Let’s Do Some Evil April 17, 2007
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , add a commentBeing evil usually does not pay off ( unless you are a Johnchow.com blog), but doing some evil certainly does.
A good example is a new website InsultaMatic.com. First you ask the site to insult you and then you can respond to an insult. Your insults are logged and used to insult other people. An insult matching algorithm stays owners’ proprietary technology, but the promise on the bottom says that all logged insults will be placed for vote upon reaching 1,000,000 target. I can easily see how this service could be monetized if placed as a bot on the internet forums. And if you get tired of it, what the hell, scrap the bot and start all over again.
Have you come from outer of space? April 12, 2007
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , add a commentLegend has it that these were the words spoken by Kazakh woman planting potatoes, a mother of six year old daughter. She greeted the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin upon landing. In a manned spacecraft race, Russians had beaten Americans by a slight margin. That’s right. And today is an anniversary of that date.
12 April 1961 0907 local time Flight Major Yuri Gagarin lifted off from what would become known as the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Vostok 1 - a first manned flight into the space had happened. 46 years later flights into space become more popular within a circle of software executives. Charles Simonyj, who oversaw the development of Word and Excel in Microsoft is visiting International Space station right now. Even the price was disclosed - $25 million per seat. I guess the price is affordable if you a Microsoft exec. Russian Space Adventures, who organizes these flights, reported that $100 million per seat price tag for a flight round the moon and back attracted some interest as well. I can understand. Considering gas prices, it is a real bargain today.
Today is big on news. My sister Olga gave a birth to her second son in Great Britain. She and her son are feeling well. I wish Ryan (my new nephew) to be healthy, lucky, free and wealthy. Celebrating family, space, Passover, Easter and Canucks playoffs on the same day enjoy this commercial:
Good morning, America! April 6, 2007
Posted by admin in : Uncategorized , add a commentWelcome to all new guests to my blog. “You” was a man of the year in 2006 according to “Time” magazine. And what is the better way to let you friends know how you care about them, then sending a greeting card. And this is the cutest tune! What’s a great way to start a morning!
The animated card above is Care2 Ecard by Camilla Eriksson. The best news is that you can select from a wide variety of cards and the service is absolutely free! BlueMountain and Plaxo provide similar services for a small fee.
Care2 is the World’s largest community of people who care about the Environment with 6 million members and counts. The community provides free services to its members, who can connect, look for a job, find an advice on healthier living, shop, donate clicks to environmental causes and even author a petition to a government. And all these services are aggregated nicely in one place. Great idea if you ask me. Enjoy!
