<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217</id><updated>2009-02-20T22:16:18.994-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Insights</title><subtitle type='html'>Random Rants, Ideas and Analysis</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-5144324171214764523</id><published>2007-11-16T15:41:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-16T15:44:01.802-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A tip for Consumers</title><summary type='text'> Here's the reason why you shouldn't order a custom cake from Wal-Mart, from the GinBlog:Some people that work here had a going away party the other day for a woman that is leaving.One of the supervisors called a Walmart and ordered the cake. he told them to write: "best wishes Suzanne" and underneath that write "we will miss you". here's the cake that was delivered.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/5144324171214764523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=5144324171214764523' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/5144324171214764523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/5144324171214764523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2007/11/tip-for-consumers.html' title='A tip for Consumers'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-116006764287260656</id><published>2006-10-05T12:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T12:00:42.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'>naijablog: The phobic antiblack body</title><summary type='text'>Interesting post on the huge role context plays in our racist tendencies....naijablog: The phobic antiblack body</summary><link rel='related' href='http://naijablog.blogspot.com/2006/10/phobic-antiblack-body.html#links' title='naijablog: The phobic antiblack body'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/116006764287260656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=116006764287260656' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/116006764287260656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/116006764287260656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/10/naijablog-phobic-antiblack-body.html' title='naijablog: The phobic antiblack body'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115919728409898581</id><published>2006-09-25T10:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T10:14:44.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How to setup a blog</title><summary type='text'>How to setup a blog and be popular   Aderemi's blog has some interesting ideas on setting up a blog. Read the comments too. And I should add that you find something you truly enjoy to write about and don't shy away from expressing your opinions even if controversial on your blogs.    It gets discussions going.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115919728409898581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115919728409898581' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115919728409898581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115919728409898581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-setup-blog.html' title='How to setup a blog'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115583571529328615</id><published>2006-08-17T12:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T12:32:53.886-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Putting Money in the Proper Perspective.</title><summary type='text'>A piggy bank that employs the proper way to teach kids about money.Most kids grow up not knowing how it works and it plagues them through college and adulthood.It's so terrible what most people know about money, even some adults could use this...I wonder if it will work better with some mechanism to automatically assign money to differentsections based on some logic.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115583571529328615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115583571529328615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115583571529328615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115583571529328615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/08/putting-money-in-proper-perspective.html' title='Putting Money in the Proper Perspective.'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115539368474270343</id><published>2006-08-12T09:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T09:41:24.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Airport Security</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115539368474270343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115539368474270343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115539368474270343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115539368474270343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/08/airport-security.html' title='Airport Security'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115539335682108707</id><published>2006-08-12T09:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-12T09:40:09.496-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen Wiltshire -- Impressive Memory</title><summary type='text'>Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic Brit who can retain images in his head and recreate it almost exactly on paper in drawings...very impressive.  And he happens to be a pretty good artist too.  http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/index.aspx </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115539335682108707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115539335682108707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115539335682108707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115539335682108707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/08/stephen-wiltshire-impressive-memory.html' title='Stephen Wiltshire -- Impressive Memory'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115315114677560443</id><published>2006-07-17T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-17T10:45:46.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A New American Foreign Policy Paradigm</title><summary type='text'>A while back, I read Robert Wright's "Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny" and have since kept up with some of his writings.  This Times op-ed by Wright, tries to explore a new approach to foreign policy in a post-Bush era. Makes for an interesting read and raises a few questions to ponder.  Every paradigm needs a name, and the best name for this one isprogressive realism. The label has a nice </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115315114677560443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115315114677560443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115315114677560443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115315114677560443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-american-foreign-polic_115315114677560443.html' title='A New American Foreign Policy Paradigm'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115256371699097545</id><published>2006-07-10T15:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-10T15:35:17.046-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I love my Peugeot</title><summary type='text'>I grew up in Nigeria riding a Peugeot 504 and 505, and even at some point, driving a 505. Once in a while, I've seen some older ones been driven here in the States. I thought they had gone the way of the dinosaur.   Turns out if you're still nostalgic about owning one, there's one place left to buy it, even configure it to your taste: No kidding.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115256371699097545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115256371699097545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115256371699097545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115256371699097545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/07/i-love-my-peugeot.html' title='I love my Peugeot'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115193777334138713</id><published>2006-07-03T09:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-03T09:42:53.353-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Soccer Boring?</title><summary type='text'>To an American, it is easy to compare soccer with basketball-- without the hands. Just like basketball, it uses zone defense, man defense, a team-oriented attack and transition is critical to winning.     At the same time, it is unlike any other American sport since there are no time outs except at halftime. And unlike most American sports where everything is broken into innings, quarters etc, it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115193777334138713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115193777334138713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115193777334138713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115193777334138713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/07/is-soccer-boring_03.html' title='Is Soccer Boring?'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115159703976541285</id><published>2006-06-29T11:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-29T11:03:59.856-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Are we Getting Our Money's Worth?</title><summary type='text'>Gladwell discusses a recent New York Times column article that compares health care in America to the U.K.    The first conclusion is that Americans are really, really sick compared to the British and it is not because of lifestyle differences.      One interesting observation is also the correlation between income and drinking habits. It concludes that the more money you make, the more alcohol </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115159703976541285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115159703976541285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115159703976541285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115159703976541285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/06/are-we-getting-our-moneys-worth.html' title='Are we Getting Our Money&apos;s Worth?'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-115152020394559904</id><published>2006-06-28T13:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T13:43:23.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Adeniyi-Jones Thoughts on Nigeria</title><summary type='text'>Worth reading. Describes how Nigeria has found itself in its current state.   ‘This is Nigeria’ I feel fortunate to be old enough to remember a time when those same words, with slightly different emphasis, carried a codediametrically opposed to what they represent today. The indignant ‘thatcannot happen here, this is Nigeria, not some banana republic.’ of my youth,has given way to a resigned, ‘</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/feeds/115152020394559904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5071217&amp;postID=115152020394559904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115152020394559904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/115152020394559904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2006/06/adeniyi-jones-thoughts-on-nigeria.html' title='Adeniyi-Jones Thoughts on Nigeria'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-107366580803375946</id><published>2004-01-08T10:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T15:17:52.113-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Manufacturing in AmericaThere has been so much noise about the loss of American manufacturing jobs to cheaper labor in Mexico, China and India. In the last couple of years, over 2 million jobs have been lost, many of which will not be coming back.So is it the end of the manufacturing sector in America? Are we all going to be living in cubicles now, working in an office, staring at computer </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/107366580803375946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/107366580803375946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2004/01/manufacturing-in-america-there-has.html' title=''/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071217.post-89377930</id><published>2003-02-19T11:31:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-07-03T09:27:19.206-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Rising White Nationalism</title><summary type='text'>The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration Interesting article</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/89377930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5071217/posts/default/89377930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wiseblogger.blogspot.com/2003/02/rising-white-nationalism.html' title='Rising White Nationalism'/><author><name>Shegun</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743129429801730061</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17262293983567837244'/></author></entry></feed>