Posted by Scott Sanfilippo on Oct 30, 2008
Vote Early. Vote Often. It’s a phrase many who grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania have heard over the years. In the days before the hanging chad, this area was pretty well known for voter fraud. Tales of the dearly departed casting their vote weren’t just tales, and “buying a vote” was a [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 30, 2008
Star Wars + Mac Nerdery = Most Awesome Mod Ever.
Being of the age that I grew up with the original Trilogy (“… there’s only one Return and its not of the King, but the Jedi.” Nerd cred for identifying that quote’s source.) this mod of a Mac Mini is just about the penultimate in cool. [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 30, 2008
From the Yahoo! Developer Network: http://developer.yahoo.com/yap/
Yahoo! has ventured into the open platform arena to allow developers and companies to builds apps that take advantage of Yahoo!’s pool of data, social connections, and traffic. If you’re an aspiring developer, having Yahoo! provide this marketplace to deploy your software could be priceless.
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 30, 2008
The next version of Ubuntu’s free Linux operating system, dubbed “Intrepid Ibex,” is due out Oct. 30, the beta is available for download right now from http://www.ubuntu.com. Not much has really changed as far as the desktop, this release is more focused on additional features, tweaking pre-existing features and increasing usability and compatibility.
Some of these [...]
Posted by Greg Davis on Oct 29, 2008
As the election draws closer, I thought I’d send a few inspiring quotes from political leaders of the past…
“Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will forgiven, indeed, they will be regarded as high qualities if he can make of them the ability to [...]
Posted by Randy Llewellyn on Oct 29, 2008
I just had a conversation with Steve Grecco, Director of Sales, Store Dev. about business survival in this economy and I’m borrowing some of his words…
To survive, you can’t just cower in the corner and hope you come through clean on the other side. But, lets hope that’s what our competitors are doing. High confidence is the key to winning. Take [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 29, 2008
I was recently blessed with the opportunity to see AC/DC in concert. However, this was no ordinary show. This was the final dress rehearsal before they kicked off their latest tour in many years. Now me being an AC/DC fan since I can remember, the opportunity to see them before anyone else was a dream come [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 29, 2008
To add to Marc Manfree’s encouragement to get out there and vote, following is another helpful resource, courtesy of Google:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/elections/2008/us-voter-info/us-voter-info.xml
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 29, 2008
Well, can you?
Only a few days left, so make sure. Everything you need to know can be found here.
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
Come on, it’s time for a trip down old school lane. For each and every one of us, there was a time when we knew nothing what so ever about html. There was a time when we didn’t know what an a tag was, a time when we thought that CSS was some sort of [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
More often that not being in the SEM industry has the capacity to make you -
A. Talk faster
B. Analyze ever bit of data you can get your hands on
and..
C. Talk in acronyms (ROAS, CPA, CTR, Conv. Rate, CPC, PPC, SEM…)
To us these are normal common place words, but we must remember that not everyone in [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
Jeff P. posted about the new Yahoo Web Analytics the other day, and I wanted to mention it on our blog as well. We’re all very excited to see it roll out over here, and we’re encouraging Yahoo Store owners to test it out. Maybe you’re already using Google Analytics or another analytics tool, but [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
Forrester Research recently announced that the poor economic conditions are going to significantly slow US online holiday sales.
This sounds like bad news until you read the first line of the article:
“US online retail sales this holiday season will reach $44 billion, a 12% increase over last year and the slowest growth rate to date”
http://www.marketingcharts.com
This is [...]
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
Wondering what to get the person that has everything this holiday season? How about a box full of trash? No, really. Over at nycgarbage.com, they sell tiny sculptures made of actual garbage from NYC streets. They even have limited edition boxes from special dates like New Year’s day and such. Pretty interesting concept.
Posted by Solid Cactus on Oct 28, 2008
I have had a change of heart. That’s right, your favorite hardcore, beer sipping Marine blogger has seen the light. I am no longer going to be the aggressive, yet incredibly good looking blogger you all have come to know and love. A colleague (and good friend) of mine wrote a blog pointing out the [...]