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Stu's Web Wednesday Special Announcement: MAGFest 2012
Holy crap that's me. So this is quick, dirty, and a shameless plug, but there's some Web Wednesday involved in this. I'm heading to MAGFest next weekend, January 5-8 2012, at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, MD and you should too. It's a lot of music, with a ton of chiptune (which I'm happy for) and Video Game related bands with the big get being Nobuo Uematsu (composer for Final Fantasy) and his band EARTHBOUND PAPAS and the BIGGER get being Brentalfloss(In my opinion anyway), a ever growing amount of Voice Over Artists with John Patrick Lowrie (the Sniper TF2), Ellen McLain (GLADoS) and Jon St. John (Duke "Balls of Steel" Nukem) leading the pack, and the Web Wednesday connection, a TON of online contributors including Extra Credits, Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, the Happy Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe (Angry Video Game Nerd), Egoraptor (The "Awesome" series), Harry Partridge (Saturday Morning Watchmen/The Elder Scrolls Adventures with the Dovahkids), LoadingReadyRun, ScrewAttack and a large section of Blistered Thumbs and That Guy With the Glasses, including Web Wednesday selections Elisa Hansen, Justin "JewWario" Carmical, and Sarah "PushingUpRoses" Wilson. So of course, they're why I'm excited to go...Nobuo who? Anyway, go to the official MAGFest site to figure out more. Tickets should still be available at the door so if you can go, or already are going, seek me out!
I'm jelly. When I saw the list of internet celebs going I died a little inside knowing I wasn't going to be there. Kind of a huge AVGN fan as well as the Screwattack crew. And then the NChick crew and GAHHHH! I guess you represent the Load Save Point crew?
Nubuo Uematsu, Extra Credits, Screwattack, AVGN, TGWTG Crew, HAWP, LRR…..dammit, so many incredible guys n gals
…but I totally have to agree with you: BRENTALFLOSS is best and I surely would be standing there for hours to get an autograph….if I could afford the trip from Germany overseas
Nobuo Uematsu? Egoraptor? Extra Credits?!GLADoS and Duke?! Ugggghhhhhhhhhhhhh…I wish I had a jet. And a pilot. And I wish they would take me anywhere anytime. Of course, first, I would go to Hawaii. Then this.
I hear ya man. I wish I could teleport or have a private jet too :(
Excuse me while I put on my Internet Trollface Voice.
Magfest sounds like a fun con, I'm hoping I can go in 2013
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The 800-CEO-READ Family
Located in Milwaukee's historic Third Ward, 800-CEO-READ has been in the business of business books since 1984. We are experts on business books, each of us in our own way. Whether it's knowledge of the history and current trends in business literature, helping authors navigate book sales and the speaking circuit, how to customize books for a specific audience or client, or our intimate and hard-earned knowledge of how to physically move books around the country and around the world on a specific deadline, we offer a wealth of knowledge and experience to help you steer your book and your message in a constantly changing and sometimes chaotic industry.
Many of us have read more than our fair share of the books themselves—a few here literally wrote the book on the best business books of all time—and we have all spent years getting to know the intricacies, individuals, and logistics of business book publishers. But that is not all we have done or do.
800-CEO-READ takes pride in supporting cultural institutions in our local community like the Milwaukee Film Festival, Alverno College's world music festival Global Union, and independent community radio, among other things. Our employees make music, write stories, create art, take pictures, travel the world, cook great food, and pour great drinks. We value creativity of any sort, and encourage and support personal creativity and exploration in the workplace and out of it. (We believe this helps us serve our customers and solve their problems more creatively.) We value inclusiveness and character, and put a premium on our commitment to family. It is all of these things that have allowed us to build a strong working family here at 800-CEO-READ, a family that has stayed together for a very long time, and gotten to know each other and the industry very, very well. And as we continue to grow the family, we do so always holding firm to an idea our late owner A. David Schwartz left us:
The true profit in bookselling is the social profit; the bottom line, the measure of the impact of the books on the community.
Things change. Our community has changed over the years from the people in our neighborhood to people anywhere that love business books—and the people that labor to bring them to life. But the profit we seek is still first and foremost is that social profit, to not only do business but to improve and benefit the business community. We believe that that community is built upon personal relationships, both in-house and out, and it is through those relationships—working with each other, our customers and authors, and the power of books—that we hope to make work work better.
We don't call ourselves "associates" here, we are not "team members" or "valued partners." We are family. We are friends, and we hope you'll become a friend of the company, as well.
Our People:
Jack Covert will tell you he is a simple merchant at heart; his old employees will tell you he is the heart of 800-CEO-READ. Hired by the late David Schwartz thirty years ago to sell business and computer books to the Milwaukee business community via the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, Jack grew that 3-shelf business section into the specialty business book retailer 800-CEO-READ is today. As Founder and former President, Jack offers his guidance and hard-won business acumen to the overall workings of the company. When he's not consulting with us, volunteering in the community, or puttering around his garden, Jack can usually be found at home watching British mystery series with his wife Ann and their two cats. Contact Jack at jack (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Carol Grossmeyer now lives in Seattle, but as 800-CEO-READ's co-owner and CEO, she is still "Sheriff" around these parts and is committed to ensuring the best book buying experience for customers and the best work experience for employees. Thanks to Skype, she never misses a beat. While virtual communication keeps her connected to the business and the people she loves, in real life, Carol loves sharing a good meal, a bottle of red, and some lively discussion about independent film and the newest fiction.
Rebecca Schwartz is 800-CEO-READ's co-owner and Chair and has been in the book business all her life: for the first 30 years working on and off at the Milwaukee bookshop begun by her grandfather, Harry W. Schwartz, and for the last two decades sharing wonderful literature with high schoolers in English class. She knows that finding the right book at the right time, whether as a CEO or a student, is key to finding direction and inspiration. If she had her way, Toni Morrison and Mark Twain would share space on every businessperson's shelf along with Jim Collins and Seth Godin.
Sally Haldorson's job as 800-CEO-READ's General Manager is to make 800-CEO-READ a great place to work for our employees, and a consistently high-performing customer service organization for our clients, authors, and our partners in the publishing industry. Collaboration, integration, and quality are her goal-words. As part of the company's marketing team, she reads, writes, reviews, curates, and edits. Helping craft The 100 Best Business Books of All Time was a pretty good gig, too. Outside of work, she is likely hitting a tennis ball around or hanging out with her boys (husband, child, dog) at home. You can connect with Sally at sally (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Aaron Schleicher has been the author services specialist at 800-CEO-READ since 2004. You can usually find him hidden under a baseball cap, feet kicked up on his desk, talking with authors, publishers, and businesses. Call him to find out how 800-CEO-READ can help you get your book into the hands of readers around the globe. Outside the office you can find him crafting candles, listening to records, and making music with friends and family. You can contact Aaron at aaron (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Meg Bacik was first hired in the accounting department back when 800-CEO-READ was still known as Schwartz Business Books. Quickly realizing she had more interest in helping people than adding up numbers, she moved over to customer service and has sat next to her Roy-friend ever since, shipping books around the world and acting as 800-CEO-READ's enthusiast-in-chief. She would like to mention that she had the best time, out of all the kids in her 7th grade class, in the mile run, beating Laura H., to everyone's surprise. Since accomplishing this goal, she has retired from racing. Now, when she's not flying the friendly skies, she can be found riding her bike around Milwaukee in search of the perfect margarita. Contact Meg at meg (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Roy Normington has just embarked upon his 20th year at 800-CEO-READ and decided to commemorate the event with a new diary entry. "Dear Diary: This is really something!! You wouldn't believe it, but I actually started out working the register and helping customers with books…in person. Who does that anymore? Eventually I moved behind the scenes (which Jack says is the best place to keep me—wonder what he means by that, Diary?) working with large accounts, video training resources, invoicing, and sales. Basically my job is to take orders, big or small, and make customers happy, and guess what? It's still the best place to work! That's all for now, Dear Diary, because I've got to get back to work." You can contact Roy at work at roy (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Michael Jantz went to work under the auspices of 800-CEO-READ, an institution about which he knew little, in mid-2012. Michael now oversees "special projects," a task that corrals any number of imaginable alterations and re-imaginings of the umpteen books 800-CEO-READ so gracefully sells day after day. But never content with the appellations of the common workplace, Michael also now enjoys exploring other avenues of 800-CEO-READ's enterprise, including reading, writing, design, and lively conversations with those writers whose books the company sells. It is a happy time for Michael, whose love of books and good company has found 800-CEO-READ's office and philosophy to be like nutrient-rich compost to his hungry, burrowing roots. You can catch some of that happiness by writing Michael at michael (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Ryan Schleicher is now in his third tenure at 800-CEO-READ, having left the nest previously for adventures in New Orleans and at Milwaukee's Frontier Radio Station, WMSE. Developed the old-fashioned way, Ryan began at 800-CEO-READ in shipping/receiving, but the bosses kept offering new opportunities in customer service, sales, and marketing (he's most famous for his stint at our former book giveaway site, inBubbleWrap), so it was a no-brainer to bring him back in a multifaceted capacity, with a focus on acting as liaison to corporate learning clients and directing our PR, as well as working with Aaron and Michael in Author Services. You can contact him, once again, at ryan (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Zach Karpinski is our programmer, which, in a small company like ours, means he is in charge of the computers, our software, and pretty much our entire online presence. Books like Rework and Getting Real by 37 Signals and The Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda influence his work. Outside of the office Zach applies his exacting standards to pursuing photography, cooking (meat) and even some table tennis (ok, maybe a lot of table tennis.) Zach lives with his wife Kristin and two daughters in Shorewood. You can contact Zach at zach (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Stephanie Grzona is one of 800-CEO-READ's newest employees. She (thankfully) agreed to take the job as IT assistant, not only because we offered it to her, but because it involves two things she loves: books and computers. In addition to IT support, she provides back up and support to the customer service team. Stephanie has a degree in Computing and Information Technology from Alverno College, but even more significantly, she grew up in a family that valued reading and knowledge. Her dad worked in a bindery and brought home tons of books, and her mom also always had a book in her hand. So really this work is in her blood. When not at work, she likes to make jewelry, fish, read, craft, and hang out with her boyfriend and "the kids" (a dog and cat.) You can reach her at stephanie (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Shawn Quinn is the first person in our office every day, turning on the lights and rousing the accounting machine to life, at some god-awful early hour of the morning. He was one of our earliest employees too, starting out in customer service when the Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops were anchored downtown at the historic Iron Block building. For the past 10 years, he has been our numbers guy, serving on the frontline of the company's growth, while still believing the core goal of the business is putting a book in the customer's hands. When he isn't reading or rewatching MadMen episodes, Shawn can be found in the kitchen making a mean pot of chili. Shawn and his wife Nancy are the parents of a 12-year-old daughter who (big surprise) loves to read, and a dog with very bad luck. You can reach Shawn at shawn (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Mel Koenig came to work at 800-CEO-READ in 1999 to help keep track of the money pile and put her excellent event planning skills to work coordinating author appearances. Her name, Melanie, is derived from the Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark," which may explain why she prefers to tell people she was born on a dark and stormy night in the red barn at the end of the artists' pier in Rockport MA. Migrating to Milwaukee via Schenectady and Akron, she lives in Shorewood, WI, and 'rules' a house full of misfits, which includes husband, children, a good number of their friends, and innumerable of pets. You can contact Mel at mel (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Todd Lazarski has been the Shipper/Receiver at 800-CEO-READ since 2007. If you've purchased a book with us since then, he has personally packaged your order with care, and sent it your way. When he's not counting boxes, printing labels, moving pallets or making the UPS guy sweat, he is pursuing a freelance writing career (read him unfiltered at toddlazarski.com), honing his Ping Pong skills, searching for the best bite of food Milwaukee has to offer, or giving himself blisters with his ol' guitar. You can contact Todd at toddl (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Mike Schauwitzer joined us in 2014 to shore up our ever-expanding special projects and customizations operation, and to provide support to our shipping/receiving and logistics. Although many people here will tell you he looks like he's sixteen, he is actually a fifty-nine-year-old family man with 24 children. And like Satchel Page pitching for the Kansas City Athletics at age 59 in 1965, Mike proves you can still contribute in the big leagues at an advanced age, so long as you have a little gumption and a lot of liniment. You can contact Mike at mike (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.
Dylan Schleicher has been a part of the 800-CEO-READ claque since 2003. But even though he's stayed on, he has not stayed put. After beginning in shipping & receiving, he joined customer service and accounting before moving into his current, highly elliptical orbit of duties overseeing the ChangeThis website, the company's annual review of business books and marketing pieces, and our in-house design and advertising, as well as writing and editing reviews, doing photography and illustration, and managing the mumbling to himself he does in his corner by the window. He lives with his wife and two children in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Milwaukee's West Side. You can reach him anytime at dylan (at) 800ceoread (dot) com.

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I've seen it work over the years and it helped the last time I received test results.
Still no chemo arranged but I did see the visiting oncologist here and she's totally disagreeing with the Lahey oncologist. She said she's better than Lahey. So it seems as if I have a very aggressive, rare cancer and she's taking it as Triple Negative. Found this out on Friday. Before chemo can start I'll have to find out if and where it's spread in the body. This can determine if I have months or years left. She is putting me on a drug regime that is used in trials for people with Triple Negative. On Wednesday morning I'll be having the CT and bone scans, which I've been dreading. If you don't mind keeping me in your thoughts until I receive the results. Right now I'm beyond my breaking point. I dread weekdays and breathe a sigh of relief when 5:00pm comes because I know I won't be getting any more phone calls. Hopefully I'll relax some when treatment starts. Thank you again for supporting me and listening to the whining. Feel like I'm living in a nightmare. |
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Whine all you want and need to do. We will do the praying and hoping for miracles...right along with you also. |
I can't imagine what you are going through Z, but be assured everybody at the KT is here for you..so cry, complain do whatever you want. Prayers will continue for you. One day at a time Z. that is all you need to get through. Take care. June |
You really are living in a nightmare. I'm sorry, Zeetera. |
You are not whining! You can come here and say whatever you want as often as you want. God bless you. |
So sorry you are going through this. My prayers are with you. Judy |
- Posted by luckygardnr (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 9:54
Hugs and prayers for you! Good thoughts that you'll get your results ASAP! |
Oh Zeetera, I am so sorry you are going through this. I am sending my very best healing thoughts, for Wednesday and all days. |
I'm so sorry. As said - One day at a time-. If that is too hard, strive for just one hour at a time. All the best. My thoughts and prayers are with you |
You have every right to whine, and we are happy to listen and support you. You will be in my special thoughts and prayers. Hugs! |
You call it whining, but I call it a cry for help. I don't think I could do nearly as well as you have been. You have my prayers for a totally successful outcome. Shirley |
- Posted by jodi_in_so_calif (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 11:09
Z, I know that having a positive attitude seems like the most difficult thing ever right now, please know that it can help immensely with your outcome. I think of you daily and hope treatment begins soon. Jodi- |
- Posted by ElaineInNJ (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 11:09
I am so sorry that you are going through this, you are in my prayers. ~~Elaine~~ |
I'm not terribly regular here at the KT but have been following your saga with particular interest since I've had cancer a couple times myself. And I have a new scare with an ovarian mass that may or may not be malignant - will find out during surgery tomorrow. So I have some idea how terrifying it is to be in that stage where you're trying to understand what you're dealing with and what you will have to do. My SIL has had breast cancer and I think I've heard her mention that triple negative. I didn't know what it is so I did a little reading. It sounds like there is a lot of research and studies being done for this with good results. It also said because there is so much new information it's not unusual for oncologists to have different opinions on what's best - as you have experienced. Everyone's case is different of course but I have a friend who was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer about five years ago. I just saw her last weekend and she looks and feels great. Her disease will not be cured but it is in control and she is fully enjoying life. If at all possible try to think positive even though it's a terribly frightening time. It sounds like there are many possibilities for treatment for what you have and you may have good times ahead once you get through these most difficult times |
Sorry hear, but thinking positive with hugs and special thoughts! |
My heart goes out to you. I will pray for a good outcome from your scans. |
((((Zeetera)))) Have a friend who just finished radiation treatments and is feeling great. We're here to listen to you. |
(((Zeetera))) Keeping you in my prayers! |
- Posted by kathyg_in_mi (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 11:55
Sending healing thoughts and prayers to you. glad you can "talk" to us about it. |
(((Zeetera))) I hope you can feel our support! |
Triple negative actually DOES have a good side: That is the ONE type of breast cancer that is considered CURED after 5 years of no recurrence. Good luck - hope you get your treatments straightened out. In my opinion, you'd be best served by choosing ONE doctor/treatment facility and going with that - no looking back. Otherwise, you will drive yourself crazy with the "what if" scenarios running through your head. |
Cry and whine all you like. And when you have done that, do it again. Then, try to relax. ((((HUGS)))) You are in my thoughts. |
Release all your anxiety on us - we are here for you! We will all pray and wish the best for you. |
- Posted by FlamingO_in_AR (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 14:12
I'm thinking of ya, Zee....... try to keep a good thought in your head all the time, maybe that'll help. Good luck, sweetie! |
You have my prayers also, Z and (((HUGS))) are there, always. jude |
Thinking good thoughts for you and Gibby3000. |
Zee not only am I praying for you but I'm also swearing for you. Let it out girl. Rant, rave, do whatever it takes to release your stress. This is a very scary situation for with mountains of stress attached to it. Anxiety must be all over you right now. I'm so proud of you for opening up and sharing. I tend to shut down but you're teaching me a great lesson and I'm so impressed with the outpouring of loving concern plus the prayers. Let's pound the heavens with our prayers. |
Whine away, Zee. That's what we're here for. I can't give any advice, since I had never heard of what you are referring to, but know you're in my thoughts and my good wishes go out to you. |
- Posted by carol_in_california (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 16:05
I will continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Keep us updated when you can and know all the prayers being offered in your name will have a positive effect. |
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. (((((HUGS))))) |
Sign my name to all the above wishes. They've said it all. Will pray extra hard on Wednesday. While you're having the tests, imagine all of us in the waiting room waiting to hear :-) Because we will be there with you in our thoughts. |
- Posted by sleeperblues (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 16:34
I am so sorry. I will keep you in my thoughts. |
Prayers being said to get you through the tests and under treatment soon. You have waited long enough to get things started. |
Thinking only the best thoughts for you and praying for super good test results this week-(((((Hugs.))))) |
I am continuing to pray for you and I will listen whenever you feel like whining. I know it must be a frightening time for you and I will continue sending good thoughts and prayers as long as you need them. Please keep us posted on your journey. |
(((((Zeetera))))) Sending good thoughts with hopes that the reports will be good. Plus offering some prayers that things may develop as well as possible, with uneventful and uncomplicated healing. ole joyful |
Well, I'm headed to the store right now to pick up the cheese and crackers, I'll make sure to buy a gross of each so make sure you come here to whine a lot! I need that whine with my cheese and crackers! lol I just did a search for you, I hadn't read anything lately (((((ZEETERA)))))) |
Will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Hope today wasn't too hard on you. |
Hi Z. I'm hoping today wasn't as bad as you thought it would be. Good thoughts and best wishes for good test results. You've got the power of the KT behind you! |
- Posted by georgysmom (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 20:03
I hope all went well today.. ((((Zeetera))). |
Thinking of you this minute. Satine |
So very sorry, you have a lot of caring friends here,. I know it must be a great comfort to you. Wishing you the very best. Best wishes going out to gibby too. |
- Posted by gardenspice (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 21:27
Zeetera - I'm sending you best thoughts. I hope today went well. |
- Posted by countrygal_905 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 27, 12 at 21:41
Zeetera - I am praying for you now. |
Prayers going out to you from Wisconsin. |
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. Hugs to you! |
I hope you get the results soon. I hate how long you have to wait to receive those. hang in there kiddo.. you CAN do this. you WILL do this... |
Here is a link that might be useful: thins I wish I was told when I was told i had cancer
- Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 21:39
(((((Zeetera))))) |
I've been keeping you in my prayers and will continue to do so. Come here to yell, scream and cry anytime, zeetera! |
Yes this is a nightmare of a situation to be in. The waiting and not really knowing what you are facing must be especially difficult. You will be in my thoughts. I hope your test results show promise and that you are able to start a treatment that will bring you success and recovery. Please keep us updated. Thoughts of healing and strength are going out from me to you. |
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with soy marinated grilled Berkshire pork cheeks. I have drank
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each bottle as the wine was starting to fade. A fair amount of brick
in the reddish purple color and a lot of leather on the nose with a
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aromas. The fruit was still at the forefront showing black cherry and
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need help in getting aproval to send kids to Disney Free
Hi My name is Terry and i entered a contest put on by Southwest Airlines.
I passed the first stage and now must send in a 2 min veido to them. I am in the running for 3 million points and if i win want to donate 2 million to the power of 10 group and need there ok to make my veido. Is there anyone that can put me in touch with someone that can give me an ok and When i win a person that can take the points to fly kids to Disney World. Any help is great Thanks Terry |
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Thank you for the help my only problem with waiting is i have to make a presantion to southwest and need gktw aproal to use there name in the movie
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Apr 22nd 2011 5:42PM I actually think that in contrast to Rift, SWTOR can actually be successful over time. Here's my reasoning.(1) SWTOR uses one of the most popular franchises in film and fiction, the beloved Star Wars, and thus has an instant pull. (2) SWTOR is not trying to take over WoW's territory as it's set in a Sci-fi setting. (3) Bioware is a behemoth in RPG games with some of the best titles in the history of PC gaming under their belt (BG2 anyone? Still my favorite RPG of all time..) so if anyone can pull off a great Star Wars MMORPG experience, it's them.
Now, Rift, on the other hand is in my opinion just another WoW clone in many ways and if games like Conan and Warhammer have failed despite being based on strong and popular franchises, Rift will soon follow. Besides, they really piss me off with their 'you're no longer in Azeroth' commercials. I guess not, you're in generic WoW clone land. See you when you're F2P in 2012 Rift!
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Mar 7th 2011 12:15AM Seriously, in WoW? You expected to find adult and intelligent people in WoW? I just hope you never travel in Iran, for your own good.
It's not as bad as I make it out to be actually, but it's the rotten apples that you always hear. The 'normal' people are invisible.
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Oct 16th 2010 10:26AM It's easy to say 'what's with all the whiners' when you didn't wake up one day to find your DPS at one third of what it was before (yes, my main is a fury warrior, FML). I usually advocate Blizzard quite a lot, I understand the impossibility of balancing 30 different specs both in PvP and PvE, especially when everyone is rabidly screaming for their own to be buffed, but this time I find it a bit difficult to do so. I don't know if my post constitutes as 'whining' or not but I do think, maybe somewhat subjectively I admit, that Blizzard didn't do enough before releasing it to live and pretty much dropped the ball on 4.0.1.
Thinking about the process they go through when designing, implementing and balancing such a patch I truthfully can't understand how something like that just goes under the radar. I mean, WoW is such a mathematical game, people use spreadsheets, addons, read up on forums and blogs about the right specs, glyphs and rotations to squeeze every last percent of DPS. People consider a 5% change in DPS as HUGE. And yet, through all the planning, writing and testing of the patch no one stood up and shouted 'Hey, I'm a melee character and my DPS is pretty much non existent compared to casters, what is going on?'.
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Are We Serious About Ending Our Addiction?
When Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta announced the new fuel efficiency standards for light trucks -- the category that includes minivans and SUVs -- some editorial pages lambasted the government for not going far enough.
The Peoria Journal Star editorial board noted that the minimum required efficiency now stands at 17.5 miles per gallon, when averaged across the light trucks category. By 2011, that requirement will be up to 24 mpg. The Journal Star's exasperated response? "So, after a quarter-century of trying to wean ourselves off oil, all we will have been able to eke out is a 6.5 mpg increase for trucks."
Blogger Gregory Scoblete isn't surprised in the least by the meager move. "I guess we're not really serious about 'ending our addiction' to oil."
If we want to get serious, says the Peoria editorial, raising standards by five percent a year until 2010 could result in a savings of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. In contrast, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would yield a little more than half that per day -- and unlike conservation, which is ongoing, the reserve is a limited resource.
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial points out that "the fine print" of the new rules weakens emissions standards by pre-empting state regulations on greenhouse gasses from vehicles. (See pages 44-45.)
Any states' rights advocates care to speak up on behalf of California and other states whose emissions laws are affected? What do you think about the five percent idea? Are we really serious about ending our addiction to oil?
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I raised this question earlier, and I'll raise it again: why do we think it's going to matter at this point to conserve? In ten years time, there probably won't be enough oil for just the world's need for making plastics. Reducing SUV emissions seems to me to be a dead end. The green house gas emission problem is going to solve itself when we can no longer use oil to drive cars whenever and wherever we feel like.
It seems to me the relevant questions at this point are: 1. Can we create alternative powered cars fast enough to get full replacement in ten years? 2. Can we figure out how to support airplane infrastructure and global industrial capacity for the forseeable future?
Oil is expnesive now and it is not scarce, once it is a scarce resource... goodnight Irene. The two questions above are not really addressing "how do we save oil?" That's a useless question because we can't. Not in the amount necessary, as I understand things. The real question is, since we can't save oil, "how do we save TRANSPORTATION and INDUSRTY?"
Posted by: Steven | April 5, 2006 04:54 PM
Two answers Steve's two questions, yes and yes. Not in ten year's time (where is that figure from anyway) but certainly with a significant lead time.
The real questions concerning oil, at this point, are geopolitical. And those questions generally cut uniformly against U.S. interests.
Posted by: Greg Scoblete | April 5, 2006 05:53 PM
mr steven dude...
let's get one thing straight...
it's not so much about preservation, conservation or any of that...
it's about is the government, and this administration in particular, looking to do anything but get rich on oil?
WELL, if they are,
then they wouldn't have cut grants for research on alternative energy and they would be working towards maintaining what little we have in the way of _oil_ rather than starting a terrorist occupation of a foreign country
as a way of
making sure that mister
disgustingly, thoughtless, inept gas guzzling weenie that needed a big truck so he could feel like he _had a big one_ SUV driver had enough gas to show off his _toy_
because the rest of us need to support his lack of self esteem by killing a couple of hundred thousand Iraqis...
that's why we're in Iraq isn't it because the boys in the United States need to feel like their weenies are big enough to get the job done...
because if that's not the reason that we're there nothing else makes sense...
we know there's no effing terrorists because we've got 12 million dark skinned towel head lookalikes that have managed to
sneak? twelve million sneak, how about walk across the border, virtually unimpeded to steal 12 Million American jobs, that no one wants like
or maybe they're just trying to get the few jobs that can't be outsourced before the Americans give those away too...
what am I saying?
Posted by: what the heck are you talking about? | April 5, 2006 09:05 PM
since this is actually a lot more timely and should be what we are talking about as congress attempts to force something through that doesn't penalize them for hiring gardners, maids or building their new beach houses in baja with their own illegal crew that they bring stateside after that job...
I think the focus should be on making those that _hire_ illegals into criminals, felony criminals...
I think congress people should be _less_ exempt from getting away from commiting crimes...
the reason congress people should be not at all exempt from being prosecuted for crimes, _any_ crimes is that they handle laws...
how can we be assured that the congress people are acting in _our_ best interests IF they don't adhere to the laws that they pass...
I think it's time to arrest a few congress people.
I like the idea that Rudy Guilliani had in New York City, they were knee deep in murder, flagrant robbery, rape, assault, and so on...New York City was a CRIME CAPITAL....
then he pressed the New York City Cops to arrest anyone commiting a crime, scofflaws, subway vandals, what-have-you...
turns out crime went to zero.
the reason being, the people that think nothing about
not paying for lunch
not paying a parking ticket
not reporting honestly on their taxes
hiring illegals
shop lifting
not paying for a subway pass/jumping the turnstile
were the same ones murdering, raping, assaulting and what not
if you arrest congress people for their daily inability to simply follow the law of the land, then you won't be troubled by the ones that they are passing to
rape you of your rights as a citizen.
prosecute fully for hiring illegals...
thanks so much.
good luck and good night.
Posted by: about illegal hiring of illegal aliens... | April 6, 2006 01:00 AM
With record profits at the pump and prices still going up, combined with a powerful lobby reaching up to the White house, the Oil Industry will continue to maintain a firm grip on any significant gasoline consumption "improvement" that may emmanate from the Republican Dept. of Transportation. Feel good propaganda is all we can expect from this Administration. Bush, corporate Oil and the Saudis are the best of friends. War is good, fuel consumption high, oil barons smile. End of discussion!
Posted by: camus | April 6, 2006 09:43 AM
If our leaders were serious about conserving gas, then they would properly fund alternatives, including Amtrak!
Posted by: mike crowe | April 6, 2006 11:08 AM
Raising emissions and efficiency standards would also help rebuild the gutted American auto industry. Currently, Detroit can't sell cars in China, and a number of other nations, because current federal standards are set at lower levels. Over a billion people that, one day soon, will want a new car, should bring a smile to the face of any auto-worker. Unfortunately, their representatives are more responsive to the concerns of ExxonMobil and the like to take the intelligent, long-term view. Sad, really...
Posted by: _kevie_ | April 6, 2006 11:33 AM
Wow! Under even the outrageously "worst case scenario" Arctic Wilderness output formulated by environmental advocates, the Anwar would produce enough to let us keep our SUVs without new gas mileage standards?
So we don't have to start using lighter weight composite materials and plastics, and other safety reducing economies, and put thousands of our children at risk? All we have to do is open the Anwar? Undo a small fraction of Jimmy Carter's frozen wilderness land grab?
Where do we sign? Call your Congressman and Senator!
Posted by: guzzler | April 6, 2006 01:30 PM
We could already have a hydrogen based economy, were it not for the witch hunt against nuclear power, which is entirely a creation of the press. Samuel McCracken refuted all the scare stories about nuclear power 28 years ago, in "The War Against the Atom," Commentary, September 1977. For instance, McCracken pointed out that plutonium is only one-fiftieth as toxic as the commonly used pesticide, arsenic trioxide.
Even the scare stories about radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons are 99% propaganda. Only ground bursts produce significant fallout, and that only remains hazardous while airborne. Furthermore, the longer the half-life of a radioactive isotope, the weaker the radioactivity, and it does decay eventually, unlike non-radioactive pollutants.
Posted by: Mark S. Oller | April 6, 2006 02:18 PM
Amtrak, yes, go to Indianapolis to St. Loius via Chicago and sit uncomfortably for 8 hours.
I love one of the favorite arguments against anwar, it is only enough for a year or whatever. Sure, if that's all we consumed amd stopped all other sources. This kind of propoganda from both sides serves no one.
Posted by: Chris | April 6, 2006 02:50 PM
To Mark,
There are current alternatives to a fossil fuel based economy, and they don't necessarily mean to develop complex technologies, or go into the hydrogen economy solution (which it can take time and much more money).
Currently, it is possible to produce plastics from crops, and fuel cars with alcohol. 40% of all cars sold in Brazil past year run on the alcohol the country produces from sugar cane, and even the energy to produce this alcohol comes from sugar cane; they will be selling only cars that run on alcohol in few more years.
Huge investments are not necessary to further develop bioplastics produced from corn, sugar cane or other crops. There is a lot of research already done on this, and companies already producing many of these materials.
I am working on a business project ot use bioplastics in disposable medical plastic products.
My blog on bioplastics is www.virtualfactory.blogspot.com
Posted by: Martha | April 6, 2006 09:47 PM
hydrocarbons can come from many sources...
as can plastics.
nylon, was made from wood, silk from mullberry leaves...
Posted by: thanks... | April 6, 2006 11:25 PM
Brazil has been using alcohol for years. We have desert grass in texas that could be used. Plus if we did it would show the oil people that we intend to use alcohol means less oil we purchase from them. but no the oil people want to drill more wells in the gulf & ruin the shores of florida. plus the fact they control the production so that hurts us. excuses that refineries are down for repairs. same old story the rich get richer & poor people get poorer. when we pay high prices for gasoline the less we have to spend for food or schools etc.
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Monte changed the break room around! Why? It was perfectly fine the way it was! But apparently some people just have this compulsion to fiddle with stuff for fiddling's sake. It makes Mortimer completely bananas, and not in a good way.
now i got that song stuck in my head. thanks.
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First time i want to agree with Mortimer. I guess I'll have to embrace change because Mortimer is always wrong.
Egg-zack-lee! I've got three words to describe the new layout: Two biz E!
Cute vid. But can't say the same for the new layout. Too busy is right.
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a.priori.eureka wrote:Egg-zack-lee! I've got three words to describe the new layout: Two biz E!
Agree. Get rid of those event boxes. They are big and slap you in the face. Move them over to the right with the other Woot extended family. Then move the Woot community to the upper right and the info on the product below the picture. That should make things cleaner and easier to read. And while you are in there fixing things, maybe flip the picture and the price. Picture on left, price on right, that would look better.
Really,..? complete with advertisers, and links to gosh knows where. And no cast Iron Skillet. I would have at least used that. I'll get to you on the rest.
Put it back ,,its too fussy ,,did zuckerberg buy into this
Wow, I really have to rethink my life. I agree with Mortimer.
I don't care what everyone else says...you, sir, have puppeteering TALENT!! Don't let ANYONE tell you differently! You, my friend, are going places...pretty soon, you're going to out grow this Woot! thing and become a STAR! We're watching true genius here folks...I just hope you appreciate it before it's gone. Oh...the site? It's got some cool stuff...give me a few days to get used to it...
The best thing about Woot was the simplicity. See a product and scroll down to read the details and see the pictures of it. Now it's so confusing you can't find the info about the product. I still haven't found the details. Why would I click "I want one" when I can't find any info about the product. Also, I hate sites where I have to spend my time looking for info and never finding it. Every morning I would check the site, pass or buy. Forget it. I'm gone. It's a shame, like loosing a friend.
This is what I wrote to woot: Meh. I am sort of a traditionalist in that Woot was a small company (until you got bought out by Amazon), and I liked the less polished interface. Half the fun was to read the product description, and you buried it into an extra click. Now your site is just like any other deal of the day site. That kinda sucks. Where did the notable comments go? Don't you get it? Your brand image worked because people came to your site to be entertained as well as see if there was a good deal. The tabs that float are a nice feature, and I'm sure your added deals below the fold will drum up more sales. However, you sold yourself out.
I was almost to the point of unregistering from woot, because I've come to love other sites that show what the item is worth in addition to the discount price in my e-mail. That feature is essential for me. Love the addition of the retail price, but need them to be in the e-mails too
Wun'erful, wun'erful. Loved the video. Not too thrilled with the new format.
As customary, Matthew, great video. Actually, it is one of my personal top favorites. I actually believe Mortimer has some common sense left!
flowerbud wrote:The best thing about Woot was the simplicity.
I had the same thought the first time I beta tested the site, but I'm beginning to think that reaction was more due to my disliking change. I'm biased, obviously, but I think if you give it some time you'll find it pretty intuitive.
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moosezilla wrote:now i got that song stuck in my head. thanks.
Took over a year for me to get the woot off song out of my head. Played non stop when it first came out. Someday I will make it my ringtone.
klozitshoper wrote:As customary, Matthew, great video. Actually, it is one of my personal top favorites. I actually believe Mortimer has some common sense left!
It is scary that we can agree with Mortimer. Almost as bad as when the other political party says something that makes sense.
What a big finish! Never saw the dance number coming...
The WootCast wasn't in the RSS feed (http://www.woot.com/Blog/Feed.ashx) this week. Is this a permanent change, or just a temporary glitch?
Something changed???? Oh - okay. jk - just glad the monkeys are back. I need a fix every once in a while.
dontwantaname wrote:Took over a year for me to get the woot off song out of my head. Played non stop when it first came out. Someday I will make it my ringtone.
Just don't sing Mortimer's birthday song. The royalty fees are $900.
At least they have not changed Mortimer and Monte to the crappy new monkeys. That I don't think I could have handled.
I'll probably find another place to shop, in the mean time I'll still hang around but I won't enjoy it.
I am oddly okay with agreeing with Mortimer. Yes give us time we'll get used to the new setup, but I'll always love the one before.
The new setup is busy but would be better if re-arranged and a little shading added to some of the boxes. I like page 2. Oh, and Google hasnt changed in FOREVER and it is still the #1 search engine. Heck even Bing uses it! Simple = good. I liked noisy when I was, oh, 17, but I grew out of it.
cjhughes wrote:The WootCast wasn't in the RSS feed (http://www.woot.com/Blog/Feed.ashx) this week. Is this a permanent change, or just a temporary glitch?
Happened with me too; iTunes still shows the podcast feed as suffering with an "unknown error" (8006). The video was great, but I'd like to be able to have it come into iTunes if possible.
Why Wasn't I Consulted?!? I really think Monte should have worn a GREEN Cape in this video, not orange. Seriously, both are orange- great for the protestants. But what about the Catholic Monkey Minority? Represent! To use another WWIC- Why Would I Care? I can still buy the great high-quality refurbs and busted tech and designer ramyb shirts. Dunno why folks always complain about website redos.
Screw your break room fix your site. Too hard to find information about the product on the front page I shouldn't have to read more three times to get to what matters. Worst site design I have ever seen. Way to go Amazon. buy something and then screw it up...
A1: Funny. A2:I don't mind. Looks nice.
Geez, folks,it's just woot. If you ignore the home page (which does suck) and immediately click the "read more" in the description of the product, you get a nice clean redesigned woot page that has all the stuff we're use to. (and for you grammar police, yes, I know I just ended the sentence in a preposition.) It adds another click to my morning, but there are worse things in life.
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[UPDATED] Tokyopop Warcraft Manga out today
Each graphic novel will contain several stories told in parts across different volumes. Knaak and Kim bring an interesting twist to the saga of Trag Highmountain, a character introduced in Warcraft: Shadows of Ice, who returns as an Undead. Other tales include How to Win Friends and Influence People, about an odd Gnome engineer named Lazlo Grindwidget; and An Honest Trade, about Nori Blackfinger, a master weaponsmith who might have sold his wares to the wrong sort. A preview of the comic can be viewed at Tokyopop's site.
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Officers' Quarters: Should Blizzard hold a guild summit?
I'm not an Old Republic player, but one thing I appreciate about the game is BioWare's active approach to supporting guilds. During the game's development, BioWare offered a pre-launch guild registration and the ability to test the game with guildmates. Now the company has announced a weekend-long summit where guild leaders can meet and discuss the game with BioWare staff.
I've always thought Blizzard could do more to support guild officers. Thus, when I first saw that article on Massively, I was happy to see BioWare taking steps toward that end. Then I read the comments below it, and I realized that not everyone feels the same way I do. Should Blizzard institute its own guild summit? Let's look at both sides of the argument.
The threat of influence
The argument brought up by those opposed to the summit is that guild leaders -- and especially the leaders of the largest guilds -- are usually raiders. Allowing them this type of access may give raiders an undue influence on the future development of the game.
For one, I don't think it's actually true that most guild leaders are raiders. The statistical evidence hasn't been gathered, but based on what I've seen in WoW, I'd be willing to bet that nonraiding guild leaders outnumber raiding guild leaders by two to one or more. Second, I'd also wager that the more players a guild has on its roster, the more likely it is to be a social guild. Guilds that focus solely on raiding tend toward a leaner roster.
Certainly it would be unfortunate for Blizzard or any other MMO developer to decide that what's best for a small handful of guilds would be best for everyone. However, I think the days of MMOs catering to elite raiding guilds are over.
For good or ill, Blizzard has realized that designing WoW for the masses rather than the few is a better business model. It's glaringly apparent when you compare the accessibility of vanilla's Naxxramas or The Burning Crusades's Sunwell Plateau to Raid Finder Dragon Soul runs.
The paranoia that people express when they hear about devs meeting with guild leaders is a remnant of an earlier age in MMOs. We could see smaller niche titles bring back that attitude in the future, but a game that costs as much to develop and operate as WoW or TOR simply can't afford it in the current market.
The benefits of a summit
Few players are more in touch with the current opinions, attitudes, and preferences of the WoW community than guild officers. We hear the excitement from our members and see the increased activity when they are happy with the game. Conversely, we hear the complaints and all the reasons they give for no longer logging in when they are bored with a lack of new content or upset with changes. We see our guilds flourish or wither based on these inclinations, so we pay close attention to them.
Thus, Blizzard could benefit from a greater degree of communication with us. It's likely that Blizzard does speak privately with select guild officers. It's only smart for the company to do so. But such interaction isn't made public, so the perception is that Blizzard doesn't seek out this feedback.
BlizzCon has always been Blizzard's largest public interaction between the company's staff and the community. However, BlizzCon is more like a giant party. It's hardly the focused, intimate venue that BioWare is offering.
In light of this year's BlizzCon's cancellation, a much smaller event focused purely on discussion among guild leaders and developers could be a way for Blizzard to engage with the community in a focused setting without impacting their 2012 development schedule. Also, by moving such talks into a more open forum such as a summit, the risk of a few select guild leaders' unfairly influencing the game would actually be reduced.
What do you think? Tell us below!
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