Here is workstation 1. I currently sit here when I’m in the lab, but I use my MacBook Pro notebook given I work between various offices. Lately I’ve spent a lot of time in the lab, wrapping up various product development and operations projects.

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In 2005, I learned how to make Almond Roca, which is essentially toffee candy with chocolate and almonds within and dusted on top. After sharing my treats with friends and family, many have expressed interest in how to make it. Tonight I made my first holiday batch and took photos throughout the process. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to make Almond Roca.

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If you read the New York Times online, you have to view David Pogue’s video about Windows Vista. It’s hilarious. I have friends in both camps and although I personally switched to Mac OS X with my Mac Minis in the home and Macbook Pro Notebook, my company still has Windows workstations for development and bookkeeping. I played around with Vista earlier this year at CES in Las Vegas and some friends are working with Office and Windows groups in Redmond so I hear the updates, but David Pogue’s video is pretty damn funny.

Visit: http://www.nytimes.com/video/davidpogue and try to find David Pogue’s video on Windows Vista

I saw this on the desktop of a client’s PC and just had to have a copy.  Although I definitely celebrate the holidays and even decorate the house, I’m stubborn when it comes to all the rituals people adhere to.  If anyone has something similar to this relating to St. Valentine’s Day, please send me a copy. 

For all the scrooges out there, Merry Christmas to you and enjoy your gift above.

The answer is likely both, but I see Verisign as a larger threat in the commerce space. For a while now, I’ve been noticing some of the aquisitions Verisign has been making and I think they are slipping in “under the radar” while so much focus is on Google. I think EBay should pay close attention to Verisign who has a very deadly set of tools and the money to go after the commerce and marketplace space. They are emerging as a leader in security, commerce, mobile and RFID which will be huge players in commerce in the future.

Notable Assets:

• Network Solutions (domain registrar and web hosting)
• Payflow Pro (payment processing and connectivity to banks)
• Verisign Security Services (SSL certs and more - trusted, secure brand)
• MonsterCommerce (hosted online storefronts w/ over 6000 stores)
• MQube (SMS aggregator and solution provider - mobile solutions)
• Jamster (mobile marketing solutions)

See the following recent press releases:

• Verisign enables mobile purchase of Coca Cola
• Verisign Mobile Services Launches College Sports Updates Via Mobile
• Verisign Aquires inCode Wireless
• Verisign’s Jamster Provides Mobile Content For Walt Disney North America
• … 2006 Press Release Archive

How can EBay compete?

I think larger companies like EBay and Yahoo! should be looking for small alliance partners (hint-hint) who can sidestep the beauracracies they have become to allow a more nimble and targeted response to competition. The M&A strategy simply adds more complexity and yet even more hoops to go through but if they co-fund R&D with smaller firms and share in service royalties, leverage their strength (brand, money and huge customer base) and the smaller firm’s strength (speed and a strong pulse on ‘happenings’), I think they would have a deadly combination.

http://www.goomzee.com