The Deets

Santa! Santa! Santa!, originally uploaded by edkohler. Santa was representing at the Hollidazzle parade tonight. The kids went nuts. I froze, but didn’t lose any digits.

A question in Amazon.com’s forum asks: This is my first year divorced, should I buy anything for my ex on Christmas? Someone doesn’t sound ready to let go, but the responses will probably help.

Tomorrow is the unofficial kick-off of the holiday shopping season. What technology gifts are you hoping to receive this year? Do you have your eyes on a Kindle? Have you made it 5 months without an iPhone? Also, what tech gifts would you recommend for others?

Back in 1983, my dad took a phone call from his friend Dan who called with an interesting piece of information. This happened to be October of ’83 just after the invasion of Grenada on Ronald Reagan’s orders. Dan called to tell my dad that he had been trying to figure out why the heck [...]

I have a theory that the two best audiences for online retail stores are the urban core and rural areas. Urban core areas do well because people living in high density areas tend to get everything delivered. Not just pizza, but groceries, beer, and hardware. Parking, commuting, or even owning a car can be difficult, [...]

T.J. Larson points out that the number of license mortgage brokers dropped from 4000 to 1400 this license renewal season. I wonder where they ended up after giving up on lending?

I read Jason’s commentary on his coffee shop news story before watching it and would recommend you do the same.

As we head into the holiday shopping season, I don’t think I’ll read a better spending story than the one I read this morning on Kitchen Logic’s blog. She stopped by the post office this morning, and reached an incredible milestone: Just Like a Big Girl While this should be no big deal, it is. [...]

I’ve been wondering for a while why Brian and Kenneth hang out at Vertical Endeavors so much. MN Monthly put that issue to rest with their Best of the Cities 2007 feature: Best of the Cities 2007 Place To Meet Single Men Where can a lass meet a lot of single men outside of bars, [...]

As I reviewed the specs of the Kindle (Amazon’s new ebook reader), I’ve come away wondering who the heck this product would be valuable for. Frankly, I can’t figure out who the target market for it is, which leads me to believe that the Kindle will fail. I’ve tried to narrow down why I think [...]