Free Beer!

Whenever I meet someone new, and they ask what I do for a living, the next questions is usually something computer related.

Matt: "I'm the IT Manager for an ad agency in boulder"

Person: "Oh, really, I have computer question for you."

Usually people offer nothing in return for my expertise. Once in a while my wisdom is appreciated and repaid with things like free dinners, concert tickets, and indentured servitude.

Today I got a call from an old friend at the New Belgium Brewery. She said that if I answered a few questions from her IT Guy, she'd give me my weight in beer. All of a sudden I'm wishing I wasn't so skinny.

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Not for Sale

About once a month, I get an email something like this:

>>Dear Sir/Madam

Please let me know if you would consider selling your domain name srg.com. We are a small business based in California and would be willing to pay a generous amount to acquire this name.

If you would be open to selling please let us know and we can discuss further.

Regards,

Name Withheld>>

In case you were wondering, srg.com is not for sale. Ok, if someone wants to pay us enough that we can all retire comfortably, I'm in. How does $5,000,000,000.00 sound?

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Web 2.0 Stats

Have you ever wondered what are the most popular web 2.0 sites? These two sites show statistics for all of the major web 2.0 websites.

Movers 2.0 tracks the top 100 web 2.0 website trends and displays them in a list. Updated every 24 hours it shows how well each website compare against other websites.
Ebizmba provides stats like number of inbound links, complete monthly visitors, alexa rank, page rank, and more.

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The Ultimate Mobile Projector

I'm on the hunt for a replacement for mini me. In my search, I stumbled across this projector. Imagine being able to project your next new business pitch from your cell phone. Incredible!

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iPhone Audio recognition

Wow! I would like to see this in action.
http://ericasadun.com/?p=126

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Bill Gates' Last Day At Work

"Never underestimate the power of software." 

"Yes, listen to Chewbacca!"

As you may or may not know, Bill Gates is planning to retire this year (along with CEO Steve Balmer). You also may or may not know that Bill makes the keynote address at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. Well, the two combined over the weekend: Presenting "Bill's Last Day At Work: The Movie"

Video at Gizmodo.

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Novel Online Marketing

And a great play on the age old battle between skiers and snowboarders. Poach your favorite skier exclusive resort and win big cash. Check it out. Strange that you can't embed the video in your blog or send to a friend. Either way, a novel idea.

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