Look how far we have come since 1977:

Apple II
CPU: MOS 6502, 1 MHz
RAM: 4K min, 48K max
Display: 280×192, 40×24 text, 6 colors maximum
Storage: generic cassette drive, external 143K floppy (1978)
Price: $1298 (4K RAM) or $2638 (48K RAM)
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iPad 2
CPU: Dual-core Apple A5, 1GHz
RAM/Storage: 16GB, 32GB, 64GB max
Display: 1024×768, 132 ppi
Price: $499 (16GB), $599 (32GB), $699 (64GB)
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I have a blog and all I’ve been posting lately are automated compilations of my Tweets week to week.

NO MORE! There are so many interesting things that I am working on and plan to do. I have no excuse not to be sharing those things here. So let me make a promise to the Interwebs that I will get back on the blogging wagon I seem to have fallen off.

That is it for now. More to come….I promise!

In no particular order:

Oh yeah, the game was really good too.

Forward to 1:28 for the PETA “tip.”

I just finished watching a documentary called “Zeitgeist.”  It covers three main topics; religion, 9/11 and the central bank.  According to the movie, the relationship that these three topics have in common is the theory of the eventual creation of a one world government.  I won’t tell you what my opinion of the topics covered or what conclusions I have drawn, but I will tell you that my eyes have been opened to the point that during and immediately after watching I felt almost nauseous. I encourage you to watch this video and tell everyone you know to do the same.  I consider myself an intelligent person who is not easily swayed.  If this video doesn’t at least get you thinking about the issues raised, you are probably as ignorant as the makers of the documentary believe the American public really is.

Let’s just say I am seriously considering not continuing to pay federal income tax!

I wanted to share this story I came across about a chamber of commerce that did something ingenuous to help people see the effects of spending locally:

Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce uses $2 bills to track local spending

I would love to see Spokane’s Chamber of Commerce try this.

A non-conclusive list of things musicians used to do but stopped doing at some point in the last decade or two. Some are for the best, but some could use a revival. On-stage martial arts anyone?

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Artocracy, a site I helped build last year has been nominated for a 2008 Webby Award. The nomination is in the art website category. Read the announcement. See the list of nominees. I’m thrilled for Megan Murphy, the owner of Artocracy.

The site is also up for the People’s Voice award in the Art website category. Cast your vote!

I recently found out about a new unified IM client called Digsby (can’t remember how I found out) and decided to give it a shot. I have happily been using Trillian for a while but was intrigued by the integration with Facebook and Myspace that it offers. It also checks tons of different email account types and takes it a step futher by allowing you to preview your inbox within the client. I use Yahoo! mail and it works great. I assume that the other webmail systems it works with (MSN, AOL, GMail, POP, IMAP) allow previewing as well.

If you want to give it a try download it here and use invite code: beta0205

I’m starting to get really excited for this conference. I’m going to be spending the better part of a week in gorgeous Vancouver, B.C. I can’t wait to try all the great restaurants.

What I find interesting about this conference is that Microsoft is one of the sponsors. I have a feeling there won’t be a bunch of Microsoft “shop” developers there. It’s good to see MS reaching out to people who lean towards open technologies and standards.

The are holding “Birds of a Feather” sessions over lunch each day. I was fortunate enough to have my suggestion for a topic chosen. I’m on their list at the bottom. My topic is:

Putting Sharepoint on a Diet

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server is a robust system for creating sites of any scale. Unfortunately, out of the box MOSS assumes you are building an Intranet to be viewed only with IE. Let’s discuss methods for getting MOSS sites to trim a few pounds off the front-end code as well as ensuring an identical cross-browser experience that conforms to web standards.

I hope I don’t end up eating lunch alone.

In a move reminiscent of that classic Reeses Peanut Butter Cup commercial, where two great tastes taste great together, Ascentium has announced the acquisition of miller.whiterunkle. What makes this extra cool for me is that I used to work at miller.whiterunkle.

Update: The Spokesman-Review has an article on the acquisition.

Here is the press release:

Acquisition Deepens Ascentium’s Interactive Marketing, Advertising and Creative Services

BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ascentium Corporation, a leading interactive marketing and technology consultancy, today announced the acquisition of advertising agency miller.whiterunkle (www.millerwr.com). Ascentium is among the nation’s fastest growing private companies, and this acquisition delivers on its strategy of becoming one of the top creative, interactive marketing agencies in North America. miller.whiterunkle—with offices in Spokane, Seattle and Atlanta—offers talent that complements and expands upon Ascentium’s deep interactive marketing capabilities while infusing branding and advertising capabilities into the company’s national marketing and technology portfolio.

Based on current revenue projections for 2007, the combined company revenues will exceed $55 million, positioning Ascentium near the top 20 of U.S. interactive agencies ranked by revenue according to the Advertising Age published list of Top Interactive Agencies in 2006.

A full-service, integrated advertising agency, miller.whiterunkle has more than 27 years of experience in online and offline brand and media strategy, award-winning creative advertising campaigns, direct response solutions, public relations, consumer insights and research, and multicultural marketing, with a specific emphasis on Hispanic advertising. Clients include Motorola, McDonald’s, AT&T/Cingular, and Henry Weinhard’s.

“The acquisition of miller.whiterunkle maps to Ascentium’s customer-focused growth strategy,” said Jim Beebe, president of Ascentium. “We’ll immediately deepen our creative, interactive marketing and advertising services while creating a national presence to better service our clients from coast to coast. The incredibly talented team from miller.whiterunkle will further help us meet our customers’ expanding needs to optimize online and offline communications with their customers.”

“This just made sense,” said Ed.Miller, president and CEO of miller.whiterunkle. “Given growing client demands for more integrated and comprehensive offerings, the timing couldn’t be better for us. We are delighted to join Ascentium as they share our passion for creating great customer experiences.”

Ascentium Services

Committed to providing its customers with solutions to a broad range of business problems, Ascentium offers a broad range of services, including:

• Interactive marketing and advertising

Ascentium customers profit from brand experiences that build awareness, differentiate them from competitors and increase conversion—all at the rapid pace marketing demands.

• Portals and collaboration

These services increase conversion and improve productivity. Ascentium helps customers and users discover and share information, both on the Web and across their operations.

• Customer relationship management (CRM)

Ascentium CRM solutions transform customer data into broader intelligence that every aspect of an organization can act on—all without changing the way customers run their businesses.

• Business intelligence (BI)

Ascentium BI solutions improve the bottom line. They help customers monitor, understand, and predict the behavior of important business indicators by putting quality data, analytics, and business insight into their people’s hands.

• Application and product development

These services increase operational efficiency, create revenue, and capitalize on market opportunities with cost-effective technology that matches the pace of the customer’s business.

About Ascentium Corporation

Ascentium Corporation (www.ascentium.com) is an interactive marketing and technology consultancy that delivers award-winning experiences, products, and information-driven business solutions to achieve its clients’ strategic objectives. Making Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for the past three years, Ascentium continues to see substantial growth in customer relationship management, digital marketing, Web initiatives, enterprise content management, systems integration, custom development and strategic business engagements. The company’s clients include Boeing, Dell, Expedia, InfoSpace, Microsoft, Providence Health Systems, and Starbucks. Ascentium is headquartered in Bellevue, with offices in Los Angeles, Baltimore, Spokane, Wash., Portland, Ore., and Austin, Texas.

People are search a LOT more for Ron Paul than for any of the other candidates, in either party. Here are links to the breakdowns:

Ron Paul against top Democratic candidates
Ron Paul against top Republican candidates
Ron Paul against top Democratic and Republican candidates