Tidbits: Waaay behind on my RSS reader
Sometimes I let my RSS reader get away from me, like this past week. So now I’m playing catch up:
Disney’s new “Dream Home” has a photo that has no less than 11 (ELEVEN!!!) digital photo frames on the mantle of the fireplace. Hmm. I mean, wow. 11. Besides NOT having a RedPost/Sign, really? 11??? Is that anyone’s dream? [TreeHugger]
- It costs 4x as much to send a txt message than to send data to the Hubble telescope. All the cell companies are making boku bucks off txt…AT&T now charges $20/mo for unlimited txting, which is in addition to $30/mo for unlimited data…from an IT perspective, txting takes so little data, that really it should be included unlimited data…unless, say, you’re trying to make crillions of dollars on iPhone fanatics… [PhysOrg]
- 37Signals posted about building things to sell NOW, as opposed to building things to plan to sell later. I agree whole-heartedly…it’s part of why I like being located in Elkhart County, because the overriding entrepreneurial culture is to do stuff NOW, not just talk about doing it. Unless you’re planning a county-wide fiber network, that is…but that’s another story (I should post an addendum to this story at some point…it continues to be fairly ridiculous)… [37Signals Blog]
- Two stories recently, about how Indiana balanced its budget for the 3rd year in a row with government expenditure growth decreasing and, in what I would guess is related, Indiana’s state credit rating is now at AAA, an historic high and the highest credit rating possible. I’d give a lot of credit to the current Governor, Mitch Daniels. [InsideIndianaBusiness]
- If I read one more blog post or article about how Google’s new Knol service is a “rival” or “competitor” to Wikipedia, I’m going to scream. They’re not rivals, they’re different approaches to shared content. They fill different niches. If anything, Knol will help Wikipedia by providing a new online source of verifiable, good data. [RedHerring]
- Almost forgot this one: We got a $600 HP LaserJet for free (with a little calling around). Thanks Consumerist!
Phew. There is a ton more I could post, but I think I’ll save some for individual entries. Does anyone read these tidbits anyways? If you do, comment.
