May 2008 - Posts

Two wrongs make a… start-up?
29 May 08 02:11 PM | Brandon Live!
I just read this post on the Revision3 blog from their CEO, describing a massive Denial of Service attack perpetrated against them over the Memorial Day weekend.  The attack came from a company called MediaDefender Now why would MediaDefender be trying to put Revision3 out of business? Heck, we’re one of the biggest defenders of media [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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My ask of McCain
28 May 08 03:00 AM | Brandon Live!
Recently I have taken part in a few discussion threads over at Neowin pertaining to Barack Obama.  Neowin isn’t a political forum, it’s a technology community; but in times like these - politics seeps in just about everywhere.  A group of individuals over there have repeatedly attacked Obama over meaningless drivel such as the infamous lapel pin “issue.”  [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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The URL is dead, long live the URL
23 May 08 12:58 AM | Brandon Live!
ReadWriteWeb has an interesting story (if interesting means, “haven’t I read this before?”) titled “The URL is Dead, Long Live Search.“  As you might guess, it’s about search boxes basically replacing the address bar. This piece caught my attention: Of the 10 fastest rising search terms on Google last year, 7 were for searches where adding a [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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Rush Limbaugh berates 10th grader’s school essay
16 May 08 12:27 AM | Brandon Live!
The best story I’ve heard this week by far was told today over lunch.  Apparently, a co-worker of mine named George listens to the Rush Limbaugh show in his car, and yesterday heard him discussing Barak Obama’s comments about similarities between the recent housing crisis and the lead-up to the Great Depression.  I imagine the [...] Del.icio.us | Digg It | Technorati | Blinklist | Furl | reddit | DotNetKicks
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