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A very good article here about the fortunes been made by Amazon Ebay etc by exploiting the long tail of consumer demand that is all those people whose purchases are not in the top 100. That is the cumulative effect of thousands buying many individual items such as back catalogue music and out of print […]
A truly frightening true story here about the spooks visiting a bloggers house in the USA after a post he made. apparently collecting a FBI file in the process. Thanks to Steve Rubel at micro persuasion for link
A good article on why blogs are increasingly important to main stream PR people here
My hero, John Peel has died at 65. Here is probably his last interview where he says he is tired due to the BBC moving his show to 1am. Thanks to barbelith for link. And here is his life (and death) in photos….. Pass along this small tribute, copy this code.
Here is a linux based PBX system ideal for the small office or telephone answering services (PBX) called Asterix which is apparently taking the PBX world by storm. Thanks to Graham McKoen at yesterdays Bounce Back conference for the link.
A good source of royalty free music by unsigned artists etc here Thanks to kuro5hin.org for link
interesting way of doing your family research here. By checking your DNA for about 100 quid. Thanks to David Weinbergers blog here for the link.
Good article here about housing bubbles and how they burst. Interesting that real incomes are falling. My guide is the number of For Sale notices, they seem to be increasing in Cambridge.
Article on what VOIP (Voice over Internet protocol) is all about here . For those wanting to get up to speed about using their computer for regular telephony.
New cool security type camera from Nokia that sends images over mobile network. Just insert a SIM and away it goes. Very nickable in its self I reckon. Thanks to ehomeupgrade for link