Update 1: The auction has been yanked.  Not sure why.  I will look for link explaining the decision to pull later on today.

Update 2: The video was removed too.  What the fck?

Update 3: Apple assumes the role of annoying company:

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-kills-ebay-iphone-prototype-beta-os-youtube-video/

Original blog posting:

As long as this is real, there’s no cap on how high this auction could go.  The buyer will make major profits in the future.

The eBay listing of the original Apple iPhone prototype:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170308425742

The YouTube video  of the original Apple iPhone prototype listed on eBay:

Photos courtesy of the eBay listing…

I wonder why…

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91097

“Wilkerson’s vision is of fires raging through New York City.

“It will engulf the whole megaplex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires – such as we saw in Watts, Los Angeles, years ago,” he explains. “There will be riots and fires in cities worldwide. There will be looting – including Times Square, New York City. What we are experiencing now is not a recession, not even a depression. We are under God’s wrath. In Psalm 11 it is written, “If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

Sorry if this makes you puke.

There should be more to come. Hopslam on tap – oh no.

Update: Qik video.  It would be SOOOO awesome if AT&T had decent service in CHICAGO so that videos wouldn’t look like crap.

Vodpod videos no longer available.

It took 8 years to get into this mess and by the sounds of it – Morning Joe panel from earlier today (3/6/09) – the media is quick to think everything should be fixed in 30-60 days. Thoughts?

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I’m going with less than 12 months since this recession has already lasted longer than the average recession lasts.   If not, I’ll venture to guess we’ll be living in bush’s depression by 1/1/2010.

Yeah, yeah – there’s a tired and old argument that the democrats controlled the Congress from 2006-2008.  Keep in mind, Congress didn’t have enough of a majority to do anything constructive as the Titanic (us) took on water.

National Debt Reminder:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/gupta.surgeon.general/

Pot Smokers (and Michael Moore) collectively exhale.  Does this deserve a blog posting?  Why not – but, then I’m getting out of here!  Here = work.

I ain’t got no love for Gupta:

https://bcclist.com/2009/01/08/stop-sanjay-gupta/

Does it deserve a blog post?

Why not

Here’s Tim Gibbons on Twitter…

UPDATE:

Here’s a link to a story…

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/03/seinfeld-cast-t.html

What’s the #1 thing  programmers can’t do?  Write…

http://digg.com/whitepapers/recommendationengine

Things that made sense (because an editor obviously worked on the first few paragraphs and closing sentences)…

People love Digg because it’s a place to discover and share great content from around the Web. The Digg homepage always has the most popular stories, but many Digg users find their content in the Upcoming section, which gets over 15,000 new stories a day. To help users filter this enormous amount of content, we have created a new feature: The Digg Recommendation Engine.

When you Digg a story, you tell the Recommendation Engine two things: that you recommend the story to other users and, less obviously, that the users who Dugg the story before you are good at finding content. The Recommendation Engine keeps track of users who Dugg particular stories before you did, and it recommends you the stories they Dugg. The more content you Digg, the smarter the Recommendation Engine becomes.

and…

We hope you enjoy using the Recommendation Engine and look forward to helping you uncover even more great stories on Digg!

Digg on!

Things that didn’t make sense…

Everything else.

http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2009/03/spartans_fend_off_hoosiers_64-59_clinch_outright_big_ten_title

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-02/looking-for-mr-far-right/full/

My god, somebody get Meghan McCain some medicine and/or a reality check.  And I quote…

The election killed my personal life.

OK, maybe killed is a bit of an exaggeration. But it does seem to be on life support. Of all the things people warned would happen post-election, no one ever said anything about how complicated dating would become. Especially if your dad loses the election. There are things that have been difficult, but nothing quite as tough as dating. I fear the election has destroyed my ability and desire to date.

and…

But when it comes to dating, it’s become an entirely different subject. And I promise, no one is more surprised by this revelation than I am. If I am adult enough to understand that voting is one of the most personal things a person can do, why am I letting it affect how attracted to someone I am? I know that no one can really explain sexual attraction and why you are drawn to someone or not—but at this point in time, nothing kills my libido quite like discussing politics.

and…

Nothing makes me more ill than the idea of some guy bragging to his friends that he was going to go on a date with “John McCain’s daughter.” (Unfortunately this has happened more times than I would like to count and each time I can sense it within the first 30 seconds of meeting them.) One extreme fan of my mother’s recently told me I could be “his Cindy.” And then asked me if I ever wore pearls because they probably would look as good on me as they do on my mother. No, I’m not kidding. Any guy that has a fetish for older women in pantsuits and large pearls obviously only finds my last name attractive about me.

Wow, for the first time ever I have nothing to say.

Well, maybe I do. My wife just emailed somebody whose name rhymes with “jill cares” regarding a job at a Chicago based University. As in, she sent an email to this individual’s personal email address. Maybe she could be palling around with terrorists – thanks sarah – if the cards align themselves. That’s pretty fcking cool.