Cocaine Cowboys 2 Studio Burglary Caught On Tape

Written by Pablo Palatnik on September 18, 2007

Not only is this a lesson, but a great theft video caught on surveillance camera at the Rakontur Studios here in Miami, Florida courtesy of my good friend Evan Rosenfeld. These bandits were trying to steal the new movies that is in production and almost ready (I think) Cocaine Cowboys 2. If you haven’t seen Cocaine Cowboys 1…what are you waiting for? It is the best drug trafficking documentary you will ever see, that I promise you.

In an attepmt to steal the film, the thiefs failed. They walked away with about $23,000.00 in equipment.

Rakontur was able to identify the thief and should be arrested sometime today. Information on her is available through the Rakontur blog and will contain updates as well!

About Cocaine Cowboys: Independent film picked up by Magnolia Distro (Mark Cubans Company) and had nothing short of great success. The film takes you through the cocaine explosion of the 80’s from Colombia to Miami…where it became the largest port of drug trafficking in the world.

My Kidney Stone Journey Online

Written by Pablo Palatnik on September 18, 2007

About a month ago I was home and felt a pain like I never have before. I thought it was a real bad stomach ache but the pain was so unusual to me that it scared me a bit…I felt I couldn’t breath from the pain after a while.

It went on for 15 minutes and stopped. Came back…and stopped. I was taken to the hospital 3 days later. They found blood in the urine and the doc was sure it I had a kidney stone.

I went to the specialist (urologist) to find out what we I can do to get this thing out of my body. He told me the only thing I can really do is drink lots of fluids and wait OR said surgery would be the other best option. SURGERY? That quick you diagnose the problem so intense that you suggest surgery?

There have been many articles in the past month actually that I recall reading about the the web being used more for medical and health reasons than almost any other form of research, etc. Why? Our health is the most important aspect of our lives. Websites such as WebMD have tremendous amounts of content on all types of diseases and the traffic they drive is incredible, and well deserved.

The internet was my #1 friend during this whole process (besides friends and family) who also used the internet to help me find out about diet changes, etc. The doc might as well have told me, “go and google kidney stones” and that would have been more satisfying. Paying hundreds of dollars for someone to tell you nothing can really tick you off…especially when the best source of information is free online. From the misfortune of having this kidney stone, also came a new born business idea that is related to it that I may roll out. If I do…I’ll post it.

NOW…don’t be fooled by all content online. There are many trying to scare you with crazy stories exaggerating experiences but you learn to distinguish good content from bad content…especially if you’re a regular surfer, by the way a site looks, etc.

For anyone going through any health issues, all the info you need is here…free…and always…always…stay positive.

Reading through some good articles, one just came out today on MarketingVox, “Nine of 10 Women Online Seek Health Info via Web.” It has some really good statistics:

-23.5 percent of respondents say they have clicked on a prescription or OTC drug/remedy ad
-78.1 percent of respondents use the internet to gather health information.
-90.1 percent of women age 25-34 search for health information online.
-45.2 percent of respondents say the internet is the primary source of health information
-Women more than men use the internet as their primary household health resource: 49.9 percent vs. 40.3 percent.

Yes, Another Blog Rush Post.

Written by Pablo Palatnik on September 17, 2007

This…yes is a post about Blog Rush. If you’re a blog reader, specially in this industry, than you’ve heard of Blog Rush by now…especially if you’re a blogger yourself. I know most have already blogged about this and it’s new nothing new, but lets face it…it’s exciting.

What happens from the launch we don’t know, but I’m sure most of us bloggers are eager to see what kind of traffic this can deliver once it’s in full swing. I personally think it’s a great tool not only for bloggers, but readers as well. A blog reader is always interested in similar or related stories…even for us bloggers it’s cool to find cool stories feeding from our blogs.

What a great widget and idea. I really love it. Very wise of them to take you to the story the reader clicks on through pop-up windows and having the user never exiting your page.

This new widget can mean to things…Traffic and Monetization. No one can report on the impact of traffic yet since it’s pretty much the new buzz and hasn’t been around long enough. Traffic=Money. That has always been the case so hopefully these new visitors could turn into ad clicks.