Do you have a citation for that? Ive been to a shop or two that felt a little sketchy but this interests me.

I have a testimonial about that. A friend of mine is County Counsel in a California County. He goes after illegal grow ops and shops, shuttling them down. Permits and license fees are required and many choose not to do that. He’ll go after anyone, some are just dumbasses who didn’t check the laws, and others are hardcore criminals with long, gang-related rap sheets.

I was curious too. The only noteworthy conclusion I could make from my research is that there are a lot of people associated with the company that have sort-of-Russian-sounding names. That's a pretty weak argument that they are Russian Mafia, however, and I didn't see any stronger evidence.

No citation unfortunately. My friend who runs a dispensary told me.

Seems legit... :(

Comical, your source is "my friend told me"?

On the internet, that flies. It might not seem completely trustable but then again nothing on the internet should be taken alone. Further, it’s not like there are many safe ways to make such a claim.

Agreed. Obviously the mafia doesn't participate in surveys so, barring criminal charges or conviction, anecdotal evidence is the best one can hope for.

"Don't be snarky." (to snarfy)

I agree. Bangkok is also one of my favorite places in the world. Because of the chaos, the heat, the street food and... Oh pretty much everything about it...

Sad to hear about this.

I still use a 'hipsterPDA' type system for notes on the go and don't find the binder clips to be a hassle (I use small ones?) and the wrinkled and bent state the cards always get into I just look at as 'patina', which I find comforting - gives me the sense that they are being used.

Not to mention the cards have a short life span: I end up capturing what I need digitally and then recycle the card.

Search is broken?

Could it just be that there is a Halal butcher in the area who doesn't want to pay disposal costs for older goats whose heads are not as prized as the young ones for culinary usage?

It takes some effort to hang goat heads from a telephone pole. You wouldn't do that if all you wanted to do was throw them away.

Oh yeah - I checked it out before reading the comments here. Stupidly. Sleep deprivation sucks for cognition.

Got the same exact email...

Hard drugs, since they can be closer to the tenderloin and mission most likely.

Its sad because peace, love & family is not the way things are handled down there and a lot of them dont make it very long once they graduate.

Some feel that psychedelics have had and continue to effect our industry?

Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison both publicly attribute(d) their success in part to psychedelics, so "some feel" is probably understating the case.

I'm originally from outside Philly and this is quite interesting to me.

The question is though, do you have to show up for work in business dress? Whenever I am back there, it always seems so formal to me.

Here in Seattle, life, dress and is so mellow and casual - especially in business attitude. I prefer it that way, which is why I am here and not there..

Typically the new tech companies very casual - the larger existing companies are more like you remember. The number of startups, involved people and events has grown considerably - even over the last 5 years - e.g. http://redsnakephilly.org is a great upcoming event - Python and RUby groups team up and it's one of the best local tech events of the year - there will be 200+ there.

The question of dress code, I've found, follows industries a bit more than it does specific cities. As someone who's lived and worked in tech in both San Francisco and Philadelphia, I can tell you I've worked almost entirely at places with either a business casual or casual vibe.

This may not be the case for an enterprise marketing firm or a law office, certainly, but it seems to follow for tech companies and the startup realm.

The Bozo bus must pass.