why didn’t they do a deal with mcdonald’s?
foursquare the company that at its inception, seemed even more useless than twitter* , has tried to become more useful by giving those that become ‘mayors’ (frequent visitors of locations) coupons from starbucks. foursquare mayors get $1 off of a frapuccino of any size and any flavor, according to consumerist.com.
i bet mayor mccheese is totally [...]
fame monsters beware
heed this warning snooki. ben stiller, david duchovney, paul haggis, and a few others live in the same apartment building on the south side of chicago. not really, but that’s the scam that adedamola olatunji an alleged crook from chicago told citibank when he ordered credit cards from citibank in their name and had them [...]
to the victor belongs the spoils
ellen barking made history in 2006 when she sold the jewelry given to her by her ex-husband ron pearlman. seems that ms. barkin wanted to wash than man and memories right out of her hair but she didn’t want any of the money going down the drain. the jewelry was auctioned at christie’s and she [...]
walked like an egyptian
i guess that’s because he is. but anyway, news came that one of the most famous stores in the world, harrods located in london, england, was sold by mohammed al fayed to a group of royals from qatar. the deal is worth $2.3 billion bones — a considerable profit over the original purchase price 25 [...]
pack your knives and go
to the head table mr. colicchio. tom colicchio won the coveted james beard award for national outstanding chef for his work at craft restaurant. colicchio beat out washington dc chef josé andrés of minibar and chief molecular gastronomist recently featured in a spot on 60 minutes with mr. sacred bird. here are the other winners [...]
get ready to say ‘iDo’
or at least iEasy. the first ipad application for people seeking a special someone need not wait much longer. at the end of this month, the dating company skout.com will be the first company to build for that platform. the new application will have similar features to the iphone app “members can enter search criteria, [...]
one day…
after getting the blue screen of death one too many times i decided it was time for a new computer and i was considering whether i should buy an ibm or an apple–they both run microsoft apps right? i sat down at my desk, cracked open an ice cold coca-cola and started researching on [...]
