mad dog in the fog

Bonds will be in a Giants uniform again next year. I’m not a big fan of his attitude and yes, he will have an asterisk next to his name but I have to admit, I’m happy that he’s coming back next year. The next questions is: Will they add another Barry to the roster?

Last weekend in Sonoma…

• E-pay not so free-pay anymore
  $14.95 fee for a credit card payment?
  (tags: payments)
• Google Reader Notifier Firefox Extension
  Shows unread items by category
  (tags: googlereader google firefox.extensions)
• Google Reader Tips and Tricks
  (tags: rss google googlereader)

• Google enrolls teachers in online software crusade
  (tags: google education)
• Yahoo! Search blog: Got Answers and Nowhere to Share Them?
  A wise move by Yahoo to solicit the community of the recently shuttered Google Answers service
  (tags: yahoo google crowdsourcing web2.0)
• Google Watch - Google Strategy - Year in Review: Google Courts Controversy, Extends Reach
  A nice re-cap of Google’s activities over the past year
  (tags: google)
• Advertising Age > What We Learn From Bank of America’s YouTube Gaffe
  “If you are one of the six people who haven’t seen it, let me be the first to tell you: This is more toe-curlingly cringe-worthy than anything David Brent did on “The Office.” Even though you’re not the one whipping yourself into a euphoric frenzy over a
  (tags: advertising marketing)
• AskCity
  New local search service from Ask.com
  (tags: local webtools sfrestaurants)
• CrunchGear » Blog Archive » CrunchGear’s Best of 2006
  (tags: gadgets)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Virtual pals ’soar in importance’
  Fascinating statistic: A survey found 43% of online networkers from the US felt “as strongly” about their web community as they did about their real-world friends.
  (tags: community socialsoftware)
• Ruby on Rails Development: Justify Your Choice of Ruby on Rails: Articles and Links
  Lots of RoR links
  (tags: rubyonrails)
• GIANT Magazine | The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s
  Remember Freedom Rock?
  (tags: 80s nostalgia commercials advertising)
• Turning cell phones into lifelines | CNET News.com
  Your cell phone could save your life
• Buxfer
  A web based tool for tracking IOU’s between a group of people, popular on college campuses.
  (tags: payments webtools)

• Wired News > Nike+iPod - Surveillance
  Why you might want to avoid the Nike+iPod if you think you are being followed
  (tags: ipod apple privacy)
• Techmeme - mobile version
  This would be more useful if the destination sites are clipped down using something like Skweezer
  (tags: mobile)