Archive for April, 2008

links for 2008-04-30 »

Well-capitalized Seattle start-up seeks Unix developers - mi.jobs | Google Groups
Has everyone already seen this before me? That would be typical. A bit of Internet history just in case, like me, you had not run across this nearly 14-year-old job listing before. Via The Wensingnator.
(tags: amazon history)

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Is Flickr onto something with the “long photo?” »

Pfft, like I know. But four days ago I uploaded a 90-second clip of our cat Pokeweed sitting upright to both Flickr and YouTube. Not a whole lot going on there, just a strange clip of our strange cat behaving a little strangely. The YouTube version has been viewed 28 times. The Flickr version [...]

Profit: Ur doing it wrong! »

How’s the real estate market here in South Florida? Still ever so slightly short of robust, judging by the sales data we’re feeding Backyard Post. Consider:

FAIL!

EPIC FAIL! Or, as Sholin might put it: “Oh, now that’s just a greasy 20-piece bucket of FAIL right there.” First!

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links for 2008-04-29 »

How does USAT’s ‘Blue Chip’ program survive? - Gannett Blog
Jim Hopkins wonders how USA Today can continue counting its giveaways as the rest of the industry dumps worthless third-party sales from its circulation figures.
(tags: usat gannett circulation newspapers)

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Paper View Monday: Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon »

The lever on my gigantic Paper View Monday machine has been jammed on “Florida” for a full five weeks now, and hasn’t spit out a western newspaper building since February. I think it’s sorted now, however, so let’s jet off to Salem, Oregon for a look at the Statesman Journal in Virtual Earth/Live Maps. Trivia [...]

Random picture of my cat, Vol. 62: Special moving-picture edition! »

Here’s a very special moving-picture Flickr video edition of random picture of my cat. Ninety seconds of Pokeweed sitting upright and staring, with a few glimpses of the camera-shy Belle. Pokeweed! Moving! Belle too! Cats! Video! Geekery! Huzzah!

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Florida Home 61: 2008-04-26 »

Neighborhood of the week is Lacuna Golf and Country Club, west of Lake Worth, near Wellington.
DOWNLOAD THE PRINT SECTION
Print pages in PDF: Right-click and save-as to download (9.3 MB, 8 pages)

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links for 2008-04-26 »

Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen
New to me. Via mdwaite.
(tags: css typography web-design)

the moment cat lost … - ICHC?
… use 4 hooman
(tags: cats lolcats ichc)

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links for 2008-04-25 »

Silly Traffic - Seth’s Blog
Instead of obsessing over converting site bouncers, “Engage your existing users far more deeply. Increase their participation, their devotion, their interconnection and their value.”
(tags: traffic marketing bounce sethgodin seo)

How Do I Pick An Ad Network? - How To Split An Atom
“Since advertising is usually the first pit stop on the wacky [...]

links for 2008-04-24 »

Web ad sales slump at newspapers - Reflections of a Newsosaur
“Nearly overshadowed by the double-digit print declines …, the interactive slowdown results from the stubborn determination of most publishers to try to sell online advertising to the very same people who are forsaking print advertising.”
(tags: advertising newspapers)

Boeing’s big dream - FORTUNE
Sweet 40-picture slideshow gives an [...]