The Daily Loper – March 30, 2007

She Can’t Dance, She’s Four Months Pregnant! Edition

Todays links of interest:

• The April Fools’ Day defense kit
  Well, since April 1 is a Sunday this year, there probably won’t be much going on.
• Great Pyramid was built inside out, Frenchman says
  Even weirder, he goes on to say that it was also built upside down. But that was just the beta version.
• Sanjaya Malakar?s MySpace Hunger Striker ?Still Alive?
  However, if she does die, we do have 2007’s leading Darwin Award contestant. If she lives, for that matter. Because, seriously, this is probably the dumbest thing anyone in the history of the entire planet has hunger striked about. So godspeed, "J."
• MOG for the masses
  In which one company takes on the task of making sense of the music videos on YouTube.
• Music labels spring leaks – for publicity
  Indie labels find happiness and success via creative use of the Internets. Hmm, seems like there’s a lesson to be learned here. We will ponder this until we figure it out.
• The Sermon on the Tapes
  Speaking of preserving digital media, a look back at formats past and how to save those still-living audiocassettes.
• Compassion, Indifference and Several Other Things Too
  A write-up of a live performance of Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3. In case you’d written him off, last year’s "Ole Tarantula" was undoubtedly his best album in a decade.
• NPR : Preservation of Digital Art Poses Challenges
  For those in the mood to listen rather than read, an interesting look at the challenges posed when it comes to digital art preservation, including the issues of format and even storage.
• Lights, Camera, Tirade! Hollywood?s Elite Seen Online
  In case you’re the only person who’s missed the Lily Tomlin / David O. Russell dust-up on the set of "I Heart Huckabees." We wonder if this clip is going to goose sales/rentals of the DVD.
• Making (Radio) Waves
  Free wifi in San Francisco is accompanied by protests. It’s the Northern California way of life.
• Sing Along With DuroSport
  Apparently, the DuroSport people — rather than actually putting out their Putz media player — have come up with a theme song. Let’s just say that the song is the musical analog to one of their products. You really kinda need to hear it.
• XXX Porn Domain Proposal Nixed by ICANN
  Usually, when both the religious groups and the porn people agree on something, it might not be the best idea.
• The Great Newspaper Comments Debate
  Douglas McLennan argues that the way newspapers treat online comments is a reflection of their attitudes toward readers. Which is say, they don’t think too much of the readers.