Sunday September 10, 2006

The Weekly ‘Loper - September 10, 2006

While you were wishing that the Battlestar Galactica webisodes could be, you know, longer, here’s what we were looking at:

How Not to Do A Character Blog - Life on Mars is great show, but the main character is either in a coma or in 1973. Either way, he wouldn’t have a blog.
From Japan, it’s the iPodBot! - As if Jim needs another robot to ignore. Poor Roomba.
The Village Voice Breaks Up With Robert Christgau - Jim gives the Village Voice’s decision to dump Christgau an E-.
Network Neutrality: Now More Than Ever - These companies can’t even fix a single customer’s DSL in under a week. And now they want to control the internet?
How, Exactly, Is A Celeb Arrest “BREAKING NEWS”? - One more reason in a long list why I don’t watch the local news in Los Angeles. Another reason: those weird weather guys.
That’s What I Like: Joss Whedon - It was my turn to like something this week so I revisited an old obsession.

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