Some tidbits for Monday

Google is launching something called "knols" which are basically a cross between Mahalo, Wikipedia and Squidoo. TechCrunch has some good thoughts on this idea.

From Valleywag comes Google CEO Eric Schmidts latest extramarital relationship.

Philip Kaplan, founder of AdBrite, is apparently the same Pud that everyone loved to hate back in the last bubble when he was doing Fucked Company. Good for him. AdBrite seems like a pretty solid service.

Is the Wii shortage bad planning on Nintendo's part or a smart scheme to build up buzz? While the former may seem incredibly stupid I believe it to be the case, as people are buying other gaming systems when they can't get a Wii.

Noncompete Clauses, Advertising and Natalie Del Conte

Natalie Del Conte is moving to NY! Sweet! She is so cute. Although I will likely never meet her it is nice knowing that she is close by.

AdBrite is switching AVN Ads over to Black Label Ads and Etology is taking over AVN Ads. I use both AdBrite and Etology so it doesn't really effect me at all.

Fred Wilson on why start-ups fail, from a VCs perspective.

Some guy wants to get rid of non-compete clauses. That would be nice as I have one in my contract. However I have heard that they are extremely difficult to enforce from the company's perspective. Apparently the courts are not too keen on letting companies deny people the right to make a living. Something about the Constitution.