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Stocks and Sex…

They say the only internet businesses making any money are Stocks and Sex. So why not combine the two? -Ian. ———- http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011120/wr/life_australia_markets_dc_1.html Tuesday November 20 5:48 AM ET Naked Online Market Reports...

I Still Got It (back in the 80s)..

On this exact week in 1991 I got bored while Djing on a lonely Tuesday Night at a club in Vancouver called Richard’s on Richards and recorded myself playing a hit list of schlocky 80s music. I then distributed around 200 copies on tape to friends, business...

Cipro and GREED

Millions of people are slowly dying in Africa of AIDS and Ebola and drug companies and the US Government don’t lift a finger to reduce the cost of the drugs used for treatment. A couple of dozen Americans are infected with a toxin called Anthrax and Bayer cuts a...

I Still Got It..

When Napster died I went on a frenzy downloading every Hip Hop song I could think of. I then got a hold of some digital mixing software (thanks Gersh) and decided to put together a compilation of the best of ’em. Each track is segued using many, many different...

VoIP Gets a Big Win. (Or Does It?)

IP Telephony may finally be coming of age. For example, take this week’s announcement of a $1.1 billion contract between Sprint and Nortel to replace Sprint’s Plain Old Telephone network with IP-driven switching technologies. While on the surface this...

FW: iPod? They plod.

—— Forwarded Message From: Tom Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:12:55 -0700 (PDT) To: fork [at] xent [dot] com Subject: iPod? They plod. With a 400$ price tag Apples entry into the portable MP3 player market begs the question…why? The Rio Volt, a unit that...

ION is I-Gone.

So, Sprint laid off a few thousand today, and they finally canned ION (Integrated On-Demand Network) — which prompted most of us to say: “ION still exists?” Not anymore. Check out this article which sort of presages the whole thing: –...

Nortel’s Toast…

With a CFO now in charge, Nortel’s obviously positioning themselves to sell. Presumably to Cisco or Alcatel. Price would have to be pretty low, though… Like sub- $1Bn. -Ian.