rotten bananas

Just noticed this when researching for my last article. I read about this site today, and I was thinking the exact same thing. Stolen ID Search is a free search engine that will check to see if your information has been stored on the internet for identity theft purposes. You just enter your SSN. I’ll […]

[Read more →]

Geico has some genius marketers working for them. The most recent commercial, the one with the cavemen at the party, and the dudes arguing about the one using Geico. The third caveman walks out and says something along the lines of, “Tina’s here, we’re getting back together.” One of the dudes arguing turns to him […]

[Read more →]

There’s a new Carnival of Entrepreneurs posted over at startupspark.com. Basically, it’s a call on people to write about any and all things entrepreneur. If you have any interest in running your own business, I suggest you go take a look. There’s a lot of great information there from a lot of successful people.
I took […]

[Read more →]

We have a new contributer on the team. His name is Liam. I’ve known him since high school, and he’s one of those liberal arts (English major) types. Cut him some slack.

[Read more →]

I’m a child of Web 2.0. Being 22 years old, I was attending college at the peak of the Facebook/MySpace/Xanga/LiveJournal revolution. And I fought it. I fought it tooth and nail and never succumbed to its cold, heartless grasp. This is for a number of reasons. Firstly, it’s common knowledge that these websites have become […]

[Read more →]

Seth Godin posted this tidbit on Preparation.

Swedish maxim:There is no bad weather, just bad clothing.

I like it.

[Read more →]

I can’t understand why so many people are up-in-arms about gay marriage. What everyone should be worried about is celebrity marriage. So many celebrities are making a mockery of the sanctity of marriage.
Look at Britney Spears. (via Wikipedia)
On January 3, 2004, Spears married her childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander at The Little White Wedding Chapel […]

[Read more →]

Not to dwell on the iPhone anymore than necessary (it’s not that interesting), but Cingular announced that it will only be available with a 2-year contract. What is wrong with this company? They get something this good (and it’s going to be great for them), and find a way to piss off a corner of […]

[Read more →]

Startup Spark posted a list of the best entrepreneurship blogs based on user submissions. It added a few more bookmarks to my collection… as if I don’t already waste enough time reading blogs. You can submit additional ones as well if your favorite isn’t on the list.
I’m extremely interested in entrepreneurship and hope to take […]

[Read more →]

Bert and I were discussing the iPhone announcement today. In an uninterested tone he expressed his excitement about proprietary cables and file formats. While Bert’s obligatory Apple bashing is to be expected and certainly was not intended to encourage any thought, his attempts to pointlessly piss me off went unrewarded this time. After some deep […]

[Read more →]