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'Murrican 101.
[ via Twernt, who's been even twerntier than usual, lately. ]
posted by baylink at 9:22 PM PST - 2 comments

A former Boo.com employee describes some of the challenges they faced. Multiple currencies, multiple languages, on-the-fly tax calculation, integration with multiple fullfillment partners, no development plan, and ignorance of technology issues on the front end. Blech.
posted by Calebos at 9:16 PM PST - 10 comments

Insert George W. Bush joke here...
posted by wendell at 6:02 PM PST - 1 comments

Man who helped save Elian says raid violated civil rights, sues for $100M. The title says it all...crazy. I wonder if Elian's father could sue the extended family for kidnapping Elian and holding him hostage?
posted by mathowie at 5:42 PM PST - 9 comments

there must be more than one of you, jeffrey Another outstanding piece on the state of the web from Mr. Z...does this guy ever sleep?
posted by jenett at 4:56 PM PST - 8 comments

"It's just imprudent to put a product as manifestly hazardous as asbestos in material such as crayons." Uhhh...what he said.
posted by ajh at 3:52 PM PST - 5 comments

I needed a Flash-detect script for a project, and finally found one that actually works properly.
posted by endquote at 3:31 PM PST - 3 comments

Discussion: I'm a blogger, he's a blogger, she's a blogger...
[ more inside... ]
posted by baylink at 3:24 PM PST - 25 comments

Coming to a toy store near you: Cease and Desist Barbie. Very funny stuff Justin, I expect you'll be getting a letter soon.
posted by mathowie at 3:15 PM PST - 6 comments

Mötley Crüe offers their new single "Hell On High Heels" as a free MP3 download...promoting their upcoming album "New Tattoo", hitting stores, June 20th.

See guys...*that's* how it should be done.

posted by EricBrooksDotCom at 3:07 PM PST - 8 comments

inside.com goes live. Inside.com is the latest attempt to have people pay for non-porn, non-financial information on the web. The site is currently in "Sneak Preview" mode and is the brainchild of Kurt Anderson (of Spy Magazine fame).
posted by icathing at 1:18 PM PST - 3 comments

Court orders Yahoo to block French access to Nazi memorabilia. Does it bother anyone else that the French courts think they can regulate an American business? I dislike Nazis as much as the next guy but this seems to be a bit much on the part of the French.
posted by darainwa at 11:29 AM PST - 15 comments

Now it all makes sense! Jon-Benet Ramsey, and Waco, and the JFK Jr. plane crash? They're all related events!
posted by Steven Den Beste at 10:42 AM PST - 6 comments

Yet Another Domain Name Dispute Develops (YADNDD): chunkymunky.com gets a Cease & Desist from chunkymonkey.com. One is a windows software site, the other a fan site about a cartoon character. Is there any cause for confusion on the part of users wanting to visit either site (actually, one would have to misspell "monkey" in order to get to the windows site)? Should the chunkymunky.com site owner have taken down his/her site? Who is going to protect domain owners from future things like this happening?
posted by mathowie at 10:07 AM PST - 21 comments

Builder.com cosmetically improved? Builder.com refines their site with a better homepage and category pages... but as far as I can see, no change to the actual article layouts themselves. What do you think - anyone read Builder.com anymore?
posted by williamtry at 8:30 AM PST - 4 comments

Is it just me or has Roger Ebert gone fully looney? I was reading his review of "Dinosaur" and came across this criticism: "A dinosaur, even one that spoke English, would be unlikely to know what that line implies." What? Do you mean.... uh.... What? The whole review is like that.
posted by y6y6y6 at 7:45 AM PST - 47 comments

Ever wondered how much it would cost to have your listing pop up on a particular MSN search? According to Micros~1's keywords.com (as of a few minutes ago), you can get sex for $795.20/month, mp3 for $175.66, and Bill Gates for a mere $8.96 a month!
posted by tregoweth at 1:48 AM PST - 3 comments

As if those "God billboards" weren't bad enough, "God" now wants to speak to the youth of the world via WuzupGod.com.
posted by tregoweth at 12:45 AM PST - 11 comments