ISIC y CARNÉ EUROPEO: Los mejores descuentos para jóvenes y estudiantes viajeros
En muchas ocasiones, en especial cuando estamos estudiando, queremos ver y hacer muchas cosas, así como viajar lo máximo posible al mínimo coste que podamos encontrar. Por ello, hay que tener en cuenta varias tarjetas que ofrecen descuentos para jóvenes y estudiantes, en diferentes medios de transportes, alojamientos y multitud de centros de ocio, para poder disfrutar más por menos… Continue reading
Abiertas postulaciones a becas para estudios de pregrado en Brasil
Nació en Argentina, vive en Eslovenia y estudia a distancia
Año nuevo, becas nuevas
Comienza el año 2012, ese que algunos consideran que será el que nos lleve al fin del mundo… Pero si eso de extinguirte no entra entre tus planes, seguramente tengas en mente numerosos proyectos para el futuro, algunos tan interesantes como estudiar en otro país extranjero. ¿Y qué mejor manera de encarar los buenos proyectos para el nuevo año que con la ayudita de una beca? Porque, aunque seguimos inmersos en una gran inestabilidad económica, todavía existen algunas oportunidades de conseguir cumplir nuestros sueños con un empujoncito en forma de dinero. ¿Quieres conocer algunas de ellas?… Continue reading
Estudiar el Estados Unidos
Investigar en Japón (y muchos otros países) gracias a la UNESCO
Programa de becas UNESCO/Japón para jóvenes investigadoresAún esperando la llegada de las famosísimas becas de la Fundación Carolina o las múltiples acciones de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional al Desarrollo (AECID), que nos visitan fieles cada año por estas fechas, hoy le cedemos el relevo a una de las instituciones más conocidas del mundo -la UNESCO- y uno de los destinos por el que mayor debilidad sienten quienes nos siguen a través de este blog (y de una servidora, para qué negarlo): Japón. Y es que gracias a este programa, del que ya os hemos hablado en otras ocasiones, 20 jóvenes investigadores podrán continuar con su trabajo sobre temas tan diversos como las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación… Continue reading
Ing direct
Como ing direct no tiene oficinas da igual que vivas en una granciudad o en un pueblecito en lo mas alto de una montaña de (Almeria, Cadiz ,Cordoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaen ,Málaga, Sevilla, Huesca, Teruel, Zaragoza, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Cantabria, avila, Burgos, Leon, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid, Zamora, Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Toledo, Barcelona, Gerona, Lerida, Tarragona, Madrid, Navarra, Alicante, Castellon, Valencia, Caceres, Badajoz, La Coruña, Lugo, Orense, Pontevedra, Islas Baleares, La Rioja, alava, guipuzcoa, Vizcaya, Asturias, Murcia, Cabrera ,El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Isla de Izaro, Islas Chafarinas, Islas Columbretes, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote, Mallorca, Menorca, Tenerife) que vas a recibir el mejor trato y el mejor asesoramiento en cuanto a la multitud de productos financieros con los que cuentan
Si necesitas informacion de cualquier… Continue reading
Merry Christmas from the Affiliate Networks
I hope everyone had a good Christmas, and there’s still the New Year celebrations to look forward to!
Every year at Christmas, I receive gifts and cards from some of the various advertising and affiliate networks that I do business with. It’s always nice to receive something, and it’s well worth any cost and/or effort on their end as it does remind the receiver that the company acknowledges you.
I’ve said this many times before, but receiving something physical, no matter how small, is a hundred times more meaningful and effective in this era of electronic mail and social networking.
For example, take this very blog post. I am going to be mentioning and linking to the 3 networks that sent me something… Continue reading
Payday Loan Affiliate Program by LeadsMarket.com Review
The following is a paid review for TylerCruz.com written and reviewed by Michael Kwan. It is completely of Michael Kwan’s opinion and is not influenced by being paid. If you’re interested in having your site or product reviewed, please view my advertising page
The world of affiliate marketing is increasingly competitive, especially when it comes to some of the most popular and lucrative niches. Payday loans are one such example, because there is so much money at stake. And if you want to make money in this niche, there is a new player in the game that could put a lot of cash in your pocket.
Boasting that it offers the “best payday loan affiliate program,” LeadsMarket.com offers one of the… Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing Update: $1,276.50 Yesterday
I set yet another 2 new records with yesterday’s affiliate marketing performance, but I got tired of titling these posts as such.
Yesterday was good, setting 2 new personal affiliate marketing records of mine, but the bad news is that I didn’t set a new net profit record yesterday. In fact, my overall ROI dropped from the previous day’s considerably (by about 50%).
However, I can’t complain. I still made just shy of $500 net yesterday, and I can’t expect to set 3 new records every single day.
New Record #1: 642 Leads in 1 Day
To be honest, as time goes on and I begin to send in these amounts of traffic, this particular "record" diminishes in its appeal to me, and so I’m… Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing Update: 3 More New Records
This post is going to look eerily similar to yesterday’s post, as I already managed to completely break and smash all 3 of the new records I just posted yesterday!
I am exhausted. It is 9AM and I only ‘napped’ 3 hours last night. All of this recent explosive growth in my affiliate marketing campaigns has made sleep a real difficult lately.
It’s not just a matter of excitement either. Since I’m starting to do some real volume now, I like to closely monitor how and what things are doing, as a small oversight or misstep could cause me a lot of money and/or grief.
Anyway, yesterday was my best day of affiliate marketing ever, by far. Here are my 3 new affiliate… Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing Update: 3 New Records!
What’s this? Three consecutive posts in 3 days!?
Well, these affiliate marketing update posts are pretty quick and easy to write. I don’t plan on posting so many regular updates on my affiliate marketing campaigns, but it’s just that things have really been moving the past couple weeks.
In fact, things have been moving so fast that I’ve been having a hard time sleeping lately.
Yesterday, I managed to break 3 new personal records on my affiliate campaigns.
New Record #1: 333 Leads in 1 Day
My previous record for number of leads in 1 day was 250, which I set back on November 7th.
I completely smashed that record yesterday with a total of 333!
What’s scary is that I am on pace to… Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing Update: New Gross Record
I set a new personal affiliate marketing record yesterday, grossing a total of $441.90 in a single day!
My previous high was on January 12th, 2010 at $397.
I fully understand that it’s rather silly to "celebrate" a gross income record, as anyone could have spent $400 or $800 and done the same thing, but I still like to celebrate it anyway as it hopefully means I’m moving in the right direction. Plus, I’ve always loved celebrating new personal bests in anything I do.
Below is a screenshot of the development of my campaigns in December so far:
While I set a new personal gross revenue day, I didn’t break my best net profit day, which was $233.39. However, I did come fairly close, ending… Continue reading
Affiliate Marketing Update: December 15th, 2011
I haven’t posted in a week because most of my "work time" lately has been devoted to working on my affiliate campaigns. Although, a good portion of that consists of hitting the refresh button
In my last update, I wrote about how I had a really good ROI and that I was going to try to scale things. However, I also mentioned how whenever I try to ramp things up that my ROI goes down the tube. It’s expected to drop, no doubt, but mine really plummets whenever I try to do any half-decent volume.
So I scaled things up this past week (and am continuing to do so), and did get my # of leads up to an average… Continue reading
Camps i Costa
CONCENTRACIÓ contra el boicot a la Llei de Dependència
¡Adiós a las centrales nucleares!
Los líderes mundiales de los países con centrales nucleares se han reunido esta semana en Nueva Delhi, y han decidido hoy, en la última sesión de trabajo que definitivamente cerrarían sus puertas todas las centrales nucleares del planeta.
Estados Unidos, Francia, Japón, España, Argentina, Brasil, México, Rusia, Corea del Sur, China, India, Suecia, Ucrania, Reino Unido, Canadá, Alemania, Bélgica, República Checa, Suiza, Finlandia, Hungría, Eslovaquia, Bulgaria, Pakistán, Armenia, Suráfrica, Países Bajos y Eslovenia son los estados implicados en esta firma. Después del desastre de Fukushima, parece ser que han recapacitado y ha imperado más el sentido común que los intereses creados alrededor de la energía nuclear.
A partir de ahora, todos los países han firmado un acuerdo por el… Continue reading
Los efectos beneficiosos del Cambio Climático en el vino inglés
Desde hace varios años se preocupan los científicos del Calentamiento Global. Los glaciares de los Alpes se reducen cada vez más, igual que las masas de hielo en el Polo Norte. En el norte de Europa los inviernos son cada vez menos fríos y los veranos más calurosos.
Por este motivo, gracias a las elevadas temperaturas del sur de Inglaterra, el vino inglés, que antes no eran poco apreciado, por su clima frío y húmedo, actualmente están superando a sus rivales franceses en competiciones internacionales. ¿Cómo puede estar sucediendo esto?.
Entre 1961 y 2006, las temperaturas en el sur de Inglaterra aumentaron un promedio de 3 grados centígrados. Gracias este clima más propicio la uva, hoy en día, hay cerca… Continue reading
El barco solar más grande del mundo llega a Doha tras recorrer 48.000 Kilómetros
El barco solar más grande del mundo, en su gran hazaña de dar la vuelta al mundo propulsado por la fuerza de nuestro Astro Rey, acaba de llegar al Golfo Pérsico, a Doha, la capital del Qatar, tras un recorrido de 48.000 kilómetros.
Planet Solar, que así se llama este catamarán viajero, zarpó el 27 de septiembre de 2010 desde Mónaco, y ha recorrido los cinco continentes, ¿su propósito?, realizar la vuelta al mundo.
Su próximo destino será Abu Dhabi, donde participará de la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Futuro Energético, del 16 al 19 de Enero, para posteriormente cruzar el Canal de Suez para retornar de nuevo al mar Mediterráneo, y finalizar su recorrido en la ciudad del… Continue reading
II Conferencias Navideñas sobre el Planeta Tierra
Este es el título de las prestigiosas charlas dadas por expertos en diferentes campos científicos que tendrán lugar en la Real Academia de Ciencias de Madrid desde el 27 de diciembre hasta el 28 de este mismo mes. Inspiradas en en las ‘Christmas Lectures’ que realiza la Royal Institution del Reino Unido (su homóloga británica).
Participarán en ellas, el catedrático de Geodinámica de la Universidad de Cantabria (UC) Antonio Cendrero que analizará el próximo miércoles, día 28, los efectos del cambio climático sobre terremotos, tsunamis o inundaciones. Él explica si el aumento de riadas, terremotos y ‘tsunamis’ de la actualidad refleja una “suerte de venganza del Planeta ante el cambio climático”.
Alegará, además, si las interacciones entre agua y superficie terrestre que… Continue reading
Dibujos para cambiar el mundo
Los niños son los principales destinatarios de estos vídeos con dibujos animados, ellos son el futuro del planeta. Desde que son pequeños debemos educarles en el cuidado de la tierra, y hacerles responsables de sus propias acciones. La esperanza del mundo reside en ellos, por lo tanto las nuevas generaciones deben tener como prioridad el medio ambiente, sin él no habrá vida.
Son divertidos y educativos a la vez. Muéstraselos a tu hijo/a y le darás que pensar, seguro que ya no ve con los mismos ojos una botella de plástico o un papel. Lo que nosotros olvidamos, él lo recordará para siempre.
Elige un árbol de Navidad eco
Este post es para los más rezagados en eso de la decoración navideña. Esos que se hacen los remolones, y a última hora intentan que su vivienda sea algo más parecido a un hogar dulce y cálido en el que pasar unas verdaderas fiestas entrañables.
Sin un ápice de melancolía en el cuerpo, os voy a mostrar diferentes árboles de navidad, a cual más ecológico y sostenible. Puedes elegir uno parecido, según tus gustos o el espacio de donde lo vayas a situar. Estoy segura de que tus invitados quedarán fascinados con cualquiera de ellos.
Estos son de the cardboard Christma Tree. Perfecto si no tienes mucho espacio donde colocarlo. Además, puedes decorarlo según tus preferencias. En la imagen de… Continue reading
Renault Sevilla y UNICEF lanzan un SMS solidario para el Cuerno de África
La factoría de Renault de Sevilla y UNICEF lanzan un SMS solidario para luchar contra la desnutrición infantil en el Cuerno de África.
Durante este acto, Gabriel González Alonso, Director de la Fábrica, ha lanzado oficialmente el primer sms de la cadena solidaria en la que participarán los empleados de la factoría y sus familiares. Por cada mensaje enviando al 28028 con el texto “UNICEF” seguido de “renaultsevillaessolidaria”, se consiguen 3 sobres de alimento terapéutico para 1 niño durante un día.
La factoría se Sevilla, comprometida con los sectores más necesitados, es también colaboradora del Banco de Alimentos de Sevilla, al que donó en la última ocasión los más 6.600 kg. de comida recolectados entre sus empleados. En esta ocasión… Continue reading
Lo más novedoso: el “packaging verde”
En la era de la globalización multitud de empresas están recurriendo a una actitud más eco-friendly, en respuesta al desgaste de la sociedad consumista. Muchos de estos ejemplos van más allá de la pura actitud verde puesta tan de moda, y se están convirtiendo en parte de la filosofía de las compañías como una apuesta futura para proteger un medio ambiente menospreciado.
Aquí tenemos el más novedoso ejemplo: unos envases de botellas de agua de Brandimage. Para crear estos diseños hizo falta aquí hace falta algo más que una idea: un Departamento de Desarrollo, otro para crear la marca, otro para la creación de prototipos, otro de ingeniería, y finalmente, el diseño de productos. ¡Ahí es nada!
No se salva ningún… Continue reading
90 millones en 90 días – Ayuda al Cuerno de África
El Cuerno de África se seca, debido sobre todo a los efectos del Cambio Climático, provocando la mayor tragedia alimentaria de todos los tiempos, es la peor sequía de hace 60 años, y la peor hambruna en 20 años, cerca de 13 millones de afectados, en Somalia 300 niños y niñas mueren cada día. Tremendo, ¿no?.
Para evitar esto, según la FAO, se necesitan 82 millones de euros para salir de la extrema emergencia. Si queréis estar más informados sobre esta situación, hacer un click AQUI.
Desde Conciencia Eco queremos también promover las acciones solidarias que se están realizando a favor de los más desfavorecidos, por este motivo hemos creído que tenemos que ayudar a las organizaciones, ONGs… Continue reading
Concurso de fotografía National Geographic
La revista National Geographic acaba de anunciar las fotos ganadoras de su prestigioso certamen de fotografía para este año, siendo la gran premiada en la categoría “Naturaleza” una foto de una libélula tomada por Shikhei Goh en Indonesia y titulada “Splashing”.
Aquí podéis ver las que quedaron seleccionadas para la final:
“Taylor Lautner did not come out of the closet on the cover of People Mag” links
Taylor Lautner did NOT come out to People Mag. This cover is fake. [Gawker]
John Legend is engaged to his model girlfriend. [Radar]
Have you noticed that babies always love Pres. Obama? [Dlisted]
Yes, I grew to really like Channing Tatum through his interviews too. [LaineyGossip]
Review of We Bought a Zoo. [Pajiba]
Stephanie Seymour in a weird one-piece at the beach. [Pop Sugar]
Pink, Carey & baby Willow all look cute. [Celebuzz]
Denise Richards‘ girls are making funny faces. [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
Dido had a baby boy, named him Stan. Seriously. [Amy Grindhouse]
Adam Levine has a serious case of DoucheFace. [Moe Jackson]
The 20 best red carpet dresses of… Continue reading
Enquirer: Kobe Bryant cheated on Vanessa with over 100 chicks; she hired PIs
When the news came out that Vanessa Bryant had finally filed for divorce from basketball great Kobe Bryant after 10 years a lot of people assumed it was because she’d reached the magic number and would be entitled to half of all his earnings. It was way back in 2003 that Kobe admitted to cheating on Vanessa with a 19 year-old hotel employee who claimed it was rape. (Kobe said it was consensual.) So Vanessa knew her husband was a cheater and held on for as long as she had to in order to reach paydirt. According to the National Enquirer, prior to filing for divorce Vanessa hired a team of private investigators and made sure that she… Continue reading
Robert Downey Jr. adopted two rescue kittens: “I would kill for them”
Here are some shots from Robert Downey Jr.’s January/February cover of Men’s Fitness (the American version). RDJ is promoting Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, which I saw over the holidays. I liked it, but I didn’t love it. I LOVED the first Sherlock, and I appreciated that they did a lot of Jude Law-RDJ/Watson-Holmes bromance in the sequel, and I also liked Noomi Rapace’s Gypsy character a lot. There’s a ton of action, and there are some really cool sequences and stuff (I loved the part with Watson and the cannon), but it was like they were trying to jam so much cool stuff in there that some of the story got lost… Continue reading
Lady Gaga is being sued by her former assistant, who claims Gaga is cray-cray
These are photos of Lady Gaga leaving Japan on the 23rd (the ones where she’s wearing a dress), and in Paris on Boxing Day (the ones where she’s wearing a leather jacket and barely anything else). If those Paris photos are giving you déjà vu, congrats. It’s like Gaga’s annual Paris tradition – she goes out shopping in Paris without pants. I don’t think she’s even wearing anything under the jacket, either. Anyway, Gaga is being sued by her former personal assistant, Jennifer O’Neill. O’Neill filed suit several days ago, claiming that Gaga is basically a monster employer.
Jennifer O’Neill, Lady Gaga’s former personal assistant has filed suit against her former employer, alleging that she… Continue reading
Sinead O’Connor is getting divorced after less than a month: predictable?
Poor Sinead O’Connor. She went off her bipolar meds (really she did and she admitted it, I’m not just saying that) and then went trolling on the Internet for a good lay. Once she found one that stuck around for more than a couple of weeks, she married the dude in Vegas and invited the paps. Sinead got married on her 45th birthday to a 38 year-old “addiction counselor” she’d known less than two months. The happy couple made it official at the Little White Wedding Chapel, arriving in a convertible pink Cadillac. The bride wore a strapless pink dress, and the groom a suit with a pink dress shirt. Their happiness is a distant… Continue reading
Star: Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are fighting, “she feels like a single parent”
This week’s issue of Star floats the theory that Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have hit a rough patch in their marriage even though they’ve only been married for about year. Of course, the couple dated for four years prior to marriage and are parents to two toddlers, Harlow and Sparrow. So to an outsider, these two eventually wed because they realized they were meant for each other, right? Well, anyone who’s been married can tell you that the after-wedding reality can sometimes feel altogether different than one imagined.
While I would ordinarily dismiss this story as symptomatic of an adjustment period in Nicole and Joel’s relationship, the photo evidence (or lack thereof) supports Star‘s story quite a… Continue reading
Daniel Craig: “Politicians are s–theads, they’ll stab you in the f–king back”
I saw The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo over the holidays (review here), and I walked away liking Daniel Craig even more. For all of the talk about the character of Lisbeth Salander and the wildly different portraits given by Rooney Mara and Noomi Rapace, I was impressed with how Daniel gave life to Mikael Blomkvist. True, he wasn’t really my idea of Blomkvist (too capable, too James Bond, not “average” enough), but he brought a depth and seriousness to the role, and I enjoyed seeing Daniel own the part. Daniel is still promoting the hell out of this, his final bid of the year to have a major hit film. The problem… Continue reading
Lindsay Lohan is turning down New Year’s Eve gigs, because she’s not a party girl
I really think that since Lindsay Lohan got paid nearly a million dollars by Playboy for her Photoshopped T&A and her dusty firecrotch, she thinks that she’s totally rolling in dough. Granted, if I had $900,000 sitting around after flashing my biscuits (not even, in LL’s case), I would be smug as hell too. But I would also save a large chunk of that money and live on it for YEARS. I could stretch that out for a decade or more. But you know that the Cracken is just going to blow through it in a matter of months, if she hasn’t already. Still, now that she got paid, she thinks she’s too special… Continue reading
Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou show off their hard beach bodies
Here are Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou on the beach in St. Barts, making me all the more aware of my resolutions. I could get snarky and say that Kimora surely had some help from a surgeon, but even so she looks great and you can’t achieve that body without hard work. Plus she’s got that incredible man by her side. Can you believe these two have been together for almost five years? It irks me that Djimon is holding their two year son, Kenzo, (why did I think the kid’s name was Kelso at first?) in most of these shots and blocking our view. Still, what we can see is magnificent. This is one… Continue reading
Clint Eastwood was dead set against reality show, but his wife insisted
A few weeks ago, a truly heartbreaking story broke about Clint Eastwood going over to the dark side. We learned that Clint and his family were filming a reality show, which would primarily star his wife, Dina Ruiz, and the two teenaged daughters of the house. I also discussed the horrible news in terms of Clint’s potential loss of mystique and assumption of dorkdom by allowing cameras into his house to watch him shuffle around in boxer shorts while scratching his balls. Again, nothing good can possibly come of this.
This week’s Enquirer doubles down on the story by confirming what we already knew — that Clint has agreed to make a few limited cameo appearances. However, an insider… Continue reading
Blind Items: I Guess, You Guess
This former A list female singer who has had a very crazy year has checked into rehab on three separate occasions this month. She has also checked herself out the very next day each time because she is afraid she will lose her current job if her current bosses find out. (CDAN)
The wild peroxide tumbleweave of drunk regrets that is Xtina? But you know, Snookitina shouldn’t worry about getting dropped into the out box by the producers of The Voice. They hired that dehydrated talking frog Carson Daly, so they are obviously out of fucks to give, which means they probably wouldn’t care if she dried the mess out of her system in rehab for a while.
Bitch just needs to… Continue reading
"So, You’re Telling Me That You Had This Much Of Harry Louis’ Burrito Dick In Your Ass?"
All is well in the world now that Marc Jacobs and his ex-fiance Lorenzo Martone are back to meticulously manicuring their pristine as fuck face beards together. Marc Jacobs took a ten second break from Lorenzo to break his brown sugar walls on the mole rat-sized dick of Brazilian fuck star Harry Louis, but he was struttin’ his ass next to Lorenzo in St. Barts yesterday afternoon.
Marc and Lorenzo are in St. Barts with Chupa Zoe and Chupa Jr., and thank EVERYTHING for that. The people of St. Barts would throw themselves into the mouths of open sharks if they noticed that a soul-sucking demon beast was on the island, but they were too busy to notice because they… Continue reading
Hot Slut Of The Day!
Crasher from GoBots: Basically Crasher, was the Pete Burns of cartoon characters - you kind of couldn’t tell if she was a man or a woman, she wore too much make up (for a robot/car) and she went around screaming a lot. Also she liked stepping on things and would basically get off on destroying things. She was the first 80s character into S&M!… Continue reading
Hair Care, Or Hair Nobody Curr
Why did Jen An cut her hair??? I know you have been laying awake at night pondering this with the other questions of the world, such as why are we here, why does 4th meal only last until 2am, why does my family hate me? and other such important stuff.
So, to answer this one…E!online says it’s because DUN DUN DUN “her hair was thinning and starting to look fake”! Now at least you can sleep, although that silly shit like “why does my dog hate me” and “what am I supposed to do with my life” may still stick around for a minute. At least the important questions of the universe are answered.
I actually like Jen An… Continue reading
I Lied, DUH.
Okay, so I lied earlier. Get used to it. Lilo, in her infinate wisdom has maybe/reportedly/okay probably chosen her NYE desination. Ahlan!live has cast a huge shade of NO!! on the rumors that Lilo will stay home privately snorting and drinking her New Years Eve festivities. Lilo has reportedly signed on with Pam An, Allen Lamb and others to welcome the new year aboard a yacht that none of us poor mofos are welcome on to kick off New Year’s Eve 2012.
Lilo, at one time I hoped the best for you. Now, you’re just an embarrassment, much like that time in cheerleading when my dress flopped over my ass to show the away team… Continue reading
Birthday Sluts
Sienna Miller (30)
David Archuleta (21)
Mackenzie Rosman (22)
Thomas Dekker (24)
Vanessa Ferlito (31)
Noomi Rapace (32)
John Legend (33)
Seth Meyers (38)
Malcolm Gets (47)
Joe Diffie (53)
Denzel Washington (57)
Gayle King (57)
Dame Maggie Smith (77)
Nichelle Nichols (79)
Stan Lee (89)… Continue reading
Afternoon Crumbs
The Photoshop Awards! Somebody put together this completely fake ass “Yup, I Love Dick” cover of People Magazine starring Taylor Lautner. Bitch please! Like Taylor Lautner would really approve a picture of him looking like he’s pushing out a stubborn shirt for his big gay coming out cover. - Buzzfeed
Duchess Catherine celebrates Jesus’ birthday by wearing a hat that looks like a sea of open vaginas - Lainey Gossip
Give your eyeballs a taste of Courteney Cox’s bikini situation like it was the first time - The Superficial
Stephanie Seymour’s like, “Damn, it ain’t the same without my son’s boner brushing against my thigh…” - Hollywood Tuna
Trans Flowers: They ain’t the one! - Towleroad
BREAKING NEWS! BREAKING… Continue reading
Way To Go, Deion
Ooooh, breakup by text, you have just been demoted to level #2 on the coldest shit you can do scale. Pilar Sanders, the apparently soon to be ex-wife of the legendary football great Deion Sanders, says she found out about their impending divorce on TMZ.com. Ho-lee-shit. Stock in Ben N’ Jerry’s and Smith and Wesson just bounced off the charts.
According to TMZ, his wife’s lawyer says, “Pilar’s sole focus and top priority for the last 12.5 years has been her marriage and children. Based on recent discoveries, [Pilar] now realizes that Deion did not view their family the same way.” OUCH. And translation: Deion, just do the right thing and open that wallet. Breaking… Continue reading
Some People Don’t Know When To Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
In yet another stellar call in the life of Jerry Sandusky, TMZ reports that he has decided to speak publicly again on his child sexual abuse allegations, but hasn’t yet decided whether Oprah or Barbara Walters will be the luckiest woman alive to be graced with his presence. He and his wife Dottie are wanting to set the record straight and clear his JeffreyDahmerwasanaltarboycomparedtoyou good name (I had to get drunk just to type that) by going on the air again and this time he’s practiced so he doesn’t pause when asked if he’s sexually attracted to young boys.
Strangely, neither Oprah nor Barbara’s camp can be reached to confirm the interview, so there’s a good chance that this is all wishful… Continue reading
Put It Away
Lady Gaga (the “lady” part is up for discussion) was spotted out in Paris shopping sans Underoos once again says Hollywood Rag. Bitch, put some pants on. That being said, I’m glad she’s helping the local economy and hopefully buying some stuff to cover that shit up while she’s at it. Come to think of it though, maybe she had lots of panties and they all put on their Nikes and drank the Kool-Aid to willingly go to the next level. I can’t say I blame them.
You know, I’m not a prude (more of a total ho really) but I have to say I’ll be glad when this no pants / leggings count as pants… Continue reading
Rick Perry Suddenly Realizes He’s Against Abortion In Cases Of Rape & Incest [Roe V World]
Measure Requiring Condoms In Porn Qualifies For L.A. Ballot [Pornocopia]
Reports Of Sexual Assault At Military Academies Increase Drastically [Sex Crimes]
December 27, 2011 [The Big Picture]
Mom Sues Toys R Us Over Loose Wagon Wheel [Toys]
Comment Of The Day: Now There Is A ‘Me’ In Uterus [Reader Roundup]
Steven Tyler Engaged To Girlfriend Erin Brady [Dirt Bag]
Crystal Renn Does The Splits In A New Cirque Du Soleil Editorial [Fashion]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Amazing Race Luxury Vacation Revealed [Mark Zuckerberg]
How Much Did Dottie Sandusky Know About Her Husband’s Alleged Crimes? [Jerry Sandusky]
Minicraft 2 (Note "Mini"): It Lives?
Some wish for wealth; some for power and prestige. Still others wish to hear those three special words from the object of their affection. Me? I wish for only one thing: to finally reaching into the beard of Markus “Notch” Persson and give a firm squeeze to those pinchable, Swedish cheeks.
Not content with the official release of Minecraft, the upcoming Scrolls, and Minecraft’s lesser-known sibling, Minicraft, Notch is preparing for a fervent frolic through the flowering, 8-bit fields of fancy once again. Indeed, as a recent tweet indicated, he is currently working on Minicraft 2 (not to be confused with Minecraft) “for no good reason.” The original was part of the Ludum Dare
Video: Messing With Seaman
Someone at work showing off the silly things you can do with Siri on her new iPhone just reminded me of all the crazy crap that Seaman used to come up with. Of course, when I mentioned that at work, I had to actually explain what Seaman is, and what it does. I loved that game and thought it was absolutely brilliant. The voice recognition was rudimentary, but for 1999, it was revolutionary to me, at least!
Somewhere in a box in a closet in my apartment I have a journal where I logged his development, including all the bizarre conversations that we had. And I made my poor boyfriend take care of him for me whenever I had to be away… Continue reading
This Week’s Rock Band DLC Is Fueled By Ramen
This week’s DLC tracks in the Rock Band Music Store might seem like a hodgepodge, but they’re all artists from the Fueled By Ramen Records label, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. And now some of their biggest hits are available to play with plastic instruments!
“You Make Me Feel…” by Cobra Starship (feat Sabi) O
“Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes (feat Adam Levine) O
“I Write Sins Not Tragedies” by Panic! at the Disco XO
“Pressure” by Paramore
“Panic” by Sublime with Rome XO
“Billionaire” by Travie McCoy (feat Bruno Mars) O
The tunes are available separately for a couple bucks each, or as the “Fueled By Ramen Pack 01″ for $9.99. Tracks marked above with a “O” feature keyboard parts, and the two with “X”’s… Continue reading
How Not To Conduct Public Relations
When preordering an unreleased product, sometimes promises get broken. Ship dates get shuffled around, prices adjust, and customers get upset. What you do is address their concerns in a polite and respectful manner and do whatever you reasonably can to accommodate their complaints.
What you don’t do is behave like Paul Christoforo, President of Ocean Marketing and the folks behind the Avenger controller, and demean your customer. You don’t insult them and dismiss their complaints. You don’t abuse the use of punctuation while doing so. And you most definitely don’t start slinging crap at Penny Arcade and PAX. Regardless of whether you like Gabe and Tycho, they are tastemakers in gamer… Continue reading
Resistance: Burning Skies Gets Some Gameplay Footage
I will never forgive this man for uttering the phrase, “boom goes the dynamite.”
As the title suggests, some fresh gameplay of Resistance: Burning Skies, the Vita exclusive, was recently posted to the Playstation Blog. While these sort of previews tend to be a bit tedious - looking over a player’s shoulder while he narrates the action over background noise isn’t the best way to see a game - it does give the viewer a decent idea of how gameplay will pan out, particularly with Vita’s touch controls. The kids over at Nihilistic Software gave a brief preview of the “George Washington Bridge” battle, demonstrating the environments, cover system, and of course, “guns a’blazin” goodness. The game is obviously… Continue reading
Wootini’s Weekly Animal Crossing Diary
Dear Diary,
This was a big week in Narnia. No, seriously. We’ve got a lot to cover, so we can’t waste any time!
Friday Frivolity: Mega64 Tackles Skyrim
My head is kept scrupulously shaved at all times, but every now and again, a rogue strand of blonde hair escapes the unforgiving blade. Aside from nagging at my latent OCD, said strand makes it a personal mission to disorganize my thoughts, cause me to gloss over obvious things with utter ignorance and, in the case of this video, refresh YouTube roughly six times after being convinced that my graphics card has suffered some sort of “technical event.”
The kids over at at Mega64 have been at it again, this time offering a few jibes in the direction of… Continue reading
Myst Will Not Die
Many, many years ago, I borrowed a copy of Myst to see what the fuss was about. And I just did not get it. I happen to really enjoy point-and-click adventure games, but Myst just did nothing for me. And I tried one of the sequels that got ported to the PS2 as I recall, and even with better graphics and fancier animation I still couldn’t get into it. But the game remains one of the biggest selling PC titles ever, and has made its way onto plenty of platforms. And now it’s going to make its way to one more: The Nintendo 3DS. Maximum Family Games has announced that it is developing Myst for a March 27, 2012 release on… Continue reading
Sony Lowers Playstation Vita Memory Card Prices
Now that players know what games they can expect for their Playstation Vita on launch day, they might also want all kinds of memory cards and junk to go with it. Fortunately, hot on the heels of the official Vita launch games, Sony has announced via the Playstation Blog that memory card prices have been lowered from internet debate-sparking expensive to just expensive.
Standard 4 GB memory cards will go for $19.99, while larger sizes will cost appropriately more. A special starter kit will also be available on February 22nd and give players a 4GB memory card, pocket pouch, protective film, card case, headphones, and cleaning cloth for just $39.99. Anyone curious about the full list of accessories for the… Continue reading
Contest: Merry Riftmas!
Happy holidays, gaymers! Sorry I haven’t posted much lately (good lord, it’s been over a month!), but between two jobs and the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus I have had minimal time for anything substantive. I promise, though, that I’ve got three reviews in the works: two video reviews concerning flying elves and speedy mammals, and an iOS review for a game that teaches you how to be a bartender. No, seriously.
Due to being so busy, I’ve become more and more familiar with that Twittery thing that Drand assures me is not a fad. I have to admit, it’s kinda nifty even though I’ve been turning my nose up to it in the past. If I… Continue reading
La crisis explicada en 1 minuto
La crisis financiera explicada de manera sencilla
Heidi es la propietaria de un bar en Berlín, que ha comprado con un préstamo bancario. Como es natural, quiere aumentar las ventas, y decide permitir que sus clientes, la mayoría de los cuales son alcohólicos en paro, beban hoy y paguen otro día. Va anotando en un cuaderno todo lo que consumen cada uno de sus clientes. Esta es una manera como otra cualquiera de concederles préstamos.
Nota: Pero en realidad, no le entra en caja ningún dinero físico.
Muy pronto, gracias al boca a boca, el bar de Heidi se empieza a llenar de más clientes.
Como sus clientes no tienen que pagar al instante, Heidi decide aumentar los beneficios subiendo el precio de la cerveza… Continue reading
Ampliar espacio de almacenamiento en GMAIL
Tengo cuenta de correo electrónico en Gmail desde que estaba en fase beta, allá por el año 2004. Normalmente borro el SPAM y los chistes malos, pero me gusta conservar todo el correo que recibo. Probablemente nunca lo necesite, pero es mío y no lo quiero borrar, y mi cuenta está a punto de llenarse. Ahora se me plantea un problema, ¿Como ampliar el espacio de GMAIL?
Por lo que he podido leer, el espacio de GMAIL está compartido entre la propia cuenta de GMAIL, los álbumes de Picasa, y Google Docs, y no se si Google+. Así que lo primero que he hecho es vaciar Picasa y Google Docs. Ahora tendré 2 cuentas, 1 para Gmail y otra para el resto. Aún así… Continue reading
Descargar Windows 8 Beta
Microsoft ha presentado el que será su nuevo sistema operativo de escritorio Windows 8, y nos ofrece la posibilidad de descargar Windows 8 Beta. En él podemos ver que el antiguo escritorio con el que todos estamos tan familiarizados, ha pasado a ser una aplicación más, ya que la pantalla principal está dividida en paneles con las aplicaciones más importantes al frente.
Con Windows 8 Microsoft apuesta por dispositivos táctiles, y por el almacenamiento en la nube, y será totalmente compatible con todas las aplicaciones de Windows 7. La nueva interfaz llamada Metro, es muy similar a la que usan los teléfonos con Windows Phone 7. Parece que también tendrán una tienda Windows (Microsoft Store), una idea muy parecida a la App… Continue reading
Las palabras clave mejor pagadas en Adsense
Estoy más que seguro que estas preguntas te las habrás hecho muchas veces (Si tienes Adsense en tu sitio Web y te interesa la publicidad online) ¿Cuales son las palabras por las que más paga Google Adsense? ¿Cual es el precio de la publicidad en Internet?
En esta infografía puedes ver las 20 palabras por las que se paga más en Google Adwords según Wordstream. Las 20 palabras clave son en inglés, y los precios son en US$ pero podemos hacernos una idea de cuales son los nichos por los que se paga mas. Hemos de tener en cuenta que el beneficio por click en Adsense no será lo que se paga en Adwords, pero seguro que es un precio altísimo también… Continue reading
Poner Google+ Plus en WordPress
Poco tiempo ha tardado en aparecer un plugin para que podamos poner nuestro perfil de Google + en WordPress. Con este sencillo plugin llamado Googlecards, podremos enlazar directamente nuestro perfil de Google + y mostrará nuestro nombre, personas que nos tienen añadido en sus círculos, una foto, y un enlace para seguirnos en Google plus.
La instalación en nuestro blog es bien sencilla, descargas el plugin, lo instalas y en Widgets lo seleccionas y lo mueves a tu sidebar. Ahí tienes que añadir tu Google+ id (Que lo puedes obtener desde la url de tu perfil.) Así podrás presumir de ser uno de los privilegiados que tiene cuenta de Google +. Yo como véis ya lo he implementado en… Continue reading
Como enviar invitaciones a Google Plus
Supongo que todos vosotros ya habréis oído hablar de Google Plus o Google +. como cada vez que Google saca algún servicio nuevo, lo pone en fase beta y solo deja acceso a través de invitaciones.
Pero no permite enviar invitaciones de una manera sencilla, más bien hay que utilizar un truco para poder enviarlas. Ahora os explico como se hace:
Una vez estás dentro de Google + haz click en los círculos de tu perfil y posteriormente haz clic en “Contactos en tus círculos”
Haz click en añadir una persona, introduce su dirección de E-Mail y añádela a un círculo. (Para esto yo he creado un círculo que se llama invitaciones).
Cuando hayas añadido todas las personas a las que quieres invitar al círculo… Continue reading
Los mejores plugins Social Media para WordPress
¿Los blogs han muerto? No, tranquilo, que aunque muchos no paren de decirlo, los blogs no han muerto, pero si que han cambiado. Ahora la conversación no se centra solo en tu blog y los comentarios, si no que se mueve por las diferentes redes sociales. Y esta oportunidad hay que aprovecharla ofreciendo a los usuarios de tu blog las herramientas más cómodas para ello.
Es por ello que os muestro una pequeña lista con los mejores plugins para socializar tu blog en WordPress (a mi juicio) para que os ayude a vosotros. Llevo varios días buscando los más interesantes para cambiarlos aquí y ya que los he probado, pues aquí los dejo
Me he centrado en los plugins que ayudan… Continue reading
Cambio de Hosting
Hace ya varios días que he cambiado de hosting el blog. No quiero hacer demasiada sangre de 1and1, el anterior proveedor de hosting, pero he acabado muy descontento. No son muy frecuentes las caídas pero cada mes hay varias, la información es nula, el servicio técnico es lento y cuando se deciden a contestar, normalmente 2 o 3 días después ya no sirve para nada. Además nunca te explican a que ha sido debida la caída y obviamente no te devuelven la parte proporcional al tiempo que has estado caído.
Ahora Me Congratula está alojado en Redcoruña. Desde que lo contraté hasta ahora todo ha sido parabienes. Son muy atentos en todo, ya sea desde la cuenta de soporte… Continue reading
Guia SEO de Google 2011
Google ha revisado y actualizado, y de que manera, su guía Seo para principiantes, ahora llamada Guía para principiantes sobre optimización para motores de búsqueda. Echando un pequeño vistazo podemos ver que la guía de 32 páginas tiene las siguientes temáticas principales:
Conceptos básicos SEO: Como crear títulos de página únicos y precisos, como utilizar la metaetiqueta “description”
Mejorando la estructura del sitio web: Como mejorar la estructura de Url y facilitar la navegación de nuestro sitio.
Optimizando el contenido: Te sugiere que ofrezcas contenido de calidad, que enlaces con anchors descriptivos, que optimices el uso de imágenes para SEO y que utilices las etiquetas de cabecera H1, H2, etc…
Tratando con los bots: Utiliza efectivamente el archivo robots.txt, utiliza Nofollow en… Continue reading
La mejor estrategia de LinkBuilding
Linkbuilding o su traducción “Construcción de enlaces” se basa en eso, trabajar para conseguir enlaces entrantes a tu sitio web para ganar relevancia.
Hoy he recibido un mail con una proposición que no podía rechazar. Copio y pego el Mail en cuestión pero borraré los datos personales y de empresa, ya que es una comunicación privada. Aunque también puede ser considerado SPAM, o como comentaba hace tiempo Iñaki Huerta, Ninja Linking Por que como veréis este es un verdadero Ninja del SEO.
Buenos días,
Soy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx y trabajo en el departamento de marketing de xxxxxxxx.es, el portal de empleo para estudiantes y titulados en España.
Como portal de empleo enfocado a estudiantes, nuestra misión es colaborar en la integración de los… Continue reading
Instalar GPC (compilador de Pascal) en Ubuntu/Mint 64 bits
Muy buenos días, hoy que es festivo vengo a escribir un post con la solución a un problema que tuve ayer. Intentando instalar GPC (GNU Pascal Compiler) en una máquina virtual con Linux Mint 64 bits resulta que no había paquete candidato para mi versión en los repositorios. Buscando por un lado y por otro encontré un .deb de GPC 4.1, pero al intentar instalarlo tampoco tenía las dependencias, así que fui buscándolas una a una hasta que conseguí instalarlo, en total solo hay que instalar cuatro paquetes .deb y listo. Seguro que hay soluciones más elegantes pero esta es rápida, sencilla, y nos permite tener GPC corriendo en un momento.
Al final del post os dejo un archivo para descargar con… Continue reading
Ordenar libretas en Evernote
Evernote es un programa realmente genial para tener información de todo tipo organizada y aumentar con creces nuestra productividad. Tiene aplicaciones para Mac OS, Windows, Android e iOS, lo que nos permite tener acceso y sincronizar todos los datos que guardemos en Evernote desde cualquier lugar y en cualquier momento. Personalmente soy un desastre en cuanto a orden y organización (el reducido número de entradas que publico desde hace unos meses es una buena prueba de ello), por lo que últimamente estoy intentando apoyarme en herramientas como Google Calendar y Evernote para darle un poco de orden a mis rutinas. En concreto con Evernote estoy utilizando el método GTD (Getting things done). Si queréis tener una idea de en que consiste… Continue reading
Convierte tu PC o portátil con WiFi en un punto de acceso (WiFi HotSpot)
Hoy en día casi todos los routers que nos facilitan los ISP cuentan con conectividad WiFi, por lo que practicamente todo el mundo tiene un punto de acceso WiFi en su casa. Pero hay situaciones en las que poder convertir nuestro ordenador de sobremesa o portátil en un punto de acceso inalámbrico con, por ejemplo, un barato “pincho” usb WiFi, o la tarjeta WiFi integrada puede ser interesante.
En mi caso el router está en la otra punta de la casa y la señal WiFi llega a mi habitación bastante débil. El ordenador lo tengo conectado por cable ethernet pero mi nuevo móvil necesita conexión a Internet continua y en casa prefiero no tirar de la tarifa de datos.
La conexión… Continue reading
Record de Overclock: AMD Bulldozer a 8.46 GHz
El anterior record de Overclock en un procesador de uso personal, que cualquiera puede tener en el PC de su casa vamos, lo había establecido este mismo procesador(un AMD Bulldozer) en el mes de Agosto a nada menos que 8.429 GHz. Ahora parece ser que un tal Andre Yang ha conseguido alcanzar 8.46GHz. Una mejora ínfima, pero a estos niveles 1MHz más es algo difícil de conseguir. Os dejo la captura del CPU-Z que subieron en TH.
Tutorial: Overclock i7 parte 2
Tutorial: Overclock i7
Desbloquear Phenom II X4 960T a X6
AMD FirePro V4900, tarjeta gráfica para diseñadores gráficos
A la hora de montar un PC con una tarjeta gráfica potente lo que la mayoría de la gente piensa es en jugar. Muchos profesionales del diseño gráfico se ven obligados a comprar tarjetas gráficas más orientadas a ofrecer un alto rendimiento en videojuegos que en aplicaciones de diseño. Lógicamente el mercado de los videojuegos es el que más dinero mueve y sacar un producto enfocado a un uso profesional, existiendo alternativas que suplen mejor o mejor este vacío es arriesgado.
AMD acaba de sacar al mercado la FirePro V4900, una tarjeta gráfica orientada a procesos de diseño gráfico digital. Está optimizada para trabajar con programas CAD y para programas de creación de contenido digital.
En cuanto a Hardware, se trata de una… Continue reading
(Solución) Problema con la resolución en Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (aliasing)
Ayer salió oficialmente el Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 para PC entre otras plataformas. Yo acabo de instalarlo. Como siempre antes de jugar a cualquier título me voy a la configuración gráfica para poner la resolución a 1920×1080, aplicar anti-aliasing, poner texturas a buena calidad, etc. Con todo configurado a tope, arranco la primera misión y cual es mi sorpresa que se ven todos los bordes pixeladisimos, con aliasing a saco (dientes de sierra), una cosa de lo más… asquerosa podría decirse. Lo primero que pienso es que es alguna tontería de la configuración gráfica del COD:MW3, así que me meto de nuevo y no veo nada raro.
Igual es que no se están aplicando los filtros, así que miro el… Continue reading
[Tutorial]Pasar contactos y números de teléfono de Nokia a Android
Al fin, después de mucho tiempo planteándome tener un Smartphone en condiciones y ya que ahora le voy a dar uso de verdad, me he pillado uno. En concreto el Samsung Galaxy R, la versión reducida del SII que poco tiene que envidiar a su hermano mayor. Llevo solo desde ayer con el y ya me tiene enamorado. Rápido, fluido, pantalla bestial, la batería dándole caña aguanta bastante bien, WiFi rápido, datos… y las aplicaciones! Hay de todo y se instala en un momento. Ya haré una pequeña review del teléfono si tengo tiempo y escribiré más artículos interesantes a cerca de el cacharrito y Android. Hoy os vengo a explicar como pasar los contactos, mails y números de teléfono de… Continue reading
Review: Caja Aerocool Vs-9 (Parte II)
En esta segunda parte de la review de la caja Aerocool Vs-9 vamos a analizar la instalación de todos los componentes en la caja. La configuración elegida es la que tengo actualmente como PC de escritorio y montada en una enorme HAF-932. El único recorte que he tenido que hacer es la eliminación de uno de los loops de la refrigeración líquida, quedando gráfica y procesador en el mismo, y no en dos separados como tenía antes. Como podéis ver, la diferencia de tamaño de ambas cajas es bastante considerable:
Ahí una foto y descripción de la configuración:
Placa Base: Gigabyte X58-UD5
Memoria Ram: 2×2 GB OCZ (8-8-8-24 1600Mhz) + 2×2 GB Patriot (8-8-8-24 1600Mhz) 8GB en Dual Channel
Procesador: i7 920 D0… Continue reading
Trailer de Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
La saga de Call of Duty vuelve a la carga con una nueva aventura orientada en circunstancias bélicas que podrían ser contemporáneas.Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 vuelve de la mano de Infinity Ward tras los problemas del estudio con la propia Activision. Los más puristas apuntan a que su éxito será transitorio, sobre todo para PC, como pasó con las entregas anteriores a excepción del primer Modern Warfare que marcó un antes y un después en la competición de shotters online. Habrá que esperar a la salida del juego para ver como se desarrollan las cosas, el modo jugado individual sorprenderá como siempre, lo que más inquietos nos tiene es el modo online, como se desarrollará el… Continue reading
Review: Caja Aerocool Vs-9
El segundo producto a analizar por cortesía de Biomag se trata de una caja tipo semitorre BTX, la Aerocool Vs-9. Una caja orientada al gaming, fabricada en acero de 0.8 mm lo que le concede gran robustez y ligereza. Pese a ser una caja en apariencia pequeña, el ser BTX y la gran disposición interior nos permitirán alojar en ella configuraciones muy interesantes.
Características:
9 bahías de 5 1/4″.
Sistemas de sujeción fácil para ranuras PCI/PCIe y bahías 5 1/4″
Ranuras para ventiladores: una en el suelo, dos en el lateral y dos en el techo (12 o 14cm). Una en la parte trasera con ventilador instalado de serie de 12 cm y posibilidad de añadir hasta tres ventiladores en el frontal.
5 adaptadores para colocar… Continue reading
Four short links: 28 December 2011
Terrier IR — open source (Mozilla) text search engine, now with Hadoop support.
s3ql — open source (GPLv3) Linux filesystem which stores its data on Google Storage, Amazon S3, or OpenStack. (via Adam Shand)
Esprima — open source (BSD) fast Javascript parser in Javascript. (via Javascript Weekly)
Hogan.js — open source (Apache) Javascript templating engine from Twitter. If it proves anywhere near as good as Bootstrap, it’ll be heavily used.
Open Question: Is it realistic for publishers to cut Amazon out of the equation?
DRM is a hotly controversial topic, but most publishers continue to insist on employing it to protect content from piracy. In a recent blog post, author Charlie Stross argued that “the strategy of demanding DRM everywhere is going to boomerang, inflicting horrible damage on the very companies who want it.” Stross said Amazon is publishing’s next biggest threat after piracy, and employing DRM is like handing Amazon a big stick.
Until 2008, ebooks were a tiny market segment, under 1% and easily overlooked; but in 2009 ebook sales began to rise exponentially, and ebooks now account for over 20% of all fiction sales. In some areas ebooks are up to 40% of the market and rising rapidly. (I am not… Continue reading
Four short links: 27 December 2011
Write Logs for Machines — argues that services should log in a format suitable for automated analysis, not for humans to read as has been the custom in the past.
tmpltr — Javascript template previewer, open source on github.
Dspace Badge — what my son and I are building this week, our first Arduino project.
Prince of Persia C64 Development Blog — fascinating account of a chap reconstructing Jordan Mechner’s classic “Prince of Persia” game from Mechner’s notes. The original source was lost.
The year in big data and data science
Big data and data science have both been with us for a while. According to McKinsey & Company’s May 2011 report on big data, back in 2009 “nearly all sectors in the U.S. economy had at least an average of 200 terabytes of stored data … per company with more than 1,000 employees.” And on the data-science front, Amazon’s John Rauser used his presentation at Strata New York (below) to trace the profession of data scientist all the way back to 18th-century German astronomer Tobias Mayer.
Of course, novelty and growth are separate things, and in 2011, there were a number of new technologies and companies developed to address big data’s issues of storage, transfer, and… Continue reading
Four short links: 26 December 2011
Pattern — a BSD-licensed bundle of Python tools for data retrieval, text analysis, and data visualization. If you were going to get started with accessible data (Twitter, Google), the fundamentals of analysis (entity extraction, clustering), and some basic visualizations of graph relationships, you could do a lot worse than to start here.
Factorie (Google Code) — Apache-licensed Scala library for a probabilistic modeling technique successfully applied to [...] named entity recognition, entity resolution, relation extraction, parsing, schema matching, ontology alignment, latent-variable generative models, including latent Dirichlet allocation. The state-of-the-art big data analysis tools are increasingly open source, presumably because the value lies in their application not in their existence. This is good news for everyone with a new… Continue reading
The tablet boom: Great for Wi-Fi, but not for carriers
This time of year, a lot of companies are issuing their “top predictions for 2012,” and most of the trends they forecast are hopelessly obvious: Smartphone sales will skyrocket! or Apple will launch a new iPhone! But Sandvine’s top 5 projections for the new year are always worth a glance; its status as one of the telecom industry’s biggest packet sniffers gives it unique insight into how consumers use their mobile and wireline broadband connections.
This year, Sandvine had a lot of interesting things to say about how tablets will intersect with the wacky world of mobile broadband as well as the continued deterioration of carrier services and the advent of live streamed video. Without further adieu ado, let’s drill… Continue reading
Apple had a really good Christmas
The numbers are starting to roll in, and it’s becoming clear that Apple had a pretty good holiday weekend. Waiting for the iOS maker under the Christmas tree on Sunday was a gigantic pile of new customers, who promptly starting buying apps, playing games and shopping, according to a bunch of stats released Tuesday.
Here’s what we know so far about how Apple did this past weekend:
People like shopping on their shiny new iPads. An IBM Coremetrics study tracking Christmas Day e-commerce found overall online shopping on Sunday was up more than 16 percent from last Christmas Day, and the dollar amount spent just from purchases made on a mobile device jumped 173 percent. But most interesting is that 7 percent of
Apple delivers much-needed clarity regarding iTunes Match
Supply chain report points to 32- and 37-inch Apple iTV in 2012
Apple will be launching 32- and 37-inch versions of a dedicated Apple television set in the second or third quarter of 2012, according to supply chain sources speaking to DigiTimes on Tuesday. Apple will be focusing on those two sizes initially, the sources claim.
The sources indicate Apple’s supply partners will begin preparing the components necessary for the new “iTVs,” as they’ve been dubbed by the media, in the first quarter of 2012. Parts include Samsung chips (likely the A5 that currently powers the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, or its successor) and displays from Sharp, according to previous reports and backed up by what DigiTimes says are “media reports in Korea.”
Entering the market with 32- and 37-inch form factors… Continue reading
Apple fined by Italian authorities over AppleCare policies
Apple has run afoul of Italian authorities for providing misleading information about consumers’ rights in the country when it comes to product warranties, and on Tuesday ,the country’s Antitrust Authority announced it had placed a fine of €900,000 euros ($1.18 million USD) on the iPhone maker.
The BBC reports that in Italy consumers are guaranteed two years of warranty protection for all purchased products, but Apple had guaranteed only one year of warranty support — equal to what it offers here in the U.S. and in other countries. Instead of recognizing the second year of free warranty support, Apple was reportedly telling Italian customers to purchase AppleCare to cover any warranty claims after the first year.
The Antitrust Authority said Apple… Continue reading
Apple iOS holiday activations reach lofty heights
Apple’s iOS devices were popular gifts during the holiday weekend, as you might expect. According to a new Localytics study, there were 12.5 times more devices accessing games and apps using the Localytics platform than during previous weekends, in fact. It was enough growth to beat out Android’s worldwide gains, but not by much.
Regional differences in some areas showed strong discrepancies between the growth rate of the two platforms. In Germany and the U.S., for instance, iOS far outstripped Android’s growth, with around 15 or 16 times the average new device activations, vs about 11 to 12 times for Android hardware. The iPad and the iPod seem to make the difference; in countries where iOS beat Android, there were many more of… Continue reading
Cosmonaut stylus review: A tip-to-toe iPad writing companion
The Cosmonaut is a new iPad stylus from Studio Neat which started life on Kickstarter. After a few months of manufacturing and testing, the Cosmonaut started shipping in early December to Kickstarter backers, and is now available to purchase for $25. But is it any good?
The design
The Cosmonaut is designed to be more like a marker than a regular pen. The tip is wide, which may make you think it’d be less accurate, but surprisingly, it’s one of the most accurate styluses I’ve used. This is mostly due to the structure of the tip; it’s made of rubber which pushes in slightly and isn’t too flexible. (Some other styluses, such as… Continue reading
5 tips to make a new Mac user’s experience as pleasant as possible
So you finally convinced your friends and family to retire their PC in favor of a Mac with a Christmas gift. Now, you have to deal with being the training wheels for a new operating system. You can avoid some of the hassles that go along with that, and ease the transition for new Mac users with these simple steps.
1. Create a “My Documents alias, and other shortcuts on the desktop
Steve Jobs wanted your desktop to remain as uncluttered as possible, but PC users are used to seeing key items there. Putting an alias to the Documents folder on the desktop and renaming it My Documents is a good idea during their adjustment period. The same goes for commonly used applications… Continue reading
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