The Daily Loper – July 11, 2007
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Jul 11, 2007
A Day Without Baseball Is A Day Without Sunshine Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Slew of Disney films coming to Xbox Live
This one is sort of odd. How could Steve Jobs let this happen? - Brownback Tries to Restore FCC’s Profanity Power
Sometimes the headline says it all! - Revitalized CW seeks to regain youth audience
With unicorns! - Vt. town named ‘Simpsons’ official home
I had no idea Vermont has nuclear power plants. - Steve Rose on why architects are snapping up ‘land’ in the virtual world Second Life
We think it’s the fact that the laws of physics don’t apply *and* the cheap real estate — you, too, can build a plot of astroturf on the beach. - Apple sneaks Java support onto the iPhone
It’s there, but you can’t use it yet — if ever. - Prince Points the Way to a Brighter Future for Music
By, shall we say, pissing off the status quo. Of course, Prince knows that he’s getting his back in the form of live performance. - Music sales at lowest since records began
Now that online piracy is a tireworn excuse, how about addressing the real problems in declining sales: lack of quality product and lack of access to hear something new and different? - Can Crowds Create Fiction, Architecture and Photography?
Well, it’s a concept that’s worked for the motion picture industry for the past few decades. Granted, the results are on the low side of mixed…. - Where do readers fit in? And what do we want from them?
A look at the role of readers/consumers in the world of local newspaper arts coverage. Where are they in recent discussions? - Advertisers could soon make top of the pops free for all
Interesting sub-points surrounding an inherently flawed thesis: the CD is vastly superior in all ways to downloadable music.
