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Entries from February 2007

How to Ensure Complete Doubt in Your Product

February 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

My attention has been drawn to this video. It’s a pretty humorous attempt to write a simple perl script using Vista’s voice recognition feature. While it’s not as awful as it could be (and there certainly have been more awful attempts), it can hardly be viewed as “usable”. I’m not even sure why companies keep […]

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Tags: business

10th Carnival of Entrepreneurs

February 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Wow they’re really pumpin these puppies out! This time it’s over at Pick the Brain.

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Tags: entrepreneurship

Creating Your Own Enemy

February 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The FCC is complaining about Prince’s halftime show because of a ‘phallic’ reference. At a point in the show, Prince played his guitar behind a large sheet which had his shadow projected onto it. The fashion in which he was holding his guitar created an image that slightly resembled a penis.
This is a complete outrage, […]

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Tags: news · business

Fear of Debt Article Featured on Blogging Away Debt

February 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’m excited to report that a guest article I wrote for Blogging Away Debt has been posted today! It was my way of giving Tricia’s readers another perspective on debt, since my guess is that most of them are fighting their debt problems and used to seeing related material from her. Check it out!

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Tags: personal finance

Top 10 Ways You Know You’re an Entrepreneur

February 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Ahhh… nothin like a fresh top 10 list on the blogosphere to get your blood flowing. StartupSpark has posted this one. I was delightfully surprised to find myselfs saying ‘me too!’ to a lot of them. Though, that may be my wishful thinking.
The ones that most apply to myself:

You always think to yourself, “I can […]

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Tags: entrepreneurship

9th Carnival of Entrepreneurs

February 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Oh man, I’m falling behind. There’s a new Carnival of Entrepreneurs, and it’s on the road now. It’s over at the Dragon Slayer’s. Check it out, and remember, if you want to read more the other 8 CoE’s are hosted at StartupSpark.

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Tags: entrepreneurship

Wordpress Theme Play

February 7th, 2007 · No Comments

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been messing around with new themes. I got bored of the old one pretty quickly. Hopefully I’ll settle on one soon.

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Tags: site

You Have to Pick Your Battles to be Taken Seriously

February 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Snickers aired an ad during the Superbowl in which two guys accidentally kiss and then rip out a handful of chest hair in a manly response. It made me laugh when I saw it, and I thought it was clever. At no point during or after the commercial did I think, “Yea, they’re right. Homosexuals […]

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Tags: news · rant

10 Things You Should Never Buy New

February 6th, 2007 · No Comments

There’s a good list over at MSN of 10 things you should never buy new. I am employing a few of these suggestions already including books, videogames and cars. I suggest you check it out if you’re obsessed with padding your bank account like I am.

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Tags: personal finance

We Should All Be Celebrities

February 2nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’d like to draw your attention to this article. Actor Lane Garrison of Prison Break fame (or infamy) killed a teenager and injured two others while driving them around drunk. He had a BAC of .015. That’s well above the legal limit. Now, what gets me is that the article says that they “want” to […]

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Tags: rant · pop culture