The Position Makers

so what was the headline that greeted me this morning when i visited finance.google.com for the first time (i visit often)?
What The…?!? Garmin Enters Cell Phone Market With iPhone Look-Alike
i was of course intrigued.  i was then very scared.  garmin was taking a big step into uncharted territory.  but then i thought, “but yeah, they’ve […]

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so, there was an interesting piece in the New York Times today. here.
before getting into it, a bit of a back story on me:
i’m a total coffee snob.
i use to work at a coffee shop called Late for the Train in flagstaff, az. i started working there shortly after coming back from germany […]

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So I finally got my hands on the Qtrax.com software (download here). Not sure if they are opening the download of the software once in a while, but I got an account and the software now. As of right this moment, I am testing out my first song download. No luck. It seems that Qtrax […]

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Qtrax.com has finally released it’s free music download platform. It was finally released and I am signed up. To join, go to http://music.qtrax.com.
I see a counter that states “9,695,469″ tracks (songs) are available right now. Along with over 550 users logged in at the moment. I am not sure how to play the songs yet…
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Here it comes! Get ready everyone. 12am PST (3am EST) release for Qtrax.
http://www.qtrax.com/download.php
The stock symbol (for those of you who wish to purchase shares) is BLLN.PK
UPDATE (1/28/2008 8am) - Software has not yet been released. Let’s see how it goes today. The stock took a hit, but climbed itself back up to over $0.07. […]

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I came across some wonderful news this weekend. Seems like free music download site Qtrax.com is finally set to release. The basic concept is allowing people to download and share music and charge advertisers for the ad impressions and song downloads, then share the ad revenue with the music labels and musicians (simply, a targeted […]

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i’m getting too excited right now and probably shouldn’t be posting until i’ve calmed myself a little.
a friend sent me an email w/ a youtube link for the following vid:

if you’ve seen the whole thing then you already know why i’m so excited:
there’s tons more growth within the market that Nintendo created for itself by […]

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the money gardener tips us that Bank of America (BAC) is going to keep the dividend policy in place, baring any further unforseen developments–which could very well happen if this happens.  (specifically, if “prime” borrows start to default due to similarly ballooning mortgage payments).
at 6%+ yield, BAC should be pretty attractive, especially since the housing […]