July 2009
29 posts
Flour Power
i might need to go get a snack after looking at this again.
bodysoulconnect:
I’ve been experimenting with coconut flour, which seems to be all the rage these days.
A few weeks ago I made these blueberry muffins using coconut flour, but they were too mushy for my taste because the recipe called for so many eggs. They were pretty though and the blueberries still tasted great.
But these...
after dark →
i’ve set up my tripod and played around with long exposures in the past and loved the results. for some reason, i just got away from it. but since i have a new camera and tripod, i decided to find…
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WatchThe future of news? After 174 years of publishing a daily newspaper, The Ann Arbor News is forced to reinvent itself. NBC’s Sheila Conlin (my old neighbor!) reports.
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WatchThis morning I saw @stevecase tweet out that today was the last day to watch the full length version of The Entrepreneur on Snagfilms. So I multitasked… Skyping with developers in India, checking email, writing and watching the film. What a story of human spirit, adventure and persistence. From the very end of the film, here’s my favorite quote:
In 70 years, Malcolm Bricklin married...
Barnes & Noble Launches eBook Store: Download Free... →
somewhatfrank:
Looks like B&N is looking to keep the pace with Amazon.
and free wifi in-store. sweet.
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WatchThe Life of a Digital Nomad - The Washington Post
“Gruber and Web entrepreneur Jen Consalvo turned up late one morning, opened...”
– Digital Nomads Ditch Their Cubicles for Diners and Pool Decks - washingtonpost.com
look mom! I’m in the Washington Post :)
Seth's Blog: When you buy Zappos, what do you buy? →
brief post about what amazon already has (shoes, technology, etc) but what zappos really offers them.
Amazon.com to Acquire Zappos.com →
caterpillarcowboy:
Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon will acquire all of the outstanding shares and assume all outstanding options and warrants of Zappos in exchange for approximately 10 million shares of Amazon common stock, equal to approximately $807 million based on the average closing price for the 45 trading days endingJuly 17, 2009. In addition, Amazon will provide Zappos employees...
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The Rise of 'Social Video' Marketing - Samsung... →
The technique of “social video” — the use of video as the central organizing element for social interaction and storytelling online — is beginning to show its power… read more
“In the past few months, two of the highest-profile and most heavily-funded...”
– What Sank Veoh and Joost? Too Much Cash Too Soon - Advertising Age - DigitalNext
lungshan & lotus →
i mentioned in my last blog post how much i loved lungshan temple and the lotus pond we discovered afterwards. interestingly, i found both deeply peaceful and meaningful, but in very different…
Photrade is closing...
Dear Photrade Users,
At the end of 2008 you were informed by the owners of Photrade.com that they had lost their funding and would not continue to develop the website. And at some point earlier this year, all of the full sized images that had been uploaded to Photrade were deleted. I hope you kept a backup copy of your images.
Yikes.. hate seeing notes like that. Best of luck to the former...
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Congrats Tariq! Jolicloud completes series A round
Jolicloud is the latest company by Tariq Krim, the founder of Netvibes, one of Europe’s most successful Web startups. Not just another operating system, Jolicloud transforms netbooks into sophisticated Web devices that tap into the cloud to provide free, open and easy access to a new generation of Web applications.
Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end... →
Winning the ultimate battle: How humans could end war
taipei - it’s in taiwan →
just needed to clarify because most people guessed thailand - someone even thought it was in south america. but no, it’s in taiwan which is part of the prc (china). anyway, several weeks ago i was…
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this cover just put the biggest smile on my face....