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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 33-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the service manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
Opinions and comments on this site are the opinions of the author, not the author's employer, family, friends or pets. This site is powered by Movable Type and is hosted by orty.com. Since December 1st, 2002, there have been 6463 entries. Visitors to this blog have posted 21009 comments. If you're reading this, you have too much time on your hands. |
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Wal-Mart Finally Does Something RightIf you've read this site long, you know my feelings about Wal-Mart, but they're doing one thing right: They're trying to get the major record companies to lower their prices so they can sell $10 CDs. Full Story. 1 TrackbackWal-Mart Wants $10 CDs from Breaking Windows 2.0 on 10/17/04 @ 08:42 PM:Biggest U.S. record retailer battles record labels over prices. Wal-mart wants every CD you buy to cost less than ten bucks. And the nation's largest retailer -- which moved a quarter of a trillion dollars' worth of goods last year... (Read More) 2 CommentsEmily said on 10/17/04 @ 10:16 PM:I'm sorry to have to disagree with you my friend. Nothing Wal-Mart does is right. They use the power they have to bully entire nations into lowering their prices, which they say is for the benefit of their customers, but ultimately they wouldn't do it if they didn't profit. This, in turn, lowers environmental and human rights standards. I realize that this has to do with the big bad music industry guys and everything feels too expensive. But, they shouldn't do this to anybody. I think my new life goal is going to be to run them out of every town in the world... Love you. Hope the family is good. Jake said on 10/18/04 @ 08:37 AM: I never said that I don't agree with you, Em', because I do. Wal-Mart, buy and large, is evil, and I've made that pretty clear on this site, that's for sure. But I do think it's entertaining that one greedy corporation is taking on another greddy corporation, all in the name of profits. Post a comment |
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