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Chipping the web – division

January 1st, 2007 4:31:24 pm pst by Sterling Camden

Chipping the webExtraterrestrial inspiration : according to a comment from Matt Linderman, the name for 37Signals was inspired by a NOVA documentary on SETI, in which it was stated that of all the signals they had received from space, 37 could not be explained using known astronomy.

RFC 3514: The IPv4 evil bit (thanks, Assaf).

Kiltak embeds a Johnnie Walker commercial that goes way beyond whiskey. I guess it’s related: I’ve often pondered the meaning of life after several shots. Or later, when praying to the porcelain god.

Too much looking into the abyss: Steve Riley wants to eliminate null (thanks, Assaf).

Doug Karr finds out that no matter how angelically people act in the blogosphere, they can still be dickheads in meatspace. UPDATE: looks like Doug is working it out.

No hard feelings, Grandma — it’s business, baby (thanks, Rebecca).

Chip 003Thank you for excusing my bifocals, Mr. Godin. I was giving you the Chin all the way down to that note.

Vaspers the Grate answers the “what are blogs?” question: “… the silent majority leaping forward as the smart-mouthed neo-authority!” plus much more.

Les mêmes à vous, Axel. And thanks for using my tag cloud widget!

Thank you, too, Pramudita!

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Thank you for your tag cloud widget, I love it ;-)

And as we say on this side of the Atlantic,
Bonne année et bonne santé à vous et votre famille !

Greetings, Axel.

 
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Merci, Axel. And good luck with your new blog!

 
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