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2004 August

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You’re a Sad Little Man

Jayme continues the nonsense:
Chris strikes back with a brilliant performance. At one point he even calls my blog a waste of bandwidth… I think he did anyhow. Also calling my last post “semi-worthless content.” But Chris isn’t headed in the wrong direction..I will admit the last post kind of sounded a little ACLUish, which is […]

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Tampa Bay Blogger Fest Drama

I probably shouldn’t acknowledge this but I will because there are some underlying issues here that I think need to be pointed out. Plus Jayme sent a trackback so I guess he is looking for a response (or at the very least, more traffic).
Apparently Jayme has a problem with this statement I made about […]

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Tampa Bay Blogger Fest OPML

I’ve been sending e-mails back and forth to Lewis and we’ve decided to create an OPML file for those Tampa Bay bloggers intending to go to the Tampa Bay Blogger Fest.
The OPML file is here:
http://www.chrisshort.net/tampa-bay-blogger-fest.opml
If you’re not in the OPML file and are attending the Tampa Bay Blogger Fest just comment here with your […]

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The Google AdSense Problem

For a while I’ve been contemplating conservatively placing Google AdSense ads here on chrisshort.net.
The only problem is that there are more than 200 web sites I wouldn’t want to display here on chrisshort.net and there has to be a better way of filtering out what kind of ads are displayed on what kind of entries […]

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Olympians Banned From Blogging

From michael over at slashdot:
CNN reports that in a bid to protect its lucrative media contracts, the IOC is barring competitors, coaches, and support personnel from writing firsthand accounts of their Olympic experience, on the web or in print, for the duration of the Games. Nor are they allowed to ever post photographs or movies […]

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Short Consulting Welcomes the Kozak Family Web Site

Short Consulting proudly welcomes the Kozak Family Web Site to its growing number of hosting clients.
There’s actually a fairly good story here. The Kozak’s started their web site last year. Their host was ipowerweb and the hosting package they chose had a year long contract. Shortly after their web site launched they […]

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Google IPO a Go

Well… I guess I was wrong. Google has been given the green light. Shares could be trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol GOOG as early as tomorrow morning. IPO bidding may end as early as 1700 (5:00 PM) Eastern Time.
Thanks to Chris_R over at WebmasterWorld for the news flash.
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Get Google for Less

Google, Inc. has cut the price on its IPO shares. This is good news for investors but why are they cutting the price?
Google submitted an amended prospectus today and noted that the SEC, “has requested additional information concerning the publication” referring to an interview Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page gave to Playboy […]

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Tampa Bay Blogger Fest

sarahintampa and a few other people are organizing the Tampa Bay Blogger Fest. All Tampa Bay bloggers are invited. If I’m not busy I will probably be there.
Tampa Bay Blogger Fest
When: Saturday, Sep 18, 2004 at 2000 (6:30 PM)
Where: Splitsville at Channelside
What to Expect: Me drinking heavily.
For an address, driving […]

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Let’s Talk About Wireless Security

I’m sitting in front of my laptop in a hotel room in California and decided to see if I had any kind of wireless network available to me. I turn on my wireless network adapter and low and behold NetStumbler picked up three wireless networks. One of these networks had no kind of […]