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There are Times When a Cigar is Only a Cigar

I am doing some redesign to my blog. It will probably be down for a few days. There is nothing going on other than we are investing in some new technology and a facelift on the UI.
 
It is Fourth of July weekend so it is a good time to chill out; enjoy some time with family and friends; and the outdoors. :-) No posts from me for a few days.
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009

New Harry Potter Film Opens This Month

With the new Harry Potter film opening this month, check out We Are Wizards.  SnagFilms now has this wonderful documentary film. It is about the fan base of the Harry Potter franchise. It is quirky and well done.
 
It is about an hour long so kick back and enjoy it for free this weekend. Share it with your kids too and other Harry Potter fans. Click here and enjoy!
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009

Back to the Future on Voice

Read this article on voice services at Google. Back to the future.
 
I envisioned, founded and launched - with the help of John Borthwick, founder of Betaworks - AOL By Phone. That was ten years ago. We acquired Quack; a voice recognition company, to help launch it.
 
The service still works. It combines email, voice mail-location based services; mapping and more onto your phone. You could browse the web via voice; have your email read to you; and even respond. It was fast and very accurate. You could ask for a phone number; a map and directions; a movie time; a sports team score; and then place a call. It leveraged our data in MapQuest and Moviefone and Digital Cities. It used presence from AIM and our technology and platform in email.
 
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009

Nice Words About Knuble Signing

Click here for a nice article about our signing of Mike Knuble.
 
In our war room under “Want to Sign”, Knuble is the first name on a list of five players so I guess our staff prepared well. He wanted to play here and “we got our man” so praise be and a job well done.
 
Onward to a continuous upgrade and improvement for our team all within our budget and within our strategy framework. Go Caps!
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009

Improved Rankings from ESPN

The Washington Capitals’ fan standings in rank have improved according to ESPN. Click here to see our rankings.

Thank you fans. We promise to keep improving and we know our rank will increase even more as we improve our performance and compete for a Stanley Cup. Go Caps!
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Posted on July 1st, 2009

As Promised

We made a good and smart free agent signing today by signing Mike Knuble to a two year deal. We believe Mike helps us up front; is a big go-to-the-net kind of forward; will serve as a good mentor to our young forwards; is priced right; and is a very good player and a good influence in the locker room. Click here to see the news release.
 
We are happy with the signing which fits our strategy, budget and timeline.
 
I doubt we will do any more in free agency. Time will tell.
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Posted on July 1st, 2009

“A Certain Kind of Beauty”

Here is a wonderful write-up on MS from AOL Health. It is a great probing interview complete with a film embed from SnagFilms that documents A Certain Kind of Beauty. It is films and moments like this one that make me smile in satisfaction. This is a great film with a meaningful subject matter and great distribution surrounded by great editorial. Thanks AOL.

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Posted on July 1st, 2009

Dumb and Dumber

I usually don’t respond to snide dumb remarks but decided to do so here. Check out these offensive, uninformed and dumb comments.
 
In regards to AOL access, the company built the world’s largest network. It supported 36 million subscription customers and had more than 10 million people online at any given time. It is called simultaneous usage.
 
Even today with AIM and all other products plus AOL subscribers, the company has online - at any one time - millions and millions of customers.
 
Go to AIMFight.com as an example and see how many people are online right now connected to you just via AIM. Go fight me. Type in “Leonsis” and then your AIM screen name and see how you do. 
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Posted on July 1st, 2009

I Can See It Now

Neverland morphs into Graceland.
 
The King of Pop is buried on the grounds. His home is open to the public. For as little as $99 a day, you too can ride on Michael’s rides; tour his bedroom and bathroom; have your picture taken at his gravesite; buy his CD’s and more.
 
How much do you want to bet that Neverland is now the final resting place for Michael Jackson and that it becomes the new hot tourist attraction a la Graceland?
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Posted on July 1st, 2009

Wish Us Luck Today

Today starts free agency. Wish us luck. We will need it.
 
We are being very circumspect today. Do not expect any glitz or big news. We will pursue some players that can help us in the immediate future but the criterion is that we do not want to sign any veteran players to long term, big, lucrative contracts.
 
We are up close to the cap as it is. We need flexibility to keep our core of young players together in the out years. We also believe in rewarding our own players more than someone else’s players. We do not feel like we are desperate to make a move. When you feel pressure, that is when you let agents and the market take advantage of you and you can make a signing that you live to regret. We have done that before as have most teams in the league.
 
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Posted on July 1st, 2009