Tuesday September 11, 2007

The Daily Loper - September 11, 2007

Pining For The Fjords Edition

Todays links of interest:

Cable companies must die
It’s time we all declared a consumer Jihad against cable companies.
Unlawful Detention: Walmart Tries To Steal Shopper’s Baby
Apparently they were going to put him to work in the company’s lame online music store.
Death of gifted parrot stuns scientists
All together now: "He’s only resting."

Kiwis flying high in the States
They’re very prould of Flight of The Conchords in New Zealand. As well they should be. Perhaps all of this attention will move them up to the 3rd most popular folk parody duo in their home country. Maybe even 2nd!!
Is an agreement between the music industry and Web broadcasters on the horizon?
Well, it had to happen sometime.
Social networking sites do not deepen friendships
Um, wow. So these social scientists examined situations where people made "friends" with zillions of random people and determined…the relationships are cursory? Uh, just a look at the comments made by the friends would have revealed this!
VMAs have no rhythm
Most of the focus yesterday was on Britney’s sleepwalking, but the show itself was also brutally awful. It was like a iPod set on shuffle, and nothing but crap was coming up.
Second Life Versus Kittens: A Clear Loss
Possibly the greatest Second Life blog post ever.
The most rockin’ song of all time
Not what you’d expect. Not what we’d choose, even given all of the criteria, but all in all, a pretty great choice. I have a quarter-century-old memory of driving home from an all-night L.A.-concert road trip as this song came up on the cassette deck and renewed our flagging energy. You know why? It was totally rockin,’ that’s why!

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