Broback’s Blog

Are you a Web data geek? Are you into scraping sites? If so, you may be one of the many people who rely on the highly-regarded Needlebase to help you in your efforts. After reading about Needlebase on RWW, (very, very cool example of the potential here.) I spent many hours playing with it — [...]

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Here may be an entrepreneurial opportunity. Register at thousands of sites using a variety of non-intuitive unique email address that are used nowhere else. When you start getting emails about viagra sent to one of these addresses, flag the related site in a database as one to avoid. Build a browser plugin that accesses that [...]

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A fitting legacy. This troll of global proportions who threatened to turn Seoul’s presidential palace office into a “sea of fire,” will be be thought of in this hilarious context for all time. Many thanks to Parker, Stone and team for this lasting impression.

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Had a chance to sit in on Steve Blank’s Lean Launchpad class last week at the Haas School of Business. Came away very impressed with the real-world/pragmatic aspects to his curriculum, and the enthusiasm of everyone in the room. Prior to attending the class I decided to read through Steve’s blog, and came across a [...]

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No surprises (at least to me) here. Seems to reflect the imagery and videos I’ve watched. Original here.

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Who would have guessed? Solyndra, the green energy company that received a half-billion-dollar federal loan guarantee, is sadly no more. Even more tragic is that $500,000,000.00 taxpayer dollars were wasted in anticipation of results that could only be described as miraculous: Chris Gronet, the founder and chairman of Solyndra, said the guaranteed funding “will enable [...]

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Couldn’t resist.

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Of that infinite list of things that drive me nuts, many fall under the heading of “please, please, I beg you — just answer this simple question!!” While I understand that everyone’s brains are wired differently, why is it so hard for many (most?) people experienced with an issue to give even the most basic [...]

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This one goes back to 2009. No matter what you think of the Tea Party, I think it’s safe to say the professor provides us with a complete and total misreading of the political landscape. Emphasis mine: Last but not least: it turns out that the tea parties don’t represent a spontaneous outpouring of public [...]

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