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<h1 style="color:##2A7FFF;">Big Pinky's Journal: Announcements, News, Ideas, and Stuff!</h1><p>
Check here to see what's new with the band, or to see what's on the rock-infused mind of Big Pinky.
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(This page is under construction. It's poorly edited now, but will be coerced into shape over time.)
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<span class="news_date">August 20, 2010</span> - <h2>It's A Great Day To Be Alive - Saturday, August 21!</h2>
<p>Last year we raised a lot of money for cancer services at Chelsea Community Hospital. Let's make this year's event
even bigger and better!</p>
<p><span class="bp_bandname">Big Pinky</span> will be playing throughout the afternoon, starting around 3pm. Come join us for some dancing,
eating, and making merry with your hosts, Ann Arbor Eagles! (And be sure to check back here for photos of the event!)</p>
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<span class="news_date">August 18, 2010</span> - <h2>Dexter Daze again!</h2>
<div class="picture left"><img src="http://sevenorbs.com/index.cfm?f=image-572&download=0&picwidth=380"/><br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Pinkster, layin' down the truth</div>
<p>This year the weather was great! Lot's of people came to boogie down to the classic sound. The sound reinforcement
pros made us come through clear and strong. It was a great day. Hope to catch you next year at the gazebo.
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<span class="news_date">August 10, 2010</span> - <h2>Some facts about smaller pages and how people access the web</h2>
<p>Back in March of this year, while speaking at a conference, one of Google's VP's of sales
<a href="http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15446/business/in-three-years-desktops-will-be-irrelevant-google-sales-chief">claimed</a>
<quote>"In three years time, desktops will be irrelevant.
In Japan, most research is done today on smart phones, not PCs,"</quote>
It's pretty obvious that Google is focusing on phones, especially through selling their "Android" systems. But what about sales of smart phones?
In the first quarter of 2009, 34.9 Million smartphones were sold worldwide. That number has
<a href="http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?sessionId=&containerId=prUS22333410&sessionId=50A936B597AC135AE497422850FC02E1">grown by half</a> to an
amazing 54.7 Million units sold in the first quarter of 2010. That's <i>one quarter's sales</i>, during a time when many countries are facing major economic challenges.
Meanwhile laptops eclipsed desktop sales a few years ago, and a convergence of devices is happening with the folks using "netbooks", tablet PC's like the iPad,
and phones like the iPhone and similar.</p>
<p>This means people are relying on handheld devices to access the web in greater numbers, especially worldwide. That's the main reason we made
<a href="">BigPinky.com</a> as a small-sized, fast-loading webpage. We know most of you will be surfing on handheld gadgets in the months ahead.
We don't have comments available here yet, but if you want to weigh in on this article, use the <a href="http://bigpinky.com/5">Contact Form</a> to send us
a message.</p>
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<span class="news_date">August 01, 2010</span> - we still have two great, public invited, gigs
to play this summer. Both are this August. Our Dexter Daze performance, and the "Great Day To Be Alive"
fundraiser can be found on our <a href="http://bigpinky.com/3">Schedule page at bigpinky.com</a>
These events are all ages and great for families and friends. We hope to see you there!</p>
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<span class="news_date">July 2010</span> - We decided to add some bigger pages to go with our <a hre="http://smallerpage.com">smallerpage</a> site.
This is mainly to present some photos in a larger format, and to allow articles with photos. The smallerpage site is
the default landing page for <span class="bp_bandname">Big Pinky</span> because the most rapidly growing means of
accessing the web today is via "smart" phones. Big pages are very annoying to phone users.</p><p>
We like the Smallerpage concept. Follow the link above, check it out, and see what you think.</p>
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