Dr. Samuel Says
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Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
Experience is a stern taskmaster, and over the years I have learned from my many mistakes. There are, in particular, three things I simply do not do anymore. I don't use ammonium nitrate as an oxidizing agent, I don't pay attention to Sports Illustrated's preseason baseball picks, and I don't bet against Bill Gates.
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Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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In my line of work, you have to trust your instincts. I've been out of
the espionage game for a while now, but back during the Cold War, the
only way to navigate a world of moles, agents and double agents was to
go with your gut. To ignore your instincts was to risk a bullet to the
abdomen. On the rain-soaked, midnight streets of Prague. As the
voluptuous Russian assassin coldly lets down her hair and lights a
cigarette…
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Bidness
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
It's no secret that the music business is lousy with 3,000 species of middlemen -- people whose jobs involve skimming the cash flow that runs between artists and consumers. This is a natural function of many kinds of business, I concede, but in the case of music industry middlemen, the situation really is terminal.
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Written by Dr. Samuel Centralia, Ph.D., D.D.S., Esq.
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
It's exhilarating, as ever, to be back in San Francisco, The City by The Bay (That No One Can Possibly Afford To Live In Anymore). I spent several years here in my carefree youth, working in the then-nascent field of nanotechnology, and attending all-night naked pagan raves on stolen ferryboats. Not at the same time. This week I'm back for the annual Web 2.0 Expo, at which the event horizon of the Internet is once again being assembled.
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