2005 August 26

You seen the worst of the Web. Those phishing scams, the Paris Hilton video, hamster dance; how could it get worse? Where do you find the good stuff? If you’re looking for above average, the outlook remains unclear, but if you want the Best of The Web, there is an answer. Best of The Web has been cataloging the best sites on the Internet since 1994. Every link is hand verified, insuring you’re not going to end up at a keyword-stuffing, SEO optimizing site overwhelming you with stuff completely unrelated to your search. In fact, BOTW is a lot like Yahoo was in the days of the Stanford tilde URL. We talked with Greg, the guy responsible for bringing you the best, so if the Web sucks, here’s the guy to blame.

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1. If someone sees you reading a message from Scoble, merely claim that “Scoble” is a new finger fungus that you're doing research on. They'll never come near you again.
2. Send every message in red 96pt bold italic Arial Black. Nobody will read them – ever. Then, you can say as many bad things about your manager as you'd like.

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Mitch Keeler has been writing a FireFox tip every day for the past couple of weeks. We'll have amassed hundreds in no time at all. If you have something to submit, send it on!

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We do a live show every Thursday night… but tonight, we're going to have a deathmatch between these three entrants… Skype, Gizmo, and Google Talk. In fact, I hope to have it so that we'll have three calls (one from each client) going on at the same time. And yes, we'll be recording it. I'm “lockergnome” on Skype and Gizmo, and “chris.pirillo@gmail.com” on Google Talk. Don't expect me to take calls at any other time, though… I'd never get anything done. On Thursday nights, however, our lines are open – including the toll-free phone number (1.888.PIRILLO). See ya there!

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