Morrie the Toupee Salesman

I’ve added a new column to the report this week – “Rank” – this shows the overall rank of the story in the overall most-dugg stories.

Diggs
User

Rank

289
thewibbler’
The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government
931

252
Jenocide312
Better Gmail gets Chromed
1099

252
sungoddess808
Pulp Fiction Sounds Bites
1098

250
Jenocide312
The Stumble Effect: StumbleUpon Hits the Big Leagues
1097

239
lifeisgoooooood
New approach to find a pet – The web 2.0 [...]

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Kevin, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

I’ve had a couple of my pictures getting wide circulation (which is kind of cool). An LA Times blog post includes a picture I took of Kevin at the Digg 1 [...]

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Shutdown, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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Late this week not so much because of me, but seemingly some changes in the digg api. Also last week brought the launch of Digg Spinoff no. 3 – wefollow.com. I’m including a couple of fascinating quotes:
From http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/03/sxsw-diggs-rose.html:
Wired.com: Kevin, tell us about WeFollow, your new Twitter directory.
Rose: I just wanted to see what would [...]

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Late again! Busy!

Diggs
User

441
JohnPierce
The first thing you do is drag him inside

306
djpretzel
Free OC ReMix Album – Tales Series: Summoning of Spirits

288
technovice
First it was free web conferencing, now it’s free iTouches!

274
Blinker1315
Thank You For Teaching

257
Jordan117
#DiggCons: The HQ for conservatives spamming Digg

257
1KrazyKorean
9 Serial Killers Who Loved Storing Body Parts in the Fridge

255
upick
Operating System Interface Design Between 1981-2009

251
swiftor
Multiplayer Gaming Marathon [...]

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There!, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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I’m becoming downright loquacious. Next Wednesday March 18, I’ll be demoing our Tripadvisor air product (and talking a bit about the project and the meta-search industry) at Bitheads, a local business whose office is a former theater, and who keep one of the theaters intact just for this occasion. I’ll get a more formal [...]

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317
twistaspliff
HR 875 The Food Police, Criminalizing Organic Farming

269
moredown
Most Inappropriate Childrens Toy Ever

260
msaleem
Iceland is No Longer a Country. It is a Hedge Fund.

260
alapoet
Marijuana Regulation Would Take It Out Of Criminals’ Control

245
caferrell
HR-45 and Why We Have The Right To Own Firearms

240
Veedramon
Format A USB Pen Drive With NTFS File System

239
NewsFeed
How Entrepreneurs can Save Over $60k with 45 Free [...]

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Very late with this one. I can easily automate this, but I like leaving a comment at the top. Another weekly report coming Tuesday.

Diggs
User

280
nadalbg
Colombia – Different view from tourist

277
TheEngineer2008
Lawmaker to Push Repeal of Online Poker & Gaming Law

272
RonPauls
1921 Depression: How "Doing Nothing" Saved America

267
ylluminate
311 Gets Schooled by Bob Rock

251
Wulffy
10+ Twitter Apps You Never Heard About!

236
divinediva
25 [...]

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