Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x

March 17, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

Publisher Experiments With ‘Free’ And Sees Book Sales Increase 20x:

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wow, a publisher that’s finally beginning to get it???

We’ve pointed to numerous studies, at this point, that have all found that, when done right, free ebooks can greatly…

Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle

March 13, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

Pulling the tablecloth out from under the place-settings with a performance motorcycle:

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he he he, hat’s pretty cool ;-)

This is a very clever way to promote your performance motorcycle: BMW chains a very, very long tablecloth with a very, very elaborate…

New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]

March 8, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

New Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Enough High-Tech Gear To Make Your Head Spin [Iron Man]:

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not only do they seem to be doing all the right things with this franchise but they have the gift of great music already written … Iron Man by Black Sabbath and now War…

This Watch Shouldn’t Exist, But It Does [Watches]

March 4, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

This Watch Shouldn’t Exist, But It Does [Watches]:

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If I wore a watch it would probably be something like this …

The more I look at Thomas Prescher’s Mysterious Double Axis Tourbillon watch, the more I think it’s…

Virgin America site drops Flash to court iPhone

March 3, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

Virgin America site drops Flash to court iPhone:

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excellent news, the first of many I hope

Virgin America late Tuesday said it has dropped Flash altogether from its website. The change, which quietly took effect Monday,…

Devotion to Duty

February 22, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · 1 Comment 

Devotion to Duty:

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yep, I know people like this ;-)

The weird sense of duty really good sysadmins have can border on the sociopathic, but it's nice to know that it stands between the forces of darkness and your cat blog's servers.

Glastonbury gets six-year licence

February 12, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

Glastonbury gets six-year licence:

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cracking news … I’ll be back there next year :-)

Glastonbury Festival is given the go-ahead to continue for the next six years.

Whisky toothpaste

February 12, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · Comment 

Whisky toothpaste:

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Awesome, WANT!



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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs openly mocks Sarah Palin by addressing the media with a grocery list conspicuously written on his left palm.

February 11, 2010 · Posted in Things found . . . · 1 Comment 

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs openly mocks Sarah Palin by addressing the media with a grocery list conspicuously written on his left palm.:

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it’s kinda like shooting fish in a barrel though isn’t it? Still funny though :-)

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Is it Live or is it Memorex Crappy CS?

February 6, 2010 · Posted in Rants . . . · Comment 

oh dear, another day, another poor online customer service experience . . .

A few days ago (see previous post) I had a poor experience using a companies Live online chat service. The problem there was caused by a lack of information on the part of the operator and, it would seem, their supervisor.

Today I had another question to a different company called Heatmiser Read more

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