Month: August 2006

Doc Searls offers a tip on how to get linked from an A-list blog.

but the best way to get a link from any blogger is to link to them first. But geez, make the reason something other than a link exchange.

Read the rest of the post for more hints.

I’ve spent a lot of time during the last couple of days digging through Ebay. I’ve checked a bunch of items, read about buying things, read about selling things, learned about all sorts of ways of making money, etc.

In this regard, I wanted to ask you guys – what’s your experience with Ebay? Here is a list of questions that I am interested in – feel free to complete the list:

• For how long have you been using Ebay?
• Have you bought anything from Ebay? Sold anything? Or are you just checking the prices and product descriptions?
• Do you use Ebay.com or an European version at Ebay.co.uk?

Seth Godin has some interesting commentary regarding recent anti-terrorism related activities in UK.

When you need an additional 90 minutes, can’t bring your laptop (or even a book on some routes) and can’t have a bottle of water, the calculus for most trips is fundamentally changed.

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The prevalance of online video, constant skype connections and the multiple threads of data we get online, combined with the enormous overhead that flying now brings might just change the story for a long time to come.

If you ever wanted to tell McDonald’s corporation what you think of them, this is your chance. As a free bonus to your speech, you get to sign a petition and make a funny image with an easy to use tool. The website I am talking about is Ronald McHummer – Just Say No to Hummers

This month McDonald’s is giving away toy Hummers — 42 million of them, in eight models and colors — with every Happy Meal or Mighty Kids Meal. That’s right: The fast-food chain that helped make our kids the fattest on Earth is now selling future car buyers on the fun of driving a supersized, smog-spewing, gas-guzzling SUV originally built for the military. Use the Ronald McHummer Sign-O-Maticâ„¢ to tell us what you think of this misguided marriage of two icons of American excess.

Via Joe Grossberg.