tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122230732009-02-25T08:58:07.539-08:00Tech, business, and White Castle hamburgers...Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1161705269294749582006-10-24T08:51:00.000-07:002006-10-24T08:54:29.306-07:00

I've got an "alpha" of my newest project up at ihdb.cz. There's also a mobile version at mobile.ihdb.cz. This is a "non-profit" site - I just want to see if I can build a good database of Czech music through user-generated content.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1156088566360091702006-08-20T08:36:00.000-07:002006-08-20T08:42:46.360-07:00

I'm doing a little SEO work on the side for the Kampa Group of restuarants. I've only ever eaten at two of the six restaurants in the group: Cowboys (in Nerudova street), and La Provence.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1156088143993425592006-08-20T08:33:00.000-07:002006-08-20T08:35:44.010-07:00

I'm finally moving the Chrysler Town & Country I bought in June to the Czech Republic. Should be here in early September. Once I've gone through the entire process, I'll post here about it.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1140048099768967282006-02-15T16:01:00.000-08:002006-02-15T16:01:39.790-08:00

Yahoo! has a famous cafeteria as well, called "URL's" (get it?).

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1139541735970284122006-02-09T19:17:00.000-08:002006-02-09T19:22:15.990-08:00

PBS is starting to post its shows on-line, and a good recent documentary is "The Secret History of the Credit Card". It's a five-part series, starting with the story of how Sioux Falls, South Dakota became the center of the credit card business.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1139070141293291872006-02-04T08:18:00.000-08:002006-02-04T08:22:21.320-08:00

Check out this very well done re-cut of Sleepless in Seattle (a sappy romantic comedy) into a trailer for a high-energy thriller.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1139068295886691412006-02-04T07:50:00.000-08:002006-02-04T07:51:35.916-08:00

A Google employee has posted pictures of food he eats in the Google cafeteria (all free, of course).

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1138928237445346032006-02-02T16:54:00.000-08:002006-02-02T16:57:17.463-08:00

Yep. And here are some other Chuck Norris facts (e.g. "Chuck Norris invented Kentucky Fried Chicken's famous secret recipe, with eleven herbs and spices. But nobody ever mentions the twelfth ingredient: Fear.").

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1138469265162437802006-01-28T09:24:00.000-08:002006-01-28T09:27:45.233-08:00

I was a bit slow to find this out, but it appears Mercury has bought Systinet for $105m. The company was founded by Roman Stanek, an investor in my former company AlbumCity.com. Congratulations to him and his team.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1138352267616022662006-01-27T00:39:00.000-08:002006-01-27T00:57:47.636-08:00

Yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006), James Frey appeared on Oprah to admit that most of his best-selling non-fiction book A Million Little Pieces was, in fact, fiction. This comes as no surprise to anyone with an internet connection - TheSmokingGun.com reported in detail about the fabrications in the book more than two weeks ago. It's not news that James Frey is a total liar (a total liar who has

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1138214525551783032006-01-25T10:39:00.000-08:002006-01-25T10:42:05.553-08:00

I've put Google AdSense ads on my blog. This is basically a test - I don't get enough traffic on this blog to actually generate any real revenue from the ads.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137996509559906462006-01-22T22:04:00.000-08:002006-01-22T22:08:29.583-08:00

NBC has decided that the current season of the "The West Wing" (season seven) will be its last. In a way, this might be good, because it will make it possible for the show's writers to have Alan Alda (the Republican) elected president. If the show was to continue with a new president, it'd be hard for the current writers to write for a Republican White House.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137910201108793472006-01-21T22:03:00.000-08:002006-01-21T22:10:01.123-08:00

ABC News did their nightly news broadcast from the Google Campus yesterday. The news team put together a little video segment of their tour of Google. The reporter focuses almost exclusively on the "flash" parts of Google, like offices full of wacky toys and the free food in the company cafeteria (the reporter was really into the free food thing). This video is like a flashback to 1999, when the

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137786900390203042006-01-20T11:52:00.000-08:002006-01-20T11:55:00.413-08:00

Looking for some cool, lightweight (only 3KB) AJAX effects for your web app? Check out moo.fx. Very easy to use, and they work in MS Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137744149186212252006-01-19T23:54:00.000-08:002006-01-20T00:02:42.626-08:00

After reading this ArsTechnica review of Project Gotham Racing 3, I think I might have to buy an Xbox 360. I'm no good at shooting games, but I like driving games. To see how realistic this game is in High-Def, check out these screenshots from the game next to real shots from downtown Tokyo.   

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137473347523888182006-01-16T20:43:00.000-08:002006-01-16T20:49:07.540-08:00

CoJeNoveho.cz has been translated into Czech, and I've fixed most of the biggest bugs. I'm going to send it around to a few people to see if I can start to get some traffic (and more interesting home page stories than the few that I've posted myself).

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137311451123153172006-01-14T23:36:00.000-08:002006-01-14T23:50:51.143-08:00

Tim Bray had this to say about Google's "intelligent algorithm" in his review of Robert Scoble's Naked Conversations:Oh, and a quibble. They say: ...in 1988 a couple of Stanford kids came up with Google, which dramatically improved search results by employing intelligent algorithms rather than simple keywords.... Oh, please; all search has been based on dumb algorithms since day one, and so is

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137298970773385622006-01-14T20:07:00.000-08:002006-01-14T20:43:17.363-08:00

The New York Times is running a review of the new apartments at Astor Place in New York City. The apartments have amazing views, top-shelf fixtures, etc., so I wasn't surprised that a 2,200 sq. ft. (209 sq. meters) apartment costs north of $3m. I was, however, surprised at how much the common area charges will be. To get a more realistic look at the same space when it is empty, the sales agent

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137225444613868592006-01-13T23:49:00.000-08:002006-01-13T23:57:24.630-08:00

I've created an Atom feed of front page stories from cojenoveho.cz. You can get it here: atom feed for popular links on cojenoveho.cz.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137035610186133162006-01-11T19:08:00.000-08:002006-01-11T19:13:30.206-08:00

This is unfortunate. I was looking forward to buying an Intel-based Mac laptop, and being able to boot into Windows XP when the need arose (like testing the Dekadu site). However, it looks like Windows XP won't boot on the Apple laptops, and we'll have to wait for Windows Vista. Hopefully, someone will put together a hack that will allow Windows XP to boot on the new Macbook Pro. I'd like to get

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137007255728848242006-01-11T11:17:00.000-08:002006-01-11T11:20:55.750-08:00

Google has released a version of Google Earth for the Mac. If you're on a Mac, and haven't tried this application yet, you're missing out. It really is that cool. Just type in your address to fly right to your house (if your house is in the U.S.), or type in a city name to fly right into the center. The resolution is very good for big cities (e.g. Prague), and we were able to find a very good

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1137000452024266632006-01-11T09:22:00.000-08:002006-01-11T09:27:32.046-08:00

Niall Kennedy is starting a series of posts to tell the story of PriceGrabber.com. Successful companies can be formed out of the failure of a dream and a side project created for friends and family growing into much more. This is the story of the birth of PriceGrabber.com, a shopping comparison search company that grew from a side project into a half-billion dollar sale in about five years.This

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1136780288814753632006-01-08T20:15:00.000-08:002006-01-08T20:18:08.833-08:00

Consumer Reports has posted an article about organic food. Turns out organic food might actually be worth the extra cost (to avoid pesticides and growth hormones). Too bad I can't buy organic food here in Prague (or more accurately, it's prohibitively expensive).

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1136736806801851212006-01-08T08:09:00.000-08:002006-01-08T08:13:26.820-08:00

I've picked a name (and URL) for my social-news site experiment. You can now access it at cojenoveho.cz (or the easier-to-type cjn.cz). "Co je nového?" means "What's new?" in Czech.There are still a number of big bugs to fix, but I think I can start promoting it by the end of this week.

Jack DeNeutnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12223073.post-1136563144362322962006-01-06T07:54:00.000-08:002006-01-06T07:59:04.376-08:00

Wirtualna Polska has finally started promoting the Dekadu platform in Poland, as komis.wp.pl. You can see the link from their home page here (middle left of page).

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