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Monthly Archives: September 2008

The Short Selling Ban – Regulator Legal Liability?

26-Sep-08

Stop feeding the bears cry the Zookeepers!!! When regulators ban short selling do they have a legal liability to the mum’s and dad’s, fund managers and traders who lose money from this almost instant change in regulated markets? I’d love to see what some of the big legal firms think on this. (Update: Just read [...]

Google Maps X-files

20-Sep-08

A friend of mine bought a property up at Old Bar in northern NSW and told me that he noticed some strange features in the landscape up there. Here they are and the links to check them out yourself. I love Google Maps, it reveals so much. Yes there is a privacy cost but if [...]

Capitalism or Protectionism?

19-Sep-08

American tax payers are about to start bearing the burden of bad credit bets placed by big banks and insurance companies. I have been more than amazed by the events in the US in recent weeks during the financial crisis. Creating a pseudo guarantee structure for big American companies like AIG is just pure protectionism. [...]

Link Mezza Plate #8

09-Sep-08

The Myth of The Launch Seth Godin Transliteration – the Babel fish is here Alturnal Gen Y loves banking online using Web2.0 apps Fin Extra Setting Firefox to launch Gmail for mailto links Life Hacker Surfing Mice YouTube

Google Apps Premier adds Google Video

02-Sep-08

Google Apps has added Google Video to the Premier paid version. Secure and private video sharing being the main pitch. This could be quite useful for Saasu given we have videos managed internally and would much prefer them to be managed by Google now that access controls look like being in place. Lots of implications [...]

Mixmeister iPhone App Idea

02-Sep-08

I was playing with my iPod tonight moving the volume up and down with my thumb while I was listening to a Moby track. It was pure boredom that had me do it and it felt like working a turntable a little. My startup shoulder devil whispers two words to me. iPhone app. A DJ [...]