Newmark's Door: A blog to knock

Craig Newmark at Newmark's Door has a lot to offer. Here are a few samples:

Supposedly, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Goggle are hot to acquire AOL. Other than there being possibly--possibly--some value in AOL's IM network, I don't get this. Haven't we been through this "portal" stuff before? Late 90's? When almost everything on the Net is a click or two away, how important can portals be? (More discussion here.)

But I'll readily concede that I'm not as smart as Bill Gates and the guys at Goggle.

This post looks like a real money saver:

Newer cars--'96 and later--have computer chips that can be read by special instruments. Instead of paying an auto mechanic a bunch of money to read them, you can buy a machine, the Car Chip E/X, to read them yourself.

But the E/X costs about $150. So, this tip from a reader is potentially valuable: he claims that most Autozones, as well as other car-part chains, will read the chips for free.

There is always a lot to read once you knock on Newmark's Door.

Visit often and keep scrolling.