December 2008
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Cheapest iPhone possible - $99 from AT&T →
AT&T is now selling refurbished iPhones for as low as $99. I’ve had refurbished Apple computers before, and they were always flawless.
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Woo-hoo! Let's download some music again!
The RIAA is done suing individuals. Back to relentless downloading!
Does this mean we get muxtape back? That would be awesome.
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Polaroid bankruptcy again (twice in 7 years). →
Can somebody please just license the technology and bring back all the fun film? I promise there’s a big market for it. Some of us still think digital is the devil.
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To be sure, just don't use Internet Explorer any... →
Major security issues still remain, even after the recent zero-day patch.
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General Motors loses $52,000 every minute. →
Now that’s a business worth saving.
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Mac OS X 10.5.6 update released!
Lots of bug fixes! Software Update time.
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Beating a (hopefully) dying horse
Not to go on and on about the potential auto bailout, but here’s another article that outlines how the unions have helped stoke the fight against bankruptcy for the big 3.
I don’t know that there will be riots as described, but I do think once people realize what is happening, there will be serious unrest and a BIG argument about fairness.
This is another system that needs a shake...
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Radiohead - Idioteque (live on SNL)
As amazing as this performance is, it’s even better when you remember why it was significant. They played in October of 2000, Kid A had just came out to critical acclaim/bewilderment and the rest America still knew Radiohead as either the makers of “Creep” or “Karma Police.” The number one...
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How the economic crisis will make us better
Here is a link to a recent Bloomberg article that explains how Bernard Madoff has admitted to employees and the FBI that his entire business is largely a Ponzi scheme.
His $50 billion investment firm was started in 1960 with $5,000.
Despite being well-respected in the financial industry, and being credited as the firm that helped “make” the Nasdaq market, Madoff has said it was all...
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Zero-day Internet Explorer attack (zero-day = oh... →
If you’re on a PC and still using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, watch yo’self.
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist spends $430,000 (tax... →
From the article:
So how does one rack up a $430,000 travel bill? It’s a valid question, since we’ve learned that Charlie Crist, his fiancee, his fiancee’s sister, nine bodyguards and several dozen of Charlie’s closest friends and business associates somehow managed to spend that much money this past summer on a European trade mission.
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University of Florida president donates $285,000... →
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Machen has directed his gift to help fund a scholarship program for first-generation college students whose family income is below $40,000 and whose parents never earned bachelor’s degrees.
Awesome. That’s how it’s done, John Thaine.
Go Gators!
Go be an example. Go Gators.
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Investing in innovation, not failure →
A short blog about an idea in the UK to dedicate money toward a sort of “emergency” fund for innovative startups. I’m not saying it’s the best idea, but money is best committed to the future, not past screw-ups.
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“We’re at this moment in history, in which the Chinese are touting that...”
– Jeffrey Garten, on the proposed auto bailout plan. He is a professor at the Yale School of Management and was undersecretary of commerce in the 1990s. He was one of many government officials who tried, unsuccessfully, to get Detroit prepared for a world of international competition.
Full article...
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“Put your seat belt on, I wanna try something.”
– Steven Wright
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“I type 101 words a minute, but it’s in my own language”
– Mitch Hedberg
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Let them die
In reference to the auto-makers and financial firms begging for our tax dollars:
Let ‘em die! They put themselves in this position with the unions and several other poor strategies. (Do we really need a Mercury Mountaineer AND a Ford Explorer?)
Funny thing is, the auto makers are victims of their own poor business decisions in a swift crisis. Many of the financial firms that are already...
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Pounding and theft
I had a dream that a gang beat the shit out of me and took my bike.
Waking up was nice.
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Tonight: 1st Thursdays at the Orlando Museum of... →
A fun night for art lovers, and as an added incentive, my MOM has sculptures there tonight! Come join us at 6pm.
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“During my 87 years, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological...”
– Bernard M Baruch (1870-1965), American businessman and statesman
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Everything you wanted to know about Google
All about Google
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: google technology)
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Orlando parking cost DOUBLING! →
Parking costs downtown are going to double. How ridiculous. What a great way to encourage people to come downtown.
Just an idea to downtown restaurants and bars: Offer some sort of deal for showing a valid parking stub. It might be the only way to have this insane increase keep you in business.
I wish I had a better answer for what they should do, but all I can think of is that this is not it.
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Grab the book closest to you. Go to page 56. Find...
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“Captain Flume was obsessed with the idea that Chief White Halfoat would tiptoe up to his cot one night when he was sound asleep and slit his throat open for him from ear to ear.” -Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
“For corn has been exempted from the usual rules of nature and economics, both of which have rough mechanisms to check any such wild, uncontrolled proliferation.” —...
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