I know some of you who read this page have heard of the Win An MRI contest that Lockport Memorial Hospital was entering.
The contest was sponsored by Siemens who wanted to promote their MRI by giving one away to a hospital that really needed one but probably couldn’t afford it. Their idea was to have each hospital submit a short video telling why they should be given one. Then people could watch the video online and vote for the hospital they thought should win. Continue Reading…
Why do PC users hate Mac users? Is it the Mac people’s smug self-righteous attitude that they must know better than 95% of the computer users? Is it because they think they are Sooooo…. smart for choosing an overpriced piece of artsy hardware? Or is it because the PC users are tired of being told how easy it is to use a Mac (fallacy) and that PC’s are so hard to use, never work right, and are always crashing?
Well, if a Mac is so easy to use; if anyone can fire up a Mac and do anything, why do I always have to look at web pages where they can’t get a friggin’ apostrophe right?
Well, that’s what it really is. It isn’t the Christmas season. They only call it that to justify it. But it really is the season where retail and consumer spending is whipped like a racehorse into a frenzy by the media.
I came across this site (Adam Curry played some of it on his Daily Source Code podcast) and it gave me pause. It’s really something to think about before you go out and blow a wad on Christmas shopping just because they tell you to. It’s called The Story Of Stuff. I hate to send you away from this site, but go and check it out, it’s worth it. It’s an interesting presentation, complete with Flash video. Really good. Thought-provoking as well.
