Mark Cuban reportedly says his continued association with the show depended on the equity or share clause.
Mark Cuban forces ‘Shark Tank’ to give up its equity clause
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The Internet is a directory, but a good guidebook guides
Guidebooks as we know them have declined not simply because reading habits are shifting. The product shifted first. Guidebooks became dispensable because guidebooks, as we now know them, do not retain many of the characteristics—concision, opinion, direction—that once made them an important tool for sorting through the chaff. It’s been so long since guidebooks guided that we forgot what it means to do so.
The most brilliant cover for ‘1984’ yet
Spotted in London at Foyles (which is moving into a newly constructed building next door in early 2014): Penguin UK’s brilliant and audacious reissue of Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four.’ It’s designed in the classic orange and white bands as mid-century Penguin paperbacks were, but it’s embossed and redacted. No American publisher would have the courage to… Read more »
Mystery solved! The grave smiley Samaritan steps forward
It seems the mystery of “Who’s leaving smiley faces beside celebrity graves” has been solved, and the answer is rather beautiful in its guilelessness:
Lovely luncheon by General Worth’s tomb
Near the northwest corner of Madison Square Park, in an concrete traffic triangle bordered by Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 25th Street, a squat obelisk is encircled by an iron fence. You’ll never believe what lies inside.
How to avoid travel scams: some resource links
I spoke about travel scams at the New York Travel Festival. Here are some key links for doing your own research.
8 things you didn’t know about ‘Shark Tank’
It has been a while since I wrote about Shark Tank here, but that doesn’t mean I don’t often still get questions about the show. Here’s some stuff I can tell you that I bet you didn’t know.
Cool USB flash drive press kit designs
I receive a lot of press kits on USB flash drives. I saved a few of my favorites.
Did Dan Rather just dis me?
Dan Rather called me one of the “Top Anchors” of the Web. But he also sorta dissed me. Didn’t he?
Are Disney’s Magic Kingdom Google Maps images fake?
What’s the deal with these bird’s-eye photos of Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando? They appear on Google Maps when you click “Satellite.” They look fabricated. Why?