Walking down the street, women standing on the corner handing out little pamphlets about free translation services, then giving a little fortune cookie. Only thing is… it’s blue:
Now I don’t know whose marketing campaign this is from, but as a word of advice to others considering this route: “stop!” In fact, if I were to create a Top 10 list of giveaway advice, I think number one on the list would sound a little something like “avoid making giveaways of food that looks rotten, moldy and/or gangrenous.”
That’s a freebie.
It took less than 10 minutes from leaving the station (maybe less than 5) for me to realize how much of a bad decision this was for me. I’m sure many folks find it more relaxing, less rushed, etc etc. I am sitting here pulling hairs out of my beard, one at a time.
After being “dugg” recently, I checked out another peer-to-peer social bookmarking site called 
I was in Hong Kong once before in my life, but it was for about 90 minutes before I had to run off to the airport. Last week I spent two and a half days there (training the customer service and technical support team for HK-based sales of the Slingbox, it’s part of what I do), and while most of the time I was hard at work, I did get to see a few things. More importantly, I got to eat a lot of local food (at my insistence). 
“Despite its wonders, the Internet can be a dangerous place.” Thank you, textbook. I learn so much. “..viruses are executable programs designed by malicious programmers–sometimes called hackers…” DANG NABBIT, THEY’RE AT IT AGAIN! Those malicious programmers…*grumble grumble* A friend suggested I write up a “smart-assed review,” but I don’t think it’s fair to judge a book by its first chapter, or rather Chapter 0. Yeah, isn’t that cute?