French Ruling in Louis Vuitton Case - Response fro.. | 10 hours ago | In response to the French ruling regarding the lawsuit by LVMH, Ebay were bound by the court to post the ruling onto all of its sites fro three weeks, here is what appearing on the UK site: Dear Customer, I’m sure you will have read media reports over the past few days concerning a French court ruling in a lawsuit against eBay. We want you, our customers, to know and trust how much we do behind..

I got to 30 seconds | 10 hours ago | Via Alexia , can you watch the whole thing?

Hi-Tech Super Material Made Out Of Rice Husks | 12 hours ago | A Malaysian scientist has discovered a revolutionary method of producing aerogel using waste rice husks. Known for it's ghostlike appearance, aerogel has many possible applications including insulation and as a shock absorber. The strong, light weight substance (it's 99% air) is made of silica, which composes 20% of the weight of rice husks. Using husks as the source of silica for Aerogel drastic..

There Will Be No eBay PayPal Only Requirement For .. | 12 hours ago | Ina Steiner again; eBay Cancels Plans to Go PayPal-Only in Australia “eBay has cancelled plans to go to a PayPal-only marketplace in Australia. It had intended to limit buyers and sellers to using its own payment service exclusively, but withdrew its notification to government regulators after the agency indicated its intention to prohibit eBay from doing so.” In a refreshing comment ..

SpearTalks: Casey O’Connell | 12 hours ago | The story of a rejected artist finally making it big time is as familiar as the tales our grandparents like to tell us: “I walked 17 miles, barefoot, through three feet of snow; I dog-walked in New York through rejection letter after rejection letter …” The similarities are noticeable, and the struggles equally ruthless. And while there’s a good chance that your aging grandpa ..

Celebrate Freedom! Win a Jawbone 2! | 12 hours ago | Just a gentle holiday weekend reminder to get your answers in for the gold and silver Jawbone 2 giveaway : Who can find the cheesiest song, music video, or album with the word Gold or Silver in the title? We'll be grilling meat, and charring ourselves with tanning and illegal fireworks. But, before we let you go, why haven't we seen these obvious answers? 3. Black Gold - Soul Asylum (Now that is ..

Finally, I Got My Money Back on RAC! | 13 hours ago | You might remember way back at the end of Feb/early March, I started a project on RentACoder which subsequently went belly up due to the coder who was good at first turning out to be a bit naff and being unable to follow my instructions. The project went to arbitration and I have finally won and been awarded all my funds back ($500, so not a small amount!). I'm trying to fathom what lessons I ca..

Best Paragraph I Read Today (on LA) | 13 hours ago | From Salman Rushdie in his novel Shalimar the Clown (review forthcoming) . In poetic fashion it captures some essence of LA, and near the end of the graf speaks to why I think it's a city better to live in than visit. He praised the city, commended it precisely for the qualities that were commonly held to be its greatest faults. That the city had no focal point, he professed hugely to admire. The..

Please Let's Collaborate | 13 hours ago | I have always been a strong proponent of the power of unity. I believed that the implication of the fact that if one could chase 1000 and then 2 will put 10,000 to flight means that there is power in synergy. In fact, I analyzed and showed people that any one who stood alone when he could collaborate with someone else, was wasting a lot of potentials. Can you imagine how much of 10,000 is lost wh..

Improv instructor Matt Smith will emcee BizJam soi.. | 13 hours ago | The BizJam party on Thursday night will be emceed by Matt Smith , a long-time Biznik member who teaches improv, among other things. He'll keep the evening flowing, and has a special collaborative event planned. Read on to learn more… Q: Briefly describe what you do for a living. I am a benefit auctioneer and a communications consultant. I am also an improviser and film actor, and I teach im..

Intuit's Laura Messerschmitt: Listen to your custo.. | 15 hours ago | As many of you who are Biznik members probably remember, Laura Messerschmitt is the person at Intuit who contributed a lot of articles to this community back in April. We're thrilled that Intuit is continuing it's sponsorship of this community by sponsoring BizJam. Laura will be attending, and there's a good reason to drop by her table and say hello: she'll have a free copy of Learning Accounting..

The Global Tongue of the World: Panglish | 16 hours ago | I've been in Costa Rica the past two weeks, so language (Spanish and English) is on my mind. Wired has an interesting, short piece on how Chinese is affecting the English spoken around the world. Here's Slate's helpful one paragraph summary: The "likely consequence" of growing numbers of Chinese learning English without "enough quality spoken practice" means that "more and more spoken English wil..

Give me Proof | 17 hours ago | We are using a small number of online tools in our work on finalising the dbTwang business plan which is going to printers next week (yes - printed version! Our target potential angel investors are more likely to be comfortable with paper based documents than pdfs or whatever). The main one is basecamphq and today we added a second which integrates with that - www.proofhq.com . It is a lightweigh..

Gorilla Gardening, Super Mario Style | 17 hours ago | Toronto based street artist Posterchild has produced series of artworks that continues his Mario Blocks theme. Combining vintage video game iconography with gorilla gardening , he's created a batch of flower planters that look like fire flower power up blocks from the Super Mario Bothers video game. Nice way to inject a dose of fun and beauty into plain city streets.

Arts and Crap | 17 hours ago | You want designs? Bored of Neighborhoodies ? Ok, then we're gonna give you designs. Or, more accurately Arts and Crap is. In the ‘printshop' section of their site, you can choose from thousands of designs (more to come soon, though we're not exactly sure why) to smack onto an American Apparel tee. For an extra $10, you can add-on your own design, ink, or combine of the logos. The possibilit..

Etsy Found: Doctor Popular | 17 hours ago | Doctor Popular has many talents. Not only is he a blogger and a yo-yoist, but he can work denim on a sewing machine like nobody's business. This last talent comes in handy when it comes to concocting crafty creations such as his Raw denim wallets and iPhone cases available in his DocPopEtsy shop . These suave casings serve are a welcome respite from your run-of-the-mill leather-made money holders..

Seasonless Clothes | 17 hours ago | Last October, Australian Fashion Week went ‘trans-seasonal' as a response to the seasional change the (European) fashion industry has traditionally dictated. Now we see more signs of this change in attitudes within fashion: In an article on the JC Report, Robert Cordero looks at the trend against fashion 'seasons'. While the autumn/winter and spring/summer collection cycles have always driv..

Os Gemeos: Too Far Too Close | 17 hours ago | In other Brazilian art news, but more accessible to y'all: The Os Gemeos are currently showing their Too Far Too Close exhibition at Deitch Projects (their second solo show at the gallery) in NYC. After all you've been hearing about them, it's a good opportunity to experience the phenomenon first hand. The twins have built a city inside their art space, which functions as the base for new work, i..

Pulchra’s Beauty Contest | 18 hours ago | While It is often said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the people behind Pulchra — the first online beauty contest devoted to the appeal of everyday objects — find that statement to be only partially true. The competition calls for voters to judge which not-so-unusual articles come across in an extraordinary manner. Submissions can include everything from cell phones to sne..

PSFK Conference San Francisco Speaker Amit Gupta | 18 hours ago | We are excited to have Amit Gupta ( Photojojo ) joining us at PSFK Conference San Francisco 2008 on the “San Francisco Snapshot” panel,where passionate locals, including Liz Dunn of FunnyOrDie and Jeremy Townsend of The Ghetto Gourmet (led by moderator Colin Nagy ( Attention )) will discuss what makes the Bay Area tick and what aspects of SF/Bay Area culture inspire them the most. F irst, who..

4 Big Reasons Why Coal Stocks Have Climaxed | 18 hours ago | In mid June I posted that Coal stocks were up over 100% on average since April with returns as high as 165%. It wasn't but a few weeks later that these same stocks threw up major warning flags . As a free subscriber (” email me updates!”) to the stocktradingtogo blog one of the great advantages is staying up to date on all major trends. What I have below are four stock charts that sho..

Are you unlabelable? | 18 hours ago | Human beings LOVE to put (instant) mental labels on each other. It’s almost as if – when we meet people for the first time – we’re just DYING to find SOMETHING (anything!) to trigger that mental label maker. And we can’t feel comfortable talking to someone without it. Because, sadly, simply “existing as human beings” – nothing more, nothing less – just isn’t enough. So, instea..

Transfer | 18 hours ago | The Santander Cultural center in Porto Alegre, a major city in the south of Brazil, is the site of an exciting, monster-sized street art exhibit called Transfer . Not only does it draw the biggest names from the discipline (Ornesto, Herbert Baglione, Carlos Dias) in the country but also matches them with their international peers like Mike Mills, Cheryl Dunn and KAWS. A group of star curators inc..

Internet Euphemisms Decoded | 18 hours ago | BoingBoing recently found itself in a public tiff with one of their former writers, Violet Blue, after the website's editors decided to delete every one of her posts with no identifiable reason. BoingBoing insisted that they hadn't censored their ex-blogger, but rather just ‘unpublished' all of her work. In response, Gawker has posted a funny if characteristically snarky post clarifying som..

Eco Complaints At ‘Good’ Stores | 18 hours ago | For some reason this morning I had my good citizen cap on my walk to work down Broadway between Union Square and SoHo I went into two stores to complain that they had their doors open and their air conditioning on. The reason I chose these two stores rather than the Best Buy or Urban Outfitters was that these brands ( American Apparel and Body Shop) both trade on their conscious credentials. Ther..

Times Square To Get First Solar & Wind Powered Bil.. | 18 hours ago | Ricoh is building an nature powered billboard, scheduled to go up in Times Square this December. A first for New York, this solar and wind powered giant ad is only the third in the world. The other two are Pacific Gas & Electric's in San Francisco and Ricoh's original eco billboard in Tokyo. The ad's lighting will be powered by 45 solar panels and 4 wind turbines. Strangely the system lacks any k..

In Sligo tomorrow | 18 hours ago | I am off to the west tomorrow for a meeting in the morning but then have plenty of time in the afternoon if anyone is around and fancies a coffee. First time in Sligo so i am looking forward to it. Loading up on work to keep me busy on the train over and back.

Win $50 from SmartyPig Towards Your Savings Goals | 20 hours ago | After a great interview with Mike and the folks at SmartyPig , they were kind enough to send me a $50 gift card for SmartyPig. As a user of SmartyPig, that would be a great little bonus into my own account and to be put towards my savings goal. However, I thought it would be more fun to give it away to someone who sets up an account at SmartyPig. Now, before you get too excited about winning a fr..

Affiliate Marketing Challenge: One Week Left! | 20 hours ago | Paid Advertisement There is just over one week left until my Affiliate Marketing Challenge will come to and end. The competition, sponsored by MarketLeverage , started 3 weeks ago and has performed better than I had could have hoped for. What's great is that once this competition ends, I'll be holding another competition shortly after with even bigger and better prizes! The Affiliate Marketing Ch..

Popup Cultural Installation Takes Over London A St.. | 21 hours ago | Opening tomorrow (July 4th) on Montague Place behind the British Museum in London is a new temporary cultural space designed by Carmody Groarke Architects . Called the Sky Walk, the installation is the centerpiece of the Bloomsbury Hub of the London Festival of Architecture . Sky Walk is a series of elevated ramps that take visitors on a meandering journey exposing them to new views of the archit..

Quotable | 21 hours ago | The age old correspondence of how do people, in this case children, have time to do that? Generally in response to things rich, amazing web apps like Graffiti on Facebook, Wikipedia, etc. Riffing off Clay Shirky's piece . Children and Computers from The Media Lab (Stewart Brand, 1988) “Kids like computers… I think it corresponds to children wanting to control an important part of the world…..

Dear Google, I love you but… | 21 hours ago | Dear Google, I love you, but if you turn over my personally identifiable information about my YouTube viewing habits in your court case against Viacom I'll be sure to join the class action suit that will most surely be brought against you. You see, I realize that Viacom is a litigious organization and the only reason they could possibly want my personally identifiable information such as my usern..

Minister Eamon Ryan’s Broadband Promises | 21 hours ago | In summary, the ten Government commitments are: 1. Government will target capital investment of €435m to address the digital divide 2. Universal broadband coverage in Ireland by late 2009 / early 2010 3. 100 Mbits per second broadband connectivity to be introduced to secondary schools on a phased basis 4. Future investment will be determined in accordance with value for money review of the Metr..

Broadband - we have a plan. Or consultation docume.. | 22 hours ago | Following lifted straight from the Dept website - have not had time to read further. Looks good in principal, consultations follow with an end of Sept close off: To make this a reality, investment of € 435 million has been earmarked under the National Development Plan 2007-2013. In order to achieve this, Minister Ryan set out a number of policy actions the Government would undertake. These incl..

The Irish Web Awards - October 11th 2008, Dublin | 22 hours ago | The Irish Web Awards are a go. Contract signed with the Radisson SAS in Dublin for October 11th. Rick O'Shea will be the MC. You may have heard of him. Same informalities as the Blog Awards: no bland meal, no tux requirements, no having to pay to nominate a website, no paying 200 quid to attend. Also judging criteria will be public. It will not be a popularity contest so the site or people with t..

Service Lets Drivers Lock In Gas Prices | 23 hours ago | Link of the day - Who Is Shawn Casey? Is He For Real? http://mygallons.com/ The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future. A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at current prices, using a debit-like card which banks gallons rather than dollars. “The price of gasoline was changing all the time...

What Your Gut Tells You | 23 hours ago | You're planning to change the world today. A friend tells you to get away. You reluctantly follow your friend. You know how that gut feeling (i.e, the "I don't know if I should do this..." feeling) developed? It's not a two-second thing. It's what you've conceived throughout your life. It tells you the rights from the wrongs. It's your life's freakish compass. Follow it, and you'll boost your cha..

Smart Brand Extension: Matt Cutts Fights Spam Offl.. | 1 day ago | If your job is abstract, an easy way to gain further authority and credibility is to extend your brand into related more established markets that are easy to understand.

Meet to Venture Capitalist, montly, from your own .. | 1 day ago | I'm delighted to see that Joe Garde went ahead with the video conference with Yoav Andrew Leitersdorf from YL Ventures , and that they've agreed to make it a monthly conference ! - "The venture capital business together with those that want to learn from and pitch to venture capitalists usually requires you to travel somewhere. So we intend on making meeting the venture capitalist an informal LIV..

Volkswagen’s Future Mobility Vision | 1 day ago | German car manufacturer Volkswagen have released a site called “Volkswagen 2028″ that sketches a scenario of future automotive mobility, 20 years from now. The site kicks off with a short introductory movie set in the future, where a father takes a walk with his son talking about the old times where you had to search for a parking-lot. Future times according to VW are about smart, on-..

Thank You! | 1 day ago | My wife and I just had our first anniversary dinner, which was a lot of fun. She actually found me by buying my ebook back when I still sold it, and our connection was only made possible through years of supporting this site / blog / brand by readers like you...so I just wanted to say thanks.

Top 3 FREE SEO Tools | 1 day ago | Two weeks ago I talked about my favorite presenter from SES Toronto 2008, Ken Jurina (this is a picture of Ken with Google Guru Matt Cutts). Ken is the man behind Epiar , a search engine optimization service company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. As I mentioned two weeks ago, with only 15 minutes to speak Ken listed off a new tool almost every 30 seconds and gave web entrepreneurs a fantasti..

It feels like I skipped town | 1 day ago | For the last couple of days I've completely unplugged myself from this computer.  I can't tell how nice it felt to actually just walk away and not worry about anything.  I spent the last couple of days celebrating Canada Day and having a couple days off from my day job as well.  I spent my time with the family and down at the beach. It has totally done me a world of good.  I really felt burnt..

Lina Scheynius | 1 day ago | Lina Scheynius has the second simplest website I’ve seen this week (the first being here ). But the design's simplicity puts her beautiful series of photographs front and center. Aside from the technical aspects of using fuzzy images that interlace light and shadow, there is an obvious emotional connection that turns the pictures into memories, documenting some of life's most intimate moments. ..

If you’re in Kiwisaver you need KiwiSelect | 1 day ago | This was the best part of the Small Business Expo this year (in fact the ONLY memorable part). KiwiSelect helps you get off the default KiwiSaver plan that you got stuck on because you didn't have time to figure out all the options... And onto the best plan for you. It ...

Transformation from Watch to Cell Phone Now Truly .. | 1 day ago | When's the last time you wore a watch? With the cell phone having become an indispensable accessory, the wristwatch has become all but obsolete, worn more often for fashion or status than for its actual time-telling capability. Bringing the transformation full circle (not sure if they recognize the irony), Tag Heuer is launching Meridiist , a luxury cell phone possibly created for those who aren'..

Australian Cake Eaten In France - eBay Wants It Bo.. | 1 day ago | Dee makes an excellent point in her comment at eBay Ink… Referencing the current results (subject to change) of the attempt to impose a PayPal only payment process on eBay Australia which eBay has been told by the Australian government it could not implement and the latest $63 Million fine by a French court for not properly policing the eBay site for counterfeits Dee reminded us; eBay: In F..

Breaking: Top Friends! copy may kill Max Levchin | 1 day ago | Max is probably the business person I respect most in the world. I just saw that a copy of Top Friends was released and in a short amount of time has 600,000 users at 37% daily activity. Screen shot below: Lawrence Lee is the creator vs Slide's version How do you think Slide feels? Is this aggressive business skills or just crap? Seems like crap to me. Why couldn't Facebook contacted Slide prior ..