WordPress database error: [Got error 134 from table handler]
SELECT * FROM wp_bas_visitors, wp_bas_refer, wp_bas_ua, wp_bas_os WHERE referer = referer_id AND osystem = os_id AND useragent = ua_id AND lasthere > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 20 MINUTE) AND visit_ip = 51703483 AND ua_string = 'Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)' ORDER BY lasthere DESC LIMIT 1

The Cargo Cult of Business » 2006 » June

Archives for June 2006

IED?

Published on 7 Jun 2006 at 1:51 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Main Stream Media.

Maybe some people are “improvised explosive devices,” or perhaps they just have one, or suffer from one…

Read ‘IED?’

Ebay Sniping

Published on 6 Jun 2006 at 1:06 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Brain Trust, Economics and the Economy.

I think I now have a little understanding of some of the strong feelings surrounding the practice.

Read ‘Ebay Sniping’

Work Environment

Published on 5 Jun 2006 at 11:53 am. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Business and Corporation Related.

…as culture and technology develop, and what constitutes work shifts, many of us may find the “cube farm” a thing of the past.

Read ‘Work Environment’

Irrational Gas and Cheap Pickups

Published on 4 Jun 2006 at 11:57 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Economics and the Economy.

A posting recently at Coyote Blog, asked whether people are rational about gasoline prices.  I’d certainly say they’re not.  My brother was recently looking at used cars and noticed a large number of late model full-sized pickups for sale at what he considered bargain prices.  His remark was "Buying a new car to […]

Read ‘Irrational Gas and Cheap Pickups’

Smart Elephant

Published on 3 Jun 2006 at 3:51 pm. 2 Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, In Corporations We Trust.

Some things it’s best to not even start.

Read ‘Smart Elephant’

Correlation vs. Causation

Published on 2 Jun 2006 at 12:00 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business.

Why is it so poorly understood that correlation does not imply causality?

Read ‘Correlation vs. Causation’

Just Whistle?

Published on 1 Jun 2006 at 12:06 pm. No Comments.
Filed under The Cargo Cults of Business, Pure Geek, Main Stream Media.

Are dolphins really using names?

Read ‘Just Whistle?’

Blogroll

Technopolitical

Networking Technology

General Interest

Design, Interface, and Usability

Business and Corporation Related

Blogosphere

Apple Computer Related