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"But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny" --Mark 12:42

How the actions of this poor widow challenges a slightly irreverant, Linux-using, business school educated Christian. And his money.

Phelps Mints $100 Million Worth of Olympic Gold

Now that Michael Phelps has achieved his Olympic quest of winning eight gold medals, a new quest begins: monetizing his Olympic success.  Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan have transformed themselves from great athletes to global sporting brands.  Phelps seeks to do the same.
Phelps’ agent, Peter Charlise, says that marketing requests have been rolling in daily, [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: societal concerns, trend spotting | 3 Comments »

Free Rock Band Video Game!

Well, it’s not really Rock Band. But it is free. And legal. There’s a free GNU-GPL version of Rock Band called “Unsigned“.

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The video game Unsigned is similar to Rock Band, except it was built for Microsoft Windows. “Unsigned is meant to be played by picking up the keyboard like a guitar, [...]

Posted on May 21st, 2008 by Ryan
Filed under: trend spotting | 2 Comments »