Mike rules! You da man! He’s the first winner. See you @ the Morton’s in SF next time I’m in town. As a bonus I’ll bring you a microphone. 🙂 -Ian. On 2/19/01 12:21 PM, “Mike Masnick” wrote: > Z.com closes their doors. > >...
http://www.kurthanson.com/index.htm Soundbreak.com, which develops music Web sites, has shut down operations, according to Acacia Research, an incubator that invested nearly $10 million in Soundbreak. “Soundbreak CEO Paul Ryan said in a statement that the...
…than the US in at least ONE way: you can get Coffee Crisp chocolate bars just about anywhere in Canada. But in the US? No way, except San Jose. There is a militant group of expatriates fighting the good fight to get a Coffee Crisp into the hands of every...
For clarification, What Jeff it offering is really quite generous. It’s the ability to make international calls, using your DSL or CableModem connection, for free. He ships you one of these: http://www.komodo-tech.com/kf300OV.html You plug it in, set it up,...
Ironically, Lars Ulrich appeared on “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” on Sunday Night and busted out at $32,000. A day later, in case you live in a #^@$ing cave, Napster got burned at the stake by the San Francisco US Circuit Court, which upheld the earlier...
I’ve been a VERY BAD BOY lately about posting to FOIB, which goes to prove that my current man-of-leisure philosophy is going to my head. I wrote this article a few weeks ago, ostensibly for the Vancouver Sun. They of course had their heads inserted in various...
Yet another publication chimes in with a strong Anti-WAP message: WAP sucks. Of course, the fact that WAP sucks is old news on FOIB, but this article is really funny. At the root of the problem are the Wireless Service Providers, now shifting like sand dunes to avoid...
This week the Molson family, having ceased their sponsorship of Molson’s Hockey Night in Canada, are further de-verticalizing themselves. They have now unloaded one of the worst of Canada’s six embarrassingly crappy NHL hockey teams (competition is stiff...
For FUN only I’m streaming about 4 hours’ worth of fun, happenin’ 80s tunes on my server at home. There are some pretty funny surprises. If you feel like listening in.. http://radio.chimpz.com:8000/ Periodically (when I remember) I’ll be...
Ian Andrew Bell has been bending bits into business since 1993. He created Tingle, RosterBot, RingCentral, and other things celebrated and ignominious.
He is also a Hockeyist, Motorcyclist, and Aviation Enthusiast. Follow him on twitter as @ianb or find him on LinkedIN.
