How Dangeous is Swine Flu?

Cough cough attention please...

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Ok lots of hype for death and the Swine Flu, but lets get it all into a bit of perspective please.

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Or if your just curious about how you can be killed try this fun graph. Based on this graph I think I better start taking better care of my heart and not worry too much about the flu.

Google Camera Car in Vancouver

Is that me in Vancouver?

I have been having fun checking out what streets views from the Google Camera Car today. Not all of the streets are mapped out yet and some of the area you would think a "must-have" are missing. Some great time wasting potential is just a click away thanks to our friends at google.

Check out the snooping shots I was able to grab in 15 minutes.

Pigeon Park where all the cool people hang out. An interesting snoop trick is to take a right or left at a corner where there is no action adn see what's happening later in the day or a couple of days later. With Pigeon Park you get the gang hanging out on on e angle and then the gang getting food handouts on the other.

Pigeon park food distribution


Blenz at corner of Cambie and Broadway. If you like loud music and coffee this is the coffee-shop for you.



The Camera reflected on glass



The Steam Clock with no tourists

Take a Break and Cook a Perfect Egg

But I wanted a fried egg...

Just finished reading an exhaustive article on how to cook a perfect boiled egg. So for all the people out there who have wanted to know the secret here you go.

Start with cold tap water and place eggs in saucepan, bring it up to a bare simmer, then immediately shut off the heat, the water temperature will drop to below 170 degrees just as the central yolk temperature reaches 170 degrees, thereby guaranteeing that my egg will be perfectly cooked every single time.

The water volume should be about 1.5 quarts (6 cups). You may have to tweak the volume a bit to figure out your own perfect volume of water. However when you do you should be able to produce a consistent boiled egg every time.

Have a great breakfast.

Marketing Effectively On The Internet Can Be Expensive

Can I borrow 10 million to place an ad campaign on the net?

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There’s no secret that different types of websites attract different levels and types of advertisers – but the variance is rarely elaborated upon.

For instance, Facebook’s top 100 advertisers spend $49,045,000 per month, while the top 100 advertisers of IMDB ($7,217,400), CNET ($3,094,000), and NYTimes ($7,128,500) combined spend about 1/3 ($17,740,000) that of Facebook. This of course addresses the levels of ad revenue by popular sites, and is just one of the findings from the most recent Nielsen AdRelevance report. Of special note are AT&T’s spending trends, and the rate at which this brand has invested online, especially in the four sites included in the study.

Check out Shaukat Shamim's site for more great internet marketing insights.

Get Everyone Communicating

But I thought you had the meeting notes...

There are lots of great free stuff on the net these days and this one has some great tools to help you be a better informed marketer. PC World gave it an editors choice for "Great Fee software" too. Check out this site to see what other things this tool can do for you.


Manage your brand awareness on the Internet
Gather, discuss and share all brand mentions easily with your team, your management and your sales force. Analyze easily how their brand is growing and make changes to campaigns or stop unwarranted brand-based attacks.

Crawl your competitors' heads
Qitera helps marketers to analyze easily competitor's websites, news releases and on-line brand awareness in the media, on consumer-generated blogs and message boards.

Event Management
Share, discuss and update event details with your team members. Gather information on speakers, locations, food and hospitality specialists.

Creative brainstorming with your teams
Group brainstorming can be very effective as it uses the experience and creativity of all members of the group. Gather, share and discuss ideas from all over the web and combine them with your own ideas to prepare future events and marketing plans or campaigns.