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Entries from March 2009

Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-03-21 to 2009-03-28

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Photo Credits

March 29th, 2009 · No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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 [...]

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Shutdown

March 25th, 2009 · No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Shutdown, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-03-14 to 2009-03-21

March 24th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-03-07 to 2009-03-14

March 19th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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There!

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } There!, originally uploaded by ojbyrne.

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More Talks

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments

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 link [...]

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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-02-28 to 2009-03-07

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Top Digg Unpromoted Stories 2009-02-21 to 2009-02-28

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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 [...]

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