I think Brother Greg was thinking of starting a business along these lines. You should follow up on that – you had some ideas I don’t see in this Revenge/Alibi service. This does look like a law suit waiting to happen, though. Revenge by proxy: an L.A. enterprise — latimes.com Ferguson and a partner operate […]

“There is currently a worldwide run on the banking system. The pictures from the Great Depression show people standing in line to get their cash out of the banks. We are in a different age that allows bank runs to occur in seconds rather than days. Companies and wealthy people in the know are pressing […]

Michael Jackson’s Thriller has reached its 25th anniversary, and Sony BMG has prepared a commemorative album to celebrate the milestone. To promote this release, Sony initiated a campaign involving large performances of the zombie dance from the Thriller video. Groups of paid dancers have broken into seemingly impromptu zombie shuffles in undergrounds from London to […]

An article posted on the Motley Fool investment blog got me thinking. Since the only thing the RIAA seems to care about is money and the bottom line, it will probably be investors who ultimately force them to turn away from this ridiculous cycle of law suites and intimidation against customers. The gust of the […]

Is Starbooks actually good for business at Mom and Pop coffee shops? I did some catching up on Slate today, and came across this article on the subject. Clark makes an interesting point/argument. His premise is that Starbucks moving into the neighborhood increases business at ALL nearby coffee shops, thus being good for business at […]

Kevin Kelly has updated his guide to documentaries (or True Films as he refers to them in the title). Better yet, he is offering it free. Here is his post on his Cool Tools blog: Cool Tool: True Films eBook If you are interested in documentaries, or reality film-making, definitely check this out. You are […]

On Saturday, the Washington Post published a good piece on Blackwater and its owner, Erik Prince. Its interesting to see how fast the company has grown over the last ten years, and how the initial vision was adapted to leverage the political climate created after the Yemen bombing and 9/11. Building Blackwater – washingtonpost.com Blackwater […]

An Opportunity for Wall St. in China’s Surveillance Boom – New York Times “Terence Yap, the vice chairman and chief financial officer of China Security and Surveillance Technology, said his company’s software made it possible for security cameras to count the number of people in crosswalks and alert the police if a crowd forms at […]