Pretty amazing, not altogether shocking, that Steve Wynn is likely to move his gaming headquarters from Vegas, where things ain’t what they used to be, to Macau, where the action is and will be.
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
Back when I was researching The Number, I lived for a week at Sun City Grand (Surprise, AZ), trying to get a sense of what it would be like to spend one’s final decades in a bona fide retirement community: jacked golf carts, no kids allowed, sidewalks so clean you could eat Metamucil off them. The sprawling community buzzed with energy: packed gym, nonstop sports, a lively bar scene. It’s not at all surprising that there’s now a new reality TV show that takes place out there, one that seems to only slightly exaggerate the madcap of the wild and crazies I ran into out there.
Lane Bryant seems to be stoking a supposed controversy over its forthcoming, “steamy”, plus-size underwear commercial:
New York Magazine has a spirited cover story on the explosion of fledgling social-media efforts in the Apple. Shades of Silicon Valley, circa 1995. Why does it seem so exhausting?
The Times has a front page story that makes a big deal out of something that’s been around for quite a time now, the degree to which online marketers know who you are, where you’ve browsed, what you’ve bought, how to ring your Buy bell.
Bloomberg reports on a self-protection policy that transcends auto, health, liability, and homeowners’. Couldn’t we all use a little schmuck insurance?
Far from being scourges, customers who return a lot of merchandise often turn out to be among a company’s best, reports Wired. True generally, certainly true at Zappo’s.
The logofication of American life grows deeper and wider. Yet another collection of trademarks, young and new, has just been published. I’ve yet to see the Oscar-winning “Logorama,” but it’s on my list:
Having now spent a ridiculous amount of time reading pro and con takes on the you-know-what, I herewith conclude that Farhad Manjoo, writing at Slate, has the surest take of all. Forget the “you need it,” “you don’t need it” bickering. Fact is, you don’t need it. The you-know-what is an indulgence, pure and simple. In Majoo’s words: “There is no better machine to use on the couch, the bed, or in the bathroom. Not long ago we had other ways to occupy ourselves in these places. But as TV, movies, books, newspapers, and magazines migrated to computer screens, our machines began to infiltrate every part of our lives. Yet neither the laptop nor the phone is especially well-suited for use while lying down or otherwise slumping around.”
Richard Sandomir reveals the source of Earl Woods’ advice to Tiger: “I want to find out what your thinking was. I want to find out what your feelings are. Did you learn anything?”
