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A Neat Little Kayak

May 2nd, 2006
Posted in notes . reviews . search . shopping . travel . web

Just wanted to take a second to pimp Kayak.com. I had been making the rounds through the travel search usual suspects (Priceline.com, Orbitz, etc.). Orbitz (and cheaptickets.com which seems to be the exact same search engine) puts the brakes on my ancient computer with it’s huge, complex page layouts and floating options panel. So it [ READ MORE ]

Wal-Mart’s Bait

December 1st, 2005
Posted in finance . shopping . things i didn't know . wanderings

Wal-Mart’s Pricing Strategy. WalMart goes to great lengths to have an alluring and unbeatable opening price point item in each category- from TV sets to cosmetics to bathing suits. These are the “unbelievable” prices that the company has become famous for (for example, a microwave oven for $14.67). The psychological impact of this opening price [ READ MORE ]

My LEGO

September 2nd, 2005
Posted in fashion . marketing . notes . regurgitation . shopping . toys . web

First you could customize your own Shox. Now you can design a custom LEGO set and have the kit delivered. [via < via[ READ MORE ]

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