Archive for March, 2008
Harrah’s is Smarter than Their Casinos Look
I'm completely fascinated with the inner workings of Vegas (like most people) so I really ate up Christina Binkley's excellent new book titled "Winner Takes All".
It's a great read on Las Vegas and how it has evolved over the years to its current incarnation.
Binkley provides all kinds of great stories culled from [...]
How To Get Me to Click a Banner Ad
I never click on banner ads. Seriously. Never.
But, today was different. I clicked on a banner ad. Some genius has created a viral campaign that I'm sure will take over the Internet soon.
Here's the play-by-play for how someone got me to click a banner ad:
1) I was browsing RealClearPolitics a solid political site [...]
Still Waiting For My DNA Results
Whenever I run into friends and family someone usually asks me about my "DNA thing". They always want to know if I "know anything yet?".
Five weeks have elapsed since I mailed my saliva tube on Feb. 7 (You can see my DNA party photos here and my spit challenge video here). 23andMe says that [...]
Thought-to-Speech Technology is Freaking Me Out
Ambient Corp is developing a neckband called the Audeo that reads nerve signals in your neck so you don't actually have to speak out loud to have a phone conversation. All you have to do is think about voicing words to have a phone conversation.
WTF, right?!
You really need to read this New Scientist article and [...]
I’ve Never Viewed My Medical Records. Have You Seen Yours?
All through my childhood, teen years and, now, young adult years I've gone to my doctor's office for yearly checkups, physicals and random things that come up now and then (i.e. broken bones, viruses).
Every time I visit my doctor I wait in the waiting room, get called back by a nurse, get weighed and [...]
My Top Ten Keywords is Bad News for the NBA
Here are my top ten keywords for the past three months:
1. buzzyeah
2. nba stream
3. streaming nba games
4. nba streams
5. live nba streaming
6. basketball games online
7. nba games online
8. nba streaming
9. live basketball games
10. stream nba games online
Nine of my top ten keywords are people searching for streaming/online NBA games. Which is something they won't find [...]
Get a ShareThis Button For Your Blog ASAP
The ShareThis button packs a ton of useful sharing stuff into one clean little button.
What does it do?
When your readers click the ShareThis button a small popup window appears that allows them to easily share posts and pages on your blog or site.
Here it is in action:
It also lets you share stuff via [...]
Comcast Subscribers, Ireland, Philippines, Lithuania Cut Access to NBA League Pass Games
I'm a Comcast high-speed Internet subscriber and I haven't been able to view live (or archived) NBA games on the NBA's League Pass Broadband site for over a week.
For awhile I just thought that my saved log-in info needed to be re-entered. But that doesn't seem to be the problem since I re-entered my correct [...]
Three Artists That I’ll Buy Anything and Everything They Produce
This list complements something I posted earlier today and is inspired by Kevin Kelly's excellent article titled "1000 True Fans".
1) Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers stuff on Amazon and his quick biography on McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
2) TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio stuff on Amazon, their website and their MySpace.
3) Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze stuff on [...]
The Music Industry is Failing Because It’s Built Around the Top 20% “Hits”
The music industry is failing because it's built around the top 20% "hits".
I just got done reading Kevin Kelly's blog post titled "1000 True Fans" and it got me thinking about all kinds of things, especially my above statement.
In the article he delivers a fascinating concept that solo artists only need "1000 True Fans" [...]
