Growing wiser on the wisdom (or stupidity) of others
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Everything written here is my personal opinion and not that of any employer or client, past or present.

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Guess who thinks they own POD? Not Peas!

"While Apple, of course, has no general objection to proper use of the descriptive term 'podcast' as part of a trademark for goods and services offered in the podcasting field, it cannot allow marks that go beyond this legitimate use and infringe on Apple's rights in POD and IPOD." -- Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, attorneys for Apple Computer, Inc., in a letter to Tim Shen, attorney for Podcast Ready

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What do you think of when someone mentions POD?

"Moreover, the term POD has also been adopted and used extensively in the marketplace by consumers as an abbreviation to refer to Apple's IPOD player." -- Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP, attorneys for Apple Computer, Inc., in a letter to Tim Shen, attorney for Podcast Ready

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Typographical Errors

"Bad typing corrupts good characters." -- Dan Johnson, Jr.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Tranquilize Your Mind - The Healthy Way

"Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye." -- Mary Shelley

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Thursday, August 03, 2006

Your Predominant Duty

"The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it." -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), American feminist and reformer, via e-mail from thefreedictionary.com

crossposted to Get That Job!

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Monday, June 12, 2006

Government Drunkenness

"Giving money and power to the government is like giving teenage boys whiskey and car keys." -- Anonymous P.J. O'Rourke

submitted via e-mail by Jordan Wagner, Sublette, Kansas

Thanks to Steve Miller for helping find the source.


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Miss Piggy on Beauty

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Sometimes you'll have to give a dumb or misinformed beholder a black eye." -- Miss Piggy

submitted via e-mail by Jordan Wagner, Sublette, KS - THANKS!

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Monday, June 05, 2006

Idiots and Congress

"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But, I repeat myself." -- Mark Twain

submitted via e-mail by Jordan Wagner, Sublette, KS - THANKS!

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Grace Under Pressure

"Courage is grace under pressure." -- Ernest Hemingway

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Monday, May 15, 2006

Mark Twain on Vegetables

"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education." -- Mark Twain

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spotted at Ed's Mixed Bag