Today I took some time out to have a clean out of my bedroom, and began sorting out my perfume and make-up. I realised I have far too much perfume for one person, but I find myself on every trip “stocking up”, which is madness as my perfume shelf looks like I am stocking up for a [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 27, 2008
cupcakes take the cake…
I received an email today from Brooklyn Museum about the final results from their “crowd curated” show Click! The exhibition was based on The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki and the idea that no single individual or an expert would be smarter than the crowd – the best pics submitted would emerge. People were [...]
June 25, 2008
linen love
I am in love with third drawer down – and while I have been tempted once or twice to buy myself a lovely t-towel from them in the past I have so far not sucuumbed.
I love how they have turned the humble t-towel into something beautiful or witty or whimsical. And since I soon may not [...]
June 25, 2008
ebay puts the E into Evil Empire
Commenting on my post on ebay, CapitalD directed me to this article here. Ebay will now be offering discounts to PowerSellers; trying to attract more of those who shift lots though their system; rather than the hoards of little fish like me who don’t.
I know, I know, eBay is a big business and it has [...]
June 24, 2008
Brands of Emptiness
I just read here about a new term – Brands of Emptiness – that was coined by UK wine writer Oz Clarke. Like David Farmer, I also think its a great term, not just a catch all for all those appalling Australian “critter brands” that have flooded overseas markets, but also all those other brands [...]
June 24, 2008
A tale of two hotels
Last month I was doing a bit of work over in the states and managed to jam in some fun time with mm in New York and San Fransisco on the weekends in between the project stuff. I met mm first at The Hudson on West 58th Street. I was prepared for the size (or so I thought) [...]
June 24, 2008
Clarial gets her cash!
Just checked Clarial’s page on Kiva and it appears she has her requested cash! So this means she gets her loan and can go out and buy her stock.
We are trying to think of ways to raise some cash at work to support more entrepreneurs like Clarial.
June 23, 2008
Kiva
I have just become a small business lender. I have made a loan of $25 through Kiva to Clarial Peralta Campo who is a small business woman in Nicaragua. She needs cash to buy more stock for her shoe stall in a market in the city of Chinandega.
Now, I love shoes, so it seemed a good fit. And [...]
June 23, 2008
Rockin’ Pool
Ok – this has made me very happy! For a while mm and I have been threatening to go swimming. And each week something happens, until this week, where we set aside enough time in between a market trip and cooking dinner. So instead of the local pool, we made a “day of it” (well, an [...]
June 23, 2008
ebay can go to hell
I worry this blog is quickly turning into one big complaint file – me whinging about stuff that just pisses me off. And by the title of this post, you may guess I am not happy with eBay.
They are insisting their sellers use paypal to receive payments as part of their “secure payment” policy. Which [...]
