It’s been, one week
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Sebastian
since Bild.T-Online started Ein Pixel fuer Kinder, the rip-off of The Million Dollar Homepage I wrote about. I said then that, apart from it being a stolen idea, it won’t work in Germany, especially without strong corporate involvement. And despite placing the fund-drive prominently on Bild.T-Online.de, first as a content box, then as an encompassing […]
Copyright thoughts
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Sebastian
A while back Chris Pirillo had Mike Arrington of TechCrunch on his show and he got in a little rant about his usage of bittorrent. That got me thinking. It is legal for me to copy a CD for privat usage, as a back-up e.g. for the car. So I could either make a copy, […]
SkypeIn for Germany works
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Sebastian
Neville Hobson has been using SkypeIn for his business for a while now, offering his customers a number UK number as well as a US number. Finally SkypeIn is available in Germany. As soon as I heard the news I signed up since my 1&1-VoIP-number has given me lots of headaches. After a week back […]
Rumble in the German blogosphere (Update)
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Sebastian
It started on Tuesday when Johnny posted about a picture that was mailed to him. The key is the text on the picture, "Denn Du bist Deutschland." At the moment there is a big "get up"/motivational-campain running in Germany, called "Du bist Deutschland. (You are Germany.) It has already received a lot of criticism (spin-off […]
Million dollar page rip off for charity
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Sebastian
Ok, so Hugh at Gaping Void found out about a college friend of his who seems to be the first to copy the MO of The Million Dollar Homepage. Turns out there is somebody else. German online giant Bild.T-online has joined with the children’s charity organisation “Ein Herz für Kinder”, trying to pull an exact […]
The Happiness Manifesto
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Sebastian
ViaGenuine Curiosity comes the Happiness Manifesto. # Get physical. Engage in half an hour of exercise three times a week # Count your blessings. At the end of each day, reflect on at least five things you are grateful for. # Talk time. Have an hour-long – uninterrupted – conversation with your partner or closest […]