Monthly Archives: July 2005
Book Review: Mr. China
Over the last couple days I read Mr. China: A Memoir (aff), by Tim Clissold. It’s kind of a Chinese version of Burn Rate (aff), which hilariously crystallized the the early days of the dot com mania. Except that, according to Clissold, China … Continue reading
Google Moon
In honor of the moon landing on July 20, 1969, Google has launched Google Moon, which applies their mapping technology to a little slice of the moon. Make sure you zoom in really close. The detail is amazing.
North Korea: Right Out of 1984
Lately I’ve been fascinated by North Korea. I guess because everything I hear about it is just so… creepy that it attracts me for the same reason I slow down when I drive by a traffic accidents. Kim Jong Il … Continue reading
Shared tags – how long until the spam tsunami?
A few weeks ago Fred Wilson wrote about the (frankly brilliant) hijacking by Eric at Feedburner of his fred’spodcast tag to do an elevator pitch. So Fred set up a special fred’selevatorpitch tag just for this purpose. Then Brad Feld … Continue reading
Independence Day at Estes Park
Yesterday my wife and I went to Estes Park for the afternoon and did a little canoeing on the reservoir (satellite picture here). It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. One thing I noticed, though, was there … Continue reading
Breaking in to China
As some of you may know, I’m very interested in doing business in China. Earlier this year my wife (who is Chinese) and I set up Escalan Beijing, an online marketing company that helps Chinese companies with pay per click … Continue reading
Google Adsense Secrets
Joel Comm, a friend of mine who’s been making a living online for many years, has released the second edition of his Google Adsense Secrets e-book(aff.). If you are using or considering using Adsense, I urge you to check this … Continue reading