http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,62356,00.html
The decline of the brand
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/brands.html?tw=wn_tophead_8
Wired takes a look at branding and the lack of consumer loyalty.
Man tries to convert lions to Christianity
http://www.local6.com/news/3887764/detail.html
He’s still alive.
Solution to the Election Problem
Well, the election seems to be over for now and Bushy seems to have won. This is a major concern for some people, especially those in the northern states that seemed to vote for the other guy. So, what do we do about the problem of all these disenfranchised people? Why look at the pretty coloured map, all of the blue states have a direct path into the frigid nation to the north. Except Hawaii of course, but it’s a backwater and doesn’t have any roads.
The obvious solution for the blue guys is to join Canada. It’s not like Canada controlling the North-Eastern US is a new idea, we captured and burned the White House during the War of 1812. Those western states would be a nice addition though — through them Canada would control most of the west coast (minus Alaska) and the United But Somewhat Fewer Number of States of America (UBSFNSA) would have to have to go through us to get to the Pacific.
It’s not going to happen, but adding New York and California to Canada would effectively triple the size of the nation. After the states have joined us, the newly formed Canadatu could unilaterally declare war on the UBSFNSA and bring democracy to the embattled nation.
A New Month
I really haven’t had much to say over the last month or two. The news seems to be all about the American election and I’ll I can do is bash Bush. It’s too easy. One of them will get elected eventually, things won’t change much. Even if Kerry wins, he’s not going to coming running out the front door to tell you all of these dark secrets he discovered.
I managed to go through a few site layouts through October, I’ll hold onto this one for a little while. I need to be less lazy about getting older work up and creating new stuff.
AlJazeera transcript of Bin Laden video
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79C6AF22-98FB-4A1C-B21F-2BC36E87F61F.htm
Some say it’s more accurate than other transcripts.
Red Sox win World Series
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/sports/baseball/28REDSOX-WIRE.html?oref=login
Baseball seems weird now.
SGI and NASA create world’s fastest computer
http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2004/october/worlds_fastest.html
The system contains only 10,246 processors.
Lunar eclipse tonight
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aSPpGPu7gACg&refer=us
Last one until 2007.
Every fall, the zombie soccer players emerge from hiding
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/041015/ids_photos_ts/r1549424839.jpg&e=1&ncid=1756
And every four years, one runs for president.