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zackbelowon It all began with a strange email

This is awesome.

zackbelowon New Heyzap Update Puts Your Favorite Android Games Up Front

Great job jude. u the man.

zackbelowon Michael Arrington: Editorial Independence

I am sure he has written and said many things to AOL at this point. He is grumpy, rich and thinks AOL crossed major boundary lines that were part of their original agreement. At this point, he knows that he can either:

a) Get AOL to bow down to his rants (Charlie Sheen anyone?) and "reimplement" those boundaries. Basically he wants to stick it to the man that gave him 30 million to prove hes bigger than the man.

b) buy TC back from AOL, probably for half as much as they paid.

Inside I am sure he is thinkin this is awesome cuz either way dude walks away with 8 bajillion dollars, synonymous popularity in tech world and every chance in the world to start another uber blog/mediacompany/empire.

Plus, he can pull a Steve Jobs even if he does quit, and resurrect the company at any time he wants to after AOL buries it and Ariana becomes Co-Editor..

zackbelowon Amazon Offers To Hire 7,000 If California Waits On Sales Tax

can you imagine getting sued by the babysitter? "HEY MAN I WANT MY 2 HOUR BREAK AND I WANT BENEFITS. ALL OF THEM. PWNED."

zackbelowon Amazon Offers To Hire 7,000 If California Waits On Sales Tax

On top of the ridiculous sales tax bill have you seen the Babysitter bill? http://www.theunion.com/ARTICLE/20110830/BREAKINGNEWS/110839... It is a bill being considered that says that if you hire a babysitter, you've got to provide breaks every 2 hours (which means you've got to hire another babysitter), plus pay for workman's compensation and keep track of taxes.

zackbelowon Amazon Offers To Hire 7,000 If California Waits On Sales Tax

thanks!

zackbelowon IBM unveils chips that mimic human brain.

Ray @ TED http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will...

zackbelowon IBM unveils chips that mimic human brain.

After I read this article I started thinking about Kurzweil's documentary, Singularity. How much longer before we can all become immortal Cyborgs? Is singularity as near as he predicts? (notice the capital C in Cyborg. PWND.)

zackbelowon Cable customers dropping at record pace. See you soon, Dr. Death?

I agree with Mark Cuban that it will be a few years before we see a realistic alternative to our traditional distribution of content. (cable, satellite)

Large scale, streaming video on the web is so much more pricey when you look at the numbers (cost of generating 1 mill views online VS 1 mill views on a cable or satellite network)