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Published by Peter on July 28, 2006 in del.icio.us. 0 Comments

3 Ways to Immediately Increase Search Engine Traffic | Performancing.com

That there is no magic wand, mystical powers or Search engine hoo joo to be had anymore, it’s all down to 3 things:
Copywriting
Links and
Networking

(tags: seo copywriting search google)
When Flickr goes down, God kills a kitten at FactoryCity

the genius of Flickr is that, during their downtime, they put out a colouring contest. A friggin’ colouring contest. I mean, some people shy away behind geekery and tomfoolery to explain away the inevitable.

(tags: flickr downtime contest original funny colour)

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Barcamp Brussels #2: on Sunday Sept 24th

Published by Peter on July 27, 2006 in Belgium. 1 Comment

Skynet lounge

We have just decided on the location and date for the new Barcamp Brussels:

WHEN: Sunday Sept 24th 2006 (back to back with EurOSCON, GovCamp and DrupalCON)
WHERE: Skynet Lounge, in K-NAL building next to Brussels harbour

As you can guess from the location, Skynet has been confirmed as the principal sponsor again (thx Bart and Clo), which allows us to provide a nice and stimulating surrounding for our speakers/attendees.
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If you want to participate, the first thing you need to do is to add your name to:
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrussels

via barcamp.forret.com

Skynet Lounge

links for 2006-07-27

Published by Peter on July 27, 2006 in del.icio.us. 0 Comments

1 - TangoSpam:La Vida Con Deby: The men, The men..what about the men…Revisted!

The 80s have not hit here yet, hey, even the 70s. The idea that a woman is more than a pleasure machine has not sunk in. I laugh and say they subscribe to the 3 Cs. Chupe, coja, y chau.

(tags: tango argentina women dating culture)
2 - Studios Shift to Digital Movies, but Not Without Resistance - New York Times

Robert L. Beitcher, Panavision’s chief executive, estimates that even though renting his company’s Genesis digital camera at a typical rate of about $3,000 a day is nearly twice as expensive as renting a film camera, they can help save about $600,000

(tags: digital-cinema cinema movies panavision film)
3 - Amazon stepping into digital download fray

Apple is reportedly trying to negotiate a reasonable movie-download price with the studios. Amazon is devoting time and energy to licensing movies for its new download-to-own service.

(tags: digital download movies amazon apple itunes)
4 - BitTorrent inks licensing deal with studios | CNET News.com

BitTorrent is building a video store from which customers can download movies at speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second, according to the company. The store is expected to launch sometime in the fall

(tags: bittorrent movies download hollywood distribution digital P2P)
5 - Self-Reliant Filmmaking » Blog Archive » First Post: Declaration of Principles

The purpose of this weblog is to talk about and to encourage the practice of making high-quality films at a low-cost and/or with small-labor systems. A good term for this practice is “Self-Reliant Filmmaking.”

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