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I came across a link to a really cool site.  Have you ever wondered where your surname (last name) came from?  Have you wondered were you are most likely to run into people with the same surname, potentially distant relatives?  This site will tell you all of that and more!
Public Profiler will tell you [...]

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I hadn’t planned on blogging any more today until I saw that Comcast (who I typically refer to as Crapcast) finally decided to come clean about its traffic management techniques.  Unfortunately it took a ruling from the FCC to get this kind of transparency.  Before I give my thoughts on their techniques and what [...]

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Apple has announced they are recalling the iPhone 3G ultracompact USB power adapter because apparently the prongs are known to break off.  So far nobody has been hurt, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see that change if a baby or pet gets a hold of a broken prong and tries to swallow it.
The [...]

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After watching the new Microsoft “I’m a PC” commercials, my first thought was “I want Seinfeld back!”  Then after the initial reaction subsided, I realized who should be doing the commercials, Steve Ballmer.
Ballmer is known for doing various Microsoft commercials in the past, commercials with a clear message and lots of energy.  This is [...]

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Before I continue talking about some of the TechCrunch50 companies, I figure I needed to address the Napster acquisition by Best Buy.  There seems to be a lot of people in the blogosphere scratching their head about this move, so I figured I should explain why this is such a great move.  This can [...]

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I am back with another post from the TechCrunch50 Conference. This company was probably tied for my favorite company with Swype. The company that I am referring to is Adgregate Markets. Adgregate Markets is set to completely revolutionize the online advertising business. Adgregate Markets solves a long time problem that [...]

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I am back with my thoughts on yet another TechCrunch50 presenter. This time, I am going to talk about the one stop shop for bird lovers, BirdPost.
BirdPost is a site dedicated to bird lovers. The founders said that the bird watching industry was a $35 Billion industry (I think that was the [...]

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I am back with another post on a company that presented at the TechCrunch50. This time, I am talking about Ashton Kutcher’s new project, Blah Girls.
Blah girls is essentially a short cartoon featuring three funny girls talking about the latest Hollywood gossip in an entertaining way. The cartoon is aimed at teenage [...]

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I am back with another post on one of the companies at the TechCrunch50. This very cool company is called Bojam. Bojam is a very cool service for musicians. Bojam seeks to have musicians from around the world collaborate in music creation over the internet. Their technology allows users to [...]

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Since I started of my TechCrunch50 company thoughts on a rather negative note with the winner, Yammer, I figured I should talk about one of my favorite companies, Swype.
For those that don’t know, Swype is a form of text input primarily for devices without a full sized keyboard (laptop, desktop).  This new technology uses [...]

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