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Knoxville Mayor’s Race

by 53X11 on November 15, 2011

I know the Knoxville mayoral race ended a week ago, but … well I was busy … so here is my two cents. I was not surprised Madeline won, I was surprised she won so handedly. I thought the combination of Haslem money, a down job market looking for business leadership, a push back from [...]

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Solar Light Bulbs and Global Aid

by 53X11 on November 15, 2011

Several months ago I found a interesting story at CNN.com about how an American inventor of solor powered bulbs was attempting to both help build third world economies, via building village based businesses, and also change how social aid is handled / viewed world wide. Full post here. The two most interesting quotes in this [...]

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The Bendable Bike

by 53X11 on September 29, 2010

I found the following link online about a bendable bike that can tie itself to a fixture (link here). This is cool, and as a cyclist I am all about keeping the bike you spend ALOT of money on, but if you are living in a city so bad that you need a bike that [...]

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Value and Worth

by 53X11 on July 26, 2010

As I was driving home today, I was noticing all the political signs in yards. Don’t worry, I am not going to try to sway anyones votes, I just was noticing them as I was driving. Anyway, it made me think about how every election we seem to be ask if we want to raise [...]

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Missing Brands in 2010

by 53X11 on December 20, 2009

CNN Money has a nice piece discussing eight brands that disappeared in 2009 (or that their 2010 demise was announced in 2009) that they will miss. Though I will not miss Home Depot’s EXPO or Pontaic or Saturn or Max Factor, like them I will miss Circuit City retail stores, and the legacy of both [...]

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