Bob Buskirk sent me this Businessweek story about Kevin Rose (founder of Digg.com) and other young Dot Com entrepreneurs. Well, the story is really more about Rose and Digg than anyone one else. In the fall of 2004, Rose withdrew $1,000, nearly one-tenth of his life savings, and paid a freelance coder $12 an hour to mock up a Web […]
Read MoreOne of the bad thing (or good, depending on how you look at it) of being a Dot Com Mogul is I don’t keep track of holidays. Not having to punch a time clock or do the 9 to 5 routine means pretty much every day is a holiday for me. The only holiday dates I know by heart is […]
Read MoreIn addition to visiting the Butchart Gardens while in Victoria, we also had a chance to swing by the Butterfly Garden. As you can guess, the place is full of butterflies. If you like butterflies then this place is for you. Here are some photos from our visit. No I didn’t whack any butterflies, but it did cross my mind!
Read MoreWe were in Victoria yesterday to do some site seeing. One of our stops was at the Butchart Gardens, one of Victoria’s most popular attractions. The garden features 55 acres of floral displays. It really is a beautiful place. With so many flowers you can imagine there are a lot of bees around. A few of them were harassing us […]
Read MoreJust saw over on Digg that there is a story on Tech Crunch about a digg user selling his account on eBay. The current bid is $157.50. Now why would anyone want to buy a Digg profile? Well Geekforlife, the profile up for sale, is currently ranked 75th among Digg’s 445,000 registered users. A user with a higher rank is […]
Read MoreThis is a video of the last 3 minute and 50 seconds from China’s fireworks display at the HSBC Celebration of Lights. Since all fireworks get bigger and more exciting towards the end instead of the beginning, I figure I will just skip to the good part. Enjoy!
Read MoreYesterday we went to check out the fireworks at the HSBC Celebration of Lights. This is a yearly summer event put on by the city of Vancouver. This year, four countries are competing; Italy, China Czech Republic and Mexico. Tonight’s show was China’s. The barge that holds the entire firework display was docked out on English Bay. Each firework display […]
Read MoreGoogle’s proposed $90 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by advertisers (of which I am one) who claim they were charged for illegitimate clicks on links they paid to have displayed on the search engine’s pages has been approved by Miller County, Arkansas Circuit Judge Joe Griffin. You can read the full Associated Press story at the New York Post. […]
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