November 2007
“A few weeks ago I bought a scale and (unrelated) some Apple stock. I know you...”
“Someone needs to clean the kitchen, discard the spoiled meat and rancid...”
– Mike James, the surly editor of NewsBlues in this great interview. I love NewsBlues and Mike’s perspective.
Writers Strike from reality show perspective →
Only in Las Vegas! →
“He’ll cross that bridge when he comes to it…”
– conservative author Ann Coulter when asked if Ted Kennedy would be frank about Chappaquiddick
kicktodevin.com →
FCC stuff
The FCC board rejected an expanded cable oversight proposal that FCC chairman Kevin Martin seemed hell bent on getting passed. Also I heard yesterday that the broadcast industry has spent $8 million dollars lobbying against the XM/Sirius merger.
“Wall Street rebounded Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority said it...”
– Anyone else find this disturbing?
“Please support the Writers Strike. I don’t want to drive past studios...”
– Comedian Greg Fitzsimmons (from laist.com interview)
“You’re either going to love it, or think it’s the end of Western civilization....”
– Mike Darnell (Fox’s president of alternative entertainment) talking about “The Moment of Truth”, a new game show in which contestants are asked personal questions while connected to a lie detector. Any Stern show fans see a pattern here? Howard has been doing this for years. Just like...
Brewer Works to Bring Back Dixie Beer →
AP article
Internet shopping conundrum
I wanted a new camera case. I knew what I wanted and researched online extensively but it’s hard to get a feel for the fit of such a thing, so I went off to the local camera store. The bag I ended up liking was different than what I thought it would be so I had no idea of cost in my head. Then, when I got home, there was a card attached to bag that mentioned items that were not with my bag,...
“Follow the yellow thick hose”
– this will only mean something to fans of “Pushing Daisies”.
Disappearing Car Door →
Google Streetview interactive 360 movie →
Google Streetview interactive 360 movie →
Google Streetview Live 360 demo →
A 360 degree movie from atop a moving car. Mouse around while the video runs.
WatchGotta love when the video playback burps at just the right time.
Media myths about the Jena 6 →
I am always fascinated when the media gets a story wrong all at once… here is an article by a reporter who lives in Jena, whose wife teaches at the school and who took the time to get the facts himself.
Link in →
Years ago I had an area on neonmargarita called Email Reunion. I even owned the domain emailreunion.com. My idea was a place to catch up with old friends, people who worked together… if you know me you could find them, email them, see where they were now. Turns out I was thinking way too small. LinkedIn is the successful big thinking expansion of that idea.
Avid not at NAB
Avid has decided not to be on the show floor at NAB. This makes one wonder about the health of Avid. The Apple booth (which for years now has been across the aisle from Avid) has grown and grown over the years and is always packed. This also opens up a huge space right inside the door for someone.
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How high can we go?
The national debt crossed 9 trillion dollars for the first time this week. For perspective the high was 1 trillion when President Reagan left office. The debt clock in Times Square does not have a digit for 10 trillion because when it was erected (1989) it was inconceivable. I don’t know enough to spout on and on about this topic but I ask that you scream the next time you hear a...
NBC is stupid
NBC drops out of iTunes and sets up their own service. Claimed they only made 15 million dollars from iTunes. So the first reviews are in on their new service and it is getting widely panned. My favorite… it’s windows only! So don’t you figure they spent more than $15 million to build whatever it is they have built? And they cut out users and set top boxes (AppleTV) in the...
Watch24, the lost 1994 pilot
Nice article on the writer's strike →
Interesting LA Times article on food poisoning →
A reporter gets food poisoning and decides to find the source.
“Instead of living for work, I’d like to work to live.”
– Veteran WFLA reporter Victoria Lim explaining her decision to quit. (source the always great NewsBlues)
