Wangtang Clan

This Offer showdown at the Virtual Goods Summit is pretty interesting.

Scamville article by Arrington:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/31/scamville-the-social-gaming-ecosystem-of-hell/

Blog post response from Offerpal:
http://myofferpal.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/virtual-goods-summit-09-what-an-ending/

More insight about offers:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/01/how-to-spam-facebook-like-a-pro-an-insiders-confession/

Mark Pincus' take:
http://markpincus.typepad.com/markpincus/2009/11/my-take-on-zynga-and-cpa-offers.html

Peanut Labs take:
http://peanutlabs.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/survey-finds-arrington-has-a-point-given-choice-users-overwhelmingly-prefer-direct-payments-and-research-surveys-to-cpa-offers/

Lunch can be pretty cheap in China.

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So, we are out at dinner the other night, and Johnny decides to tell us a joke in Chinese.
Here it is, translated:

So... There is a man, running out of the forest. Another man sees him running, and asks: "Why are you running?" The first man replies:"There is a panda in the forest. Whatever you do, do NOT touch his nose." Curious, the second man ignores the first man and enters the forest.

After walking for quite a while, he comes upon a sleeping panda. He can't resist, and touches the panda's nose. The panda then chases the man through the forest, and eventually the man gets too tired and can't run anymore.

The panda then tells the man "I just want to touch your nose."
.....

That was it. I don't get it.

I'm at the hotel now... None of the VPNs are working now... So, no Twitter, Youtube, or Facebook. :(
Pretty annoying for me - I guess I'm an internet junkie...

From: http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/10263116/Kansas-is-no-longer-NCAA-chalk

Illinois will be in position to compete for a national championship soon — maybe even as soon as next season. Young guards D.J. Richardson and Brandon Paul will be a big-time backcourt for the next few years — and veteran Demetri McCamey has matured and also got his body in good shape. Then add in three Top 75 recruits — Jereme Richmond, Meyers Leonard and Crandall Head — and Bruce Weber's team could be scary good. The key may be skilled forward Mike Davis' maturity.

Hope so - it's always fun watching the Illini. :)

Just saw this clip from an old friend, Victor. There's a certain restlessness in the air that the clip captures... Funny, just had a conversation with @starveup earlier tonight with the same theme. I think this video resonates with a lot of my friends these days.

I still want to get a copy of Win 7 and check it out... :)

My previous QC2s broke so I got them replaced. It was $89 to get another pair of QC2s and $150 to go to QC15s or QC3s.

I went for the QC15s, since I do tend to use them a lot, though the QC2 replacement was a better value.

The demo station with simulated airplane noise was pretty cool.

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Watching this video:

Inspired me to order this book on my Kindle for my upcoming flight to China.
http://bit.ly/2gLTM5

Ended up ordering this Dolica Tripod: http://is.gd/4uMIm - The price, good reviews, and the attached ballhead sold me.