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Poking Holes In The Long Tail Theory

Published on Thursday July 3, 2008 in Books. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

by Chris AndersonI found Chris Anderson’s book interesting and it’s good to see that someone is challenging the long tail theory.

Just because the Internet makes it possible to offer a near-infinite inventory of goods for sale does not mean that consumers will start wanting more obscure items in any great numbers.

Interesting read if you’ve read Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail. For those who have not read this book, I recommend it to anyone who liked Freakonomics.

Update: Here’s some further reading that gives a brief explanation of the Long Tail Theory debate.

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Evil Eyes and Shipping

Published on Wednesday June 25, 2008 in Sports and Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Tinted for enhanced visibilityYesterday, I was at Lenscrafters looking to check out a pair of these Nike Maxsight sport-tinted contact lenses. I think they would have totally creeped out anyone I would run against next outdoor track season. Except they don’t make them anymore. Does any one know of any similar products?

Also, I recently stumbled upon a website called Track the Pack. It allows you to track your packages, but the reason I like this site is because you can track all your packages, regardless of service, in one place. Plus the all FedEx’s website is hideous anyways (not that the other ones are much better). Another cool feature is the ability to save your packages so you can simply log in later to check your packages’ status as opposed to having to copy-and-paste several tracking numbers each time you want to check. Track the Pack also displays a mini Google map to provide a visual as to where your package is geographically. There’s a spiffy webapp for everything nowadays isn’t there?

Starbucks Rewards

Published on Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Trendspotting. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

A couple of mugs from StarbucksIf you’re the consumer whore that I am, you probably go to Starbucks. I know for me, Starbucks runs occurred at fairly regularly intervals (funded by the Starbucks Cards I received from my graduation party). While I’m not one of those people who necessarily believes in Starbucks’ superiority over other coffees, it’s a chill place to hang out. Well, Starbucks just got even better with their recently unveiled rewards program: Starbucks Rewards.
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The SEO Rapper

Published on Tuesday June 24, 2008 in Media, Technology, Video and Webjunk. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

If you’ve ever created your own website and love hip-hop, then you’ll relate to this song by the SEO Rapper: SEO consultant by trade with a rapping alter ego. But I guess the references he makes would only be funny to a select few internet geeks (read: people such as myself). Video after the jump. Continue reading ‘The SEO Rapper’

Falbum and K2 integration

Published on Sunday June 22, 2008 in Technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

For those of you who have tried to use Randombyte’s Falbum plugin with WordPress and the K2 theme know that making it display properly is a little bit tricky.

The official Falbum wiki offered some insight into properly integrating the plugin in K2. However, for a long time now, the fix was geared towards WordPress 2.0.4, Falbum 0.6.6, and K2 0.9. I’ve managed to make the plugin work on my WordPress installation (2.5.1 with Falbum 0.7.1 and K2 v1 RC6 revision 692) with a little experimentation.

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Pro sports rejects find hope in USARPSL

Published on Saturday June 21, 2008 in Rants and Raves and Thoughts. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

While surfing the interweb the other day, I stumbled across a little something that epitomizes our country’s incredible capacity to create new markets for the public to indulge their inner consumer whore. Uncrate featured a trip to Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino and Resort for the USA Rock Paper Scissors Championship:

Looking for an excuse to get away this weekend? Then book your tickets for Vegas and head over to the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino for the 2008 USA Rock Paper Scissors League Championship. Sponsored by Bud Light, the event will run all weekend, with the champ being crowned on Sunday, June 22. The champ will receive a $50,000 prize and a ticket to compete in Beijing, China during the Summer Olympics. Not in the Olympics, mind you, but instead in the inaugural International Rock Paper Scissors Federation Championship, where they will compete against the champions from Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, Ireland and Malaysia to see who is the world’s best Rock Paper Scissors player. 1, 2, 3… go!

Is it even possible to be “good” at rock, paper, scissors? If it is, someone please enlighten me because as far as I’m concerned, I’m not convinced this is something that requires a league, $50,000 prizes, and trips to Beijing. It’s incredible that such endeavors are able to be profitable; but I suppose we’re in the one country that would do it. Knowing people buy into stuff like this makes my own consumer whorish tendencies pale in comparison.

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