Monthly Archives: August 2010

Inside the secret world of Trader Joe’s – Aug. 23, 2010

   Inside TJ’s – a look at how TJ’s operates. Trying to remember if anyone I know does NOT like TJ’s! While they do a great balance of price and quality, when it came to things like produce, they were … Continue reading

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CIO.COM – Eric Schmidt and the End of an Era

  Memo to all "Do No Evil" fans – read the link below: Quote Eric Schmidt and the End of an Era

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Privacy 200 trackers on dictionary.com – Tracking The Companies That Track You Online : NPR

  Just read the writeup, got to listen to the program in full. Interesting question – if someone doesn’t know your name, is it fair to say they don’t know you? They might know a lot of other things like … Continue reading

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A Tree Planted for Going to E-Statemetns Grow-Trees.com

     Here’s a very interesting initiative from Kotak Mahindra Bank in India – they planted a tree because I agreed to switch to e-statements. I’ve seen other incentives – BSNL (state owned telecom company, gives a Rs:5 credit per statement) … Continue reading

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ATM Skimmers – Would You Have Spotted the Fraud?

  Here are some useful links on the rising instances (in the US but I hear also a few in India now) of ATM skimmers. Essentially a little device that reads your card data and captures your PIN typically using … Continue reading

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