Per Design

Mostly musings on design

Per Design

  • Microsoft and Yahoo…

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    I really don’t think this proposed buyout is good for either company. Microsoft is really only buying 2nd place in the search engine/advertising arena and could care less about Yahoo’s “really” cool web technologies. In the long run, Microsoft will likely squander their bought 2nd place ranking because of their corporate/marketing mindset which seems to stifle…

  • Accumulation…

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    Ben
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    At least 8 inches of snow. Another 5-8 expected over the next 24 hours. Now this what a Michigan winter should be like!

  • The adventures of the holidays 2007-2008 edition

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    Ben
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    Here’s a brief outline of our recent adventures as experienced by my wife and I: Taxi didn’t come as expected to take us to the airport. Activated plan b and drove to the airport (requiring long-term parking) Missed getting on flight because of 15 minutes and an unhelpful airline worker who wasn’t willing to try…