He says given the current economic conditions, he’s using the funds for his startup.  He must be doing something right.  Just 2 years ago, he made a million dollars selling pixels at a $1 each at milliondollarhomespage.com

See where good thinking can get you.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/business/media/03adco.html?ref=media

http://cb.nowan.net/blog/

Users of gmail are now able to set up to do lists, how every they are not easily accessed.  You must click through other links to finally find your task list.  Gmail has another to-do list option called ‘Remember the Milk’.  You can create two separate to do lists under both options. 

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/external/venturebeat/2008/12/08/08venturebeat-forget-the-milk-gmail-gets-its-own-task-lis-101266.html

Clerk Dogs is a new website that will allow consumers to find a movie depending on what mood you are in.  If you are familiar with the internet radio site Pandora, then this is the same thing, except for movies.  You can type the title of a movie that you love, and Clerk Dogs will give you a list of similar movies that you might enjoy as well.  Another option is to tell them what you are in the mood for, and they will recommend movies for you.

Link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/your-personal-video-store-clerk-on-the-web/

Article:

December 3, 2008, 6:27 am <!– — Updated: 2:43 pm –>

More Color Case Options for Dell Laptops

Configuring a computer to order is a consumer option that has been available for years for folks who would rather not buy a machine off the peg, so to speak. Not many companies offer more choices than Dell.

Mike Ming’s “Sea Sky” cover.

Do-it-yourself designing to create your own PC exterior is less common than adding high-speed hard drives or four gigabytes of memory. Usually, you can have any color, as long as it’s black or white. Once again, it’s Dell that’s expanding that part of the process.

On Tuesday the company introduced its online Design Studio where, for an additional $75, buyers of a 15- or 17-inch Studio Laptop can decorate the lid from more than 100 designs. The decoration is “tattooed” onto the laptop lid, and Dell says it will stay pretty for quite a while if it’s not abused.

It’s kind of fun to browse at the site, a little bit like painting (and repainting, and repainting) a concept Mini automobile online. The Flip camcorder is doing something similar, as Roy Furchgott pointed out last month. Among the more striking designs on view at the Dell site are Mike Ming’s “Sea Sky” (inspired, he says, by a place “where the waves never stop”) and Guillaume Wolf’s rush of colors in “Let’s Change Everything.”

Still, it’s the guts of a laptop that count.

Source:

 http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2008…

I wish I could use this application so that, instead of going around the different stores, I could just stay home and wait until somebody find me the best product with best price for me. But well, I’m not an iPhone user….hope other phone providers also offer this service in the future…

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/03…

Source: New York Times 12/3/08

http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/wymbs/wp-admin/post-new.php

This article describes PayPal’s new system that allows parents to give their children a PayPal account linked to the main account.  This will allow children to shop online wherever PayPal is accepted but also lets the parents set limits to spending.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/automobiles/autospecial2/30custom.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=customize&st=nyt