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Top Five Week Forty-Three

Mark Glaser

by Mark Glaser, November 16, 2006

  1. Project Valour IT
    Milbloggers raise $200,000+ to give laptops to injured soldiers
  2. Heil StudiVZ
    German Facebook clone tries Nazi humor
  3. Valleywag of the finger
    Blogger wants to get sued; gets fired instead
  4. Outside.in
    Localized blog aggregator found fire in my area
  5. Al Jazeera English
    Pay-to-watch online strategy a loser
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4 comments so far, Add Yours

 

FbL said:

November 16, 2006 10:07 PM

Thanks so much for highlighting Valour-IT! And the news on the totals is actually even better: the site linked above includes just the preliminary amount. When checks and other donations are counted, we expect we will have raised about $220,000.

 

FbL said:

November 16, 2006 10:12 PM

Oops, I forgot the link about the totals (from the project blog): http://valour-it.blogspot.com/2006/11/preliminary-totals.html

 

Mark Glaser said:

November 17, 2006 10:34 AM

FbL,
Thanks for the update. I've updated Top 5 with a link to your results and the new number. That's an amazing project and one I'm very interested in writing more about. Please contact me through the feedback form on the site so I can talk more about this privately with you and perhaps other organizers -- and recipients -- of the project.

 

Mark Reis said:

March 22, 2007 4:35 AM

Attn: Mark Glaser
Hi Mark,
In doing my Patriotic Duty, I am sharing my video tribute honoring our brave American service men and women and their families, this compelling, heartfelt video is touching thousands worldwide please take five minutes to watch: www.oursacrifice.net
Please share this video.
Thank You
God Bless
Mark Reis

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