Link Roundup

If you stalk me close enough you probably are looking at my reading list on google reader.

For the rest of you, here are a few web links.

A Village Voice article entitled "The Fall of the House of Rubashkin" the perils of the kosher meat business - who knew?

Raymond Chen's technique for getting people to leave a meeting room when their meeting runs over. I tend to just hover at the door until people get nervous.

As an inverate recycler of boxes, I always give gifts in the incorrect box. The box might say Nordstroms, but the contents say Home Depot. Anyway, these fake boxes from the Onion are too funny.

Backup tapes are worth a lot more than you might think.

Although I embrace social media and blogging, I have a hard time not being skeptical when people spout off about how blogs change everything. Sometime you see something that makes you think twice. Check out this video on Iranian bloggers.
Iran: A nation of bloggers from Mr.Aaron on Vimeo.