Hi, Dave.

The Shake Shack has a countdown to opening clock that bloggers can post on their blogs.  This is brilliant marketing.  I've pasted mine on my sidebar.

I don't know where this guy needs to go, but here's the ridiculous thing about Brooklyn... about 2 minutes later, someone came and took that open parking space.

I run a mentoring program for college students interested in finance.  We're looking for two more speakers to round out our breakfast program... one for 7/20 and one for 7/27.  If you work for/own your own hedge fund or if you work with futures, options, or derivatives, please contact me right away.  CFA charterholders highly preferred.

I got scammed.  These puppies aren't real...  here's the scoop. 

At least they're cute, though.

A friend of Kerri's just send her a note about some puppies.  If you're interested, or if you know anyone who would like a free Golden Retriever puppy, contact Mrs. Gaëlle Wenger at gaellewenger (at) hotmail.com.  We really don't want to say what will happen to these little guys if no one takes them...  so just take one, give it a good home, and we don't have to worry about that.

Please use the "e-mail this post to a friend" post and help spread the word.

I saw 24 Hours on Craigslist last night and it was pretty damn funny.

I was surprised the theater wasn't packed, given that is the 18th most popular site on the web.  Perhaps if they had put a Craiglist ad up, more people would have showed. 

Basically, they took something like 80 ads from one single day and filmed the stories around them...  everything from crossdressing rockers to moms selling strollers.  Some of the people score really high on the Unintentional Comedy Scale. 

Having met Craig Newmark in person, it was especially hilarious to hear people's comments on whether there even really is a Craig and what he's like. 

The thing is, Craigslist is really a reflection of ourselves in a lot of ways, and so I feel like I learned a few things in this movie:

1. No matter how creepy you are, there's always someone creepier out there.
2. There is a really thin line between hilarious and creepy.
3. There's no fat end of the curve...   In the end, its all long tail.
4. Its unclear whether anonymity breeds more or less honesty.
5. Free is good.  People love free.
6. Homemade cookies are the universal currency.  If someone has 50 pairs of surplus women's army pants, you can trade a bag of homemade cookies for them.
7. Flash mobs are cool... NYC should have some of them.