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You’re Time Person of the Year 2006

17/12/2006

Don’t forget to add it to your CV.

Ear fastener for oral condoms

15/12/2006

It was a headline in b3ta about results they pulled up on Google’s new patent search, I had to post it. Sorry. Not really safe for work. Except possibly if you work in a brothel.

Find yourself on the Map of the Internet

15/12/2006

I saw aircontractors.com writ large on the side of a jet in an airport I passed through over the weekend, and had to plug the URL into my browser when I got home; turns out they’re an airfreight company with a few dozen jets.

Their website isn’t brilliant from a usability point of view, but the homepage is very impressive because of a series of impressive images that rotate every time you visit. It’s a pity they didn’t get a designer with the same skill level, the site could easily be an award winner with that kind of imagery available!

Confused Capitalists

13/12/2006

You gotta love this piece about Craigslist in the NYT, demonstrating a major culture clash between financial analysts and Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster. You can almost see them leaving the conference scratching their heads. Hopefully they’ll scratch all the way through to their brains and kill themselves.

(Yes, I run a business myself; no, I’m not being ironic. Not everything has to be about money.)

LCD makers probed for price fixing

13/12/2006

ars: Several LCD makers are facing new regulatory probes in the US, Japan, and Korea for anti-competitive practices. Samsung, Sharp, NEC, AU Optronics, LG Phillips, and Chi Mei Optoelectronics are all being examined for allegedly working together to fix prices on LCDs in order to combat falling prices.

Scandanavia…

12/12/2006

Isn’t very cold at the moment, but it’s still picturesque. Wouldn’t live there though.

More later.

Medical Defence Union

12/12/2006

(See here for an explanation.)

QUESTION: When is an insurer not an insurer?

ANSWER: When it is the Medical Defence Union (MDU) or a copycat version of it. (See Link) (more…)

ECB up 0.25%

07/12/2006

That’s half of Cowen’s benefits to home buyers gone. Between that and the frankly idiotic cut in the top level of tax that we’ll probably desperately need next year, I reckon this particular Fianna Failure just flushed Ireland’s future down the toilet for a few years to come. And the opposition will have to clean up after them again.

You’re Time Person of the Year 2006

Reno Balloon Race 2006