From Gretchen: My mom meant to compare Andersen Cooper to a carnie, like Austin Powers, by saying he had small hands and smelled like cabbage. She wrote Nads instead of Hands. Don’t know why her phone autocorrects to reference testicles but I’m a little disturbed… Get Excited Posted on May 31st 2011 Oh The Irony Posted on May 31st 2011 Eye Inj ..read more.. Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Damn You Auto Correct! - Funny iPhone Fails and Autocorrect Horror Stories
From Gretchen: My mom meant to compare Andersen Cooper to a carnie, like Austin Powers, by saying he had small hands and smelled like cabbage. She wrote Nads instead of Hands. Don’t know why her phone autocorrects to reference testicles but I’m a little disturbed… Get Excited Posted on May 31st 2011 Oh The Irony Posted on May 31st 2011 Eye Inj ..read more.. 
Top 5 Twitter Tools for Social Media Community Managers
Do you manage a social media community? Are you looking for an easier way to manage what happens on Twitter? Here are five tools to help make your Twitter workflow more efficient, along with some simple instructions on how to use them. #1: Schedule your tweets more efficiently Not everyone agrees that scheduling tweets is the best approach. Twitter ..read more.. How to write a newsletter that people actually read
The most important thing you can remember when writing a newsletter is that most people aren’t going to read it. There are some things you can do to increase the number of actual readers out of subscribers, but always keep in mind that maybe one out of five subscribers will actually read your newsletter. In this blog, we’ll go over some things ..read more.. $80 off voucher for free
$80 off voucher via the directions below. That's better than the $50 voucher we saw in March and tied with an offer from last summer as the best such discount we've seen from this airline. Flights must be booked by today for travel through October 29. (The dates are listed in the European format of DD/MM/YY.) Click here for complete details. To get ..read more..
How Companies Are Using Data from Foursquare
It’s a deal: Foursquare users see promotions like this sample; in return, businesses get abundant data about who their visitors are and when they are most likely to come. Credit: Foursquare The location-based service might feel like a game to its users, but it's producing worthwhile data for businesses. When Foursquare began, it was easy to wonder ..read more..
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. - Edsger Dijkstra. http://psxs.us/jwhWGY
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
MJ loved her new billable machine, until she discovered how slick it made the floor.
It was too windy outside to use MJ's new bubble machine. We brought it in & filled the living room with bubbles. MJ loved it but when she chased them she discovered the floor was essentially covered in soap.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
New tool to curate relevant content.
I think I like this better than an RSS. It brings in articles by keywords instead of being site specific. You can customize the feeds too.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
City mows less than I do
I always think my yard is bad. Then I pass this year old round-a-bout that's part of a multi million$ project.
Trying to optimize my syndication yet again. This time for videos and photos only. http://psxs.us/kmIqOM
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tornado forming over my house in Texas, May 24 2011
This tornado formed right over my house. Both scary and fantastic to be able to witness this. It didn't touch down or cause any damage at all. I have never seen a tornado in person before, so this was a really unique experience. Normally tornadoes seem to skip right over the town where I live here in Texas, and one has never damaged it. There is a l ..read more.. Google invests $55 million in wind farms in California's Mojave desert
Google announced today that it will invest $55 million in a large Mojave Desert wind energy farm. The LA Times reports that the search giant is partnering with Citibank, "which is also shelling out $55 million to help finance part of the Alta Wind Energy Center, one of the world's largest wind installations," and that the move is seen as a "key step ..read more.. 
I'm worth 100(e) on Empire Avenue!
i3D app brings glasses-free 3D to iOS, tracks your gaze like a creepy portrait tracks Scooby Doo (video) -- Engadget
i3D is a new app that can create a glasses-free 3D display on iDevices, using a technology known as Head-Coupled Perspective (HCP). Developed by the folks from the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) Research Group, HCP uses a front facing camera to track the movements of a user's head, allowing the app to adjust the display accordingly. T ..read more..
My baby girl had to get tubes and her ears and adenoids taken out. The tubes aren't too intrusive but the adenoid removal is no cake walk. Dr said we have no screaming or running around for 2 weeks. Yeah, that's gonna be easy. Poor girl 
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Monday, May 23, 2011
5 Social Media Recruiting Tools for Small Business
Donna Wells is the CEO of Mindflash.com, a leading web platform for companies to easily share knowledge and train employees. It makes training easier, faster and more cost-effective than ever before.Back in the day, I ran big organizations with fat budgets and spent a lot of money on recruiters — sometimes with good results. Now, in my fifth start ..read more.. Content syndication
Meet This 14-Year-Old Self Taught Hacker
In case you missed it, hackers were busy building new ideas and products at TechCrunch Disrupt’s Hackathon in New York last night. Fueled by RedBull, coffee, and massive quantities of junk food, hackers burned the midnight oil last night, preparing to show off their designs to the judges, who included VC Jeff Clavier and Canv.as founder Christophe ..read more.. First Twitter-Based Hedge Fund Opens in London
Derwent Capital Markets, a London investment firm that has long been touting itself as the first social media-based hedge fund, has opened its doors.The £25 milllion ($40.5 milion) hedge fund is basing investments on an analysis of 10% of the 10 million tweets sent daily. The firm applies trading algorithms and sentiment analysis to those tweets be ..read more.. Sunday, May 22, 2011
Facebook Photo Viewer Gets Another Facelift
This is a screenshot of the new Facebook Photo Viewer that I think went live for all users sometime this week. The upgraded photo viewer still uses the theatre layout for displaying pictures inside a pop-up but at least they have moved away from that black background that was never really liked by Facebook users. Another change worth mentioning is t ..read more.. Facebook Scams You Need To Know About: The 9 Most Common Hacks And Attacks
Facebook recently launched a new security wall to block scammers, but many are worried these measures won't stop spam from spreading and that determined con artists will simply find new ways to get at unsuspecting users. We've all seen suspicious posts on Facebook--a friend's curiously impersonal message that's riddled with odd typos, the irresistib ..read more.. UPDATE 1-Foxconn confirms 3rd death at plant linked to iPad
NEW YORK May 22 (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Co Ltd (2354.TW) on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2. The Taiwanese company, Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) main contract manufacturer for gadgets from the popular table ..read more..
How spam works, from end to end
"Click Trajectories: End-to-End Analysis of the Spam Value Chain" is a scholarly research paper reporting on a well-designed study of the way that spam works, from fast-flux DNS to bulletproof hosting to payment processing to order fulfillment. The researchers scraped mountains of spam websites, ordered their pills and fake software, and subjected i ..read more.. Saturday, May 21, 2011
Man admits 'having sex' with 1,000 cars
Mr Smith, 57, first had sex with a car at the age of 15, and claims he has never been attracted to women or men. But his wandering eye has spread beyond cars to other vehicles. He says that his most intense sexual experience was "making love" to the helicopter from 1980s TV hit Airwolf. As well as Vanilla, he regularly spends time with his other veh ..read more..
Ten Reasons Why You Don’t Need A Blog — The Cynical Girl
I don’t know. I think you should floss every day. You should tell your kids you love them. You should have that mole checked. But my gut tells me you don’t need a blog. Here’s why.You feel like you have something to say but you’re not a strong writer. Um, yeah, you don’t need a blog. You need a twitter account.You can’t write every day. ..read more.. Friday, May 20, 2011
Apple's Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel
Don't buy Apple's (AAPL) stock. And if you own it, sell it. I know the company has a core following that is loyal, even cultlike, but the broader base of believers has been steadily eroding for years. To wager on this company is to bet that the exodus of users can be staunched and then, implausibly, reversed. It's hard to imagine such a scenario, gi ..read more..
Bugatti-inspired Desk Costs As Much As a Small House
The desk that you see above is the work of custom furniture builder Luzzo Bespoke. Their “Bugatti Grand Prix racing car inspired desk” channels the design sensibilities of the Bugatti’s vehicles from the 20s and 30s. If it looks over-the-top, that’s because it is. The desk was painstakingly constructed out of machined aircraft aluminum – i ..read more..
Now that Linkedin has paved the way for successful social network IPO's who do you think will be the next to go public? http://psxs.us/k71ARl
Thursday, May 19, 2011
iPhone style vacation: going to a detonation with no plan & an iPhone. My favorite apps for this are Gowalla to find interesting places & Urbanspoon to find great places to eat. http://psxs.us/if8Ds9
Zombie apocalypse survival guide published by US government
In a blog post going by the fetching title Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse, the centre's assistant surgeon, General Ali Khan, lays out instructions on tackling the type of flesh-eating nasties seen in the likes of Night Of The Living Dead and Resident Evil. BE PREPARED, people 'There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for ..read more.. Wednesday, May 18, 2011
U.S. Secret Service pulls a herp derp on Twitter
Just nine days after joining Twitter, the Secret Service had its first major public relations blunder. Earlier today, posted on the @SecretService account: "Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can't. Deal. With. The. Blathering." The tweet was deleted promptly, and the agency said an "internal follow-up" was in progress. "An employee with access to the ..read more.. Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Empire Avenue
I'm giving a $100 Amazon gift certificate to one of my Empire Avenue shareholders.
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Quotes
New website that makes it easy to find good quotes and tweet them.
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What are some great restaurants I should try to hit in Denver? Anything from dive to gourmet. Thanks. http://psxs.us/imUCli
Monday, May 16, 2011
Creating some really interesting ways to bounce content off networks and get all the right pieces to the right places. http://psxs.us/mmPesr
Empire Avenue
Car companies are getting press from their industry for being on Empire Avenue.
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There's a lot of confusion over ROI in Empire Avenue. ROI is calculated by:
ROI = (total investment return-cost)/cost
The return on investment is total dividends plus the gains you have when you sell a stock. Therefore ROI CAN NOT be calculated for a single day. What people actually mean when they say "ROI" in Empire Avenue is "daily capitalization rate".
A cap rate is simply the income divided by price. It's typically done on an annual basis but it can be done for any time period.
The problem with using a daily cap rate is it doesn't give an accurate overview of the investment. Some people have slow days but make up for it. I recommending using a 7-10 day average. Look at the dividend history for the individual. Compare the dividends to the current day and cap rate. If they are the same you know to expect this return on average. If they are lower or higher you know this is a good or bad day for the individual. http://psxs.us/mT3JCw
ROI = (total investment return-cost)/cost
The return on investment is total dividends plus the gains you have when you sell a stock. Therefore ROI CAN NOT be calculated for a single day. What people actually mean when they say "ROI" in Empire Avenue is "daily capitalization rate".
A cap rate is simply the income divided by price. It's typically done on an annual basis but it can be done for any time period.
The problem with using a daily cap rate is it doesn't give an accurate overview of the investment. Some people have slow days but make up for it. I recommending using a 7-10 day average. Look at the dividend history for the individual. Compare the dividends to the current day and cap rate. If they are the same you know to expect this return on average. If they are lower or higher you know this is a good or bad day for the individual. http://psxs.us/mT3JCw
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Just started messing around with Pearl Tree to organize my links. Looks interesting http://www.pearltrees.com/scottwendling http://psxs.us/iIzxUf
#10 in global weekly earnings! Soon I will conquer the Avenue. http://www.empireavenue.com/penguinspark #EAv #SocialEmpire http://psxs.us/jjKBHe
Join the hottest thing in social networking. http://empireavenue.com/?t=seagghgd http://psxs.us/mQ4s7j
Saturday, May 14, 2011
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