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- Norway once had parrots.. and they may even have been blue
If you're lucky, you learn something every single godsdammed day of your life. In this case, I learned that the extra level of hilarity to that classic skit was that parrots weren't supposed to be indigenous to Norway. Bet that it had lovely plumage.
- Fox Plans to Run Fewer Ads in 2 New Prime-Time Dramas
Expect a marked increase in product placement.
- Facebook, Google Square Off Over Who Controls Your Data (Hint: It's Not You)
Unless, of course, you choose to control your data by not joining any of these sites. But, by now, you should know that the first rule of privacy on the web is that there is no privacy on the web. It's kind of like walking out of your house every morning.
- Ikea to offer virtual furniture in The Sims 2 computer game
Because sometimes you need inexpensive, build-it-yourself furniture in your virtual world.
- Sony Pictures gets Goosebumps
And kids (plus more than a few adults) rejoice.
- Freema Agyeman Interview
While there was much love for Billie Piper's Rose around the 'loper household that distributes the Dr. Who DVDs to the rest of the other households, we also kinda love Freema Agyeman's Martha Jones, who even made Torchwood kick up a notch. Also? Sigh.
- Study says some file-sharing uploads hindered
Net neutrality now! What more proof do you need than the beginning of this official statement: "Cox allows the use of file-sharing and peer-to-peer services..." That word "allows" speaks volumes.
- Slate's special issue on procrastination
Still need to get around to reading this.
- Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com
All we can ask (get it?) is that they don't somehow ruin the ease of dictionary.com, a site we use on what seems like at least a daily basis.
- California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban
As a happily married heterosexual 'loper, I say "Whoo hoo!" and assure the world that the sanctity of my marriage is not affected in any way by this ruling.
- The Customer is King at Digital Book 2008
We quote from the lead: “Give the customers what they want” was the message at Digital Book 2008, the annual conference sponsored by the International Digital Publishing Forum, held yesterday at the McGraw-Hill auditorium in Manhattan.
- CBS Strikes Deal with lonelygirl15 Creators
This week, CBS is all about the crazy new media deals.
- Piracy growing as fewer fans buy downloads
Interesting, especially in light of other studies that suggest the numbers of legal downloads are rising. Of course, it doesn't help when some labels continue to make the process hard and cumbersome.
- Ants Invade Houston, Eat Computers
Wait, it gets better. They're called "crazy rasberry ants". The only known cure seems to be upgrading to Windows Vista -- they won't go near it.
- Specter criticizes NFL, wants independent Spygate investigation
Thank god that there is nothing else wrong with the country that a United States Senator can call for a massive investigation because the Patriots may have done his football teams wrong. Amazingly enough, he's not up for re-election, because this is just that shameless.
- Baby supernova seen right in our neighborhood
Awwwww, how cute! Cootchie-coo, Baby Supernova, cootchie-coo! Ma and Pa Supernova must be so proud of you, following in their footsteps at such a young age.
- Scarlett And Penelope Kiss In Woody Allen's New Movie
As rumored, but now there's actual film footage. It's nice to see Woody Allen using his powers for good instead of evil.
- BBC's "Life On Mars" Gets "Boston Legal" Treatment
IO 9 posted a trailer for noted hack David E. Kelley's remake of "Life on Mars." Oh no. Oh gods no.
- What keeps viewers glued to the tube? Disney wants to know
Wow, where to start? Good programming, not gaming the TiVo by starting and ending at quirky times, shorter hiatus periods, and so much more.
- Report: Al Gore’s CurrentTV Offered $100 Million For Digg In 2006
Obviously it didn't succeed.
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1 Comment(s) so far
1. Kirk wrote on April 10th, 2008 at 7:18 am
I beg to differ on the Flickr video thing. It’s pretty clear that videos on Flickr are specifically NOT supposed to compete with YouTube or any of the other gazillion video sharing services. Instead, they’ve found a way to add video without significantly distracting from what they do best. Read the Flickr blog post announcing the addition of videos. They’re basically viewing them as “long photos”.
I’m not sure if it will work or not, but it’s definitely an interesting approach.