Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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Canvas, 4chan founder Christopher "moot" Poole's startup, was in the news yesterday because top VC firm Union Square Ventures led a $3 million round of investment into the company. 


Canvas is basically an image board, where people can post and remix images, we revealed in our Canvas tour in March. A lot of people don't see the point in funding an image board and wonder how it's possible to make money from memes.


But Canvas is more than just that. As the name says, it's an online community where people can create all sort of stuff, including, as we've found, beautiful art. 


In one amazing Canvas thread, one user found an online drawing tool called Scribbler, and the community went to work, producing some amazing stuff.


In a moot interview, Canvas was described as "4chan with its pants on." There's definitely some of that. But skeptics should look at this to see there's much more.


After a 15 month investigation, police announced today that they had busted a $1 million cocaine ring which sold predominately on the Upper East Side and East Harlem. Police said the ring was run by Ceferino (Papo) Perez and his wife, Elsie Detres-Perez, out of their Bronx apartment, although maybe it wasn't quite the equal, Jeffersons-esque relationship that may imply. Perez was heard on a wiretap saying, "My wife needs the money so she's willing to do it. You bag up and she seals." Only a truly caring husband would help his wife make ends meet by hiring her to package drugs for him.



Altogether, 22 men were charged and 19 men arrested in the bust—officials said that the group was packing 1,500 bags ( 500 grams) of cocaine a day, and had an $80,000-a-day street-level coke delivery service. Prosecutors said that the dealers would hand out fake business cards, for places such as "Bobby's Electronics," with numbers for ordering. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office said guns, drugs, packaging paraphernalia and three cars used for the deliveries were all seized in the raids.



According to the indictment, Perez was a particularly hands-on boss—he would often answer the phone for the delivery service, and instruct customers to wait for their $20 baggies on the UES, most frequently on E. 95 Street between First and Second avenues. He also had each bag of coke individually resealed with heat to make sure they weren't tampered with by dealers, and gave specific instructions to his wife such as, "When you grab it, bang it." And people say Paul McCartney is a romantic.


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We already know that the News of the World hacked the phones of virtually everyone in England, including dead people and the prime minister and, probably, you. But with the latest revelation, the scandal has actually ...

<b>News</b> of the World Hacked Cops Investigating <b>News</b> of the World Hacking

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

So I wonder whether News Corp. will have to get out of the news business to save the business of News Corp. For it's not so bad to be rapacious when you're in the entertainment business. ...

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

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Canvas, 4chan founder Christopher "moot" Poole's startup, was in the news yesterday because top VC firm Union Square Ventures led a $3 million round of investment into the company. 


Canvas is basically an image board, where people can post and remix images, we revealed in our Canvas tour in March. A lot of people don't see the point in funding an image board and wonder how it's possible to make money from memes.


But Canvas is more than just that. As the name says, it's an online community where people can create all sort of stuff, including, as we've found, beautiful art. 


In one amazing Canvas thread, one user found an online drawing tool called Scribbler, and the community went to work, producing some amazing stuff.


In a moot interview, Canvas was described as "4chan with its pants on." There's definitely some of that. But skeptics should look at this to see there's much more.


After a 15 month investigation, police announced today that they had busted a $1 million cocaine ring which sold predominately on the Upper East Side and East Harlem. Police said the ring was run by Ceferino (Papo) Perez and his wife, Elsie Detres-Perez, out of their Bronx apartment, although maybe it wasn't quite the equal, Jeffersons-esque relationship that may imply. Perez was heard on a wiretap saying, "My wife needs the money so she's willing to do it. You bag up and she seals." Only a truly caring husband would help his wife make ends meet by hiring her to package drugs for him.



Altogether, 22 men were charged and 19 men arrested in the bust—officials said that the group was packing 1,500 bags ( 500 grams) of cocaine a day, and had an $80,000-a-day street-level coke delivery service. Prosecutors said that the dealers would hand out fake business cards, for places such as "Bobby's Electronics," with numbers for ordering. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance's office said guns, drugs, packaging paraphernalia and three cars used for the deliveries were all seized in the raids.



According to the indictment, Perez was a particularly hands-on boss—he would often answer the phone for the delivery service, and instruct customers to wait for their $20 baggies on the UES, most frequently on E. 95 Street between First and Second avenues. He also had each bag of coke individually resealed with heat to make sure they weren't tampered with by dealers, and gave specific instructions to his wife such as, "When you grab it, bang it." And people say Paul McCartney is a romantic.



Making Money by brad.gosse


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We already know that the News of the World hacked the phones of virtually everyone in England, including dead people and the prime minister and, probably, you. But with the latest revelation, the scandal has actually ...

<b>News</b> of the World Hacked Cops Investigating <b>News</b> of the World Hacking

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

So I wonder whether News Corp. will have to get out of the news business to save the business of News Corp. For it's not so bad to be rapacious when you're in the entertainment business. ...

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

Nikon launches AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm F2.8 macro lens: Digital <b>...</b>

Nikon launches AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm F2.8 macro lens: Nikon has announced an inexpensive macro lens aimed at entry-level DSLR users. The AF-S DX Micro Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G offers true 1:1 macro in a compact, ...

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<b>News</b> of the World Hacked Cops Investigating <b>News</b> of the World Hacking

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

So I wonder whether News Corp. will have to get out of the news business to save the business of News Corp. For it's not so bad to be rapacious when you're in the entertainment business. ...

Will <b>News</b> Corp. leave the <b>news</b> business? « BuzzMachine

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