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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Handy Yahoo! Pipes List (and some joker’s tip)
ReadWriteWeb posted a handy list of Yahoo! Pipes, particular for those who need to filter their morass of social services feeds. Note for the newbie: you can build off the pipes in the lists, essentially customizing them to your own … Continue reading
Thursday Morning Lazy Links
Rough schedule today, hence the laziness Doing what I couldn’t with TotJot, and sounds just as nice – TotSpot. The company is presently in private beta, which is something we didn’t do at TotJot – our engineering arm built a … Continue reading
Pumping new life into an old bike
How many coats of stripper does it take to get to the primer on a Tootsie Roll pop? A bike, first left in storage and then propped in a corner, became a weekend project. The thought was change the look, … Continue reading
Microsoft: Do They Want To Be In The Yellow Pages Biz?
Eric Savitz asked the question, with emphasis on Yell Group. They just might. It’s a profitable business, and maybe the only segment in print publishing NOT whining about Craigslist. Plus, it’s generating revenue with something Google gives away, local listings. … Continue reading
Home sales “unexpectedly” revised for mass media headlines
I’m not sure if The Associated Press is now a subsidiary of the National Association of Realtors, but their headlines sure make them seem that way… Home sales unexpectedly rise in April : Sales of new homes rose in April … Continue reading
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Tagged Associated Press, housing, National Association of Realtors, sales
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Mid-Afternoon Holiday Reading
Like a linkfest link barrage, only post-nap George Soros says it’s an oil bubble; he could have been nice enough to comment here, instead of going straight to the mainstream media. Still, speculation is rampant. Jerome Kerviel didn’t act alone? … Continue reading
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Tagged business model, George Soros, oil prices, Societe Generale
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A Sunday Streamer Night Out
Noting if you drive 65 mph the whole way, you save a lot of gas I spent Sunday night out. Green Mountain Reservoir was the spot, and casting double streamers into the Corey’s Slough (named after the joker who discovered … Continue reading
NAR seeks a PhD in Absurdism
Barry Ritholtz, what say ye? How else can you explain their shameless twisting of their own data? Don’t these damn fools realize that they have simply lost all credibility? I have heard more than a few Real Estate agents complain … Continue reading
Why is The New York Times releasing proprietary readers?
Via (where else) but The New York Times: Today our beta version of Times Reader for the Mac becomes available. The beta is free for all registered members of NYTimes.com to download and try. From perusal of the comments, most … Continue reading
American Fly Fishing Trade Association readies migration to Denver
Via Moldy Chum: The American Fly Fishing Trade Association (AFFTA) announced today that it has hired Gary Berlin as the trade association’s president. A former human resources manager and Area/District Wildlife Manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the … Continue reading
