Month: August 2007
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Finally home
My three week tour of Atlantic Canada is done, and I’m back in the city. Big things coming (maybe). Btw, this is day one of quitting coffee month (my girlfriend dared me). Slight headaches all day. Took a Tylenol at noon. Tomorrow should be better. I think the worst that could happen to me is…
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Scoble out?
Update: The part about Scoble leaving Podtech appears to be false. Sorry about the gossip dudes. My sentiments remain unchanged though. I don’t know anything about Podtech (I don’t think anybody does), but I just read on Andrew Baron’s blog that Podtech is in sinking and Scoble may be out (the original tweet-based rumour being…
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Slavery
We hear about slavery a lot in an abstract form, but I’ve never seen anything like this before– it’s from the Quebec Gazette, from the year 1767.
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“The perfect storm of conspiracy theories”
Three parts, each more disturbing than the last. This is the kind of movie whose concepts it’s impossible to explain to people without looking like a crackpot… but like this, they make sense. (Feel free to skip the 5 minute introductory sequence.) (Hat tip: Marko)
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Google is killing the planet, or something
Along the line of Austin Hill’s Dark Green PC, there are people out there making sure that all that whitespace on Google.com isn’t wasting energy (up to 750 megawatt-hours per year, some people say). The solution: Blackle. You’ll find it easier on the eyes at night, too.
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WebbAlert: It’s like Rocketboom, except…
The future seems to be littered with videoblogs with attractive women as hosts. While I understand the need to get viewers as much as any producer, getting an attractive girl to do it can sometimes seem like the cheap way out. With Rocketboom, JetSetShow, and Geek Brief, I feel like they’re still part of the…
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How to make money online/overnight
Shoemoney was obviously very tired/annoyed when he made this video, and maybe that’s what makes it so good. What he says applies to success in general, not just to making money online, so I thought you guys would like it.
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Cultural suicide
Just thought I’d add my two cents to the discussions occurring about Canadian mobile data packages (in case you’re wondering, they go up to $12 per MB). As a content-creating Canadian with an N95 smartphone, I produce value for my country by creating video content, increasing Canada’s profile in the web/mobile space. By allowing data…
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Podcasting for Fun and Profit
So yeah, I don’t want to say how, but I came across this book Michael and Leesa talked about on their blogs, titled Podcasting For Fun and Profit. I don’t want to link to it because, you know, it’s a trashy ebook that tells me I can make $13,000 in 67 minutes. I’m sure you…
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One Red Paperclip, for acting
Tim Coyne just launched the One Red Paperclip of acting… taking the iPhone spoksorship ‘fluke’ as a springboard, he has sponsored Jaffe’s Across the Sound, hoping to use the podcast’s audience to help him land an audition for one of four huge TV shows– CSI, House, Criminal Minds, or Shark.