mad dog in the fog

• Read/Write Web > Metacafe’s Online Video Revenue Sharing Goes Live
  $100 after 20,000 views and it goes up from there
  (tags: videosharing)
• CleaningDigitalCameras
  How to clean the CCD/CMOS sensor in your digital SLR camera
  (tags: digitalphotography howto)
• SlingPlayer for the Mac (beta)
  It’s available for public beta!
  (tags: slingbox mac)

• Creating Passionate Users > Knocking the exuberance out of employees
  “If you knock out exuberance, you knock out curiosity, and curiosity is the single most important attribute in a world that requires continuous learning and unlearning just to keep up.”
  (tags: work hiring)

• YouTube - YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth
  A talk given recently at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim
  (tags: youtube startup)
• Guardian Limited > Oh no, not Steely Dan again
  Does your iPod have a favorite artist?
  (tags: ipod)
• Widgetbox
  Widget bling for your blog
  (tags: widgets blogging)
• The Long Tail: The Economics of Abundance
  (tags: businessmodel trends longtail)
• Has the iPod changed anything? - By Michael Agger - Slate Magazine
  (tags: ipod trends)

The Giants hired Bruce Bochy as their new manager today. Many people, myself included, are facinated by Bochy’s huge head (seriously - it’s gotta be a size 9). This made me think of a great scene from ‘So I Married an Axe Murderer’. You’ll want to forward to the 3:02 mark to get to the scene that I’m talking about.

• Getting Real
  The 37 Signals mainfesto "Getting Real" is now available online for free. Until now you had to buy the book.
  (tags: 37signals methodology gtd)
• iLike
  ‘Check out what your friends are listening to, browse the libraries of people with similar tastes, and discover free music by new artists based on your own listening habits.’
  (tags: itunes music socialsoftware recommendations)
• Krazy George celebrates starting the Wave cheer 25 years ago
  Love it or hate it, the Wave has been around for 25 years. Contrary to popular belief, it was started by Krazy George at an A’s game in ‘81, not at the University of Washington.
  (tags: sports nostalgia)
• GOB’s Segway is on sale on eBay
  Own a piece of Arrested Development history
  (tags: ebay arresteddevelopment segway tv)

• Stuff for your Harmony 880

  Icons, backgrounds, and other media for the Harmony 880 universal remote.

  (tags: remotecontrol universalremote harmony hometheater)

• travelistic - videos for travelers

  They’d like to be the YouTube for travel.

  (tags: videosharing travel web2.0)

• SFgate > Back to the alley

  A trend towards building pedestrian-friendly alleys. Focus is on Linden Ave in Hayes Valley.

  (tags: sanfrancisco trends urbandesign)

• The Dilbert Blog: Good News Day

  Scott Adams overcomes a rare speech disorder

• Bluetooth Retro Handset
  (tags: retro nostalgia gadgets giftideas)
• Slingcast of WSU / Cal game
  Slingbox was used to broadcast the WSU/Cal game at Memorial Stadium in Bekeley
  (tags: slingbox)

• Make fridge magnets out of MOO cards
  A nice use of the popular MOO cards
  (tags: moocards howto)

We had amazing summer-like weather in SF today. Here are a couple of shots that I took today at Crissy Field…

• Scrybe - Sneak Peek
  A preview of a very cool looking productivity app called Scrybe. A closed beta is supposed to be starting in late October. A couple of cool items from this demo: the offline mode, the multiple time zone view, and the thought stream.
  (tags: gtd productivity webtools calendar web2.0)
• Scrybe (beta)
  “Simple solutions for some age old problems”
  (tags: calendar webtools beta productivity)
• Make ice cubes shaped like LEGO
  (tags: shopping giftideas fun)
• YouTube > Alfred Hitchcock’s Cameos from all of his films
  (tags: movies youtube)
• San Jose woman steals figurines from open houses
  Very odd.
  (tags: wierd)
• The Top Pickers vs. the Pack - washingtonpost.com
  Wisdom of crowds vs. wisdom of the few.
  (tags: web2.0 socialsoftware investing)