This number has been making the rounds for some time. I first read about it on Friday, when it appeared in the corner of the front page of the National Post:
The duck really took flight on Oct. 9, when 15,000 people called. By the end of the week, with the phone number circulating throughout the Internet, more than 250,000 callers called NDB.
The number of calls to the number is costing the company about US$8,000 a day, but Mr. McQuilkin said it is money well spent.
Maybe, just MAYBE, there is more than the/. effect at play here.
What a coincidence. Right before I saw this story I heard a segment on CBC Radio's Basic Black about a man in Aspen, Colorado who owns and operates the "Ultimate Taxi." In addition to an internet connection, there is fog on the floor and crazy lights, including a laser, all over the place. Apparently the driver also sings and plays music on an in-car keyboard and MIDI drum kit. Don't ask me how he does this while driving -- you'll have to watch the MPEG movie. Geez, and I just wanted to get home!
Don't you hate it when your/. account mysteriously disappears?
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CBC has put The National online since at least as far back as June 2003.
Maybe, just MAYBE, there is more than the /. effect at play here.
What a coincidence. Right before I saw this story I heard a segment on CBC Radio's Basic Black about a man in Aspen, Colorado who owns and operates the "Ultimate Taxi." In addition to an internet connection, there is fog on the floor and crazy lights, including a laser, all over the place. Apparently the driver also sings and plays music on an in-car keyboard and MIDI drum kit. Don't ask me how he does this while driving -- you'll have to watch the MPEG movie. Geez, and I just wanted to get home!
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