Archive for February, 2009

Paul Potts, mobile phone salesman, sings opera. (Must watch video)

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Paul Potts is a mobile phone salesman who sings opera like a pro. [via Perry Belcher]

Facebook stats are astonishing

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Facebook stats show:
* More than 150 million active users
* The fastest growing demographic is those 30 years old and older
* Average user has 120 friends on the site
* More than 3 billion minutes are spent on Facebook each day (worldwide)
* More than 15 million users update their statuses at least once each day
* More than 850 million photos uploaded to the site each month
* More than 5 million videos uploaded each month
* More than 24 million pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared each month
* More than 2 million events created each month
* More than 20 million active user groups exist on the site

Nick O’Neill: 10 Privacy Settings every Facebook user should know

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Nick O’Neill writes about 10 Privacy Settings every Facebook user should know. Solid advice.

Thank God and Twitter

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Twitter profile:

Name thankgod
Location Heaven
Bio Find out what Twitterers are thanking God for

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Adding liquidity to insolvent banks: like filling gas tank of a wrecked car

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Yves Smith reprinted this Most Excellent quote: “We believe that the stimulus is too backend loaded and unimaginative to affect anything sooner [than late 2009 or early 2010].

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Is God REALLY on Twitter?

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

You decide: Is God now using Twitter to keep in touch with us? Do you consider this to be profane, or harmless fun?

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My current Amazon Web Service Statement

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

I store a few files on the Amazon S3 disk farm in the sky. The cost is, well, MODEST.

Greetings from Amazon Web Services,

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