dear north carolina general assembly,
thank you for destroying business & commerce.
email from the amazon:
We are writing from the Amazon Associates Program to notify you that your Associates account has been closed as of June 26, 2009. This is a direct result of the unconstitutional tax collection scheme expected to be passed any day now by the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) and signed by the governor….
MapMyRun.com | View Carrier Park Perimeter in Asheville, North Carolina – http://shar.es/7yXL
// it’s after midnight: i’m listening to a recitation of hafiz…
// just received a package of books & magazines from an editor. what a wonderful weekend gift-an assignment to read (& write reviews) & read
editing audio, studying for next week’s poetry workshop session & writing poetry book reviews at world coffee café…
‘Custer’s Last Stand’ (the colonial version: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/remembering-custers-last-stand/) or ‘The Greasy Grass Fight of 1876’ (the native version: http://www.amazon.com/Day-World-Ended-Little-Bighorn/dp/0143113690/ref=pd_sim_b_1)
‘Country needs better poets’ http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_172010109?start:int=15
‘Atheism Is Not A Belief’ http://www.thinkingchristian.net/2009/06/atheism-is-not-a-belief/ // interesting…
// something i gave up when the kidlingers arrived… http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/06/artist-studios/
// sometimes my inbox is so intimidating… 40 emails to go… maybe i’ll procrastinate & reply to those emails tomorrow…
‘Economist’s Profit Jumps 26 Percent’: http://www.foliomag.com/2009/economist-group-s-profit-jumps-26-percent // hello, newsweek? time?
// what?! i haven’t checked email in a day. the inbox has 69 emails. good grief, only one day…
// day two of new running routine… yes, neighbors, that crazy-looking visigoth running down the street is me…
GPOYW – old thingy + father’s day edition
They are as follows:
1. Monetize inventory within the existing site framework.
2. Avoid the exclusivity trap.
3. Automate campaign management.
4. Connect with new advertisers.
(via folio)
With all due respect: wrong, wrong, wrong, and wrong.
The answer is simple: provide valuable content.
// the homemade café au lait i made last night made me wake up quicker this morning. wonder if the coffee i’m brewing will put me to sleep.
// finishing final edits of 3 poetry book reviews for spr & preparing for tomorrow’s poetry workshop @ flood fine art center…
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1460906593
Michael Hirschorn talks to Bob Cohn about why the current age spells doom for Time and Newsweek, but not for The Economist
Why The Economist is thriving while Time and Newsweek fade http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200907/news-magazines
// found this running schedule for beginners on runner’s world… http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=67#beginner
One person’s “accessible” is another’s “crass commercialism.
what a mighty storm asheville had yesterday… this is what happened to the corn in the garden…
Eamon Dolan, vice president and editor in chief of the Penguin Press, explained that [a book title has] to communicate the theme of a book almost instantly…. “the title is trying to do something on an emotional level,” to make the reader pause.
// i’m on a rss feed diet… i’m down to 8 feeds & i’m pretty sure i can loose some more…
Coffeehouse Junkie 