Look at This - Episode 13

I am away on vacation if by vacation we mean trying to work in an unknown town with limited internet resources and sporadic phone service. Yes, I know. Vacation and work are not meant to be intertwined, but alas, the startup life is one that intertwines work with virtually everything. Fortunately, this “work”, justifies my constant access to the bounties of the information super highway and allows me to present a sampling of its wonders to you, our faithful readers. Look at this cool stuff I found . . .

• The first one was built to deter invading hordes of barbarians, but the new great wall in China seems to be encouraging them to enter. Huge, shiny and environmentally conscious. What barbarian could resist. Unfortunately, it could just be a sparkly piece of bait to lure us into their poisoned air.
• Okay, he calls gas “petrol” and gas stations “garages” but I’ll forgive him for being some kind of crazy foreigner. If I don’t, he might turn his amazing powers of prescience on me. Imagine a picture of yours truly in 20 to 30 years. If that wouldn’t drive my fiancee away, I don’t know what would.
• Call me stuck in the 18th century, but bloomers are a wonderful undergarment, rife with mystery and comfortable to boot. Anyway, it is nice to see them used to illustrate something other than puritanical backwardness for once.
• Chad actually found this link and shared it with me in Google Reader, so I struggled with whether or not I should use it. After all, he has his own links quota to fill now. Then I remembered that the link was about beer and I thought to myself “I like beer. I like talking about beer. Who is this Chad character to try to stand between me and talking about beer. I’ll show him . . . etc.” Anyway, here’s the link. Sorry Chad.
• I’ll admit that I’m linking to this because the article uses the word ecosexual, but really, it is a great example of the way in which the word green is being exploited to market virtually everything without requiring much in the way of green performance from the product, service or social event. First it’s green speed dating and next thing you know I’m headed out for green snow mobiling with my pals from the green bowling team in our green SUVs.