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Glute activation in general (which is needed to drive the hips forward in a deadlift) has really helped my posture.

Do Costco shoppers have a higher percentage of "loan activity" on their cards? The type of activity that is more lucrative for credit card companies.

I would think that a possibility, given that many small businesses stock their shelves with products bought directly from Costco.

Seamus Heaney - Digging

  Between my finger and my thumb
  The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.
  
  Under my window a clean rasping sound
  When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
  My father, digging. I look down
  
  Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
  Bends low, comes up twenty years away
  Stooping in rhythm through potato drills
  Where he was digging.
  
  The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft
  Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
  He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep
  To scatter new potatoes that we picked,
  Loving their cool hardness in our hands.
  
  By God, the old man could handle a spade.
  Just like his old man.
  
  My grandfather could cut more turf in a day
  Than any other man on Toner's bog.
  Once I carried him milk in a bottle
  Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up
  To drink it, then fell to right away
  Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
  Over his shoulder, digging down and down
  For the good turf. Digging.
  
  The cold smell of potato mold, the squelch and slap
  Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
  Through living roots awaken in my head.
  But I've no spade to follow men like them.
  
  Between my finger and my thumb
  The squat pen rests.
  I'll dig with it.

Yes. Most big box retailers have an "in house" brand that is no-frills but still fairly quality. IE Insignia from Best Buy.

>Another person thought it was really cool and wanted the full tour.

Innuendo?

We make use of it now for my startup. One of the rare circumstances, probably, where the name happened to come before the idea.

Back then there was a lot of easy money in domain names if you knew what you were doing. Also benefited from some questionable tactics I would never use now that I know better / have a real reputation to protect. IE typos, bulk-sifting Whois for deals, etc. Nothing crazy blackhat / shady, but stuff I wouldn't go near anymore.

I think that you have two decent options:

1) Have a friend send an e-mail asking if it's for sale. If they respond with a reasonable price, buy it.

2) Assuming the owner/squatter is remotely intelligent, they'll do their diligence and realize that the .NET is being actively used. In that case, you'll have to decide how bad you want it and/or if you would ever consider re-branding. You could try the: "This is the best offer you're ever going to get, so take it or leave it." But the owner could always call your bluff, and just hold onto the name knowing that it's getting ever more valuable to you as you grow.

I'd try option 1, wait a few months (depending on what they say), and then try some blend of option 2.

I purchased Texts.com while in high school (~10 years ago) for ~$15k. I had made a fair amount of money flipping domain names on sites like Namepros / DNForum / a few private forums. A mix of "tulip" LLL.com's, and then a few instances of snagging a name in the aftermarket and immediately flipping it to an "end user."

My biggest domain-fail was letting Naked-Celebs.com expire. I bought it for something like $300 in 2009 and forgot to transfer it to my main portfolio, and somehow let it drop... I still shudder thinking about that sometimes.

Sponsored posts and affiliate offers seem like no-brainers if lifestyle / e-commerce is your goal. Depending on your ability to convert clicks > sales, you can formulate strategy around developing your own set of sites to benefit from the traffic.

There are definitely opportunities to think bigger (really, ANY idea can benefit from substantial / targeted eyeballs), but starting with sponsored posts / affiliate would give you an easy and instant monetization opportunity.

Just sign up to a few advertisers at CJ that align well with your niche to test it out.

Also, identifying trends in users engaging in predatory behavior, etc.

Geraldine Laybourne, who built/ran Nickelodeon for 15+ years, recently joined BetaWorks' board [1]. She also started Kandu, which is an iPad app that helps students learn to make games [2].

Not sure if there's a direction connection to the Nick.co.uk efforts, but definitely interesting.

[1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/05/media-queen-gerry-laybourne... [2] http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/18/kandu-is-an-ipad-app-that-t...

Can anyone expand on what this means: "This attack is volumetric in nature." (?)

Because the list evidences that Tim Cook is the ONLY openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company (and he happens to be at the head of #5).

One locust swarm was estimated to have covered ~200,000sq miles. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_locust)

Somebody has to be first. And this is the flagship for the world's largest shipping company.

That area in Meatpacking / Chelsea is home to an increasing number of established brands. You have YouTube and MLB.tv in Chelsea Market; Google across the street; IAC on 18th; and then BetaWorks a few blocks south.

Has Yahoo invested in Tinder? Can't find mention of it anywhere.

I almost hope that Lyft is orchestrating all of this behind the scenes.

It would be such an Uber-move.

It shouldn't matter one bit. They're legally obligated to take you anywhere in the five boroughs.

Just get in before telling them your destination. If they give you flak (and you feel like fighting them), just take note of their medallion # and state clearly that you will report them if they fail to fulfill their obligation.

Love this thread idea, had been considering posting one myself.

- Tablets for seniors: when the elderly population sees an iPad ad, they're not captivated or entranced; they're intimidated and disappointed that they're left behind by technology. I envision the "jitterbug for tablets" -- built on Android with big, tactile buttons; a 'never get lost, take me home' feature; remotely controlled functionality (IE turn on/off apps); etc. They wouldn't use much bandwidth, so you could build 3G right into the device and charge a significant monthly premium -- after all, it's a dramatic quality-of-life improvement for someone sitting in a retirement home.

GE and a few other companies are doing similar projects, but no one is really executing all that well IMO. Problems: would be super hard to get off the ground / defend, and the market is becoming increasingly obsolete.

That's an interesting twist on it; "unlocking" (unblocking) the pixel one at a time. Almost like a perverted Million Dollar Homepage of yesteryear.

Right now the story is on the leaked photos. I'm interested to see Apple's response and the subsequent backlash around the apparent security fail.

I feel like this is the only right answer.

It's been said, but there's not much value in discussing this in public; it just introduces risk/complication.

Are you really going to put any weight on insight gained from this thread? If not, the cost/benefit of keeping this up is out of whack.

In that case, the "benefit" become solely the name/shame which isn't an awesome reflection of professionalism, either.

Really simple and cool service; does anything like it exist? I'd imagine you'll eventually take a small % of the reward itself (processed through the site). If people ever marked their item "totally lost" you could also hit them with affiliate marketing replacements.

I think it's a fairly narrow use-case. I'd always just write my name/phone # on a large % of my stuff; but I suppose I would rather put a sticker on some things (phone, wallet, electronics, etc.)

Pretty cool - how long have you been live? And how are you coming up with this 80% "return rate?" Do you have a sense of when things are actually marked "actively lost?" as opposed to "if it ever is... this sticker will come in handy" ?

I tweeted this back on Feb 19 (https://twitter.com/PeterKimFrank/status/436186142950850560):

.@getsecret Un-veiler-service:

1) Empty contacts

2) Re-add incrementally

3) Identify "secret" posters

4) ??

5) Profit

Seems way too obvious.

Well, perhaps the linkbait articles that you describe will help offset the cost of eventually producing high-quality journalism.

I enjoyed it as well. This definitely feels like his most substantial video to date. It was less fun-fact-filled and quirky than his usual videos; instead, it was more serious/thorough, and focused on a major trend. Really quality stuff.

I think that BuzzFeed's quality will drastically improve in time.

To me, they're building a platform for journalism/media. They might be in the nascent stage where LinkBait is a dominant strategy, but I'd bet that high-quality journalism will become an increasingly integral part of BuzzFeed's business as it matures.

What methods are you using for #1? It sounds likely that you have Anterior Pelvic Tilt (APT).

Instead of trying "passive solutions" (new desk chairs, standing desk, etc.), I'd try to actively strengthen your core and correct imbalances through stretching.

Here is a link that may be helpful: http://www.t-nation.com/training/trouble-with-the-tilt-corre...