From the monthly archives:

July 2005

Yahoo buys Konfabulator

July 24, 2005

I’m not exactly sure what this means from a business standpoint; but I’m pretty sure it’s going to have something to do with Yahoo! throwing a bunch of widgets our way.  And I do like widgets.

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Tommy Lasorda: Not a fan of the Phillie Fanatic

July 21, 2005

Even if you’re a Dodger hater, you gotta love Tommy Lasorda.    Check out Tommy’s Tommy’s thoughts on the Phillie Phanatic.
I hate the Phillie Phanatic.
In fact, I am not very happy about mascots in general.  I think they take away from the game on the field.
One of the worst incidents was perpetrated by the [...]

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Cloudlog

July 18, 2005

Have I talked about Cloudlog here before?  Apparently not, according to a TypePad search.
Well, Cloudlog is an epic little site, broadcast live from Peru by my buddy Agustin, who’s living down there for a couple of years. I helped him put it together in the aforementioned TypePad, and just got him up and running with [...]

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Costco v. Wal-Mart

July 12, 2005

Or, Why Wal-Mart Sucks and Costco Rules. (via)

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Hermosa Beach Wi-Fi Project?

July 10, 2005

Om Malik on How Hermosa Beach Wi-Fi Project Works?
How did I not hear about the Hermosa Beach Wi-Fi Project?

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Amazon buys CustomFlix

July 10, 2005

From PaidContent:
Amazon.com, still trying to figure out its part in the digital media sector, has bought out CustomFlix Labs, a small, Santa Cruz, CA-based company that creates DVDs on demand. Amazon would not disclose terms of the deal, which came three months after the company bought BookSurge, which does the same thing with books.
The goal [...]

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Yahoo! News launches its first blog

July 10, 2005

It’s dedicated to news the London Bombings and despite a less-than-user-friendly layout, and only providing summaries of each entry on the index page (gotta max out those click-thrus), it’s still cool to see Yahoo News adopt blogs for events like this–it’s a potentially great use of the medium.

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Can’t Find On Google

July 10, 2005

How much must Google love this?

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Sort of like Lance Armstrong, but with hot dog eating

July 4, 2005

Congratulations to Kobayashi, who put away his 5th straight Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest title today–eating 49 hot dogs in 12 minutes.  In the world of competitive eating, he knows no equal.

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