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Thanks Tom Ransom

Thanks Tom Ransom 03/06/2004 01:56 AM

Last week I mentioned that I wanted to acquire an older Mac for some testing. Tom Ransom from One Big Idea emailed to say that he has a clone PowerPC 604 that he wasn’t using. And the price was right. I’m paying $10 for shipping and Tom’s giving me the Mac. He’s even throwing in some accessories like a USB card. Tom’s my hero.

Hopefully with that USB card I’ll be able to add the Mac to my KVM switch (or maybe upgrade to a 4 port USB KVM) and not clutter my desk with another keyboard and monitor.

Web Ransom Notes

Web Ransom Notes 03/28/2005 11:54 PM
Cheers to Library Tetronics for pointing me to the Web ransom note, built with the Yahoo API. It's available at http://blog.outer-court.com/yahoo/letters.php5 . Actually it's called Web of Letters. Enter your...

Blog for ransom?

Blog for ransom? 11/10/2003 11:34 PM
On a tip from meish.org, I had to check out crazy shwango! Quite ate up! Do it yourself! Screen shot...

Ransom Love just loves Linux

Ransom Love just loves Linux 11/11/2003 03:18 PM
ZDNet Nov 11 2003 2:41PM ET

Former Caldera CEO Ransom Love joins
Progeny board

Former Caldera CEO Ransom Love joins
Progeny board 11/11/2003 04:41 AM
A press release is out this morning (and is reprinted at the bottom of this article) that says Ransom Love is joining Progeny's board of directors. Progeny founder -- now Board Chairman and Chief Strategist -- Ian Murdock says they went after Ransom, not the other way around. "We asked him," Ian adds with a small laugh, "but he was more than willing." And why wouldn't he be? Progeny is not only profitable today but has been profitable for the last two years and is reinvesting its profits in the company. It is now up to 25 employees and is looking at further growth in the future.

Electronics seller held to 'security
glitch' ransom

Electronics seller held to 'security
glitch' ransom 01/11/2004 01:36 AM

Turn any string into ransom-note type
based on found images

Turn any string into ransom-note type
based on found images 03/14/2005 05:28 PM
Cory Doctorow: Wil Wheaton sez, "When I was a kid, I loved cutting up magazines and newspapers to make fake ransom notes. Via Waxy, I just discovered The Web of Letters. You can enter any text you like, and using the Yahoo API and its image search capabilities the text will be recreated using random image search results. It's very cool." Link (Thanks, Wil!)

Update: Andreas points us to a Flickr version

Iraq Group Sets Ransom, Deadline for
French Release (Reuters)

Iraq Group Sets Ransom, Deadline for
French Release (Reuters) 09/06/2004 11:14 AM
Reuters - An Iraqi group purportedly holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline for their demands to be met.

Tow Truck Drivers Push Cars into
Tow-Away Zone then hold cars for ransom

Tow Truck Drivers Push Cars into
Tow-Away Zone then hold cars for ransom 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: Tian says: "On March 7th, I took photos of a tow truck driver that damages a vehicle then tries to get away in Phoenix.

Sunday night (March 20th), Phoenix news channel 15 used a bait car and discovered that local tow truck company(s) would actually push cars into tow-away zone first, then held the cars as "hostages" for ransom."

I just watched it. The TV crew set up a white SUV as a bait car, and parked it legally. Time and time again, tow trucks would push the car into a red zone, snap a photo, and tow it away. Of course, when the TV crew showed the owner of the tow truck company how his drivers had pushed the car into the red lane, the owner denied responsibility. "I didn't push it," he said.

Arizona lawmakers have been half-heartedly writing legislation to stop this (isn't it illegal to do this already) but the tow truck has so far been able to convince them not to ruin the good thing they've got going. Link to RealMedia file. The segment starts about 20:15 into the broadcast.

Getting Paid on the Web

Getting Paid on the Web 05/23/2002 10:39 PM

You Can Get Paid For This

You Can Get Paid For This 02/10/2004 02:56 AM
One month ago, I turned on the Google Ads here at ongoing. It’s gone pretty well; herewith a report with some more detail, and some observations on how the system is apt to influence those who use it...

Rooney paid for sex

Rooney paid for sex 08/23/2004 01:08 AM
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How Bad Is Paid Search?

How Bad Is Paid Search? 11/18/2003 11:30 AM
For well over a year folks at the FTC have been "concer ned" about the rise of "paid search" results, where results that are paid for are included without any indication to he end-user that these are sponsored results. Search Engine Guide takes a look at a few different search engines and de monstrates just how deceptive this is - as plenty of search engines are almost entirely made up of paid for results without indicating the monetary relationship. Of course, if the paid search results are that bad, you would think people would go elsewhere - and, there's plenty of evidence to suggest they do. Studies show that the majority of folks still use Google - who is very clear on separating paid results from straight search results.

On How Doctors Gets paid

On How Doctors Gets paid 12/27/2004 09:34 PM
Joe Stirt writes about how strange it is that a bad, even terrible, doctor gets paid as much as a good one. Medical care is one of those very strange parts of the economy where you get paid no matter what the quality of the service you provide....

Paid To Spam

Paid To Spam 04/14/2004 10:26 AM

Paid Inclusion "The Fix Is In"

Paid Inclusion "The Fix Is In" 10/29/2003 01:14 AM
"... out of 20 advertisers and online marketing pros interviewed by BusinessWeek, 10 had experienced firsthand a boost in search-engine rankings when they signed up for paid inclusion."

kid, you've paid your dues

kid, you've paid your dues 04/15/2005 03:22 PM

paid to insert

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Get Paid to Invest

Get Paid to Invest 05/24/2004 12:41 PM
Dividend investing offers a way to have your cake and eat it, too.

Sun paid US$49 million for SevenSpace

Sun paid US$49 million for SevenSpace 02/07/2005 02:02 AM
CNET Asia Feb 7 2005 6:30AM GMT

Sun paid $49 million for SevenSpace

Sun paid $49 million for SevenSpace 02/05/2005 09:57 PM
Sun Microsystems said it paid $49 million in cash for SevenSpace.

"paid editorial assistant"

"paid editorial assistant" 06/05/2004 09:07 AM

Over 400,000 motorists paid car tax
online

Over 400,000 motorists paid car tax
online 01/02/2005 11:31 AM
Irish Times Jan 2 2005 3:51PM GMT

3 Launch Pre-Paid Card for 3G

3 Launch Pre-Paid Card for 3G 05/05/2004 04:19 AM
3G May 5 2004 7:43AM GMT

Get Paid to Listen to Telemarketers

Get Paid to Listen to Telemarketers 03/08/2004 11:04 PM
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. A company named AdNoodle is letting you waive your rights under the Do Not Call list in exchange for cold hard cash. You decide how much it's worth to you - 50 cents, $1, $2 per minute - to have a friendly chat with your local telemarketing concern and answer a &quot;listening comprehension&quot; quiz afterwards. What's your conventional wisdom on this one: Are we bargaining ourselves into a win-win situation? Or are we becoming low-priced callgirls for the bottom-feeders of corporate America? We report, you decide. (via Fark< /a>)

The Paid Inclusion Dinosaur

The Paid Inclusion Dinosaur 06/02/2004 06:35 PM
Source: SearchDay - Why would Yahoo and other search engines do paid inclusion? Money is a big reason -- the ability to earn off what otherwise would be free listings. But paid inclusion involves a gamble that relevancy won't be...

What Would He Get Paid If the Stock Had
Gone Up? (Forbes.com)

What Would He Get Paid If the Stock Had
Gone Up? (Forbes.com) 04/22/2004 09:23 PM
Forbes.com - When John Zeglis took over AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE - News) in 1999, it was the country's premier cell phone company. Its record-setting public offering raised $10.6 billion. Four years later the company was so battered that in February it became a meal for Cingular, a competitor that didn't even exist back then.

Going to school is like getting paid to
create

Going to school is like getting paid to
create 09/19/2004 03:54 PM

So I'm sitting here on a wet Sunday morning and watching a video by Justin Hall. He's gone back to school - and is having a great time in LaLa.

Excerpt from a Justin poem.....

I pause during my second ginger ale and sit on a couch and wait for my date: soon after i'm surrounded by red velvet ropes and told i'll be asked to leave when the reserved party arrives

people too cool to be friendly?
a race to defrost through chemistry to reach for warmth
only out of reach from fear
a massive economy build on the fear of rejection
shaping of self for others who are all busy morphing themselves

what is sincere - the hunger
and maybe play
these are mostly willing, witting participants in identity drama for fun and profit
and maybe its their blustering confidence, their embrace of insincerity that is so defying
what do they know?
how did they choose?
what was their opening move?

this kind of analysis ignores the individuals involved

Here's a video (hlr bday mov) Justin did on Howard Rhiengold...

calpundit gets a paid bl0gging gig

calpundit gets a paid bl0gging gig 03/08/2004 11:17 PM
it was only a matter of time, considering how much respect the journos have for him

The Dot Com Freebie That Paid Off... For
The Few Who Remembered

The Dot Com Freebie That Paid Off... For
The Few Who Remembered 06/02/2004 10:10 AM
In 1998 you couldn't open a browser window without finding some sort of ridiculous "free" dot com promotion - and one of the most ridiculous was a company named TravelZoo that picked up on the fact that everyone was drooling over stock options in companies, and decided to offer "free stock" in the company to anyone who signed up to use their service. It got them a ton of hype, and for about everyone was talking about them. Then, most people forgot about them - even many who signed up to get that free stock. It turns out that maybe they should have paid more attention. That free TravelZoo stock is now actually worth something - but it's too late to redeem your shares if you didn't already re-register the stock when the company moved their shares to the Nasdaq (something most people didn't do). Of course, you have to wonder why the company only seems to be so vocal about this after the date is now passed.

iPod Hasn't Paid The Piper Yet

iPod Hasn't Paid The Piper Yet 06/02/2004 07:59 PM
Apple at least appears to have learned some lessons from its earlier failures to leverage strong technology and the leading early market share in PCs. By Stephen Ellis, The Australian (via MyAppleMenu)

Defending Paid Inclusion

Defending Paid Inclusion 03/06/2004 02:09 AM
In Yahoo Harms Trust in Search Engine, Dan Gillmor references a WSJ.com article that I cannot read (because I don't want their lame "free" registration) and claims that allowing companies to pay to make sure they're included in Yahoo! Search "makes it impossible for users to know whether companies are paying to be included in the results." Dan, it's called "paid inclusion" and it's been around for quite a while. But you don't live and breathe search like John Battelle...

Napster Pre-Paid Cards

Napster Pre-Paid Cards 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

Paid Search Automation

Paid Search Automation 06/22/2004 10:28 AM
Source: iMedia Connection - Can your search engine marketing program survive without… you?...

Forward This Article And Get Paid
$203.15

Forward This Article And Get Paid
$203.15 06/29/2004 01:43 PM

Get paid to stop using Linux?

Get paid to stop using Linux? 11/10/2003 10:58 PM
The offer isn't from Microsoft, as you'd expect, but from our good friends at SCO. We didn't make this up. NewsForge obviously enjoys a good joke as much as anyone, but this is beyond anything our feeble imaginations could have cooked up, and the worst part is, we don't think it's meant to be a joke. It's a real story at a respected news site, not marked as "humor" or any such, under the non-funny headline, Linux Migration Incentives Planned by SCO.

Another Example Of Paid Content Not
Working

Another Example Of Paid Content Not
Working 12/02/2003 10:21 PM
We've said plenty of times before that newspapers hoping to charge subscription fees to access their content online are going to have difficulty doing so - especially when there's nothing particularly unique about the content compared to the thousands of other (free) news sites out there. Now, Digital Deliverance points out that a couple of newspapers that went with a paid model for their online content are trying to scale it back and put up more content for free. Even more interesting, though is the story behind Ireland.com, the website of the Irish Times, which switched to paid access last year. A tiny percentage of their users signed up to pay a yearly subscription fee, but their page views dropped drastically, killing any hope for any serious ad revenue. More importantly, though, they absolutely decimated their audience. When you've done enough to find an audience, a good marketer figures out how to leverage that audience to make money - not to scare them all away by suddenly instituting a fee and hoping you catch a few suckers. There are things you can charge for online, but generally they're services that engage people - not general news content. Leveraging content to bring people back to sign up for a service makes sense. Locking up all that content does not.

Will Paid Inclusion Be Banished?

Will Paid Inclusion Be Banished? 07/19/2004 01:23 PM
Source: DMNews.com - Nate Elliott, a Jupiter Research analyst, said paid inclusion still has a bright future because search engines simply cannot refresh their indexes quickly enough to offer the best possible search results. Jupiter expects paid inclusion spending to...
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