Entries published in August 2008:

Every time I listen to New Dimensions, the doors swing open to a deep and fascinating Universe. I can't think of a program that did not make me want to turn out the lights, lie down and just listen. New Dimensions Flagship Series consist of conversations with the great minds of our planet. Each program is about one hour long, devided into 4 segments, and packed with vitamin for the human spirit. NDIR, New Dimension Internet Radio, is available at iTunes and as a Website stream. The daily broadcast rotates 6 programs 4 times a day. New flagship programs are available for free listening for two weeks at newdimensions.org. There is also a free abbreviated Podcast version delivering the first segment only. There are more listing options.

How about Michael Gellert talking about the greatness of being small, or lessons on improvisation by Patricia Ryan Madson, or the Bioneers series, or the power of verbal first aid, explained by Judith Prager, or a world without oil, with Richard Heinberg, or the future of our right brain, with Leonard Shlain?

Dropped prices. Prices are tied to visitor numbers. This is called flexible pricing, user-generated pricing, or neural pricing. #shflsmprice

This is what happens when Margot Trudell cleans up in her garden of domains and runs across animekandi.org, which has been vegetating useless for some time. As the result of a little excercise, animekandi.org is now a quiet zone for links. Isn't it relaxing to see something like this, far away from the obesity of social bookmarking? Yes it is, chekz some out.

Dropped prices. Now treating myself with cinnamoned rice pudding. #shflsmprice

Shufflesome.com is bookmared as one of the most popular sites for the word shuffle. Ay que belleza! That's much better than spending millions to paint your name in the sky.

When the first shops appeared on the Internet, the price charged for products was not affected in principle. It was the same thing as before: a number, based on some calculus, and set to be more or less permanent. A price was still supposed to generate revenues to cover expenses for advertising and public relations. Later on, shops appeared where the price was connected to user action, for example in the form of votes, or visits to the site. An example would be good here. I searched for one in my bookmarks, but couldn't find an example I was thinking of. Anyways, these cases of flexible, interactive pricing are still rare and often framed as an event, and not as a permanent pricing strategy.

What if flexible pricing had been there on day one, when the first shops appeared on the Internet? Look at my flexible pricing scheme. It was not hard to implement and is easy to administer. I believe this should be the norm for shops on the Internet, rather than the exception.

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Yesterday, the dollar saw its biggest daily gain vs euro in 7-1/2 years. Hmm, good for you if this eases the downward trend, because it would allow me to adjust my US dollar prices down as well, for both the stickers and shipping postage.

Beholding of a rush of love from Stumblers. I'll hug you back with a price drop. icanhaz.com/stumbl_shflsm #shflsmprice