Download Hmmcast #19 (mp3)

Most Hmm-worthy posts from July 29 - August 18, 2006
- What’s next Microsoft, charging for beta invites? (1) [july 30]
- How many new domains are registered every day? (**4) [july 31]

“There’s a lot of evidence that most of these domains are registered for less than five days, before the registrant dumps them, requests a refund, then re-registers them.”
- Comment by Kevin Murphy — July 31, 2006 @ 11:30 am

- It’s a to-do list day (3) [july 31]
- How to get a blogger’s attention (3) [aug 3]
- *Somewhere under the rainbow (**6) [aug 8]

“…This stuff is great - I’ve never had to work with such a large database before and am learning a ton about SQL.”
– Comment by Greg Yardley — August 8, 2006 @ 1:45 pm

“…Regarding feed volume, I’m starting to get weary of BoingBoing’s volume, even though a lot of what they post is interesting. I couldn’t help noticing they aren’t in your list above.”
– Comment by Sterling Camden — August 8, 2006 @ 2:49 pm

- Transparent Adsense posts (**7) [aug 8]

“The Adsense code was put there as an experiment to see what kind of ads it would draw - nothing more sinister than that. You are correct though, it does look bad and was probably naive on my part so I have removed it. Thanks for pointing it out so quickly - if you hadn’t it would have remained there and I would have looked bad for longer.”
– Comment by Tom Raftery — August 8, 2006 @ 7:14 pm

- Sony starting to look like Sega (**10) [aug 10]

“After reading your blog, I’m not certain you understand the main reason why Sega failed as a console maker. Sega attempted to segment the video game market with the Sega CD, 32X, 32X CD and the Saturn. Sega’s 32X debacle was the beginning of the end for Sega. They abandoned their so-called next generation 32X system as soon as they introduced the Saturn. Sega had no respect for gamers and tried to get every penny from loyalist as they could…”
– Comment by Zmonde — August 13, 2006 @ 4:10 am

- Penn and Teller demystify alien abductions but not E.T (5) [aug 10]
- What do you unplug when you leave home? (**8) [aug 11]

“I think it’s a good idea. You are right about things being plugged in continuing to draw power. So unplugging everything you can not only saves money, it is good for the environment. I have not been doing this since I didn’t know that things being plugged in still used power, but I plan to start.”
– Comment by Lori — August 11, 2006 @ 9:02 pm

“The only things I leave on are the burglar alarm, the fridge, (depending on season) the heating, the adsl modem/router and a NAS with a (secured) ftp server to upload backups of photos too and which contains scans of all important docs like passport, travel docs, insurance etc.”
– Comment by David — August 12, 2006 @ 12:01 pm

“According to the article, the xbox 360 consumes around $2.63 per year when it’s turned off.. Maybe not a big deal for 1 person, but imagine how much power these consoles waste when you apply these numbers to 1, 2 or 3 million units. This says a lot about the North American lifestyle.”
– Comment by Kiltak — August 16, 2006 @ 9:12 pm

- Google trademark lawyers protest Google being used as a verb (7) [aug 14]
- What neck surgery is like in 2006 (5) [aug 16]
- Stuck? 49 ways to crack writer’s block (9) [aug 16]
- Yes you can, says Team Hoyt (0) [aug 17]
- Review: no wimpy Snakes on a Plane (3) [aug 18]

Historical news events since last Hmmcast
- E3 game conference to be downsized
- AOL to offer free subscription in September to broadband users
- AOL releases a bunch of search query results data and quickly takes them down and apologizes
- Google now has 60% of US search market says study
- Google removes Froogle link, adds link to Google Video instead
- AMD plans to drop ATI brand
- Godaddy pulls IPO filing
- Dell recalls laptop batteries because of fire concerns
- Apple wants to own the term ‘pod’
- Boeing to axe WiFi in the sky program

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Duration: 13:29

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