Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2005 |

Just wanted to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. Get some rest - you will have to be at Walmart early to get your laptop tomorrow.
Technorati Tags : thanksgiving, walmart, laptop

Update 11/22 - 6pm: Just received word from one of my readers - she checked with the local Walmart. I will just copy the email:
Just got back from my local Walmart. They tell me the $378 price will only be honored for the specific locations where the circular was sent out […]

This is from digg- a technology site some of you might know. Guess there is quite sometechnology in those boobies Digg has lately beenfeaturing some weird things, but they are still my […]

The New York Times features an article on Google Base.
It has gotten quiet around this project, so it is good to hear some news. Though I always love when I read something like this:
Google Base touched off widespread speculation last month when the company accidentally exposed a portion of the service because […]

Yahoo launches the Shoposphere. 
This is where you can discover new, fun, and interesting products organized into “Pick Lists” by the Yahoo! Shopping community.

Ah - the Yahoo! Shopping community. A revelry in capitalist goodness. Who the hell cares about this? At best, this is an online wish list for Christmas. There is no referral […]

Podcast Economics

November 14, 2005 |

The Work Better Weblog features some provocative thoughts on the economics of podcasting . The assumption that underlies the post is that theaverage podcast has about 1000 listeners right now - notenough to attract sponsors.
Let’s say we’d like to gross $40,000 for the year (a […]

Another week, another free Google tool. This one looks like a winner: Google Analytics. Measure your website’s traffic with what used to be Urchin 5 - now bought by Google and available for free (their website is now re-rerouted to Google Analytics).
Quite possibly, this is the best free tool to analyse user behavior on any […]

A Podcasting Vision

November 13, 2005 |

Dave Winer posted some interesting thoughts on podcasting today […]

Persecuters in a murder case are using a man’s Google searches for how to kill as evidence against him. What blows my mind is that this, according to CRN was done without the help of Google :
Google’s press office did notrespond Friday to an email inquiry […]

I uploaded the first of the Last Podcast podcasts. The mp3 file is here: http://podcast.lastpodcast.net/audio/lastpodcast-2005-11-12-15008.mp3
This is pretty much a short test version, but I would love to get any kind of feedback.
If you want to subscribe, here is the link:
http://podcast.lastpodcast.net/podcast.php

Pat Robertson is having a tough year. Chavez is still alive and kicking and now voters in Dover ousted a group of School Board members who favored the so-called ‘theory’ of Intelligent Design. So,
if there is a disaster in your area, don’t turn to God, you just rejected Him from your city. And […]

In a reaction to a post here, Dave Winer thinks that amateur is a good word to describe bloggers. Kind of in a ‘going-back-to-the-roots’ way. This is what he has to say:
Amateur is a good word to describe the work of most bloggers. The root of the word is “love,” an amateur is […]

Because when searching the Walmart’s website for Christmas, a ‘Holiday’ site appears, the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has called for a boycott. What especially ticked him off was an answer from Walmart to a letter send by another Catholic leaguer:
Walmart is a world wide organization and must remain conscious of […]

Great Video

November 10, 2005 |

Chris Pirillo just linked to this video. A must see. If you ever thought your parents were weird - this will make you feel better. Guaranteed.
 
From Chris:
Marguerite, a mom from Trading Spouses S2E1, needs her own show; I’d tune into her regularly. Holy mother of God, this lady is […]

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