FEEDING THE BEAST
This is simply stupid. Even if every other cop were a redneck who sleeps in a hooded sheet, this sort of disrespect for the two officers murdered in NY demeans the entire effort to reform police practices. The Ave has carried a lot about police thuggery as well the related issue of legal thuggery.[...]
December 13th, 2014 - 10:02 am § in Uncategorized
When is Rape, Rape?
HYPE The media have been claiming that 1 in 5 women are raped as college freshmen or sophomores. The number comes from a 2007 small-scale study done by the National Institute of Justice, a division of the Justice Department. The study was based on an online questionnaire at two schools.[...]
June 2nd, 2014 - 11:28 am § in Misc.
Glenn Greenwald … as thin as chiffon in a strip club.
I am no fan of Glenn Greenwald. Whatever one thinks of Snowden, Greenwald’s role in all this seems to be totally about self-promotion. If Greenwald were truly an investigative reporter, as he claims, one would think that such a trove of information would lead to thoughtful further investigat[...]
September 23rd, 2013 - 11:22 pm § in Hypocrisy
Fake Online Reviewers Snared
NY Attorney General Sting Have you been giving yourself 4 stars? Voz iz Neias reports: “Nineteen companies caught writing fake reviews on websites such as Yelp, Google Local and CitySearch have been snared in a year-long sting operation by the New York Attorney General, and will pay $350,000 i[...]
What is a VECTON?
WHAT IS A VECTON? The creativity of companies naming things is awesome. Now, an Israeli company. seems to have sold a super radar oven as something new. Is this hype? The company calls itself “Goji” as in the goji berries. I first heard about this from my brother Hugh who had an ex[...]