TALK ON A NEW ONLINE SITE

You could now talk to me on a new online site called SiteTalk. This "new online global community" has an online mall there you could buy plenty of different stuff, e.g., gold bars.

SAY WHAT? CARTOON BY JOHN COX

What do you say about John Cox's cartoon? Could you relate to any music band?

Say What?

PREPARING FOR HARVEST

It is time to prepare for the harvest this autumn. What will you harvest in the near future?


Aji Blanco Cristal Chile Pepper

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SATURDAY TEA PARTY

After I read the articles on the Tea Party movement in the daily newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, I thought it was time for a real tea party! Check out the Saturday Tea Party category on TeaParty.nu.


Saturday @TeaPartNu #teaFTW

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JOHNNY ROCKETS ON UNDERCOVER BOSS

Have you been eating at Johnny Rockets restaurant chain? I watched the episode with John Fuller, President and CEO of Johnny Rockets, on Undercover Boss television series some days ago, and after that episode I want to visit Johnny Rockets place on Manhattan and have the special mushroom cheese fries dish made by lead cook Ajay.


Lead cook Ajay assesses the undercover boss' experience.

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HOSTING OBJECTIVIST ROUND UP ON 9/8

This week's Objectivist round up is hosted by Jenn Casey on Rational Jenn blog. I will host the blog carnival on September 8. I will submit a post with the title, 9/11 10 Years Later.

Related: My post, 9/11 9 YEARS LATER.

STEFAN ENGESETH AND DAVID STIERNHOLM

Here are some upcoming highlights during this month:

• Attending Stefan Engeseth's Unplugged Speeches™ with Alan Gregerman on August 22.
• Interviewing David Stiernholm on my EGO podcast show on August 23.

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STAR ME

Ze Frank's site, Star.me is now officially in open beta stage, and I got a present by answering today's "Mission of the Day":

What was the last book you read? Write the title and sum it up in ONE word.

[Editor's note: I wrote the word, "Unfolding". Could you guess the rest of the book title?]

This site could become a great source of #GoodThing stuff in my worklife. Here is an excerpt from Chris Dannen's article, Star.me Makes the Web Messier, More Fun:

The "joy" of the site, says Frank, is that when your stars accumulate for a while, "the important stuff is going to inevitably surface." By the "important stuff," he means the "why" that sits between you and your friend. Why are you friends? What do you like about each other? Frank says Facebook has done a good job establishing connections between users and the people, brands and artists they like, but that a friend request or "Like" button doesn't say anything about why that connection exists.

Frank, who defines Star.me as "light playspace," says that underneath the fantastical HTML5 graphics is actually "large scale system about identity, relationships and the stuff we appreciate about each other." Naturally, he adds, it's going to be messy.
(FastCompany.com, March 14, 2011.)

I gave Maria Gustafsson (@MikuaMaria) a You're Awesome Star and Sina Farhat (@Belola) an Artist star. If you want to give me a gold star, please check out my Kudos page on EGO Sole Trader.

Ze Frank's web playroom

SMALL BUSINESS INFLUENCER

Who would you nominate as a small business influencer? It is time to point out the heroes of capitalism! In a post in 2009, I highlighted Victor Borge as a hero of show business.

Have you voted for the "Small Business Influencer 2011" yet? This event is presented by Small Business Trends and Small Biz Technology.



Here is an excerpt from Hilary A.'s interview with Anita Campbell:

Have you, in your own business, had an experience with an influencer that really made an impact on your outlook or way you approached a challenge?
I have been influenced in hundreds of ways. Consider the technology products we use in my business. We couldn’t have built the business and achieved the success we’ve had, were it not for inexpensive yet powerful technology. We run websites and online communities as a business – I couldn’t imagine doing so without reliable hosting, a dedicated Web design and development team, open source software such as WordPress™, savvy Internet marketers and social media. Behind all of that technology are companies and people with vision – they ultimately made it possible for my business to thrive.
Just imagine if we’d had to launch this initiative in the days before social media such as Twitter and Facebook®. There’s no way we could have built up this level of community support in the space of a month, without social media. We’d have needed a multimillion-dollar TV deal, plus a magazine and newspaper ad campaign to spread the word.
(http://bizblog.blackberry.com/, July 5, 2011.)

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EGO IS ON FJORDMAN'S BLOGROLL

[Editor's note: Nota Bene! This post is an "experiment" in order to see if the mainstream media, the online encyclopedias and the search engines will pick up that Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen (a.k.a Fjordman) has linked to EGO blog.]

Related: My post on Anders Behring Breivik, SOLDIER OF CHRIST.

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CARNIVAL OF THE CATS

It is time to start participate in the Carnival of the Cats and The Friday Ark again. I think that Personal Jesus (Sie Medway-Smith Remix) by Depeche Mode could fit on CatSynth!

Here is a picture of Morris the Cat from last summer:


Morris

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FOLLOW HIGH 5 FRIDAY

I will test FollowFriday Helper Twitter app for the next #FollowFriday round on Twitter. I will use #teaFTW and #T53 hashtags for High 5 Friday posts. Hat tip to @PalleFS.

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THOR'S STORM IN A TEACUP

If you want to vent a bit on the day of Thor (Thursday), check out the Thor's Storm in a Teacup category over at TeaParty.nu. The name of the category is a wordplay with the idiom "tempest in a teapot."

Have you watched the Thor movie?


Thor - Trailer (OFFICIAL)

MIDWEEK ROUNDUP

I am thinking of using Google+ and its "spark" feature for the midweek wrap of links and roundup of blogs sometime in the near future. Do you think that Google will incorporate the hashtag (#) into Google+?

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GOOGLE PLUS

Are you on Google+ yet? Read Amy-Mae Elliott's post, 15 Google+ Sites & Services for Power Users. You could find a link to my Google+ page on www.About.me/Lindeskog. I went to Gplus.to and got the following short URL: http://Gplus.to/Lyceum

I wonder if Blogger will have a special gadget plug-in for Google+ in the future.

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RADIO DISMUKE

Do you listen to an Internet radio station? My favorite is Radio Dismuke. You could now read the new Dismuke's 78 RPM Blog and follow @Dismuke on Twitter.

Image source: http://dismuke.org/blog/

Related: My post, SAVE INTERNET RADIO.