2006 October

IE7 an Upgrade, Really?

Ok, being a shareholder of Microsoft Stock (MSFT), and generally a fan of their company (I know how can I like the “evil empire,” I am really dissapointed with Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). I recently ranted about it over at my SprintRants Forum Rant about anything Sub-Forum and there’s a reason it was a rant …

1001 Books You Should Read

I’m not really sure why I need a list, compiled by someone else, to tell me which books I should be reading. I never like those lists in school so why should I start liking them now? Maybe because someone over at listology took the time to put together a list of 1001 books you …

Named It!

I’ve been battling the naming beast for about 5 months on and off. Meaning, I tried for about 1 week 5 months ago then gave up until this past week, searching for a good name for my blog network. Do I name a a media company that would incorporate all of my media needs or …

Google acquires YouTube.com

Google makes headlines today as it buys YouTube.com for a $1.65 billion all stock deal. The Google/YouTube rumor was a hot one this weekend, with every major financial news outlet, and basically any blog caring about the internet, was reporting about. Google, which runs Google Video, a searchable database of video’s very similar to the …

Saving Your Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) Account from being BANNED

OK, so digging around it seems like this is still a problem for some people. About 8 months ago there was a bit of buzz surrounding the BETA release of the Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN). Darren Rowse over at problogger.net posted a quote from an email some of the publishers being banned were recieving. It …