{"id":449,"date":"2008-03-02T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2009-01-14T22:43:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-15T02:43:45","slug":"odd-lots-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I remember reading somewhere years ago that having a photo of                 a box on your Web store improves your sell-through of downloadable                 software, even if the product is never sold in a box and even                 if the box doesn&apos;t even exist. Anyway, here is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dynamitecovers.com\/\">a                 product that helps you create imaginary product boxes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Here&apos;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coverfactory.com\/\">another very similar                 product<\/a>. We evidently have a small industry here that I had                 never heard of before this morning.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3d-ebook-shot.com\/\">And yet another<\/a>:                 This time, it generates a 3-D rotating video of an imaginary box!<\/li>\n<li>After a little further research, I&apos;m guessing that the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Affiliate_marketing\">online                 affiliate marketing<\/a>&#8221; industry is driving the imaginary                 box subindustry. On the other hand, the online affiliate marketing                 industry is itself imaginary, and basically a scam that labors                 mightily to stay just half a hair on the legal side of the razor.                 It&apos;s what the 419 scams would be if Nigeria had something like                 the FTC.<\/li>\n<li>From Pete Albrecht comes a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/boom\/x+wing-rocket-launches-disintegrates-mid+air-307945.php\">a                 video showing how well a 21-foot (!!) X-wing model rocket flies<\/a>.                 (Flies? So-so. Dies? Spectacularly!)<\/li>\n<li>Don Lancaster has a detailed article (PDF format) about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tinaja.com\/glib\/morenrgf.pdf\">why                 rooftop PV solar power isn&apos;t as big a win as everybody says it                 is<\/a>. Definitely worth reading, and pay especial attention to                 the description of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exergy\">exergy<\/a>,                 a concept I had heard of but not understood until now. As with                 TTL and CMOS logic, Don finally made it click for me.<\/li>\n<li>Is Flash memory &#8220;write endurance&#8221; (i.e., the number                 of times you can change the state of a Flesh emmory cell) a serious                 issue or not? I always thought it was, but Eric Brombaugh (one                 of my EE friends who knows a thing or two about such matters)                 sent me a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storagesearch.com\/ssdmyths-endurance.html\">an                 article that changed my mind<\/a>. If you&apos;re interested in Solid                 State Drives (SSDs) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storagesearch.com\/ssd-flashetc.html\">the                 parent page is worth a look as well<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember reading somewhere years ago that having a photo of a box on your Web store improves your sell-through of downloadable software, even if the product is never sold in a box and even if the box doesn&apos;t even exist. Anyway, here is a product that helps you create imaginary product boxes. 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