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Archive for December, 2004

Community Guy Podcast

I’ve been playing with some tech stuff to try to set up a podcast related to community stuff. I pulled out an old MP3 player that records audio, bought a headset microphone, and then discovered that I need one more piece of hardware… I think. Still playing around, but I’ll get it working before the end [...]


Blog Stats

Newsflash: The Blogosphere is growing. Check out the new stats, some pretty impressive numbers!
 
 


RSS Advertising

Jason takes an interesting look at RSS advertising. The coolest part of this blog entry is the interview with the creators of the some of the big RSS readers.
I actually think that RSS advertising holds some terrific potential. Because of the completely opt-in nature (no one thinks “Hey, I never added this RSS feed to [...]


Virtual Wingman

MSN find a new trend: Buying a wingman.

?Every guy?s gotta play the role of the wingman at some point in his life. It?s the unwritten guy code,? says Steve Dybsky, a 25-year-old Chicagoan who works in advertising and has been a wingman for friends ? and had them do the same.
It?s become such a [...]


Hot Wheels adult fans

From this article:

Even after more than 35 years, there is a excitement surrounding the cars that toys usually enjoy only for a short time, a la Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch dolls. Hot Wheels’ nearest die-cast competitor, Match Box cars, have been around even longer and have a following, but  not the cache of Hot [...]