The Daily Loper – March 29, 2007

I Barely Have Time For My Life, I Don’t Need A Second Life Edition

Todays links of interest:

• Paris Driven to Probation Violation?
  While it would be totally awesome if they threw her skanky ho ass in jail, it still isn’t BREAKING NEWS, Channel 7 KABC in Los Angeles.
• Selig defends DirecTV-baseball deal
  He can defend it all he wants, but it’s still wrong, and yet another slap in the face of baseball fans from the arrogant ownership who has such contempt for us. Assholes.
• Call for blogging code of conduct
  The Kathy Sierra incident was not an isolated issue. And many think it’s time that the blogging community starts acting like responsible members of society rather than juveniles acting out when someone disagrees with them.
• Cellphone Video Gets Longer
  Battery life, darlings, battery life. Nothing kills success like a dead battery mid-view.
• TJX says 45.7 million credit-card numbers were stolen
  Here we go again.
• Dell To Start Shipping PCs With Linux
  It’s the yearly "here comes Linux" buzz!
• Everything just clicks into place
  YouTube is a treasure trove for old jazz performances — the ones that remain legendary but don’t necessarily merit the effort required for a commercial release.
• Wii Interface for SL as Soon as Friday?
  If done right the WII remote could be a better way to navigate Second Life. And a virtual world on a big screen TV suddenly becomes life size. Something like this could actually become a killer app.
• Apple introduces ‘Complete My Album’ on iTunes
  This one is long over due. Basically, if you buy a few tracks on iTunes you can now upgrade to the full album at a slight discount.
• Real Kwik-E-Marts? Woo-Hoo!
  In an extremely leveraged buy-out, Apu will soon be taking over some real-world 7-11 stores.