Marvel Comics on DVD, Virgin Charter, Hiring Rock Star Programmers, and the Ultimate PO Box

Amazon.com: “Marvel Digital Comics!”
560 issues of the Amazing Spiderman for $40 on DVD? How am I not buying this right now?

Virgin Charter
Chartered flight is perhaps the last huge markets in the U.S. with no major player. Richard Branson is out to revolutionize it.

100 Resources to Attract, Retain and Use Rock Star Programmers - HR World
A good list of resources on hiring developers. Looks like I have around 10% of the links.

EarthClassMail - The Ultimate PO Box
Talk about living off the grid. Have your snail mail sent to EarthClassMail, they scan the exterior of the envelopes and you view them online. You can instruct them to open an item and scan the contents, forward the mail to your home, or shred/recycle it. When they add multi-year archiving, OCR, and search capabilities it will be a tough sell for me not to join.

Warning: Software Startups are Not as Easy as Everyone Says
The Spanish version.

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