Before Google Hobby Shops
5 June 2008, 16:04 No comments
You can usually tell the estimated value of a collectable by its position in a shop. Over the past 10 years Observer’s books (and a few other series in a similar vein) have moved from the second-hand bookseller’s bargain bin to the top shelf behind the shop assistant. They’re not quite under lock and key [...]
Has Announced A Deal Which Will See The Company Will Acquire Parent Company Of Dictionary
15 May 2008, 17:05 No comments
The search engine predicts the move will expand its audience by 11 percent or 145 million unique visitors per month. Once the deal is signed and stamped, Ask.com is expected to add more layers such as video and images to entries on Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The deal is due to close in Q3 of this [...]
Online Orders May Be Scams Retailers Warned
12 May 2008, 00:12 No comments
Rose Kriedemann came in to her toy shop one Wednesday morning and found a nice, fat order from her website.
It came from a customer in New Zealand, an order totalling about $1,000 for four specialty collectible items that Bayshore Hobbies is known for.
Kriedemann was happy with the early morning sale, but something, some instinct borne [...]
Melvyn Bragg suggests that private equity would kill off ITV
1 April 2008, 06:06 No comments
Some of ITV’s programmes are crap, Melvyn Bragg has acknowledged, but he
suggested that the company would be destroyed if it fell into the hands of a
private equity bidder.
The veteran arts broadcaster defended ITV - which reported a 35 per cent slide
in profits this week - as a %26pound;1 billion contributor to British creative
industries.
However, the host [...]
Commentary Freedom of speech for everyone except a Jamaican
1 April 2008, 05:05 No comments
By Maria Jackson I am a bit reluctant to write this article because I am aware that composing it will bring a lot of things to light that some would like to see kept in the dark. However, I have been quietly watching Jamaican artistes being denied their right to freedom of speech as well [...]
Writing for Peanuts and Loving It
26 March 2008, 21:09 No comments
Greasing the wheels are sites like Helium, ThisIsBy.Us and Associated Content, which dangle micro amounts of pay to amateur writers willing to contribute material. Virtually any topic is open, from advice about child-rearing to an exegesis of mood rings.These sites hope to accumulate big troves of articles that rank high in search engine results or [...]
If you want to celebrate Valentines Day have a good one
22 March 2008, 20:08 No comments
Although, even though Im not a fan of this oh-so-commercial event, it cant be denied that it is gaining in popularity every year.
If youre part of a couple, I hope you get whatever you hope for from the day, whether it is a bunch of red roses, chocolates or your other half on the business [...]
Memorabilia Auctions Put A Price Tag on Nostalgia
19 March 2008, 19:07 No comments
Not the universal memories of birthdays, graduations or weddings but those evoked by props or costumes from a favorite television series or movie.
Does the blue overcoat worn by Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins†cause a flashback of a bygone Saturday matinee? Maddelena has it. How about a rattan chair used in “Casablanca†or original scripts [...]
Mags Websites Fairs Tap Tech DIY Boom
21 February 2008, 19:07 No comments
Make magazine, not yet three years old, is leading a new wave of interest in build-it-yourself projects. Even as technology comes to us in packages that are ever harder to take apart and tinker with, Make harkens back to a time when it was OK to build your own radio, get under the hood of [...]
Business lights up at matchmaking sites
13 February 2008, 02:02 No comments
Online dating certainly has proven itself for many couples. In a 2007 survey by Forrester Research Inc., a technology and market research firm, 22 percent of online daters reported success in meeting people they like.
For any chance of matchmaking online, though, you’ll most likely have to pay a monthly subscription fee of as much as [...]
