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Interesting Stuff - Random Thoughts and Resources I'd Like to Share

This is that category of stuff that may just not fit anywhere else. It will usually be interesting websites or other resources I may have come across. It could also be some random thoughts I have and want to "get down" on some virtual paper somewhere. Hopefully you'll find it interesting, it's definitely just a bunch of stuff!

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Domain Name Double Entendre

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I uncovered this little gem of a post while reading an Issue #319 of the WXPNews e-mail newsletter. Their newsletter always includes a list of their “Fav Links”. This week one was included of another blog post that listed some domain names that have some unintended meanings if you rearrange the break in words of the domain.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

  1. Looking for a new pen? Try Pen Island at www.penisland.com
  2. Looking for some power in Italy? Try www.powergenitalia.com
  3. Looking for some new art work fast? Try www.speedofart.com

Visit the original website for the other 7, which are a riot too.

Do you know of any other domain name mishaps? Share them with us in the comments.

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Stars, Stripes and Lighter Fluid

A friend of mine, Jeff Stanger is an author and blogger, and he just shared this YouTube video on his website. I have never heard of this event happening before so it was really interesting to see this video of the footage.

Jeff is a really humorous writer and keeps his focus normally around sports and even more specifically baseball. If you’ve got interests in either of those two things, you may want to check-out his books Trolley Dodgers (a story about the residents of Bloomington, IN trying to buy the LA Dodgers) and Seven Dead Flamingos (a sequel to Trolley Dodgers stemming from his press experience at the College World Series).

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Twittervision – Eavesdropping on the Planet

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One of the more interesting applications I’ve been using lately is twitter. At first I didn’t really get it. I was already using IM and blogging and e-mail of course, so the ability to blast out a short little “tweet” about what I’m doing just seemed like a waste of time.

I didn’t really catch on to the power of the application until I attended SXSW a few weeks ago in Austin and the entire b5 team used it as a sort of GPS tracking and status update mechanism for anyone in our group. We used it for quick information like:

  • Where’s everyone at?
  • We’re doing dinner at __________ at 6pm?
  • Heading back to the ranch, who needs a ride.
  • and of course @wasoverheard

Since coming back to the “real world” away from Austin and SXSW, I’ve been using twitter to stay in touch with everyone I met and what they’re up to.

Just today though Darren Rowse, the Problogger, alerted me, via twitter of course, that he was enjoying twittervision.

Twittervision let’s you see various tweet’s coming in from all over the world. People who I don’t know of at all, but it’s interesting to read what people are saying thousands of miles away.

Careful! It’s addictive.

If you’d like to follow me on twitter, just go here.