Jason's 11 zone @sonos. This system would cost $100k 10 years ago. W/Sonos? ~$5k
Sonos is the greatest thing you can add to your home to automate it I'm convinced. I spent about $5,000 on 11 Sonos units and a $12 Rhapsody and $15 Sirius Account and I can listen to any music in the world (literally, you can tune into radio stations in Tokyo or Paris!) in any room in my home… or combination of rooms. I can feed my TV or either of two Mac Mini's into the system as well. So, if I'm watching the Knicks game I can send the audio from the TV to the kitchen and my office so I don't miss anything.
The best part is the Sonos system runs on a wifi-like network so there is ZERO cabling to be done. You simply plug in a Sonos S5–basically the same as a Bose Wave Radio–and you're done. You can put these in every room for $400 and do five rooms in your house for $2,000…. less than the cost of running the cables.
I can't wait for Spotify to hook their service up to Sonos… then it's game over. You'll never buy a CD again, and you'll have access to every CD on the planet. Win!
Looking for half-time/part-time tech blogger of note for This Week in Startups blog #twist details:
I'm looking for someone to do a blog post every day or two for the www.thisweekinstartups.com blog to "keep the conversation moving" between shows. For example, we now have 40 or so companies that have been on the show, I'd like to cover them inbetween episodes in a wrap up post (i.e. LocalBacon did this, WordPress announced this, etc). Also, maybe a pre-post about an upcoming guests (i.e. Sky Dayton preview).
Not to mention covering the TechCrunch50 and Open Angel Forum companies…… mostly these would be roundup posts with links to TechCrunch, GigaOm, VentureBeat New York Times and AllThingsD, but I'm not opposed to some original reporting in/around the TWIST companies. If you're interested please ping me with your per post rate and some clips at jason at calacanis.com
Update on my $25M windfall from the other day! Oh lucky days! #scam #spam
Worth reading my response below…. will keep you guys updated on this thread as we go. 
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: James Roberson
Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Subject: Greetings, Jason
To: jason
From: James Roberson
Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Subject: Greetings, Jason
To: jason
Dear Jason ,
Thank you very much for your response to my mail. I am humbled by your
courtesy to respond to the offer despite the fact that we don't know
each other in the past.
My private telephone number is +44 703190—- and you are free to
call me 24 hours of the day. Please indicate also your private
telephone number for easy communication.and a copy of passport,
The money in question is currently secured in a bank vault of one of
the leading European bank. All I need from you is your absolute trust
so that you can stand for me as the beneficiary to claim this money.I
cannot claim
this money by myself because I am an international staff of the same
bank.
I am willing to give you $7,500,000.00 from this money as your share
and I hope that you will appreciate it. If you are not satisfied with
this, tell me how much you want because I want everybody to be happy
at the end of the day.
If these conditions are acceptable to you, kindly send to me a copy of
your acceptance letter and I will send you every other information
that you need to know so that we can start off the business.
I am waiting for your urgent and positive response.
Mr.James Roberson. <—–Original Message—–>
From: Jason Calacanis
Thank you very much for your response to my mail. I am humbled by your
courtesy to respond to the offer despite the fact that we don't know
each other in the past.
My private telephone number is +44 703190—- and you are free to
call me 24 hours of the day. Please indicate also your private
telephone number for easy communication.and a copy of passport,
The money in question is currently secured in a bank vault of one of
the leading European bank. All I need from you is your absolute trust
so that you can stand for me as the beneficiary to claim this money.I
cannot claim
this money by myself because I am an international staff of the same
bank.
I am willing to give you $7,500,000.00 from this money as your share
and I hope that you will appreciate it. If you are not satisfied with
this, tell me how much you want because I want everybody to be happy
at the end of the day.
If these conditions are acceptable to you, kindly send to me a copy of
your acceptance letter and I will send you every other information
that you need to know so that we can start off the business.
I am waiting for your urgent and positive response.
Mr.James Roberson. <—–Original Message—–>
From: Jason Calacanis
Sent: 12/22/2009 8:20:09 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Greetings,
Thank you for your warm email–perhaps Christmas has come early for all of us!!!Please let me know how I can facilitate this transaction with my personal savings account in the United States. Would that be enough? What do you need, my wire transfer information and routing number or just my PIN code?
Looking forward to your response, and without casting any doubts on the sincerity of your offer I would like your assurance that these funds are not involved any illicit activities. Specifically, I'd like your assurances that these are not related to drugs, blood diamonds or terrorist activities.
all the best,
Jason
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:06 AM, James Roberson <> wrote:
I will introduce myself at this time just as Mr. James Roberson, a banker.
Can you act as a front for me in the withdrawal and diversion of some accumulated and unclaimed funds valued at about US$25,000,000.00 from a Holding account in a European bank to your own bank account?
If you can, a handsome reward awaits you as your share in this deal.
N/B: This deal is 100% risk free and I want you to take the offer very serious despite the fact that we don’t know each other in the past..
Even if you are not interested in this proposal, please keep every detail to your self and I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.
If you are interested in the offer, please contact me immediately. If I don’t hear from you within 5 days from today, I will assume that you are not interested.
Further details and procedure of the deal and my full identity will be discussed when I hear from you.
Regards,
Mr..James Roberson.
How to cook a ham
The biggest page of the day today on Mahalo will most likely be how to
cook a ham:
more people cook ham on Christmas? http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-cook-a-turkey
Christmas may have come early for JCAL! $25M clams on my doorstep!
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: James Roberson
Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Subject: Greetings,
To:
|
Greetings,
I will introduce myself at this time just as Mr. James Roberson, a banker. Can you act as a front for me in the withdrawal and diversion of some accumulated and unclaimed funds valued at about US$25,000,000.00 from a Holding account in a European bank to your own bank account? If you can, a handsome reward awaits you as your share in this deal. N/B: This deal is 100% risk free and I want you to take the offer very serious despite the fact that we don’t know each other in the past. Even if you are not interested in this proposal, please keep every detail to your self and I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors. If you are interested in the offer, please contact me immediately. If I don’t hear from you within 5 days from today, I will assume that you are not interested. Further details and procedure of the deal and my full identity will be discussed when I hear from you. Regards, Mr.James Roberson. |
