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Greg Perry at Lew Rockwell has posted part 2 of his 3-part eBay series. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/perry/perry14.html]. Excerpt: > If you've experienced frustration in losing to other bidders, you need to locate items you want whose auctions end in the middle of

First Arianna Huffington, now Donald Trump has his own blog. Link [http://www.techweb.com/wire/ebiz/168600536]. > Add online blogger to the list of media ventures on the resume of real-estate mogul and reality TV star Donald Trump. > Trump's eponymous blog, which is subtitled

> In Roseland, [Indiana,] the Knights Inn was ticketed for a roadside sign that offers support to the troops, and discount rooms for active military personnel. Link [http://www.wndu.com/news/082005/news_43957.php]. The story doesn't say how the sign violates the law, and we&

Greg Perry at Lew Rockwell is publishing a three-part series on eBay, covering its greatness and its problems. Here's a link to the first installment [http://www.lewrockwell.com/perry/perry13.html]. Excerpt: > Over 475,000 people now make a full-time living from eBay alone.

An advertising company came up with a unique way to convey the message for a client in the security business. Link [http://experiencethemessage.typepad.com/blog/2005/08/steal_this_bill.html ]. Excerpt: > This billboard gets interactive with consumers in a very unique way -- it makes them steal. That&

David Sifry publishes a quarterly report about the state of blogging. Here are his results for the most-recent quarter (published 8/1/2005): > Technorati was tracking over 14.2 Million weblogs, and over 1.3 billion links in July 2005 The blogosphere continues to double about every 5.

Wal-Mart has opened an environmentally-friendly store in Texas. It's experimental, but if it proves cost-effective, there could be more. Link [http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=uri:2005-07-25T122914Z_01_N21452535_RTRIDST_0_PICKS-ENVIRONMENT-WALMART-GREEN-DC.XML&

If you haven't noticed, the Chesterton and Friends blog appears to be up-and-running with daily weekday posts, updated links, commentary, and other features. It's still just getting off the ground (20 or so visitors a day), but we suspect it'll get healthier

. . . just don't call in the first place. Then you won't take the risk of rattling a grieving widow: > The nation's largest direct marketing group set up a registry Thursday to remove dead people from its telemarketing, e-mail and direct mail lists - for

Eric Scheske's eldest, Alex (12), finished volume 6 of the Harry Potter series last night. He says it's the best one yet.