I just received email invites for the SF mobile meet-up and the Facebook tech talk. The RSVP policy for both had something that I have not seen before in such emails: Security is tight and if you are not on the RSVP list, you cannot get in. I have a feeling this heightened security is [...]
Check out the extract from this article about urban poultry farming. One of the sites catering to folks interested in this topic is generating 6 million PVs/month. That’s probably a million plus uniques/month! Chicken farmers are finding each other on sites like TheCityChicken.com, UrbanChickens.org and MadCityChickens.com. BackyardChickens.com logs some 6 million page views each month [...]
Sometimes a movie or book touches you deeply. Here is a movie based on an immigrant theme that really struck a cord with me. The Visitor I saw this movie recently on a plane trip to India. Haaz Sleiman’s acting as Tarek, an illegal immigrant from Syria, is wonderful. He gives the character a very [...]
I am glad there are companies out there (finally) that are tackling the question of toxicity in products and whether the companies that are producing products have sustainable practices. The whole question of being green is gaining momentum (apart from the marketing spin) and society is all the better for it. Check out goodguide.com. They [...]
US unemployment rate reaches 14 year high
An awesome piece of research/investigation into those dating lawn signs. “Single?” Lawn Signs Conquer the American Landscape
The NY times has covered a Pretty Interesting start-up. The idea may have legs: Math – Indian Style Update: The article comments both here and on NY times are very illuminating.
Am very happy to see that Prop 2 passed. Its just sad to see how the animals are treated at the so-called farms, which are just chickens in endless rows of cages or cows that can’t move out of their tight enclosure. With Prop 2 passing, hopefully some of the treatment will become more humane [...]
Glassdoor announced yesterday that they closed a $6.5mn funding round. Billshrink announced Oct 14th that they closed a $8mn series B round. IMHO, in addition to all the reasons why a VC might invest, these two companies have a big macroeconomic factor going for them. They will do well in the down market that we [...]
that the milk you drink goes through a looong supply chain that can be broken down into at least eight different segments? According to researchers at Stanford, it takes at least 3 days for the Milk to reach the supermarket shelf. Add the # of days the milk stays in your refrigerator, you are talking [...]
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