How scheduling posts saves time

Back in the day, things were quite simple – you had your blog, and that was about it. Enter social media: micro-blogging this, aggregating that… it can get quite annoying to keep track of every single posting.

Aliens against wind power

Little green men detest wind power – or so it seems. At least that’s the only valid explanation for the inhabitants of the English village of Conisholme, where a wind turbine sustained damage last week.

Blog-Carnival: Best and worst gadgets of 2008

There’s great hardware and there’s not-so-great consumer products which remind us of the equivalent of beta-communities: loads of good ideas, but not thought through. datadirt just started a new blog carnival inquiring the high- and lowlights of 2008. Geeks, what’s your gadget experience?

Why and How E-mail Viral Marketing Works

Implans has an interesting feature on viral marketing on their site. The Bottomline: virusses spread only then, when they’re easy to transmit. And since communication on the internet generally is very “cheap” compared to old media, it’s an ideal spreading ground for all kinds of e-mail memes:

Viral Marketing of Good and Evil, Jesus and Satan, and the American Flag

You thought only the Internet was the place where viral memes propagate? Religion and politics beat us all by a few thousand years. The owner of a photo store, who says her business partner is Jesus, began Holy Week by putting signs outside her store urging passing motorists to show their support for the Christian holiday. “Easter: Beep for Christ,” the signs said. Phil Young, owner of a neighboring tattoo store, soon after put out a sign urging motorists to honk twice for Satan.
Naugatuck officials ordered the signs removed. While the messages are irrelevant, zoning ordinances require signs to pertain to what businesses sell, do not block sidewalks and do not create a hazard, Mayor Ron San Angelo said. “We’ve got to follow our zoning regulations. That’s all we care about,” he said. Claudette Soden, owner of Photos Onto DVD, had put similar signs up at Christmas when her business was at a different location and said she was continuing that tradition at Easter.