Apparently in Japan, advertisers no longer use URLs. How do they encourage people to go to their websites? Search boxes.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Japan: URL's Are Totally Out
http://www.cabel.name/2008/03/japan-urls-are-totally-out.html
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Who's going to make the NHL playoffs?
Sports Club Stats - Your Team's Chances of Making the Playoffs
Sports Club Stats calculates your team's statistical chances of making the playoffs by running simulations of all the remaining games left in the season. Sports Club Stats has statistical analysis for the NHL's Eastern and Western Conferences, the NBA Playoffs, NFL Playoffs, NASCAR Sprint Race for the Chase, European Football, and MLB.
I'm currently working on my other website Fantasy Hockey Pool Stats .ca, and developing predictions in a spreadsheet for how each hockey team and player will do in the 2008 NHL Playoffs, and Sports Club Stats is going to be helpful with that.
Sports Club Stats calculates your team's statistical chances of making the playoffs by running simulations of all the remaining games left in the season. Sports Club Stats has statistical analysis for the NHL's Eastern and Western Conferences, the NBA Playoffs, NFL Playoffs, NASCAR Sprint Race for the Chase, European Football, and MLB.
I'm currently working on my other website Fantasy Hockey Pool Stats .ca, and developing predictions in a spreadsheet for how each hockey team and player will do in the 2008 NHL Playoffs, and Sports Club Stats is going to be helpful with that.
Friday, March 21, 2008
"Once-in-a-millennium" celebration of holy days
Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... - Time Magazine
In 2008, March 21 has special significance for Christians, Jews and Muslims, as well as Persians, Hindus and Buddhists. In what is described as a "once-in-a-millennium" statistical event, on the same day as Christians remember Jesus' death on Good Friday, there is the Jewish Purim (celebrating the biblical story of Esther), Persian New Year (Narouz), the Sunni
Eid Milad an Nabi (celebrating the Birth of the Prophet), the Hindu Small Holi (an Indian festival of bonfires) and Magha Puja, a celebration of the Buddha's first group of followers, marked primarily in Thailand.
In 2008, March 21 has special significance for Christians, Jews and Muslims, as well as Persians, Hindus and Buddhists. In what is described as a "once-in-a-millennium" statistical event, on the same day as Christians remember Jesus' death on Good Friday, there is the Jewish Purim (celebrating the biblical story of Esther), Persian New Year (Narouz), the Sunni
Eid Milad an Nabi (celebrating the Birth of the Prophet), the Hindu Small Holi (an Indian festival of bonfires) and Magha Puja, a celebration of the Buddha's first group of followers, marked primarily in Thailand.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
What would it be like to be in a crayon world?
Crayon Physics Deluxe - Youtube
For a totally different type of computer game, watch this video of a game where the object is to draw your way out of problems with a crayon. It doesn't hurt that the music is really chilled out too.
For a totally different type of computer game, watch this video of a game where the object is to draw your way out of problems with a crayon. It doesn't hurt that the music is really chilled out too.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Luckiest NHL Goal ever?
Floobster - Rob Davison scores from nearly 200ft on Vesa Toskala (video)
As the 2008 NHL Playoffs approach, everyone's paying a little more attention to the end of the hockey regular season.
Last night, the New York Islanders' Rob Davison scored an almost unbelievable shorthanded goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs, that nearly went the length of the ice. You've really got to see it to believe it. Why is it "almost" unbelievable? Because was playing against the Leafs...
Golf Leafs Golf! Thanks to Digg for the link.
As the 2008 NHL Playoffs approach, everyone's paying a little more attention to the end of the hockey regular season.
Last night, the New York Islanders' Rob Davison scored an almost unbelievable shorthanded goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs, that nearly went the length of the ice. You've really got to see it to believe it. Why is it "almost" unbelievable? Because was playing against the Leafs...
Golf Leafs Golf! Thanks to Digg for the link.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
How ESPN’s Multi-Platform Strategy Hasn’t Improved Ratings
Taking aim at Bristol
Properties, rival networks anonymously take shots, but ESPN contends they miss the big pictureSports Business Journal has a detailed look behind the buzz over "The Emperor’s New Clothes: How ESPN’s Multi-Platform Strategy Hasn’t Improved Ratings," a sharply critical PowerPoint presentation making the rounds of sports league offices and advertising buyers in recent months.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
H1-B Visas: The Biggest Users
Want to get an H1-B visa to work in the United States?
http://www.businessweek.com/table/08/0305_h1b.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/table/08/0305_h1b.htm
You would probably have a much better chance if you got a job with one of these employers first. Business Week magazine reports that these are the top 200 companies getting H1-B visas approved.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Sympathy card messages
A sympathy card was circulated around the office today for a co-worker whose mother had passed away. I struggled to think of the right thing to say, without copying the wording from any of my colleagues. So, I turned to the web and these are the best sympathy card messages and tips I found:
Monday, March 10, 2008
20 Websites That Will Make You A Better Web Developer
20 Websites That Made Me A Better Web Developer
From sixrevisions, here are 20 websites that can make you a better web developer.
The top 5 are:
From sixrevisions, here are 20 websites that can make you a better web developer.
The top 5 are:
1) Alertbox: Current Issues in Web Usability
2) TheBestDesigns.com
3) A List Apart
4) Getting Real by 37 Signals
5) Digg / Technology
6) Web Design from Scratch
7) mootools
8) ReadWriteWeb
9) Zend Developer Zone
10) css Zen Garden
Now if only I would take my own advice...Friday, March 7, 2008
Everybody’s An Expert
(linkjockey@gmail.com) saw this on newyorker.com and thought you'd like to see it.
A review of a book on making predictions; “Expert Political Judgement: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?†by Philip Tetlock. So who is the real expert? Is it the conventional experts? Are crowds wise? Or is everyone equally bad at predicting the future?
Click here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/05/051205crbo_books1
A review of a book on making predictions; “Expert Political Judgement: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?†by Philip Tetlock. So who is the real expert? Is it the conventional experts? Are crowds wise? Or is everyone equally bad at predicting the future?
Click here: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/12/05/051205crbo_books1
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
New NIN album for download
Nine Inch Nails has a new album online called Ghosts I-IV. It's available for several different price points, including a free download.
Upon listening to Ghosts I-IV for the first time, I can say that it's good, it's instrumental and that it's enjoyable on the first listen.
Yes, MSG, the Secret Behind the Savor - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/dining/05glute.html?em&ex=1204866000&en=cad5d6c699ee65ec&ei=5087%0A
MSG = Delicious?
Is Umami just MSG?
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MSG = Delicious?
Is Umami just MSG?
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
How to Make Fire Balls!
A pretty darn cool idea and video from YouTube. Haruken!
Ingredients for fun: cotton strip, cotton thread, needle, lighter fluid and a match.