So true its not funny and other stuff around the web

Apple spoof product lifecycle article which can be found here.

Trendwatching is back with a pattern that they call five-star living, where property developers and high-end resort or hotels sell a home away from home to the super dumb but loaded. They put a whole pile of luxury living brand experience about it, but what they are seeing is the window dressing not the trends. Hotels are capital intensive and unless you have high occupancy all the time, expensive. Apartment complexes can draw on the service aspects of hotels but farm off a lot of the capital risk to apartment purchasers and still charge them for premium rate services, its hedging your bets in a post-September 11 world. I realise that this is a less romantic and stylish explanation of this trend, but its all about the money.

Finally, the New York Times have got a great interactive presidential election guide that they are going to keep updated. So go to this link, have a play and bookmark it until November.