Archive for 2006/08


Facebook:1, MySpace:0

I just happened to notice that Facebook now has an option to import an external blog which is displayed as “Notes.” I’ve always shyed away from MySpace blogs and bulletin posts. Between wordpress and livejournal i’ve had enough blogging to do. While to the best of my knowledge MySpace doesn’t offer the [...]

UMPC Domains Fetching Big Bucks at Auction

A pair of sites named for ultra-mobile personal computing (umpc.cn and umpc.com.cn), one of the hottest technologies around, fetched an eye-popping 390,000 yuan ($49,000).
Full story available at CNN.
The only conclusion that I can draw from this news is that while UMPC growth is slow here in the US, it seems like it is something which [...]

Trip to Seattle: Epilogue

Ok after I finally got there the two days consisted of two or more runs for coffee, walking Donny’s dog Sumi, then the pre-lunch brainstorm, which was followed by lunch, then after lunch the coding or site setups began. At about 6 or 7PM we decided to venture out for dinner or hanging out [...]

Trip To Seattle Day 1

So I finally made it to Seattle by about 12:30PST. Yes, I ended up getting on the 925am CST flight out of Chicago. Actually i’d decided not to worry about flying stand by on that flight and just wake up for my 11:55am flight out, however I slept until 8am and then just [...]