When I read in the news about Joran van der Sloot it's hard not to remember a novel I read, oh so long ago. The Talented Mr. Ripley, a thriller revolving around the personality of a young American and wannabe socialite in Europe, is among Patricia Highsmith's finest novels. When I read it in … [Read more...]
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The Un-Talented Mr. Ripley
Filed Under: Social issues Tagged With: Copyright Theo Develegas, joran van der sloot, talented mr. ripley, the un-talented mr. ripley
The Parthenon is not for sale – BringThemBack.org
Since January, a game of massive proportions has been launched against the euro and the European economy, by American banks - led by Goldman Sachs. The very bank that is currently under scrutiny at the US Senate, has been known for years to play dirty games not just against institutions but also … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: Copyright Theo Develegas, domainers, Domains, Euro, european economy, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Greek economy, Parthenon, The Marbles of Parthenon, western civilization
A Triad of Circumstances: When Corporations Don’t do their job
Quite often, I wonder if my definition of quality customer service is too demanding but the answer comes back as a flat "no". Having used the services of many companies over the years - from retail to banks - I can honestly say that I'm just an average Joe with regards to what I expect from their … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: Copyright Theo Develegas, customer service, do the right thing, Domain theft, Domain transfers, domainers, domaining, Domains, eNom.com, Register.com, Sedo.com, social engineering, unauthorized transfer
Do you tweet? Then consider yourself published
The announcement by the Library of Congress that it has acquired the entire Twitter database of messages - several billions of it - might seem like trivial to some. In fact, the only trivial thing I can think of, is that if you tweet, you can now consider yourself officially published. Not many … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: Copyright Theo Develegas, domainers, domaining, Domains, Library of Congress, Library of Congress acquires the entire Twitter database, LOC.gov, tweet, twitter, twitter.com
Three reasons why I like Mike Mann’s attitude in life
I do not define a man's worth by their accomplishments in life. It's not who they are and what have achieved; what matters to me is how they got there and how they stand, as people, if their title and status were to be stripped off. Mike Mann is well known for his domain portfolio, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Business, Domains, Social issues Tagged With: book, Copyright Theo Develegas, domainers, Domains, Grassroots.org, Make Millions and Make Change, Mike Mann, MikeMann.com
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