Andy Lehrer Files Amended Claim Adding 3 New Allegations Against easyDNS
In the matter of Andy Lehrer vs Tim Rourke & easyDNS, Mr. Lehrer has filed an amended claim adding three new allegations against easyDNS. Mr. Lehrer has dropped the paragraph that seeks removal of...
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I almost invented Shazam
Many years ago I was ostensibly on the advisory board of a company called “Predixis”, (later MusicIP). They were a service that had digitized a boatload of music and their raison d’etre was to be...
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Lean Startup / MVP Life Cycle (Bubble 2.0 version)
Step 1: Think up some idea for a feature. Have your team use this tag cloud to assemble a “feature mash-up” which looks like it could drive value through the startup life cycle. Remember, you’re #1 job...
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An Open Letter to Bittorrent and File Sharing Sites
The Birthday Massacre, who is managed by my former college prof Terry MacManus. During our telephone conversation discussing the effect of filesharing on content creators I downloaded their entire...
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Is Rogers Throttling VPN Connections?
Update – April 3/2015 I’m not so sure about this anymore. Since writing this article I had a Rogers tech over and he replaced the cable in the back yard. My Rogers connection is now a lot faster. >...
View ArticleeasyDNS To Be Dropped From Andy Lehrer Lawsuit
Pursuant to a settlement, easyDNS is being dropped by Andy Lehrer from the Tim O'Rourke / causepimps.ca defamation lawsuit. Under the terms of the settlement easyDNS will not pay Mr. Lehrer anything...
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easyDNS to Rebrand as easy.WTF
After 16 years as an iconic .com startup, easyDNS will shed its moniker and rebrand as easy.WTF. At a press conference this morning, easy.WTF CEO Mark Jeftovic explained "dot COM is a dinosaur. That...
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Why We Will Not Be Registering easyDNS.SUCKS
Similar to how it's getting harder these days to differentiate actual news from The Onion satires, reality takes on a somewhat surreal timbre when it starts to imitate your April Fool's gags from...
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The Woody Blues
The Woody Blues – Originally a Landslide tune but this recording I was backed by Marty Knox (MercuryMen) and Scott B (Scott B Sympathy). Neil Exall behind the board. Umbrella Sound, a looooong time ago...
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Parsing #paris.The Wetiko Mind Virus Strikes Again.
Wetiko Syndrom (Malignant Egophrenia) By Luke Brown As is instinctive after events like this, the world now grapples with meaning. After the profound sadness and grief around last night’s events in...
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Should Paul Bernardo’s book be banned?
About a week ago Amazon finally dropped Paul Bernardo’s book “A Mad World Order” from it’s online store after coming under pressure from a Change.org petition. The incident opened a number of ethical...
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Yahoo testing blocking your email access if you use ad-blockers
Last week the news broke that Yahoo had begun testing a new initiative where users with ad-blocking enabled would be denied access to their email. I've been in this business a long time, we've been...
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My band, The Parkdale Hookers, just released this video off our new record Echo Bubble Overdrive. BoingBoing called it “A great punk anthem”. If I get hit by a bus tomorrow I won’t have to worry about...
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The US Government has no credibility to compel anybody to weaken security
This is my belated obligatory post about the entire "Apple vs the FBI" episode and whether it should help decrypt the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. People have commented that I should write...
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easyDNS to refuse queries from rogue states, illegal immigrants, and leftists
Speaking at a company rally in Forest Hill, Louisiana, easyDNS strongman Mark ("The Mark") Jeftovic decried an epidemic of political correctness destroying the DNS protocol. "Used to be a time, DNS...
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Hub Nation: The Scandal of Money
I just finished reading Dan Lyon's "Disrupted". I devoured it in a little over 2 days and took frequent breaks to email various friends and colleagues (many of them tech CEOs of non-unicorns, go...
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Customer Feedback Surveys Considered Harmful
Customer satisfaction surveys are hot. Every time you go to the bank, open a support ticket with an online vendor, go on a trip or hire a freelancer for any task, you will subsequently be dogged...
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The Cultural Purge Will Not Be Televised
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society...
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Canada: Political fat-cats thrive while Small Business dies
We all know that most small businesses fail. It’s one of the toughest things to attempt: create a small company out of nothing that competes with 800lb gorillas who have all the advantages: economies...
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