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So what’s a blog?

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So what’s a blog?

You may know or mybe not what the BLOG it is?“A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.” - Wikipedia

“A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.

Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.

In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what’s new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.

A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It’s a place to collect and share things that you find interesting— whether it’s your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember.

Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.

Blogging is about more than just putting your thoughts on the web. It’s about connecting with and hearing from anyone who reads your work and cares to respond.” form Blogger.com

The “First” iPhone Owner

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Greg F. Packer can be the “first” iPhone owner at Fifth Avenue in New York.

Greg F. Packer (born December 18, 1963), an American highway maintenance worker from Huntington, New York, has been quoted in more than 100 articles and television broadcasts as a member of the public (that is, a person on the street rather than a newsmaker or expert).

Packer’s status as a frequent interviewee came about due to his hobby of attending public appearances of celebrities and other media events and being first in line on such occasions, leading to him being dubbed a professional line sitter. He has consequently had the opportunity to meet people including Mariah Carey, Garth Brooks, Dennis Rodman, and Ringo Starr, as well as at least three presidents of the United States: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

Most recently, he is credited as being the first in line to purchase a iPhone at the Apple Store at Fifth Avenue in New York. He began camping in front of the store at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, June 25, 2007, four days before the scheduled release.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Packer

Apple: iPhone is avalable from Today 6PM (06/29/2007) !

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Apple released iPhone!

- It’s available from Today!
When Apple’s iPhone goes on sale today evening, buyers will only be allowed to take home two of the “revolutionary” mobile telephones, the Mac maker said today. That’s twice as many as AT&T, the only carrier offering the iPhone for the immediate future, will allow.The iPhone doesn’t go on sale until 6pm US local time, so expect the first purchasers to get their mitts on the mobile in Apple and AT&T’s east coast store - a queue has already begun to form outside the New York Apple Store, with the first guy getting into line this past Monday.

Apple said it was keeping its 194 shops open until midnight to meet demand. AT&T outlets take the total number of sites that will be selling the iPhone tomorrow to around 2000.

The iPhone costs $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB version. Buyers need a two-year contract, with three basic plans on offer: $60 a month for 450 minutes’ talk time, $80 a month for 900 minutes and $100 for 1350 minutes. All three include unlimited data usage and 200 text messages a month.

In addition, there’s a one-off “activation fee” of $36, which can be paid using iTunes - a move presumably intended to get successful iPhone purchasers out of the shops and back home as soon as possible.

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More information about iPhone: Click here >>>

Also there is a first iPhone joke:

Apple: Think Different!

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On the Homepage I already talked about “Think Different” AD video .
I just installed a great WP plugin called Embadded Video, so I put this video here as a test.

I put the text of the AD under the video.

Enjoy it!

Here’s to the crazy ones

“Here’s to the crazy ones.

The misfits.

The rebels.

The troublemakers.

The round pegs in the square holes*.

The ones who see things differently.

They’re not fond of rules.

And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,

disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.

Because they change things.

They invent. They imagine. They heal.

They explore. They create. They inspire.

They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

– Apple Inc.

* round peg in a square hole

Also, square peg in a round hole. A misfit, especially a person unsuited for a position or activity.
For example, Ruth doesn’t have the finesse for this job; she’s a round peg in a square hole.
This idiom, with its graphic image of something that cannot fit, dates from about 1800.