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A Spooky Halloween Light Display {Luxist}
Oct 24th 2006 4:11PM That's pretty nifty ... although I wonder how good of a projection job it does in real-life.
Speaking of spooky halloween light displays, you might enjoy mine at http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/halloween_webcam
Use the halloween webcams to view live images of a buncha halloween decorations & lights and also CONTROL them - heck, you can even inflate (or deflate) the giant Frankenstein & Homer Simpson - D'oh! The webcams run 7x24 and you can turn stuff on & off from 1800 to 2200 MDT (GMT-6). Plus you can send "Instant Messages via Webcam" for everyone to see.
No Really... {Blog Maverick}
Jun 14th 2006 9:35PM Hey Mark, Any chance you can add Celiac Disease to your (I'm sure really long) list of charities to donate too. My kids have this ... and I've tried to "walk the talk" with a variety of off-beat fundraisers that have generated over $10,000 for the University of Maryland - http://www.celiaccenter.org/news_xmas.asp Tons of good causes out there Mark - this one happens to be personal for me - so hope you don't mind me making a pitch for it next time you are looking for another charity to support - heck, maybe you will sell *YOUR* boat (hah, hah!) and donate those proceeds! Good luck in the series, alek
NYTimes Sunday Business or Bloggers. Who has higher standards ? {Blog Maverick}
Dec 18th 2005 9:15PM As much as I would like to agree with you Mark, the question is a bit unfair ... as it all depends on the NTT writer/editor and the blogger. I.e. as much as the NYT would LIKE to say ALL of there stuff is all top-notch, it always come down to people. So yea, some writers (with blessing from their editors) do a crappy job ... whereas I'm sure there are others that do much more thorough work. Ditto in the blogging community - some folks write detailed well-researched stuff ... whereas some bloggers just fly off the handle with ... crap. An interesting related question might be who who is more passionate about their writing: NYT or Bloggers? Same caveats as above apply ... so change that question (and your original one) to the NYT writer/editor who did the story on 'ya versus your blog ... I think that one is a bit earier to answer! ;-)
Who needs an entirely satisfying explanation ?? :) {Blog Maverick}
Dec 14th 2005 12:31AM Mark, I would suggest that a "entirely satisfying explanation" for why you are listed is because "you got bucks, you are a smart dude, and you speak the plain unvarnished truth without Corporate BS" - my two cents. BTW, today's (Tuesday, December 13th) Wall Street Journal on page C3 has an article about your latest investment ... in toilet seats! ;-) I noticed the "in an Email interview" which you've commented is your preferred approach. And loved the last line "People tend to approach technology the same way, whether it's in front of them, or behind them" - hilarious! Care to comment on all this along with how well it was reported?
Attack of the Splogs Revisited {Blog Maverick}
Dec 11th 2005 12:52AM I certainly agree with the concept in theory Mark ... but how do you go about determing if the content is actually redirected or copied? That's a pretty computationally intensive task. And assuming you can do so, then how do you determine who the actual owner is? The later is even less of a trivial problem - as I've read stories about black hats with high page-rank sites scraping content from lower-page rank sites which then get banned by Google due to duplicate content - i.e. the big "G" picked the wrong site to penalize. Dynamic content isn't as difficult (see an extreme example in my signature) since it's much more difficult to replicate. But static content is exactly that ... and I think it's very hard to determine who the "rightful" owner is ... although it sure would be nice for those of us that write our own words, take our own pictures, etc. alek Christmas Lights for Celiac Disease Research http://www.komar.org/cgi-bin/xmas_webcam
Anatomy of a New York Times Article {Blog Maverick}
Aug 21st 2005 8:02PM HEY ... check this out Mark ... so I read your entry Sunday morning and clicked thru on the NYT article, fully expected to get the "Registrated Required" screen ... so I was surprised when that didn't happen. So I happen to circle back Sunday evening to re-read it again ... and when I click on it, I DO get the "Registration Required" screen. I.e. my guess is the article was "open" to the public this morning, but was put behind the wall later in the day. Maybe co-incidental that this was done after your blog entry - any chance you could get a comment from the NYT on that possibility? ;-)
Anatomy of a New York Times Article {Blog Maverick}
Aug 21st 2005 11:41AM Great writeup Mark - I find these type of exchanges interesting - how the story ends up getting twisted is incredible - I had a first hand experience with my Christmas Lights hoax - see http://www.komar.org/xmas/hoax/media.html - but you'd think they do better with business writing. Your "I'm sorry" response to the "Alex Berenson is one of my best friends" name drop was hilareous - is there more to this? BTW, is a reporter ever NOT on deadline when they talk to you - I gotta believe this adds to the poor end result. P.S. You have a leading "a" in the second "article" link before the http, so that link is broken.
Using Blog Search for Business {Blog Maverick}
Jul 24th 2005 1:08AM Mark, The HREF to http://Blogs.icerocket.com/ (clickable here) is blank in your tenth paragraph so it's not clickable ... Cool stuff ... but why the delay in renaming the site - seems strange - don't you want to build the brand identity from day 1?
$1M a year in Google Adsense (or why 2,739 is my favorite number) {The Jason Calacanis Weblog}
Jul 22nd 2005 12:59AM Nice job - you responded to the comment above that you are not yet in the Premium program, but will be soon - would be interesting to hear what differences that makes for 'ya. Congrats again!
