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Homemade Coffee Shop Addictions

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:42:51 GMT

clipped by: sincitykitty
clipper's remarks: Take some time in your kitchen, though, and the bounty of your favorite caffeine dispensary can be had at home for cheap.

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Lifehacker Cookbook: Homemade Coffee Shop Addictions

It's hard to justify a trip to the coffee shop in cold weather just to grab fancy-pants java or snacks. Take some time in your kitchen, though, and the bounty of your favorite caffeine dispensary can be had at home for cheap.

Espresso drinks

Starbucks-style coffee drinks [CoffeeFair]

DIY Pumpkin Spice Latte [Kitchn/Apartment Therapy]

Cookies, scones, and muffins

Truly great scones (traditional) [Chubby Hubby]

National Writing Day

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:23:13 GMT

clipped by: carrerinyes
clipper's remarks: Now there's the computer and the internet. In the digital age, anyone with a laptop, a wi-fi card, and a place to sit at Starbucks can put material into cyberspace. The digital revolution means everyone's an author, every day is National Writing Day. And this sudden democratizing of the writing process generates its own set of complaints:

* it's wrong to give so many people access to authorship -- after all, most people won't be very good at, and some people are going to write things that we don't agree with

* computers make writing too easy -- something so important should only come with effort -- no pain, no gain -- maybe we should increase the entrance fees?

* we need to control, license, censor what's on the 'net: after all, the web is full of lies, misinformation, nonsense, pornography, fraud, Nigerian money scams, and hate, not to mention all those pictures of little cats

But despite the complaints, writers everywhere are grabbing their keyboards...

Clip Source: illinois.edu

It's National Writing Day: I wrote today, did you?

Senate Resolution 310 proclaims today, Oct. 20, as the National Day on Writing.

With everybody except a few conservatives celebrating writing, it might surprise us to look back and see that people once thought writing was actually a bad thing

Socrates also objected to writing because it wasn't interactive -- this was long before instant messaging -- and because the written word gave only a distant and incomplete picture of the reality to which it referred. Writing, Socrates complained, can't answer questions the way a real live human being can. If you ask a piece of paper something, all it can do is repeat the same words over and over. Writing, Socrates told his companion Phaedrus, is like a broken record.

And it's not just writing. Every time a new communication technology comes along, critics complain about it.

And the typewriter? Even worse -- it not only increased the distance between the author, the written word, and the reader,

Facts about famous brands

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:16:46 GMT

clipped by: Stumblerz

Clip Source: www.stumblerz.com

Facts about Companies

Here are some tidbits about some of the most famous companies around the world, on how come they got started and how they got their name etc.

-AltaVista means high view in Spanish.

-Fanta was made by Max Keith in Germany as a replacement for the American Coca Cola during the world war II. It was given to the Nazi Soldiers.

-LEGO, is taken from the danish words “leg godt” which means play well. Or the Latin word which means “play together” but the Danish company say that is just a coincidence.

-Pepsi is derived from the word, dyspepsia.

-Microsoft, Bill Gates wanted to call it Micro Software but then went with Micr0-Soft, the “-” was later removed.

-Starbucks is named after a character in the novel, Moby-Dick.

-IBM, stands for International Business Machines.

-Pixar, the action verb of making pixels in Spanish..

SUV Drives Through Starbucks

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:18:54 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead
clipper's remarks: Content Warning: naughty captions and car-on-store violence.

Clip Source: ace.mu.nu.

SUV Drives Through Starbucks
Here off-duty Sacramento sheriff's deputy, Lisa Gargano, drives her SUV into a Starbucks. She was later arrested for DUI for being under the influence of prescription drugs.

[Video]

Tags: crime, car, auto, california, coffee

Watching TV

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:06:30 GMT

clipped by: sahara
clipper's remarks: http://rockmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/martyrdom_of_a_yellow_rose_as_a_student_protest

From one comment made regarding this song:
"She's not fictional. In fact, you can hear her speak on the track. 2. It's not so much about HER as it is about you and me watching her and then going down to Applebees for the $7.99 steak sizzler or stopping off at Starbucks for a latte. He is ridiculing US for our lack of action in the face of reality. "
(alienanthropologist, Silver Spring, MD)

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Roger Waters music coupled with video to canvass the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989 when a student democracy protest was brutally crushed by the Chinese government forces.
This link deserves some (alot) of credit...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...

Tags: music

Pilot Sully Sullenberger - pro-union; generous tipper

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:06:29 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: More:

As to whether anything makes him blow his stack, he jumps beyond his professional life to his worldview: "Injustice, people getting hurt. That makes me mad, when the world isn't fair. ... But maybe that's just reality."

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

Captain Chesley Sullenberger is expected any moment at Starbucks at Blackhawk Plaza

he makes it clear his house isn't in this gated community on the fancy side of the road. He's a plain guy who's lived in Danville for 15 years

he's been intent on using his newfound fame to promote his own code: Doing things well, doing them right

He's a guy who is most comfortable redirecting heaped praise to others, his flight crew for example

In keeping with his willingness to question authority, he's also been an outspoken union advocate. "One of the benefits of a union is that it levels the playing field. No one person can stand up to management. It's only through the union that collectively we can have a voice and express grievances that will reach management."

As to the community, now that he is recognized, has he had to rethink the amount he leaves in tip jars? Sully has high regard for workers. "I tip really well," he says with a solemn smile.

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

All 150 passengers and five crew members survived

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

Tags: people, inspiration, heroes, disaster-response

As though written specifically for MugofCoffee!!!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:49:59 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: www.theblessedbee.com

Caffeine is my shepherd

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.

It maketh me to wake in green pastures.

It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.

It restoreth my buzz.

It leadeth me in the paths of consciousness for its name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of addiction,

I will fear no Equal -

For thou art with me;

Thy cream and thy sugar they comfort me.

Thou preparest a carafe before me in the presence of The Starbucks.

Thou anointest my day with pep; my mug runneth over.

Surely richness and taste shall follow me all the days of my life,

And I will dwell in the House of Mocha forever.

McDonald's Restaurants to Open at the Louvre

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:02:09 GMT

clipped by: artdawgs

Clip Source: www.dailysquib.co.uk

McDonald's Restaurants to Open at the Louvre

PARIS - France - In a move that may put many satirists out of a job, the world famous seat of art, the Louvre is to install McDonalds fast food stores on its premises.

We're not making this up. It's really true, the Louvre is going to have a Mcdonalds restaurant inside the building.

Have the Frenchies gone barmy? What's next, a Starbucks in the palace of Versailles?

social media marketing (tags) from blogspot

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:25:58 GMT

clipped by: brentpurves
clipper's remarks: social media marketing (tags) from blogspot. Social media marketing experiment article

Clip Source: brentpurves.blogspot.com

Google (1)

Google CEO (1)

Google Sees YouTube Profitable in Near Future (1)

Google and Microsoft in twalks to license twitter data (1)

Google testing Cloudboard (1)

Happy Full Moon Festival (1)

Jinni (1)

Mobile Ads in Google. google mobile marketing (1)

Pingfm (1)

Posting to Twitter thru Skype (1)

Posting to Twitter with Skype (1)

Reading Terms of my visit to Starbucks (1)

Social Media Marketing Experiments (1)

Telephone Company is Arm of Government (1)

Twitter Talks Data With Microsoft (1)

Wireless Wave launches phone breakup video contest (1)

adobe (1)

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Internet Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Consulting, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Beijing

Brent Purves

Stir Communications Group - Internet Marketing Vancouver

Clip Source: brentpurves.blogspot.com

Social Media Marketing Experiment 2: Posting this to Twitter thru Skype & Ping.fm & feeding to site/blog/facebook

Tags: social media marketing, social media marketing experiment, social media tags

Polanski, rape, and the myth of "Not Like Us"

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:42:06 GMT

clipped by: Lexica
clipper's remarks: More:

Rapists don’t tip the homeless guy, because they have some spare change from Starbucks. Rapists don’t survive the Holocaust. Rapists don’t sit in the cubicle across from us at work, and send us funny xkcd cartoons. Rapists don’t have uneventful, long-term relationships with their college girlfriends. Rapists don’t show up on set every day, directing a critically-acclaimed movie. Rapists don’t get married, nervous in a tux at the end of the aisle. Rapists don’t spend their weekends browsing at the farmer’s market, and then stop for brunch and do the NYT crossword. Rapists don’t co-write this screenplay with us. Rapists don’t hang out at the pub with their friends, watching football and drinking just half a pint of beer, because they’re driving.…

We tell these myths to ourselves and each other often, but of course, they are lies. A rapist is nothing but a man who doesn’t listen when you say stop.
Clip Source: poptext.wordpress.com
The international film-making community is rallying to Polanski’s cause
all pledging support to this man who – to state the obvious – admitted raping a child.
I should be surprised, or outraged, but I can’t be; because they’re just doing what everyone does, which is desperately perpetuating the myth that Rapists Are Not One Of Us.
While society seems to be able to process the idea that we could all conceivably be murderers, given the right mix of anger, hatred, desperation, or otherwise pressured circumstances, we can’t bring ourselves to admit the wide range of men who have, will, would, or could rape. Rape, the myth goes, is something Other. It is separate, and dramatic, and above all, perpetuated by men we don’t know.
Rapists are not loving fathers, or supportive brothers, we tell ourselves – and each other.
Rapists don’t go home for the holidays and help with the tree, and watch the big game with their father, and throw the football around with their nephews.

Tags: rape, justice, culture, rape-apologists, rape-culture, roman-polanski

New Starbucks VIA Challenge

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:44:50 GMT

clipped by: ronhuxley
clipper's remarks: Have you tried the new microcrystal "instant" coffee by Starbucks. I was doubtful about how normal it would taste - I hate the taste of regular instant coffee. Starbucks is offering a challenge to see if you can really tell the difference. I love this new VIA by Starbucks. I have to say that I can tell a bit of difference but it isn't a bad taste difference. Try it yourself and tell us how you liked it or not!

Clip Source: blogs.starbucks.com

Today is a significant and momentous day. Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew, a breakthrough innovation in instant coffee that delivers the same great flavor and quality of Starbucks coffee is launching in the U.S. and Canada - now you can find Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew at a store near you!

Starbucks VIA™ is 100% natural roasted arabica coffee in an instant form that is rich and full-bodied just like a fresh brewed cup of Starbucks coffee. I invite you to try this new coffee experience. Join us at your local Starbucks between October 2 and October 5 and take the Taste Challenge. You can try Starbucks VIA™ next to our brewed coffee and see if you can taste the difference! Just for taking the Taste Challenge, we will offer you a free brewed coffee during your next visit and $1 off a three-pack of Starbucks VIA™ (US-only).

Look forward to hearing your stories from the Taste Challenge.

Tags: coffee, instant coffee, starbucks, via

Ow My Balls T-Shirt (Idiocracy) Tshirtbordello

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:44:46 GMT

clipped by: meganprks
clipper's remarks: If you like the movie Idiocracy then you must have this funny tshirt. Cool

Clip Source: www.tshirtbordello.com

Ow My Balls T-Shirt (Idiocracy)

Tags: ow my balls shirt, starbucks t-shirt, shirt, idiocracy, t-shirt, fashion, humor, tshirtbordello

Starbucks kills communities, academic claims

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:51:21 GMT

clipped by: pjr-s

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Starbucks kills communities, academic claims

Starbucks and its latte-frothing emulators have helped to kill off community life, according to an academic who conducted a study of the world’s biggest coffee chain.

By Tom Leonard in New York
Published: 7:25PM BST 28 Sep 2009

Small and widely spaced tables, free wireless internet access and a preference for take-away customers are among the conversation-killing factors that have encouraged patrons to cut themselves off, Bryant Simon claimed.

Many branches had community message boards and – borrowing from sociology – the company marketed itself as a “third place” between work and home. But Prof Simon, an academic at Temple University in Philadelphia, said the communal feel was an “illusion”.

“People immediately create their own little private, gated communities. You come in, set up your laptop and put on your headphones,” he said yesterday. “You couldn’t be more alone in public if you wanted to be.”

The Sell-Phone Revolution

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:56:44 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Already, mobile services use area codes, Zip Codes, and even Global Positioning System (GPS) data to return results for nearby businesses in response to a search for, say, coffee shops. The next step is to serve an ad for a steaming cup of java on a mobile Web page just as the cell-phone Web surfer is passing a Starbucks (SBUX ). Within five years, online ad networks such as TACODA and Specific Media Inc. plan to apply behavioral techniques"using surfing data"to target ads to broadband-enabled digital television. It's not hard to imagine the day when multiple TVs tuned to the same channel in the same household will serve up different ads. "There is no question behavioral targeting will be a major component of television," says Dave Morgan, TACODA's founder and chairman.

Read full article >>>

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_17/b4031097.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

Clip Source: www.businessweek.com

Stay tuned for a message from your cell phone, which seems to know an awful lot about you

Advertising is about to get very personal. Marketers are taking tools that they already use to track your Internet surfing and are preparing to combine that information with cell-phone customer data that include not just the area where you live but also the street you're standing on. The aim is to target the exact person who is most likely to buy a product at the precise moment they're most likely to buy it. It's the ad industry's dream come true: a perfect personalized pitch. For privacy advocates, though, this combination of behavioral and geographic targeting is an Orwellian nightmare.

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

Campaigns that combine Web data with location information to target ads from nearby businesses to individuals are just a couple of years away, mobile marketers say.

Tags: cell-phone information, marketing logistics, technology

Starbucks coffee

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:07:20 GMT

clipped by: ann8374

Clip Source: apps.facebook.com