Archive for February, 2007
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
I needed new sunglasses, because I'm an idiot and can't find the nice pair I have worn for the last two years. So, I go to Sunglass Hut because I have a $20 coupon, buy a nice pair and off I go-- until they break one week later.
I return ...
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
This year's Oscars featured many luminaries, most of whom just sat in the audience looking good. But surely there were three empty seats, meant for the Hanson Brothers, supporting players and scene-stealers from the cinematic triumph "Slap Shot."
The Brothers shared the ice with members of the Boston Bruins "Black and ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Every so often you hear about a children's book that gets some parents' knickers in a twist because they are afraid of their child getting exposed to things they don't want them to (i.e. the real world) through the availability of these books at school.
Usually these books have something to ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
I was going to say, "Comcast couches customer service in personal notes," but I had to make a choice.
For all the customer service horror stories we hear about Comcast and other big companies, I thought I would share this:
Last week I upgraded to a DVR service with Comcast for ...
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Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Ed Lee can stop his bitching now, I have moved this blog over to WordPress!
I'm still calling it Gischeleman's Blog, but now it'll have that nifty-looking Volkswagen logo in the address bar. Just like Scoble!
To all my RSS subscribers: Mom, please upgrade your feed.
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Don't you hate randomly-named blogs? Well, let me tell you what Gischeleman means. It is a word -- from the language of the Delaware tribe, or in their language, the Lenape.
Gischeleman means "to create with the mind," an appropriate term for many of the things I have done in ...
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
I have long abandoned the idea of a personal blog, as I thought I had nothing interesting to say (witness my early posts below). I had satisfied myself with group blogs, particularly Tech PR Gems and the Garden City blog. Participating in a group of people with similar interests ...
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