Shanti’s Dispatches

1. “that guy”
2. “poor excuse for a halloween costume”
3. “this costume sucks”
3. “how much for a bj?”
4. “i paid less for my halloween costume than you”
5. “so, i hear phoenix girls are easy”
6. “this costume still sucks”
6. “wait a minute, this isn’t a costume, i just wrote some shit with a magic marker on this t-shirt”
7. “this costume still sucks. really.”
8. “who are all these people?”
9. “really, who are you?”
10. “Dick Cheney put a dead hooker in my hotel room”
backside: “I’m George W. Bush and I approved this message.”

Doug Stevenson, CEO of Vibrant Media, I hearby challenge you to a debate.

From the “Reader Comments” section:

Too bad this is not even on the radar of the many serious, real ethical issues on the web like spam, spyware, malware, adware, trojans, viruses, etc.

I agree. Who cares.

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It probably won’t work but it’s an interesting idea. Any lawyers in the house?

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Is this satire or for real? You be the judge.

Photo taken at the “How Berkeley Can You Be?” parade.

Help Design Gnomedex 5

I’ll just post my thoughts here:
- as has been said to death already, more powerstrips would be nice.
- some kind of small group breakdowns, where you get to individually meet key players in industries.
- i.e. have a 15-30 minute breakdown, where people go off into different sections of the room & talk about their industries.
- you get to network w/ the key players, like you wanted, w/o it being awkward.
- Vegas Baby, Vegas! No SoCal! Maybe SoCal next year.
- strippers
- okay, just kidding about the strippers.

In case you missed it, teen idol Ashlee Simpson had a major lipsynching meltdown on SNL.

Watch the video here

Now that that’s out of the way, does anyone actually know who Ashlee Simpson is?

In the market for a stapler?

Productivity guru David Allen recommends getting “one you can bang.”

Been looking for something like this for a while now.

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The free version doesn’t appear to be disabled in any way.

I mentioned yesterday how WhoLinksToMe.com had reached #4 on blogsnow, my new favorite site.

Today it’s shown up onDaypop at #28 as of this writing and del.icio.us/popular with 33 links. Coolio.

It will be funny/ironic if it reaches the top #10 on Popdex, my old website popularity index/engine, which I no longer own.