Hey folks. For those of you new to the Rizzn-ite army, who haven’t read the backstory, this might be a bit confusing to you, but for you long time Rizzn-ites, you’ll remember my squabbles with Simon Hodson and his Khashoggi backers. Well, today, there seems to be some big news from the world of Hodson. As you may recall, Hodson removed himself from Earthshell, after driving the company into utter shambles. Essam Khashoggi also...

Awww… poor millionaires and billionaires. Their cashcow Earthshell is finally over. Earthshell filed for bankruptcy today, according to the Houston Chronicle: EarthShell Corp., which makes fast-food packaging from biodegradable materials like limestone and food starch, has filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors. The Lutherville, Md.-based company listed assets of $16,176 and debt of $11.9 million in its bankruptcy petition, filed...

This via Kelly Carson of The Examiner: BALTIMORE – A Baltimore manufacturer is facing financial meltdown after it was unable to find additional funding on Friday. EarthShell Corp., a publicly traded company on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol ERTH, said in a release that it would be unable to meet its payroll and other financial obligations after Friday because of the funding shortfall. “The company has not been...

[rizzn's note: this entry contains paid placement]Hey there Rizznites. What’s the good word? Still fielding suggestions for the new blogging network – The best one so far is 32D. We also added a new person to the blogging lineup. Just to preview who’s going to be writing for us, I’ll give you the list so far: MADshow’s Newsguy Jon aka Jonboy – Armasystema: it’ll be a daily blog and periodic podcast...

Quite an interesting day it’s been. I’ve been saving these blog posts to put into a long newspost for about a week or so. Good stuff in here. As for me, I’m keeping busy, and business is finally picking up again after a weeklong slump. Expect a project progress report later this week. f o u r [ ] 2 n i t eFor those of you in the East Texas area thie evening, FourSquare behind IHOP. It’s the secret way to meet cool...