I just received an email from a trading partner. He happens to be an over the road trucker. Here is his first hand account of the Canadian oil sand boom: I’m at a fuel depot here in northern Mnanitoba, Canada! My loads got changed around and I landed up going Read more…
The best and earliest proof I had of evolution being true comes from standing in front of the mirror with my sister contorting our faces as best we could to make ourselves look like monkeys. I could flare my nostrils and pout my lips just right and always crack her up with the look Read more…
I did alot of mountain biking in South Mountain park for a while. These are photos from that era. This is the trailhead at the end of the Jeep trail and the beginning of the National Trail / Mormon Loop. Me on the trail. You can watch the movie Read more…
I will be adding rules here that you can cut and paste into your ebay auctions to prevent being scammed by international Ebay / PayPal scammers. You should read the previous articles if you have not yet to understand this 3rd installment Article 1:  http://www.amarketplaceofideas.com/ebay-paypal-quick-spin-international-payment-turn-around-scam.htm Article 2:  ebay appears to Read more…
If you have not used Panoramio yet it allows you to upload landscape / metroscape pictures to the website at http://www.panoramio.com/   After you have uploaded the photos you can enter coordinates or use google mapping functions to plot the points on Google Earth. Then other users can view your photos Read more…
This is a story told to me by a professor when I was doing my masters degree at ASU. I was in a class called “Signal Detection Theory” taught by my favorite professor of all time Doug Cochran. He was an eminently fair guy and a real sweetheart when it Read more…
In order to understand this article you will need to read this first: Ebay PayPal Quick Spin International Payment Turn Around Scam Now that you have read that article I will proceed to show how Ebay and PayPal appear to cover up the fraud and re-register the same guy using Read more…
The only way you can explain the total lack of innovation in the area of cell phones is that cell phone networks are walled gardens that are extremely limited in competition. If you are are interested in browsing the internet whilst on the go to get information here is the Read more…
How many times have I woken up in the morning to the helicoptors beating the air early in the day. Not just one helicopter. I’ve seen 4 and 5 of you at a time when the story is marketable. Now some of you are no more and you are a Read more…
A poem I came across on the internet:  ITHACA By Constantine P. Cavafy, circa 1900 Translated from Greek by Daniel Mendelsohn As you set out on the way to Ithaca hope that the road is a long one, filled with adventures, filled with understanding. The Laestrygonians and the Cyclopes, Poseidon in Read more…