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Dean Collins
http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/
An Aussie's view of life in America with a geeks perspective.
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Toyota Prius
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Drove a Toyota Prius today for the first time, what a POS. Who designed this crap' Last time i'll be renting that model from Zip Car.
Apart from the great gas mileage everything else in it is sub par. (audio, controls, mirror placement etc).
BTW Toyota, what the heck is with the split rear window' cant see jack through it.
#Fail Toyota.
Cheers,
Dean
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Cardboard CD covers
From Dean Collins, 3 days ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Is it just me or am i the only one who gets pissed off when they buy a music cd but when it arrives you find out it's one of those shitty cardboard cd covers'
I think it shows a real lack of respect for your fans that an artist chooses to save 50c on cd packaging costs per cd and publishes their work in cardboard thats going to get damaged quickly rather than selling their cd's in a plastic
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Fresh Meat
From Dean Collins, 3 days ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
It's so cute, just walked past the "off college dorm rooms" down the road from us at Clark and Henry. All the parents are dropping off their freshman kids and hugging and tearing up as they unload the SUV's with their dorm room "stuff".
Lol dont worry kiddies, by the end of the week when you are getting hammered at a kegger party you'll think college is the best thing since sliced bread.
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Deutsche Post getting into online ads'
From Dean Collins, 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Hmmm interesting. I wonder what ?value' Deutsche Post feel they are adding or is it just about sales channel and delivering numbers to the bottom line.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/08/26/deutsche-post-goes-from-delivering-mail-to-online-ads
With the purchase, it seems Deutsche Post wants to be king of the online ad market. ?The acquisition of nugg.ad is our first step into the online
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Facebook bought Hot Potato
From Dean Collins, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Makes me happy :)
http://blog.hotpotato.com/post/982892868/weve-moved-to-facebook
Cheers,
Dean
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Apple NOT shutting down Quattro
From Dean Collins, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=134132&nid=117775
Starting in September, Apple will focus its mobile advertising efforts entirely on the iAd, which runs ads in applications on the iPhone and iPod. As a result of that decision, the company is shutting down the Quattro Wireless mobile ad network it acquired in January for $275 million.
They aren't really
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Website sales
From Dean Collins, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Over $1m of websites sold on flippa.com this week.
http://flippa.com/blog/news/flippa-new-sales-record
Pretty big numbers, especially considering the average sale was $2600.
Cheers,
Dean
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Movie product placements
From Dean Collins, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Whats the deal with movie product placements' they really have gone too far.
I was watching "The Book of Eli" movie tonight and in the middle of a post apocalyptic world that is desolate and people are scavenging for resources Denzel Washington pulls out to listen to a MP3 player and a pair of "Dr Dre Beats Headsets" ..... WTF'
I hope the producers got paid a chunk of change in order to feature
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The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
From Dean Collins, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Wow, i am 8 pages into the foreword of this book and it is the most amazing book i have ever read!!
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
I saw it being talked about on John Stewart a few weeks ago and thought the author sounded interesting but i had no idea how dense the concepts were (or how closely it relates to IT development).
The first page talks
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Use of Trademark in a Domain Name
From Dean Collins, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the use of a trademark in a domain name does not necessarily amount to trademark infringement. In a decision issued in July 2010, the court highlighted that the critical factor to establish trademark infringement in a domain name is that the use of the mark generates a ?strong likelihood of confusion for consumers.?
In the
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