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Billy Jones

Member since: Aug 24th, 2006

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All a-Twitter (Download Squad)

Mar 20th 2007 6:44AM Twitter is even more than you know. Why just this week I posted two articles on Twitter innovation that took place in Blogsboro

http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/2007/3/18/blogsboro-ups-the-twitter-bar-again.html

and

http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/2007/3/17/invented-in-silicone-valley-but-made-useful-by-blogsboro.html

ReviewMe *almost* gets it right... (or, PayPerPost have you made a decision yet?!?!?) (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jan 9th 2007 4:54PM ReviewMe never paid me:
http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/2007/1/5/reviewmecom-still-in-arrears.html

Yes, it's true... I'm leaving AOL. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Nov 17th 2006 6:20AM Well bummer, now I'll have to find a new reason to pick on you. Good luck in whatever you do, I'm sure the hardest part is figuring out which offer to take as all of them will be good. Any media business that doesn't offer you a gig is a business doomed to fail.

Playstation 3 -- OK, I want one. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Nov 15th 2006 2:31PM C. Grant,
Thanks for clearing that up, I updated my blog post to reflect the info you provided.

Playstation 3 -- OK, I want one. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Nov 14th 2006 10:24PM Tor,
Your assumptions about possible actions by Sony are probably correct but it still doesn't change anything. If I were to walk up to a perfect stranger and knock him to the ground, and the stranger did nothing, would that mean is was right for me to knock him down?

The fact that someone doesn't persue legal action doesn't make the crime legal.

Playstation 3 -- OK, I want one. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Nov 14th 2006 8:36PM Question: Jason, did you steal (ie: copyright infringment) that photo of PS3 from some other website or were you paid to post it there?

I seriously doubt simply adding the words, "OK, I want one.... :-) Anyone got the hook up?" would fly as fair use.

Newsgator says they will do the right thing... (or "Feedburner to launch RSS-reader?") (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Oct 24th 2006 9:31PM At Greensboro101.com and Poets101.com they're already paying bloggers through a shared revenue arrangement. I've been getting monthly checks for quite some time. As a matter of fact I got one today. The parent company AltMedia101.com was founded by bloggers in Greensboro (Blogsboro) North Carolina at the request of myself and other area bloggers. They're a really small company that's in need of some cash so please check them out.

Why PayPerPost, their investors, and their advertisers should be ashamed of themselves. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Oct 7th 2006 4:58PM Considering the fact that you, JC, are the one who is

The Wheel turns your bike into a moped (Engadget)

Aug 27th 2006 1:24AM For all of you complaining about the 20 MPH top speed-- President Bush signed that into law in 2001. Federal law states MOTORIZED Bicycles are limited to 2 HP. Gasoline and 1 HP (750 Watts) electric and cannot travel faster than 20 MPH under power. (If you've got it in you to peddle faster than 20 MPH then you're only limited by the posted speed limit.) Also, motorized bicycles are ONLY allowed on streets with posted speed limits of 35 MPH or less.

The Lockdown: Locked, but not secure (Part I) (Engadget)

Aug 24th 2006 11:43PM As for bumping locks I don't know much about it. I worked for a towing company for about 4 years and unlocked more cars than most of the locksmiths in town (often 20-25 each day) sometimes at a customer's request but usually because they were illegally parked with the parking brakes on. (I live in a college town and police officers were usually present.)

I've seen many cars (even new cars) with locks that could be opened by jiggling the door latch-- no tools needed. (Yugos were the easiest but several high end models weren't much better.)

Those combination padlocks-- piece of cake to open-- been doing it since I was 12 years old. As hall moniters in Jr. High School we thought it cool to switch everyone's locks from locker to locker.

And while I have no idea how she does it, my 10 year old niece makes a game of showing people how she can discover the combinations on cars with push button electric combination locks. She got in my daddy's Mercury in less than 30 seconds the first time she ever laid eyes on the car.

So, that said I'm hardly suprised that the locks on my house are easy to open, but beware as my guns are loaded for bear.