The CrosbyReport blog is a sly SEO trick intended to “cast a wider net,” attracting more web traffic and increasing the number of subscribers to my email newsletter. My blog also provides an opportunity to write about topics that don’t really fit comfortably under the umbrella of a travel-oriented website—everything from technology to finance. Yeah, theme-wise, the CrosbyReport blog is kinda all over the board. Enjoy!
Don’t get robbed on vacation by anyone except airlines, hotels, and rental cars.
Being from New York, I’m naturally paranoid (it’s in the water, I think).
Bringing back the Golden Age of Flight: A one-step plan for greedy airlines.
This once-glamorous industry has shot itself in the foot time and time again.
Preserve your data privacy and prevent manipulation by advertising types (like me).
Here are a few things you can do to thwart these nosy bastards.
Why normal people should only buy Apple products. And why I don’t.
If you’re a normal person—and by normal, I mean, anyone who doesn’t know what the Turing Test is—then you should only buy Apple products. Seriously. Sell your Windows PC, Crackberry,…
‘Online privacy’ is not an oxymoron (but ‘ethical business’ damn sure is).
Online privacy may soon be a thing of the past.
Get European car service without paying for the dealer’s showroom, yacht, or mistress.
Got a BMW, Mercedes or Volvo? Tired of getting reamed up the ass by dealers in the Bay Area? Then you should check out Auto Analysts Embarcadero Auto. They’re an…
Found! The inaugural issue of The Crosby Report.
The first issue of the CrosbyReport was faxed to friends and coworkers back in 1991, well before the Internet.
World’s Worst Tourist competition shocker: America didn’t win.
Shocking only to those who have never met anyone from France.
Freddie Hubbard dies, leaves jazz world stuck with [shudder] Wynton Marsalis.
On December 29th, 2008, Freddie Hubbard, one of the last great jazz trumpet players, died after a heart attack at age 70. It was a great loss to his family,…
Maybe they should have called the latest Bond movie, “Quantum of Suckiness.”
I feel obligated to remind the Broccoli family of what’s required to be a true Bond movie.
Dios mio! A blog post from freaking Mexico.
You know it’s a brave new world when you can write a blog post from the pool of your Mexican resort on your iPhone. (Of course, it is much harder…
Praise for the all-powerful Jesus phone.
A hush then fell over the multitudes. And the almighty Lord spake, saying: “An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator….these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling…