Technology, Culture, Commentary on the Internet Revolution

July 21st, 2008

Yahoo and Icahn: Foot in Mouth

If it weren’t for all the drama he stirred up, that sick and greedy corporate raider Carl Icahn would never have made the Yahoo board. The guy knows nothing of tech.
Nevertheless, it’s better than the proxy board Icahn was pushing for: a bunch of yes-men who would tear Yahoo apart and sell it to Microsoft.
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 21st, 2008

Happy Birthday Veronica Belmont!

She knows her geek culture, she knows her social media, she knows her technology, and she knows her gaming. And she’s totally cool about it all. Happy birthday to tech videoblogging queen Veronica Belmont!
Tags: Babes, Blogging, Gaming, Veronica Belmont, Video

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July 20th, 2008

Amazon Says S3 Outage is Internal

Twitter avatars, blog images, and SmugMug photos are all vanishing because Amazon S3 is down.
Hackers? Alas, Amazon probably can’t put the blame on them. They say the problem is internal:
Tags: Amazon, S3

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July 20th, 2008

Scoble Sandwich

A-list bloggers can do miracles. Literally.
Tags: Blogging, funny, Scoble

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July 20th, 2008

Try the New iGoogle!

Ionut Alex Chitu posts an great review of the new iGoogle. You really should try it for yourself. Here’s the trick to unlock the new features:
Tags: AJAX, Google, iGoogle

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By Mike Abundo -- 4 comments

July 19th, 2008

Yahoo Shareholders See the Light

I say Yahoo did the right thing by fighting off Microsoft. Dvorak says shareholders who disagree are sick and greedy. Carl Icahn, champion of the sick and greedy, proposes a board full of losers.
Good to see Yahoo’s biggest shareholders finally see the light.
Tags: Bill Miller, Carl Icahn, Investment, Jerry Yang, Legg Mason, Microsoft, Yahoo

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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment

July 18th, 2008

Leave Google Alone!

Why are tech shareholders so greedy? Yahoo defends itself from a hostile takeover, and Wall Street punishes them for shunning a suicide payday.
Now, Google reports spectacular growth, and Wall Street punishes them for not growing spectacularly enough.
Uh, what?
Tags: Google, Investment, stupid

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July 18th, 2008

WordPress 2.6 False Update Notification

Now this is odd. I upgraded my personal blog to WordPress 2.6 the other day. Everything looked normal until now. Suddenly, I’m being asked to upgrade to version 2.6 again.
Anyone else seeing this false update notification?
Tags: Blogging, Open Source, WordPress

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By Mike Abundo -- 5 comments

July 18th, 2008

Playboy’s Hottest Bloggers List Lacking

Playboy wants you to vote for the world’s hottest blogger. Since hotness conveys best through video, every one of their candidates hosts an online video show.
Tags: Blogging, Contests, Playboy, Video

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July 16th, 2008

Here Comes Everybody

After hearing Clay Shirky’s brilliant speech at the Web 2.0 Expo, I just had to grab his first book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations.
I wasn’t disappointed.
Tags: Books, Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

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