GM CEO Rick Wagoner apparently just learned that product differentiation is key to success in the auto biz. On the heels of the disastrous and pathetic GM ‘Sport Vans’ (nee minivan reskins), the guy had the gall to admit just that::
If I had a chance to rerun the last five years, we probably would have [...]
Who knew that baby Wolverines were so damn cute!?
The mayor of Las Vegas has suggested a novel idea for discouraging graffiti on his city’s highway walls. Oscar Goodman envisions televised spectacles in which the vandals’ thumbs are cut off. His proposed punishment goes too far for my tastes, but I’m wondering if you might approve of it. Lately you’ve been having bouts of [...]
One of the many joys of true urban City life is the infrequency with which I need to drive. To put it another way, I drive when I want to, not because I have to. That means I can walk lotsa places, or I can cab it or take the MUNI. It is neat.
A side-effect [...]
From the War is Peace department of the Ministry of Propaganda:
We often talk about the ‘fetishization of commodities’, or the idea that consumption in modern society is as much (if not more) of a sport than a practice grounded in genuine need. Sure, certain luxuries also meet true needs (iPod, anyone?) but many things we all buy (more jeans! new shoes! camera phones!) do not [...]