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Smokey Bones changing up their formula?
ByDerek
Caught this on MarketWatch today: DES MOINES, Iowa (MarketWatch) — Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) said Wednesday it may change the name of its struggling Smokey Bones barbecue chain as part of efforts to improve its appeal. Because the casual-dining operator believes the chain’s positioning is “too narrow,” the company said several barbecue-oriented items will be…
Punaro Glen Construction: End of February
ByDerek
I was thinking about writing an update on Facebook about the latest in our home building adventure when I remembered – hey – we have our own blog. We pretty much stopped writing here when Facebook and Twitter got popular, exchanging blogging for microblogging. But since microblogging became social media which is now mostly everyone…
Turning debt into… non-debt
ByDerek
I keep hearing these commercials on WBEN for John Cummuta’s Transforming Debt Into Wealth System, and as someone who takes a great deal of interest in personal finance, I wanted to learn more. I tend to be a skeptic, so I set out googling “John Cummuta scam.” To my surprise, it doesn’t actually seem to…
Untagged
ByDerek
Ok, so the two people who replied to my little game easily saw through my questions and picked the correct answer. Let’s review: I played high school volleyball – True. I played JV volleyball in high school. Didn’t stick around long enough for varsity since I wasn’t good enough to be in the top six…
Punaro Glen Construction: Mid-October
ByDerek
Incremental progress over the last couple weeks. Drain tile and waterproofing was added. One the foundation was inspected, backfilling and rough grading was done. Our other accomplishment was to rent a Bobcat and turn our mountain of wood chips into a nice hiking trail! Stay tuned for a future video showing the hiking trail! Probably…
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Friday Five – March 4, 2011
ByDerek
#1 – Videos from Design of Everyday Things [Don Norman’s jnd.org] One upon a time, many years ago — 1994 to be precise — The Voyager Company produced a delightful CD-ROM that included copies of several of my books (“Design of Everyday Things,” “Things that Make Us Smart,” and “Turn Signals Are the Facial Expressions…