Archive for January, 2005

Scoble is right, nofollow is good (from: stillhq.com)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.stillhq.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/diary/000748.html
Robert replies to concerns raised by the anti-nofollow crowd. I have to agree with Robert here… Isn’t free speech about me saying what I want on my site? If I don’t want a crawler to […]

Fortress of Solitude - Tax time! (from: PubSub: Scoble)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://superrob.blogspot.com/2005/01/tax-time.html
Weblog: Fortress of SolitudeSource: Tax time!Link: http://superrob.blogspot.com/2005/01/tax-time.html
It’s that time again. My wife and I got all our W2 forms (and my 1099-T) early, and computed our taxes in roughly 10 minutes. I’ve never used anything but TurboTax.com for the past several years. Don’t buy tax software. That just seems silly. […]

Who Owns the Content? (from: Steve Rubel)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2005/01/who_owns_the_co.html
InformationWeek: People are starting Weblogs in growing numbers, but the owner of the content isn’t always clear.
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Catch the Buzz: Bloc Party (from: Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/archives/2005/01/catch_the_buzz.html?rss
The other day I mentioned that Kele Okereke lent his vocals to the Chemical Brothers. Now his own super hot band, Bloc Party, is gearing up to take America by storm. Their album, “Silent Alarm,” on hip indie label Dim Mak comes out later in March, but they have a few tracks for download on […]

The Nozzle from 20 Years Ago (from: Shaan Hurley)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2005/01/the_nozzle_dwg_.html
The AutoCAD sample nozzle drawing file created by Don Strimbu back in the 80s has come along ways in twenty years. There is now a 3D DWF file fo the updated nozzle that was done in Autodesk Inventor.
The nozzle from 20 year old AutoCAD 2.18.
The new Nozzle in a 3D DWF in the Free […]

Bill Gates doodles reveal more (from: MartinL)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4220473.stm
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The Open Data Format Initiative (from: Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.proudlyserving.com/archives/2005/01/the_open_data_f_1.html
Microsoft recently opened the Office XML file formats, as discussed on Slashdot. Robert Scoble describes Jean Paoli as “beaming” when he told him this.
This notion is also near and dear to my heart. Open data formats are important for many reasons, but the main one is that it’s my data. When I write a […]

Is printing on the wall for Fiorina? (from: Rob Evans)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://firewall.typepad.com/firewall/2005/01/is_printing_on_.html
If you strapped enough LaserJet printers together, could you make a life raft?
At some point during the past few days, Carly Fiorina must have pondered the question.
On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hewlett-Packard’s board is considering a plan to take some of Fiorina’s chief executive authority away and divvy it up among three […]

Grokster and the financial future of America (from: Mark Cuban)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000237029704/
I remember being very nervous back when I was in college.
There was very real discussion about the US losing its station in the world as the worlds most powerfulnation.  There were hostages in Iran. The Olympic boycott. The Japanese Stock Market was booming and manythought it wouldnt be long before our economy would be second to […]

debbie’s blog - Debbie Weil is an expert o… - Lots of good stuff from the Blog Business Summit 2005 (from: PubSub: Scoble)

Monday, January 31st, 2005

http://www.debbieweil.com/archives/2005/01/28/lots_of_good_stuff_from_the_blog_business_summit_2005/index.php
Weblog: debbie’s blog - Debbie Weil is an expert o…Source: Lots of good stuff from the Blog Business Summit 2005Link: http://www.debbieweil.com/archives/2005/01/28/lots_of_good_stuff_from_the_blog_business_summit_2005/index.php
I decided to cover the Jan 24 - 25 conference in Seattle in my other blog, BlogWrite. You can read about it here and here and here. It was a great event. And a […]