Stock Market Simualtion

There are many stock market simulators out there, but UpDown is one of the best I have found. It looks very nice and has a pretty layout, and there are also contests that you can win if you just do better than the market. You can compete against friends, too. They start you off with $1,000,000 and there is a $100 commission fee per trade. After that, it's up to the market.

Illustrated Guide to the Economic Crash

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I just found this and thought I should share it.

Where to find geek humor on the web...

Here is a list of some of the best sites (in my opinion) to find geek merchandise, jokes, humor, and little or no social interaction.

2P Start! (2pstart.com) - 2P Start! is a weekly webcomic and podcast focused on gaming. What makes the site special isn't just the humor and creativeness of the comics, but the rich fan culture that has formed around it. Here's one of their comics (click on it to enlarge):
ThinkGeek (thinkgeek.com) - Thinkgeek is an online store with stuff that all geeks simply much enjoy. Seriously, enjoy it or die. You can't go wrong with some Pirate vs Ninja Batteries! Or how about a Wi-Fi Detecector T-Shirt (It really works!)?
Homestar Runner (homestarrunner.com) - Homestar Runner is a humorous flash cartoon series. It's not meant to be geeky, but if you watch and listen carefully (especially with SrongBad's emails), you may pick up on some nerdy humor.

Woot (woot.com) - Woot is the original deal a day site. A new item comes to the site every midnight for some crazy good price and they stop selling it either the next midnight or when it sells out. That's it. It's that simple. Woot is special because of the humor they use on their site (just read any of the item descriptions) and the community (see the forums).

Now you know where to shopify, entertainificate, and dressilate yourself, all in a geeked-out manner.

Happy 10th Birthday, Google!

Dear Google,

Happy 10th birthday! I remember all the good times I had with you. From trying out Froogle when it was brand new, to getting an invitation to Gmail. And, of course, Blogger! And then there's Google Earth, and so much more! I hope that you will continue to come up with these great things for me to try out.

Happy 10th from An Angry Geek!

13,000 people (so far) stand up to "free the airwaves"

From The Google Public Policy Blog:

 

 

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13,000 people (so far) stand up to "free the airwaves"

via Google Public Policy Blog by Google Public Policy Blog on 9/6/08

Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel

Two weeks ago, we launched Free the Airwaves, an effort to bring together Internet users to open up unused airwaves between broadcast TV channels ("white spaces") for affordable, nationwide high-speed wireless Internet connectivity. I'm excited to say that your initial response to this campaign has been overwhelming.

As Ars Technica reports today, more than 13,000 of you already have signed the online petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow unlicensed use of this unused spectrum. Your comments are being filed formally with the FCC's public comment system (just type in the proceeding number, 04-186).

It's great to see so many people standing up for more wireless broadband options, but we can't rest on our laurels. A few entrenched D.C. interests -- including TV broadcasters, wireless microphone manufacturers, and cell phone carriers -- don't want to see the vacant spectrum be used for unlicensed broadband access, and you can bet that they'll be working hard to get Congress and the FCC to see things their way. With an FCC vote on this issue expected as soon as this fall, the time is now to show your public support for freeing the airwaves.

So what can you do to get involved?

• Get five friends to sign the petition at Free The Airwaves
• Become a supporter of Free the Airwaves on Facebook
• Place a phone call to Congress (it's free!)
• Submit your own video through YouTube (like this one)
• Write a blog post about this effort
  

The potential of white spaces is real. Check out Inez Gonzalez from the National Hispanic Media Coalition talking about how this vacant spectrum can help bring the Internet to underserved communities:

 

 

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