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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-10

August 10, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Damn, is it hot in Chicago. London was a sunny 72 today #
nearly 12 GB worth of photos to look at, plus whatever from our iPhones. London is straight out beautiful #
oh joy, 777 spam messages I have to wade through, plus 438 possibly non-spam email. Really need to convert us to an IMAP setup… #
No Prostitutes at this Address http://flic.kr/p/8qYHTf #
http://bit.ly/9A1m7o 5 Best Sunday Columns, and Pippy reading the newspaper… #
Flight Attendant Pops Emergency Chute, Escapes Plane at JFK: A jetBlue flight attendant upset because a passenger … http://bit.ly/9G3mZn #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-09

August 9, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Slouching towards http://flic.kr/p/8qzkoM #
Fullers ESB http://flic.kr/p/8qCs9b #
Achilles Last Stand, Hyde Park http://flic.kr/p/8qCquC #
Pint of San Miguel http://flic.kr/p/8qzz6n #

Achilles Last Stand

August 8, 2010August 10, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Achilles Last Stand, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Flash: Off
Film: Pistil

Hyde park, London

Reading Around on August 3rd

August 8, 2010August 10, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Some additional reading August 3rd from 07:56 to 07:56:

Online Industry Needs to Be More Open About Tracking – Advertising Age – DigitalNext – To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best and damaging to the online industry at its worst. We need a less polarizing discussion. One side implies that cookies are evil and therefore we should all just pay for content (interestingly, most of the WSJ is behind a pay wall). The other and equally polar extreme is to say that marketers who pay the bills should have free reign to do whatever they want with the consumer’s data. Both competing positions take us nowhere. We think a better solution is needed.

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-07

August 7, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Pressure Building on Future of 2 Chicago Coal-Burning Power Plants – http://nyti.ms/9it9px #
Apothecaries Hall http://flic.kr/p/8q5PSj #
World's First organic Single Malt Scotch http://flic.kr/p/8q2ERX #
We strolled all around London for over 8 hours today, so tired took a cab home. #
Nobu London http://flic.kr/p/8q67JU #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-06

August 6, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

View from 4 Richmond Mews London http://flic.kr/p/8pDF2K #
Lampshade at Momo http://flic.kr/p/8pGQVf #
Burroughs and Ginsberg: Literary Heroes and Totally Gross Sex Predators http://tinyurl.com/27y9tbf #
Goldbeaters House and DHL – in SoHo
http://flic.kr/p/8pNH7R #
Professor Green, and the iconic British red phone both which still exists even in our mobile phone-centric society http://flic.kr/p/8pNKxc #
Royal Residence of Lord Palmerston, well in 1865 at least http://flic.kr/p/8pRWrS #
Park house, SoHo Square, London http://flic.kr/p/8pVNh3 #
Twentieth Century Fox Film Co Ltd http://flic.kr/p/8pSD4e #
Vodka and food http://flic.kr/p/8pVQZC #
Flickr location doesn't work well on iPad. Very difficult unless you have exact address to cut and paste. #

Carrots in Soho square

August 5, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Carrots in Soho square, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

A farmers market of some sort, actually growing lettuces, celery, carrots right there in the park

Didn’t have time to stop and purchase any of this delightful produce, maybe later as our work aspect of our trip is now completed, and we are officially on vacation now. Whoo hooo!

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-05

August 5, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Immigration at Heathrow http://flic.kr/p/8ptDV6 #
Carrots in Soho square http://flic.kr/p/8pxnt3 #
Street art, SoHo http://flic.kr/p/8pufJK #
It's time to be (Oscar) Wilde http://flic.kr/p/8pxxo3 #
My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Waterboys (136), Professor Longhair (103) and Freakwater (101) #music http://bit.ly/bb69Xx #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04

August 4, 2010July 9, 2011 swanksalot0 comment

“To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb #
How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04

August 4, 2010July 9, 2011 swanksalot0 comment

“To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb #
How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04

August 4, 2010July 9, 2011 swanksalot0 comment

“To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…” http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.” – Groucho Marx
#fb #
How do you spend $1000 to “organize rallys on Facebook?” http://is.gd/e0GRN #
Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-04

August 4, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

"To characterize cookies as a form of spying (as the WSJ recently did) is misleading at best…" http://icio.us/wt0gxe #
Rethinking Whether Gay Men May Donate Blood – http://nyti.ms/cAZEPd #
Morning Oblation http://flic.kr/p/8pes51 #
"Military justice is to justice what military music is to music." – Groucho Marx
#fb #
How do you spend $1000 to "organize rallys on Facebook?" http://is.gd/e0GRN #
Virgin Atlantic Lounge http://flic.kr/p/8pjtTQ #
First beer of many http://flic.kr/p/8pgmpz #
Ennui at Ohare http://flic.kr/p/8pgPaH #

Money clip with British pounds

August 3, 2010August 3, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

Money clip with British pounds, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Shot with my Hipstamatic for iPhone
Lens: John S
Flash: Off
Film: Pistil

probably because I haven’t left the North American continent for so long, I’m excited/anxious about this trip.

We are actually woefully underprepared for the ostensible reason for the trip: meeting with a gentleman to discuss a new business venture we’ve been working on for a couple years. Part of the meeting will just be us talking with confidence about what we know, however we planned to bring more collateral material, but since we leave for the airport in a couple hours, increasingly looks like that task will not be completed.

Besides the business meeting, we scheduled in 3 full days to explore London, and while I wish we could stay longer, perhaps we’ll return soon. One benefit of filtering every single business expense possible through our corporate American Express cards is that we accumulate a lot of reward points, and this trip is a direct consequence of that. Our Virgin American seats even fold out to a bed – fancy.

We have someone staying in our house, so that’s one less worry, we trust her to monitor if any of our crazy, deluded neighbors try to cause trouble.

Wish us luck!

L Isaacson and Stein Fish Co

August 3, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

L Isaacson and Stein Fish Co, originally uploaded by swanksalot.

Fulton Market

leaving the country for a few days, so blogging might be sparse, depending upon how much fun we have and how much WiFi is available along the route…

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-03

August 3, 2010 swanksalot0 comment

What is even at 2421 West North Avenue? Seems an odd place for an Obama birthday party #
doh, the restaurant we made a reservation at for our first meal in London had a kitchen fire, and is going to be closed #
http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/presidentsbirthdayevent/gpfdmv says Julie's Coffee House #
City of Chicago being (willful?) idiots re: CSAs and local farmers. Ridiculous http://bit.ly/bUTJAh #
Will do! RT @chasejarvis: if you're in London this week, check out the human scale maze at Trafalgar Square. http://bit.ly/bttRcC #

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