I’m Reading…It’s a little obsessive, I know, but some big news this week on the Harry Potter front. I’ve noticed that interest in my previous posts on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows has been getting more traffic lately, so you know something is up. This week they presented… the book cover art. Yes, believe it [...]
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Nice post on Matthew Mullenweg’s blog on comments made by Mitch Kapor & Mark Zuckerberg at the “Startup School” hosted at Stanford. Matt is the lead developer for WordPress.com. Mitch was the original found of Lotus, and has been a significant figure in the software industry for the past 20+ years. He also happened to [...]
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Wow. Big day for Battlestar Galactica. Out of respect for those who missed the Season 3 Finale, “Crossroads, Part 2″, I delayed this post until now. Please be careful reading ahead if you are averse to spoilers. First off, the interest in the Battlestar Galactica finale was pretty amazing, if my blog is any indication. [...]
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My brother loves me. How else could you explain the lovely birthday present that he gave me yesterday? I’ve placed my order already to the Apple Store for: Airport Extreme Wireless Hub (802.11N) HDMI to DVI cable DVI to RCA Video cable The last two are essential because the AppleTV does not ship with any [...]
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Well, it’s not quite time for goodbye. But soon. With all the press about the George Washington dollar, I’m not sure that most people realize that the US Mint has already stopped producing them. That’s right, they’ve already begun production of the second Presidential $1 dollar coin, the coin for John Adams. The Patriot Ledger [...]
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Wow. That was fast. I’ve previously written about the AppleTV, and how there was significant potential for the idea to work if there were simple ways for people to convert their existing DVD libraries to iTunes. The problem is, due to legal liability, Apple likely has no intention to integrate DVD-ripping into iTunes. So much [...]
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One of the great things about travel is that it usually offers me free time to catch up on some reading. On my recent trips to Orange County and Berlin (not in the same weekend), I’ve managed to knock a few more off my reading list. As a result, I’m going to try another book [...]
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In the interest of full disclosure, please note that as a member of the eBay Express team, I am unabashedly biased. I don’t normally post about eBay Express here on my personal blog, but I’m just too excited about this launch not to say something here. That’s right, starting this week, Half.com sellers can easily [...]
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Interest on my blog is off the charts for Battlestar Galactica lately, so I just had to put a post up as we count down the next five days until the season three finale. First, if you are not caught up, a couple posts you should read: My post on the Death of Starbuck. (this [...]
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I’m back from my trip to Berlin to visit eBay Germany. It was a great week meeting with the teams responsible for eBay Express in the UK & DE. I have a few more pictures that didn’t make the original post, so I thought it was worth a quick wrap-up post to capture them. In [...]
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BuddyTV has a great article handicapping odds for the winner of American Idol, based on their betting community. Since I posted Jim’s prediction here previously, only fair to post this list as well. Melinda Doolittle. 1.24:1 Lakisha Jones. 3.4:1 Blake Lewis. 9:1 Chris Sligh. 11:1 Jordin Sparks. 14:1 More detail here. It seems like this [...]
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The big news today – the rumors are true. Microsoft acquires TellMe Congratulations to GS & JS, and the rest of the TellMe team. No financial details were disclosed, but rumors are for a price around $800 million. The company raised over $230M in capital, and employs 320 people (approximately). There is a nice write-up [...]
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I didn’t know this, but the eBay Express team here in Germany has their own blog. eBay Express Germany Blog Pretty neat. For those of you, like me, who don’t speak German, here is the website through Google Translate. eBay Express Germany Blog in English (Google Translate) For those of you unfamiliar with eBay Express [...]
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I’ve written a lot about the new Presidential Dollar Coin series, and the recent mint errors found with the coins. Some of my previous posts can be found on my Coins page, but the best ones are: US Mint Unveils the 2007 Presidential Dollar Coins New Insights from the Launch of the Presidential $1 Dollar [...]
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In November, on the eve of the launch of the new Quad-core Xeon from Intel, I posted a wish for a gift of an 8-core Mac Pro. The new chip has 4 cores on a single die, making each chip the equivalent of a 4 processor module by itself. Since the Mac Pro has room [...]
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