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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Brandon Wirtz is the Greatest Living American

If you've been following this story, Colbert is getting folks to participate in a "Google Bomb" campaign. This dude has launched a counter-insurgency. My hats off to a Great Living American! I wish him the best of luck in his endeavor and encourage you to post a link....

Brandon Wirtz is the Greatest Living American: "Stephen Colbert is out to steal my thunder as Greatest Living American. So I'm actively going to try and Foil Him. I may not have his legions of people, but this is about SEO, and his followers don't have my friends Google Rank.
I may not be qualified to be the Greatest… but I am a Great Living American, and that is not that far off of Greatest Living American. Even if I can be in the top 10 links, I think that should be worth something."

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Two Reasons Why Royalty Decision Sucks

Don't get me started on what a good old boy club decision this one was...anything to preserve the status quo while the little guy gets squeezed out. One could argue the politics of capitalism, but the fact is the artists who create the product (ie, the industry) make the least. I'm an ASCAP member, and I'm all for protecting my rights as an artist. Its not up to me to protect the wallets of the people who have been ilking us for years....... Read on!

Two Reasons Why Royalty Decision Sucks

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Monday, April 16, 2007

Getting Things Done In 60 Seconds

I read this post because I generally respect only a few people I've come across on the web. Mike Elgan is one of them. (I highly recommend his newsletter if you like geeky computer stuff).
This isn''t really the sort of thing I use as my mantra, but I took 60 seconds to check it out. It's solid advice...not rocket science, but solid advice none the less. The guy who wrote the book seems to be your typical "rah-rah" type, but amazingly I've found these guys to have some great concepts under all the slick sales crap! I'm mean come on...who couldn't be more organized?

Getting Things Done In 60 Seconds

Ask Google...

Have you ever been confused by conflicting reports coming from the "Un-Evil" folks at Google? Well this custom search will help you sort out what is really going on at what has become the world's third largest target to bitch about. It must be tough holding down the top 3 with Microsoft and Apple doing such a good job....

Ask Google

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Pieces of Titanic Transformed Into Luxury Watches

Steel and coal from the Titanic have been transformed into a new line of luxury wristwatches that claim to capture the essence of the legendary oceanliner which sank in 1912.


Pieces of Titanic Transformed Into Luxury Watches

High Taxes Deter Plant Expansion In Vermont

Business at Weidmann Electrical Technology in St. Johnsbury is booming. So much, the company is looking to expand its operations.

But that expansion will not take place in Vermont....

High Taxes Deter Plant Expansion In Vermont
This is the price we pay for wanting to regulate and tax everything to death in the name of being green. I'm sure there are hippies across Vermont jumping up and down in their bierkenstocks proclaiming victory...That's great, but tell that to the guy in the Kingdom who can't find a decent job!

150+ brave weather to March For Livable Wages!

Calling for livable wages and public policies that produce real family supporting jobs, over over one-hundred and fifty community members with representatives of over a twenty different local unions march and rallied thoughout Burlington on Saturday.