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Andrew Lahde

So cool. Out of all this mess, the most successful of all the hedge funds was operating five blocks from my office, right here in Santa Monica. I probably walked right by the office on my way to lunch at Daily Grill. The guy who ran it wrapped things up and shut it down becauseContinue reading “Andrew Lahde”

Verizon Wireless

I just tried to disconnect five of our older Verizon Wireless subscriber lines. I e-mailed our gung-ho rep-of-the-week and he told me he couldn’t help, but if I called 800-822-0204 the answering party would be able to process the request. Being the good sport that I am, I immediately picked up and dialed the numberContinue reading “Verizon Wireless”

blackstonerevealed.blogspot.com

http://blackstonerevealed.blogspot.com/ This guy is on to something. Oh, and the article on the Gilded Age is here: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080630/henwood

Ever heard of Stephen A. Schwarzman?

Remember me telling you about the Seventh Regiment Armory located the Upper East Side? I finally looked it up. The guy who had his sixtieth birthday party there last year, Stephen Schwarzman, is the person one who took the Blackstone (not to be confused with Blackrock or Blackwater) company public – they were heavy intoContinue reading “Ever heard of Stephen A. Schwarzman?”

Dell PowerEdge 2950

I finally got our new PowerEdge 2950 mounted in the server cabinet and I’m starting to get it set up. It’s been a while since I last ordered a PowerEdge from Dell. The last one was about three years ago, an 1800 we were going to use for an online storage backup. Sort of aContinue reading “Dell PowerEdge 2950”