Micahville

Just read a short post that one of the bloggers on my list made. Smaran.

Smaran blogs for Torrentfreak, and I got wind of his story via a friend.

Over the past couple of weeks, numerous torrents have surfaced online claiming to be the 7th and last Harry Potter book. They are all fakes. Fan fiction. This one, on the other hand, is the real thing. Someone has managed to get their hands on the American edition of the book and has photographed each page of the book and uploaded it to BitTorrent.

Via Digg and TorrentFreak

Thanks to Corey for the Tip.

I dugg this up from TechCrunch’s Archives.

Digg is very early stage, sort of pre-beta. But its getting some buzz. Think of it as slashdot but potentially better. We first came accross it at TheShiftedLibrarian and after checking out the service ourselves we were quite impressed.

In their own words, “Digg is a technology news website that gives editorial control back to the community. Most technology websites allow users to suggest content by submitting links or stories to an editor. If the editor believes the story to be relevant to the masses, he or she moves the story to the homepage. With digg, users also submit links for review. But rather than allowing an editor to decide which links go on the homepage, the users do.”

I found it quite amusing.

The relevant link is here. 

There have been rumors of Facebook going IPO. It posted a job for a stock administration This means that Mark Zuckerberg would make lots of money. I know this is still just a hypothetical situation as of right now, but if Facebook went public, then you know where to come before cashing in.

This led me down the path of asking myself, “Would I buy Facebook stock?” I was unsure if I would. I have made a list of three questions that you should read the answers to if you are thinking Facebook might be a good investment.

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I am posting this on July 14. That gives us 17 Days.

What am I talking about? I want to save Kwik-E-Mart, so that they can live forever in consumerist glory.

If you haven’t heard:

7-11 converted some of its franchises to Kwik-E-Marts as a promotion. We can make it more than a promotion. We can make it real.

By getting a large user response, fans have saved many things in the past.

When CBS canceled Jericho, fans sent in a truck full of nuts, which was an inside joke from the shows script. Michelle Malkin blogged it, and the stunt got so much exposure that the show was saved.

The organizer of the campaign said this:

Clarke Ingram is one of the people who starting working on a campaign earlier this month. Before the series even ended, he and others on the Web started talking about what to do if CBS decided to cancel the show.

“I’m 50 years old and this is the best show I’ve ever seen,” Ingram said.

He and other fans just started tossing out ideas. Radio host Shaun O’Mac also started talking about “Jericho.”

So why nuts?

In the final episode of “Jericho,” the town is under siege from a neighboring community.

When asked to surrender, lead character Jake Green, played by Skeet Ulrich, has a one-word response: “Nuts.”

The response is in reference to Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, a U.S. Army general who in World War II was surrounded by Germans demanding his surrender.

His response: “Nuts.”

The fictional residents of “Jericho” took Jake Green’s “nuts” as a rallying cry as they fought the larger force from the neighboring town. Fans never got to see the outcome of the battle. The season — and now apparently the show — ended there.

So is CBS nuts?

“Right now they are,” Russell said. “They still have time to change their minds.”

I think that we can all agree, at least the people that have been there, that is should be preserved. Like the bald eagle. Or the humpback whale.

It is that important.

The story will close on July 31 at midnight if nothing is done.

The owner can be swayed if we the masses rise up in defense of our Kwik-E-Mart-Having-Rights.

Only with your help can we continue to possess this valuable amenity.

Please join me in saving this local landmark/series of local landmarks. That would be great.

Sincerely,
Micah Lerner

Have no idea what I am talking about? Here is some reading:

Mountain View 7-11 becomes Kwik-E-Mart

http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=5365

Find one:

http://www.7-eleven.com/kem.asp

Pictures I Have Taken:

http://hs.facebook.com/album.php?aid=8794&id=504605684

Pictures other people have taken:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdr07/sets/72157600590001691/

What You Can Do

Join the Facebook Group

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<img src=”http://digg.com/img/badges/180×35-digg-button.gif” width=”180″ height=”35″ alt=”Digg!” />
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Leave your comments or trackbacks: They are as good as signatures.

Some of you might have had trouble digging my most popular story for this month. Why? The person who submitted, a personal friend was banned by Digg last night.

This is his story by way of a forward email.

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