Entries for Monday, May 15, 2006
➠ May 15, 2006
Tabblo: Poster Child | Boston WTF
glenn’s written an excellent review of new photo-sharing site Tabblo for BostonWTF.
TechCrunch » Moola’s Interesting Business Model
Hooray! It’s the first fucking idiotic, easily-gamable, pyramid-scheme, AllAdvantage-style “We’ll pay you to watch ads” business model of the new bubble.
13 Shocking Secrets You’ll Wish You Never Knew About Lemony Snicket
PDF containing new clues and details regarding the upcoming final book in the Series of Unfortunate Events (Due out Friday the 13th October)
No running, shouting or piddling in the shallow end.
Our basement, with the delightful addition of a couple of inches of floodwater. Every hardware store in the area is sold out of pumps, so we're waiting for the fire department to pop round and help us out. Oh, the joys of homeownership.
Snap
Snap (the olde Idealab search site) has relaunched. It’s an endearingly different approach, and good for browsing, but I imagine it’s be a PITA when doing in-depth technical searches.
Free calls to all landlines and mobile phones within the US and Canada - Skype Blogs
US Skype users can now use it to phone anywhere in the US or Canada. This is going to be painful for the mobile companies — I’m sure a large part of their money comes from people using the “free” longdistance that your minutes bring.
Life After the Video Game Crash
Fun rant predicting an impending crash. “We’ve now advanced from realistic 3D to slightly prettier 3D and… even slightlier prettier 3D with slightly better reflection effects and slightly better animated water ripples and - oh, look! This game has the most realistic fog yet!”
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