Search Patterns and Misconceptions

Earlier today, in the first half of the opening game of World Cup 2010 between South Africa and Mexico, a Mexican forward scored a goal. The referee from Uzbekistan disallowed the goal because it was scored from an offside position.
It was immediately clear to me that the referee made a very big and obvious mistake, as at the time the ball was passed to the forward who scored the goal, a South African defender was standing right on the goal line. No offside. Goal should have been counted.

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Google steals a page from Bing’s book and puts custom backgrounds on Google.com:

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This isn’t terribly new, but just somewhat new - Facebook doing some basic CF-based interest suggestions:

Works okay :)

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I’ve been in love with Ernest Hemingway’s books since I was about 19 years old. The gripping, powerful and terse style was much better than anything I’ve ever read. Hemingway often cited his first job in journalism, still as a teenager, at the Kansas City Star, and the Star’s Style Guide, as the roots of his short and to-the-point style:

_Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. Use vigorous English. Be positive, not negative.
_

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If you’re opening a new restaurant and want to spread the word but don’t have a big marketing budget - what do you do?
When I got back home tonight, I found this envelope in my mailbox:

It is a hand written envelope reading:

Some neighbors steal your paper and some invite you to lunch

Now, it’s not a printed envelope using a handwriting-like font, it’s an actual hand written message. An image recognition algorithm would have a hard time but we humans can’t mistake the texture of an actual pen on paper. And it has a little heart.
Of course, I was immediately intrigued.

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Check out my new blog at http://www.onsocialgames.com

I will post there about everything related to social games  - development, design, marketing, monetization etc.

Help spread the word.

p.s.
Being silly will still continue right here, on pashabitz.com

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Got a lot done today:
Domain - check.
Server up and running - check.
First Facebook app created and running on server - check.
FB API calls working - check.
MySQL running on the server - check.
App connects to DB - check.

Bunch of new technology. Feels good to open VS after a long break.

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http://wow-amazing-3d-and-cg-and-Michelle-Rodriguez-o-w.ow/

http://cool-we-live-in-a-compter-program-i-can-do-whatever-i-wa.nt/?plus=awesome-cinematography

http://holy-shit-bruce-willis-was-dead-all-along-i-have-to-watch-it-from-the-beginning-but-shit-i-am-in-a-movie-theat.er/

http://kill-bi.ll/

(Domains available, contact for price)

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I present to you, my newest startup:
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The URL Shortener URL Shortener**

http://1 -> http://bit.ly
http://2 -> http://goo.gl
http://3 -> http://youtu.be
http://4 -> http://su.pr

So much joy for so little URL typing.

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