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I Really Should Keep a Closer Eye on the Suit-y Stuff…

…otherwise, I’d have remembered that Tucows’ CEO Elliot Noss was doing a presentation today at the Red Chip Small-Cap Investor Conference, which takes place in New York City today and tomorrow. I did manage to catch the latter two-thirds of his presentaion (which was simulcast on the ‘net), in which he explained Tucows’ business and customer base as well as the challenges and opportunities in our industry.

For those of you with a little investing money burning a hole in their pockets, you might find this slide of interest:

Slide from Elliot Noss' presentation at the RedChip Small Cap Investor Conference in New York City, August 15, 2006.

Elliot’s a good presenter, and I’ve made a note to myself I should wrangle him to do a screencast of this presentation for posting in my work blog, Tucows Farm.

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Fidel and Hugo: Best Friends Forever!

Courtesy of HeadTurban and Miss Fipi Lele, here’s a specially-captioned photo shoot of Hugo “Greasy” Chavez paying a visit to Fidel Castro’s hospital room. Love the matching outfits, guys — are you starting a gang or something?

Photo session of Hugo Chavez visiting Fidel Castro in the hospital.

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Lisa Reports from the Israel/Lebanon Border

My friend Lisa, a freelance journalist who lives in Tel Aviv, reports in her blog On the Face about her experiences on the border of Israel and Lebanon in an article titled Welcome to the Shooting Gallery. The stories and photos are a mix of the destruction brought about by war, such as this picture of Kibbutz Kfar Giladi on fire:

Photo of Kibbutz Kfar Giladi on fire.

…the often-surreal world of geopolitics, as shown in this strange-but-funny sign on the fence demarcating the border:

Photo of chain link/barbed-wire fence along Israel/Lebanon border with a sign that reads 'Stop! Border right in front of you'.

…and how even amidst all the altillery fire, some businesspeople try to go about with the daily routine, as shown in this photo of the breakfast spread at a guest house in Metulla called Beit Shalom, which translates from Hebrew as “House of Peace”:

Photo of the breakfast spread at Beit Shalom.

Lisa updates her Flickr photostream regularly, so be sure to check that out too.

Stay safe, Lisa!

Saturday Night at Hooters, Explained Concisely in a Diagram

A guy named “Ikes” has created some strange diagrams on his site. I used to live near a Hooters, and for a while, I worked across the street from one, and from casual observation would say that the diagram below is fairly accurate not just of the downtown Hooters, but most places in Accordion City’s club district:

Strange diagram of a Saturday night at Hooter's, depicted using electrical plugs and sockets.

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He Failed the Saving Throw

Found this photo this morning under the title You might need to be a level six cleric to resurrect a ford focus.jpg. I added a caption to it and posted it below:

Two guys in Ren Faire outfits looking at their broken-down Ford Focus on a highway shoulder.

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Know Any Accordion Players in Kansas City?

This one’s a bit of a long shot, but here goes: someone emailed me with this:

I’m actually looking for an accordion player to play at my wedding reception — my fiance is Italian, and I thought it would be lovely to have an accordion to help ‘set the mood’. However, I’m not having any luck locating one in Kansas City. Would you have any ideas on where I might look?

I suggested looking up accordionists on Gigmasters and PartyPop, but just in case one of you readers out there know of a Kansas City-based accordionist who does weddings, drop me a line so I can pass along your info.

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The "On Notice" Board Generator

The 'On Notice' Board Generator, based on 'The Colbert Report'.
My personal “On Notice” board, created with the “On Notice” Board Generator. You may need to Google some of the items in that list.

Here’s the latest in online sign generators: The On Notice Board Generator, which lets you create your own version of Stephen Colbert’s “On Notice” Board from The Colbert Report.