Scott Adcox

Facebook “Definitely” Raising Capital This Year

eMarketer projects Facebook revenues of $230 million in 2009. Our sources say this is way low, and that Facebook will hit at least $300 million in 2009 revenues. But the costs of running this ginormous company are staggering. Facebook may be burning though $20 million or more per month, even on top of revenues

Google thinks they are worth $2B, andI think that may even be high. Mabye if Google owned it. Maybe.

If they were publicly traded (and I had money), I’d short FB.

George F. Will

Since the New Deal era, few laws have been invalidated on the ground that they improperly delegated legislative powers. And Chief Justice John Marshall did say that the “precise boundary” of the power to “make” or the power to “execute” the law “is a subject of delicate and difficult inquiry.” Still, surely sometimes the judiciary must adjudicate such boundary disputes.

I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Amazon has this Sub Pop Sampler for free. There’s other stuff there for free as well.

I’m not sure how cool Sub Pop is as a label anymore, but back in the day they ruled the roost.

Americans spend eight hours a day on screens.

Adult Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens — televisions, computer monitors, cellphones or other devices, according to a new study.

I partly responsible for skewing that average higher, and that’s without a Rock of Love marathon being shown.

I can’t believe this is still even up for debate. The answer seems pretty simple…

I win because I’m skillful, and when I lose it is because my opponent is lucky.

Duh.

Seth Godin:

If you’re serious about solving your meeting problem, getting things done and saving time, try this for one week. If it doesn’t work, I’ll be happy to give you a full refund.

I’ll add one–provide rotten fruit to throw at people who believe the purpose of a meeting is to read their Power Point novels aloud.

Some suggested talking points for 2012 Presidential hopefuls.

Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Monster?

Who me kidding? Me know me never actually eat cookies. Me only crumble cookies in mouth, but me no swallow. Me can’t swallow. Me no have no esophagus. Me no have no trachea. Me only have black fabric throat. Me not supposed to be able to even talk.

Beautiful, genious, brilliant. The reason the internet exists.

Fearing job losses, US workers forgo benefits.

For their part, many managers are doing little to calm those concerns, human resource consultants say. They tend to view options such as flex-time and telecommuting as retention tools, experts say, and in recessions, fear of unemployment is just as effective.

As a telecommuter, I’m happy to report I haven’t encountered this type of reaction from my management. My sources at some of my former places of employment tell me that this article is pretty accurate in some cases though.

OHilarious!

“How hard can it be to show up on Sunday and toss a few passes?” said Mr. Gibbs. “The fact that some people earn a lot more money than others just demonstrates the savage inequalities inherent in a capitalist system, and explains why the president has taken deliberate action to end it.”

The Liberty Papers examines this in Abandoning the Rule of Law.

I have time finding something I can wear at Banana Republic…I guess it’s because I’m not really comfortable in Banana Republic.

BobKrumm.com » The alarm of tyranny tolls.

Among the most important of reasons for which we have a Constitution is to protect the unpopular from the torrent of popular opinion. It, after all, is the heinous derelict who is most in need of a fair trial to protect him from the posse, or the unpopular opinion that most requires the freedom of speech.

I was very disappointed in my Congressman, Jimmy Duncan, for voting for this. Marsh Blackburn is the only representative from TN who voted against it.

Read Trace’s post on theBasic Rules Of Citizen Journalism at NewsTechzilla.

Just be careful messing with the Tongans

Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga — shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ocean.

If I ever get any time to read, I’m coming back to this one…

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