Monthly Archives: February 2009

A Lost Generation

A friend sent me a link to this video and I thought it was worth sharing more broadly (it’s from 2007, so maybe you’ve already seen it):

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Off to SMX West in the Bay Area

I’m off to Santa Clara tomorrow afternoon for the SMX West conference, but will be back in Seattle Thursday evening just in time for the Seattle REBarCamp event on Friday morning. If you’re in the Bay Area (or traveling to the conference) and want to meet up this week, e-mail me.

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The World is Sometimes an EXTREMELY Ugly Place

Photo courtesy of John Fenzel I’m a firm believer that sticking your head in the sand gets you nowhere in life. With that said, I wanted to share a gut retching passage from The Translator that sheds some light on just how ugly this world can be. The memoir, written by Daoud Hari, takes you into the heart of the Darfur genocide through the eyes of a “translator” (Daoud) who helped journalists navigate the landscape as a guide. If you want to keep your head in the sand about what has occured in Darfur, that’s your decision. And if that’s you, I’d urge you to click back on your browser right now and not read … Continue reading

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What Does the $15,000 Tax Credit Mean to You?

There are some details on the $15,000 tax credit over at Zillow Blog for those interested. How much of a positive effect on the housing market do you think this will have?

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I Think My Blog got Hacked – Any Idea How to Fix It?

I’ve still been struggling to figure out why my blog appears to be penalized and I think I may have (finally) found something. Take a look at the page descriptions here. I don’t see the same content on the actual page after clicking through, so I wonder whether a hacker put some sort of cloaking script on my blog that shows Google something different than a person? How do I find this in my wordpress theme file and remove it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A-Rod on Steroids?

I just checked ESPN and saw this story about A-Rod testing positive for steroids in 2003 — when will this steroids mess end for MLB?

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Yahoo! Search Pad

I just watched the brief demo of Yahoo Search Pad, and I think the new feature is pretty slick. Is this enough to break my Google habit? Probably not, but it’s a good start.

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