The Flickr Bogan-Martin Award For Media Overreaction
One thing you can say about the Flickr team - there's some fight in 'em. They apparently were not super pleased with our coverage of their annual (and unofficial) Grant-Pattishall Award given each year to the Yahoo engineer who who breaks Flickr in the most spectacular way. I'm not sure why, I think the award is fun. So now they have a new award, called the Bogan-Martin Award : "The Bogan ...
Angels hand Hunter 1st loss, beat Rangers 9-7
Overcoming a five-run lead is one thing. Overcoming a nine-game deficit is another. The Los Angeles Angels took the first step on a path they hope will enable them to get back into the AL West race against the division-leading Texas Rangers. Juan Rivera homered and drove in four runs, Erick Aybar also went deep, and the Angels handed Tommy Hunter his first loss of the season with a 9-7 victory ...
Fantastic Four Update: The Thing Will Be Completely CGI
Goodbye uncomfortable bodysuit. The Thing that we saw in the 2005 and 2007 installments of the Fantastic Four series is no more. According to a report from Screen Rant, in the upcoming reboot hes going to be 100% CGI. In other words, theyre going to do the same thing to him that they did to [...]
Former BP CEO Tony Hayward: I Became A Villain For Doing The Right Thing
Too late now, buddy: Tony Hayward, who resigned as chief executive of BP in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, has said that he was turned into a villain for doing the right thing. In his first interview since deciding to step down, Hayward told the Wall Street Journal that he did everything possible [...]
Google: The "Last Thing We Want" Is The "Best SEO To Win"
Jeremy Sussman, a Google Local Product Manager has been pretty frank and clear with people in the Google Places forum. In one Google Places Help thread, he said, and I quote: I can assure you that the last thing we want is for the business who hires the best SEO to win a better slot. But, the SEOs are, unfortunately, pretty good at what they do, and so sometimes they out smart us. You read that ...
