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The World is Smaller than You Think! Dennis Stevenson has a huge insight when he learns that the world is tiny, thanks to Twitter and the twittersphere. And me, tangentially. Rating: ? ? ? ? ? Tags: dennis stevenson, twitter,…
Startup employee retirement plan: sell toast on eBay [Exits]
A friend of an animator laid off from a recently imploded East Bay videogames startup writes to pimp the newly unemployed buddy’s latest venture: selling toast on eBay. But not just any toast — it’s toast that will be lovingly sculpted into the shape of each of America’s 50 great states. First up? Texas. You laugh now, but you won’t think it’s such a terrible idea when the recession has you out on the street and your options underwater.
Mark Zuckerberg: Please take my money [Facebook]
Several years ago, old-time tech blog Slashdot started a subscription service. Rather than pay a monthly subscription fee, the site lets you pay $5 to load 1,000 pages ad-free and get a few other small bonuses. I’ve given Slashdot a total of $25 over several years to cover the cost of my subscriptions. Facebook users by and large don’t click on the site’s ads. With its low CPM rates, Facebook doesn’t make much money on me — but the bottom-of-the-barrel ads grate on my eyes. Zuck, let’s save us both the trouble. Let me pay some small amount, maybe $20 a year, to remove every ad and “sponsored post” in my News Feed.