The Daily Loper – March 21, 2006

Todays links of interest:

• A guide to Beck and Scientology for journalists and fans
  OK first Isaac Hayes and now Beck?! That’s it, I’m heading to the Celebrity Center for a personality test.
• FBI, you’ve got mail — NOT!
  The FBI can’t afford email. Uh, where the hell is all of our tax money going?! Maybe they should just use GMail.
• "South Park" Keeps Chef
  After watching Matt and Trey on Letterman I’m convinced this Chef thing is some kind of hoax.
• What’s eating Bill Gates?
  Sounds like he’s given one BillNote too many.
• YouTube: Natalie Portman Rap Search
  This afternoon’s (12:37PM 03-21-2006) search on YouTube for "Natalie Portman Raps" returned 2 results. You begin to wonder if this little excercise has any point.
• A Bit of Paid Stuff, For Free
  Congoo is new service that lets you preview normally paid content or pay for the whole article. Two questions: will anyone remember the name of this service tomorrow and why do I need a special toolbar just use it?
• Lunch with Ben Bradlee: From Guadalcanal to Iraq
  Reporting on the death of newspapers may be premature — which is why ours has gone unread for weeks now.
• Cable TV Producers and Union Quarrel
  SAG says strike (maybe). Hollywood should be happy that the guilds are focused on basic cable. It’ll give them a little breathing room before the next big (really big) strike threat.
• SanDisk Confident About Taking Market Share Away from Apple
  Nice looking player from SanDisk. If only they had some sort of iTunes Compatibility Kit.
• Audiences Offered New Way to Buy Products They See on TV & Film With Launch of StarStyle; ‘American Idol,’ ‘Real World Key West’ Among Initial Shows
  Meanwhile, in Hell, Satan just laughs and laughs . . .
• Report: Microsoft Working on iPod, PSP ‘Killer’
  Origami?! That’s last week’s news.