Posted on March 18, 2010 in Politics |
Currently there is a great deal of controversy over an effigy of President Obama in a Rhode Island school after the school fired their teachers. President Obama stated, "Even as the president applauded Central Falls' reform, he conceded that firing teachers is the least preferred measure. "Replacing school staff should only be done as a last resort," he said at an education event on March 1.
"But if a school continues to fail its students year after year, if it doesn't show signs of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability," Obama said. "And that's what happened in Rhode Island."
For more information go to CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/17/rhode.island.school.reform/
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Posted on March 18, 2010 in Review |
Graco Children's Products Inc., have been working closely with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to issue a safety recall of the Harmony High Chair. 1.2 million Graco high chairs from 2003 to 2009 are affected by this recall - we can tell you that the Harmony models are no longer in production.
The screws holding the front legs of the high chair can loosen and fall out and/or the plastic bracket on the rear legs can crack causing the high chair to become unstable and tip over unexpectedly. This poses a fall hazard to children.
Graco has received 464 reports of screws loosening/falling out and/or plastic brackets cracking causing the high chair to tip over unexpectedly. These tip-overs resulted in 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm, and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to the body.
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Posted on March 18, 2010 in NCAA |
With March Madness starting you need to download and print your NCAA tournament bracket.
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Posted on March 17, 2010 in Entertainment |
It just goes to show you that every man can be lead astray by the little head. Jesse James was caught cheating with tattoo bombshell Michelle McGee.
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Posted on March 3, 2010 in Entrepreneurship |
Restaurants are a tough business. Here's an example of what not to do when running a restaurant.
Continue reading Review of La Stazione Santa Fe - Restaurant Fail »
Posted on November 11, 2008 in Projects |
I have launched a service of vertical shopping portals. The first of these is Designer Shoes for Sale. The fundamental problem I am trying to solve is that people shop for different goods in different ways.
For example shoes are purchased in a fundamentally different way than high end electronics. For example shoe sizing and shoe fit are very different from designer to designer. Most people when they are shopping for shoes online are looking for a replacement pair of shoes to the ones they already own. No shopper is going to buy a pair of shoes from a new designer without trying it on first. This makes for a fundamentally different buying experience. With Designer Shoes for Sale, I have made sure to display stocking and sizing availability for each designer and each shoe. This means consumers can quickly find if I have the correct size in stock and then check other shopping venues such as Ebay and Shopping.com on the same page to make sure my price is rock solid. So I try to make the buying experience re-affirm the fact that they are buying the exact same product they currently have.
Posted on April 20, 2008 in |
5DollarAuctionDeal.com is a site that that has everything that $5 dollars and below at Ebay. Now you can quickly find some of the best deals at Ebay with a simple to use interface. The site updates in real time from Ebay's web services platfom so that the latest results are available for $5 dollars or less are available.
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Posted on January 27, 2008 in Ideas! |
Global expansion is something large corporations do all the time. It's also good idea for any affiliate marketer to consider. I recently launched a Canadian shopping portal, a Faire du shopping which is a French shopping portal. That's not all either.
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Posted on January 19, 2008 in Startups |
With so many web 2.0 startups running around with too many consonants in their name, it's hard for a traditional software startup to get some of the buzz that yet another youtube clone might. Today I am profiling Packet Analytics which provides a NetFlow search engine.
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Posted on December 13, 2007 in Affiliate Marketing |
I have been incredibly busy this holiday season. Comparison shopping is my niche and I really try to launch new properties. Last year it was Early Miser. This year I launched quite a few new properties and relaunched some old ones.
Continue reading Holiday Sites. No, I didn't crawl into a hole and die. »
Posted on October 21, 2007 in Startups |
I missed the 
initial beta launch of http://www.spock.com two months ago. I have been swamped at DWT and quite frankly the people search space isn't one I am particularly interested in.
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Posted on October 15, 2007 in Marketing |
My dislike for the marketing scam Agloco is well documented. In the most recent email I got from them flogging the scheme, they have actively encouraged their members to commit click fraud.
Continue reading AGLOCO encourages click fraud. Watch out ASK.com Advertisers »
Posted on October 15, 2007 in Internet |
Once thing that has changed over the last 5 years is the growth and replacement of the CRT monitor. LCD monitors have completely replaced CRTs with new computer shipments. This means a design change for website owners since LCD have a different aspect ratio.
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Posted on October 2, 2007 in Hosting |
Basic website hosting is one of those things that I take for granted. I have multiple options open to me since I manage and maintain my own cluster, in addition to having a significant number of shared hosting accounts for IP range diversity. I usually bring on a new host when I have a project that has specific needs in a hosting environment.
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Posted on September 22, 2007 in Ebay |
After Shoemoney sold Auction Ads, it didn't take long for the service to go completely to shit. I was running Auction Ads on my Bobby Orr memorabilia site.
Continue reading Wow Auction Ads SRSLY SUCKS »