this and much more of that funny stuff via Luke
PETA’s KFC tombstone prank
PETA had placed a tombstone in the Louisville cemetery in which the founder of KFC was buried. It turns out that the gravemarker, which was approved by the cemetery, contained a hidden message: KFC TORTURES BIRDS
amazon.com acquires stake in woot.com
amazon.com is said to have spent 4 million dollars for a small stake in woot.com and the option to buy the company when certain milestones will be matched. What is the rationale behind that idea? Certainly woot.com is a great idea — but what would it cost amazon to copy this business model? 1 developer, 4 weeks, 1 purchaser? Perhaps some analyst will help to explain 😉
User Generated History
Today in a German weekly: The author scoffs at Web 2.0, Internet start-ups in general and these User Generated History sites like miomi, memoloop, xakasha or einestages in particular. In Germany internet entrepreneur bashing is en vogue at most times. Media fancies itself as the wise council having it all known long before. But — think a moment: User Generated History is it. It really makes me cry not having launched one
January 15, 2008
Media Business Models on the Web
Chris Anderson started a list of Business Models on the Web and Fred Wilson added his thoughts what Dave McClure also did. So far there are 28 different models: — CPM ads (“cost per thousand views”; banner ads online and regular ads in print, TV and radio) — CPC ads (“cost per click”; think Google ads) — CPT ads (“cost per transaction”; you pay only if the customer brought to you from
January 14, 2008
Liveblogging
Just read about this new Liveblogging Tool coveritlive. After registration and some testing I am undecided whether its a cool tool for livebloggers or another idea what to make out of twitter and tumblr.
Macworld Keynote predictions
Keynote Vorhersagen from NEROTUNES / NEROWINGER on Vimeo. via Nero
Phone Calls with iPod Touch
How to convert an iPod Touch into an iPhone:
If u think u r surrounded by idiots, …
if u think u r surrounded by idiots, u r probably just an asshole via Marshallk