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Hungry but humble wrote a good piece which I almost entirely disagree with. Getting VC money is about knowing what kind of startup you will be, and what kind of money you will need. Web Startups generally fall in to two types I normally say swans and butterflies, but to follow the Hungry analogy, Chickens [...]
Skydivers love freefall because it’s the closest possible thing to true human flight. Now everyone can experience the same exhilaration, in a safe environment, in full view of family and friends! iFly offers this extreme Indoor Skydiving / Vertical Wind Tunnel in the Bay Area. Beginners who might be apprehensive about airplanes and parachutes or [...]
Two of my friends have reported that they say $7.50 taken from their PayPal account in recent days by Rebatesoft. The small unauthorized Charge might not be noticed by some. But taken from 100’s of thousands of people the amount adds up. Why PayPal hasn’t blocked this obvious scam is beyond me. Several posts on [...]
On Oscar Sunday, February 22, the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom will once again provide the venue for the arrival of approximately 150-200 Academy stars who will attend the hottest celebrity Awards party in town with even bigger names than last year- Announcing The 19th Annual Night of 100 Stars Black Tie Dinner Viewing Gala. [...]
I’m of the opinion that Twitter should be a no Brainer to monetize, using the Free for 90% of users, Pay for “Pro” Accounts. Most twitter Users are never going to need the features that those of us using Twitter for Business and evangelism need. PermaLinks Unpaid Twits don’t care about the SEO factor of [...]
So Mozilla wants an Open Video format for the web. Yeah well, I want cheap health care for every person on the planet, a pony, and a Red Rider BB gun. Did these people even talk to Acacia? Let’s start with a clarification, VC1, H.264, and Mpeg2 are all Open. You can go out to [...]
And One Ring to Rule them All! With Ping.fm, and Onlywire.com and Friend Feed, and Face book, I think I may have more Social Networks than I have friends. Actually it is pretty close. I have about 500 “Friends” fewer than that followers, and I have logins for 146 social networks, that is before you [...]
Married to the Mob The OBJF T-shirt in White,T-shirts for Women: Model is wearing a size Small Crew neck tee with screen print on front; 100% cotton. By Married To The Mob. You know that preppy cheer leader is a slut, and while she plays the good girl, she’s really just a bitch putting on [...]
Re-enact the Obama Inaugural any time you want with the 6 inch Obama Action Figure. In a time when America so desperately needed a hero, along came a man to show us a brand new vision of what America and the world could be in the 21st century. In many ways, Obama is the closest [...]
Pete’ demonstrates how to use a Neti Pot / Netty Pot to clear your sinuses when you have a cold, allergies, or just think your nose isn’t clean enough. I should have posted this ages ago when Pete shot it, but he was worried people at work would see it. SinuCleanse Neti Pot Kit [...]
Things often boil down to you get what you pay for. Wuala is free cloud storage based on P2P technology. Zumo Drive is a pay service which stores your data on Zumo’s servers and emulates a network drive. Mesh.com is Microsoft’s free service which sync multiple computers and stores your files on their servers. Wuala [...]
So I used to like Ethernet over Power Adapters for an Alternative to the Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter, but I have a new favorite. The Hawking HWREN1. Just hook it to your PC via the enclosed Ethernet Cable, Follow the Setup Wizard, and once it is set up it will not only serve as a [...]
Nvidia Shows off its truly Amazing Latest revision of its LCD Flicker Glasses. Designed to work at 120 hz or 60hz per eye, you get a true 3d Image with depth perception. For Gaming this is really cool. I have been hoping that since more and more TV’s are “3d ready” that we will start [...]
Jake demonstrates his usefulness as a Portable Projection Screen. Samsung shows off their Portable Media Player with Built in DLP Projector. Kids have never had it so easy, you could stay up late and watch movies on the ceiling of your room with one of these. The image quality was surprisingly good, for being half [...]
It’s somewhat fascinating how Google automatically inserts their ads to the stories we write here on XYHD.TV. I just finished writing an article about Bob Barker, explaining how I almost ran over his foot while driving him and his wife in a a long ago Hollywood Santa Claus Parade. Google uses some fancy programming to [...]
Microsoft is encouraging over 1000 women to host Xbox 360 parties. Microsoft contracted with a company called House Party which arranges in home parties for marketers to ship hosting packages containing $150 worth of Xbox goodies. The Package includes a copy of Scene It, and Xbox Universal Media Remote ( called the Scepter ) 90 [...]
The measure of your network is not how many people are in it, but rather how many people would take your call at 3 am from your Jail Cell in Mexico. Much like Blogging, it’s not who you read, its who Reads you, or the Cliche “its not who you know, its who knows you.” [...]
Heat Surge (heatsurge.com and www.amishfireplaces.com) Advertise Electric Fireplaces mounted in a Wood Mantle, made by Amish. I think it is unlikely that the Amish are making anything Electric. The Heat Surge ad mentions the product has received the coveted UL listing. While Getting a UL listing is not easy it is generally required if you [...]
I saw a BigFoot KillerNic (killernic.com) in the Microcenter the other day, and wondered how good it really was, so I bought it figuring if it sucked I could return it. It did, and I did. I put the KillerNic up against the real world experiences I could simulate in my humble home, and compared [...]
Mathew Lesko is a great guy. His site www.governmentmoneyclub.com is every bit as good as it is advertised to be. Mathew Lesko you would likely recognize with his brightly colored suit covered in question marks, which I always found ironic since he was the man with the answers. www.governmentmoneyclub.com is $19.95 and is well worth [...]
The Connecticut Department of Labor (www.ct.gov/dol ) allows you to file for unemployment benefits. Connecticut’s maximum Unemployment Insurance weekly benefit rate is $519. You can receive benefits if you meet a series of legal eligibility requirements: You must be monetarily eligible. You must be totally or partially unemployed. You must have an approvable job separation; [...]
Magic Jack.com is supposed to work with “any Computer” well, not really. It doesn’t work with Cell Processor Macs, Linux PC’s, and it doesn’t work on computers which have firewalls, corporate security, or which you don’t have administrative privileges on. It should also be pointed out that if you are playing games, doing heavy surfing, [...]
ooVoo (www.oovoo.com) teaches you how to video chat for free. Perfect for college student, long distance relationships or long lost friends. ooVoo allows people to connect regardless the distance. With video conferencing you’ll be able to chat at any time, distance, without any fee unless your group exceeds 6. Video chat isn’t just for the [...]
Keeping your TomTom Personal Navigator up to date helps you to avoid detours, construction, and changes in routes. Visiting the TomTom Latest Maps page (www.tomtom.com/latestmap/) helps you keep your maps up to date, and adds information about restaurants, stores, and other supplemental information for your GPS. When you buy a brand new TomTom device, there’s [...]
Ben Kaplan’s (cityofcollegedreams.org) City Of College Dreams gives students information on how to prepare for college. How to win college scholarship couldn’t be easier. After attending Harvard for little cash up front he’s written a book called “How To Go To College Almost For Free”, which can be purchased at cityofcollegedreams.org. It shows step-by-step how to take [...]