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New Tolkien Book To Be Released Shortly
Lord of the Rings fans can look forward to a brand new book, The Children of Hurin, which will be released on Apr 17, 2007. This book was edited by Christopher Tolkien, son of the legendary J.R.R. Tolkien who wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. Chistopher Tolkien has managed his father’s…
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Technosailor Sale Update
The public sale is cancelled. Several folks have inquired on Skype and by email regarding the status of the sale, and unfortunately, public interest has not coalesced. This is disappointing for me, though it does give me some insight that I’ll share. The site is not properly monetized. Many were very surprised that the site…
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Dealing with Founderitis
I found this interesting definition of Founderitis on Wikipedia: “The term “founderitis” or “founder’s syndrome” refers to the unhealthy condition that afflicts many companies whose founders maintain a stranglehold on organizational leadership. While many companies owe their success “” and in fact their very existence “” to their founders, those same individuals can create chaos…
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North Korea's National Color is Gray
I love Scott Adams. Seriously. He’s a demented, sick soul. Here’s his riff on North Korea.
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Grey's Anatomy Killed Us
Forget Digg. We get Dugg all the time. But tonight’s killer (no pun intended) episode of Grey’s Anatomy had the Digg x 10 effect on us via Grey’s Anatomy News. Heh. Downtime is never funny. The unexpected surge and unexpected source knocked us over, and looking back, was kind of funny. Screenshot of Server Logs
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If Everyone is Doing it, Is it Really Cool Anymore?
If a tree falls on a mime in the middle of the woods and nobody hears the mime scream (mouth wide open with no audible sound), does anyone care? I speak of blogging about blogging and I speak to myself as well. In my opinion, the market is way oversaturated when it comes to blogging…
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IPv6 Firewalls
I don’t quite understand the thinking of commenters on this story that think that security lies in having an end-system firewall – that is the Windows Firewall, the built in Mac Firewalls, Symantec Personal Firewall, etc. That’s a degree of security. That’s not real security. Find out the IPv6 issues being discussed for there’s far…
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Exclusive Podcast: Performancing Sold to Splashpress Media
David Krug on the Sale of Performancing to Splashpress Media. Aaron can’t pronounce Dave’s last name. David will be running the site and Splashpress Media will be operating it. The status of Nick Wilson and Patrick Gavin – they will continue to develop the Scribefire plugin (formerly Performancing for Firefox). The goals and intents of…
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Blogs Do Sell
Just to prove that selling a blog is not that far out of the norm, TrueHoops has just been scarfed up by ESPN.
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Forgive Me, Father, For I have a Tech Question
Chris Pirillo, the nutty, high-strung brain behind Lockergnome and former host of the TechTV (remember that network?) show Call For Help is taking the Call For Help idea to the bastion of new media, the blogs and YouTube. He has initiated his first video and is soliciting further questions. Pirillo says, “If you submit a…