Dissecting a URL
We often work with online marketers who need help deciphering parameters passed in URL query strings. Matt Cutts of Google provides this nice guide to parts of a URL.
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August 19, 2007
August 15, 2007
Eat Lead
The People's Republic of Poisonous Substances is at it again. This week its Baby's bibs.
"All lead is bad lead," Patrick MacRoy, director of the Chicago lead poisoning prevention program, told the Times. "Why should we allow any lead to be in there?"
Check your Sesame Street toys, kids.
August 13, 2007
Unleaded Toys
After discovering our son's painted wooden blocks were manufacturered in China, I sent an email to Melissa & Doug inquiring about their testing policies.
Their response was:
"It's quite possible to make great quality children's items in China, which meet all safety regulations, but the key point is that you have to test and inspect very frequently to be sure that your factories are always following your instructions explicitly. I assure you that's exactly what we do.From our experience, the key to doing this correctly is not simply to insist that your factories follow your instructions, but then to go one step further and to AUDIT, INSPECT, AND TEST very frequently. That is the most important part of the process, and it's something our company has always taken VERY seriously."
This was reassuring, assuming that the company was conducting the tests themselves, and not relying on the manufacturers saying things were tested.
A recent article in the WSJ, Prof. M. Eric Johnson of Dartmouth was quoted about inspections:
"You flip on the lights and the cockroaches disappear," he said. "And the factories often know that the lights are getting switched on beforehand."
August 11, 2007
Horsefeathers!
Its time again for the Omak Suicide Race, pitting man and beast against gravity.
A local tribal culture representative states "the race is the ultimate demonstration of the rider's ability to become one with the horse". If that's true, then if a rider's horse is killed during an event, its only fair if the rider is killed a well. Savages.
Be sure to let the sponsors know how you feel.
August 10, 2007
Need a lift?
Literally. My dad is selling his Böcker 102' telescoping hydraulic hoist
Update 11/21/07. The hoist has been sold.
