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Archives for October 2008

The Daily Loper – October 31, 2008

October 31, 2008 by Lopy

Two Steps Forward, Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Fox’s long-running ‘King of the Hill’ canceled
    Yep.
  • Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights
    The country, however, should fear the fact that she doesn’t have a friggin’ clue what the First Amendment is.
  • Neal Stephenson (BSS #245) : The Bat Segundo Show
    Let us repeat: Neal Stephenson on the Bat Segundo Show. Not sure the world can handle this.
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The Daily Loper – October 30, 2008

October 30, 2008 by Lopy

Happy 26th Birthday to 90.7 KFSR Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Mourning Old Media’s Decline
    Things are bad all over. But especially at newspapers.
  • Where’s Joe?
    Joe the Plumber stands up McCain. McCain declares "you’re all Joe the Plumber!" Sounds kind of Socialist to me.
  • Hubble Up and Running, With a Picture to Prove It
    So on one level, you say, "oooooh, pretty picture!" And then, on another level, you realize "Holy crap, these are fracking GALAXIES I’m looking at!!!"
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Waiting for Google’s Kindle Killer

October 30, 2008 by Kirk Biglione

During an onstage interview with Chris Anderson at this year’s BEA, Jeff Bezos described his vision of a world where any book ever published would be available anywhere, at any time. At the time it seemed like one of those distant fantasies that might be decades away. Bezos acknowledged that there was a lot of work to be done before that vision would ever become a reality. Little did he know at the time…

With the Google Book Search agreement Bezos’ vision has come much closer to being a reality. The problem for Bezos is that he was hoping that vision would be realized through the Kindle. While the Kindle promises to put a whole bookstore in the palm of your hand, a Google powered reader could put the Library of Congress in the palm of your hand.

Kindle’s 190,000 available titles pale in comparison to the millions of titles Google has just been granted access to. But Amazon still holds a couple of obvious advantages over Google: [Read more…] about Waiting for Google’s Kindle Killer

Filed Under: Amazon, Google Tagged With: ebooks, Google, Kindle

The Daily Loper – October 29, 2008

October 29, 2008 by Lopy

Infomercial Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • My Year Of Flops, Disgustingly Patriotic Case File #122 The Rocketeer
    "Alas, it had the misfortune of opening two weeks before Terminator 2, so it could have boasted the most beautiful woman in existence and a cameo from J.D. Salinger and a resurrected Jesus Christ, and it still would have bombed at the box office."
  • AC/DC’s Black Ice Sells Nearly 800,000
    Considering that it was 1) CD-only and 2) Wal-Mart only, you gotta give it up for AC/DC’s relentless old-school approach.
  • FuckedStartups
    While we appreciate to revitalize the classic unforgiving snark of Fucked Company, it’s hard to take seriously any blogger who doesn’t understand how and when to use an apostrophe. "ImpreMedia.com Starts Layoff’s" is bad enough, but "Xanga.com Let’s Go Of 5/7 Developers" is just pathetic.
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Next Year on FOX: The Joe The Plumber Reality Series

October 29, 2008 by Jim Connelly

Well, it’s now official: Joe The Plumber — thrust in the spotlight by his newfound close personal friend John McCain — has officially endorsed Senator McCain for President. This should be a surprise to absolutely nobody. While Mr. The Plumber has heretofore demurred as to whom he was supporting, he continually undermined those demurrals by saying how much worse his life would be if Senator Obama became President Obama.

However, Medialoper has it on good authority that Mr. The Plumber — real name Samuel J. Wurzelbacher — should actually be rooting for Senator Obama. Because the FOX network is going to put his beliefs to the test!!

That’s right, if Obama wins, look for The Joe The Plumber’s Real America Show reality series on FOX next year! According to our sources, it will be “in the tradition of The Hills,” as we follow Wurzelbacher’s attempt to actually earn more than $250,000 in 2009, and thereby qualify to have his taxes raised by Obama.

If he makes that much money and has his taxes raised, then he wins!

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Filed Under: Politics, Television, Unexpected Results Tagged With: Barack Obama, FOX, Joe The Plumber, John McCain, Wurzelbacher

The Google Book Search Deal: Winners and Losers

October 28, 2008 by Kirk Biglione

The future of publishing just got a whole lot closer — seemingly overnight. This morning Google announced that it has reached an agreement with authors and publishers to settle various lawsuits over the Google Book Search program.

Google will pay $125 million to settle all claims (small change for a company with over $14 billion in cash). In exchange, Google’s Book Search program will continue and future revenues from that program will be administered by a newly created Book Rights Registry.

At first glance, this appears to be the rare settlement agreement that seemingly benefits all parties. In fact, the only entities that don’t seem to have fared so well are parties who weren’t involved in the suits. [Read more…] about The Google Book Search Deal: Winners and Losers

Filed Under: Publishing

In Praise of Asynchronous Voting

October 28, 2008 by Jim Connelly

My name is Jim Connelly, and I am an Asynchronous Voter. And by that I mean that instead of voting on Election Day itself, I’ve always requested an absentee ballot and voted by mail. I’ve been an Asynchronous Voter for several years now, ever since I realized that the State of California would let me mail in my ballot instead of waiting in line either prior to or after work.

I’ve always figured that it didn’t matter how or when I cast my vote, as long as I cast it. For the longest time, this made me an anomaly — voting absentee every election was weird for a young(er), healthy, non-traveling person.

However, this year, I’ve become a trend! Loads of people are voting asynchronously. I should have known something was up when the State of California asked Rox and I if we wanted to become “Permanent Vote by Mail Voters”. Hell yes!

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Politics Tagged With: Asynchronous Voting, Early voting, Obama

The Daily Loper – October 27, 2008

October 27, 2008 by Lopy

It’s Funny Because It’s True Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • iPhone could hit $99, rule smartphones
    Yep. But it would also put a serious dent in iPod sales.
  • Most Major Papers Continue Circulation Decline
    The bleeding continues.
  • Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
    Tim O’Reilly provides some much needed perspective on the many faces of cloud computing.

Filed Under: That's What I Like, The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – October 24, 2008

October 24, 2008 by Lopy

She says, “You can’t repeat the past,” I say “You can’t? What do you mean you can’t? Of course, you can.” Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • Ron Paul Promises To Return When Country Needs Him Most
    In the meantime, you can find him at the Ron Paul Convenience Store, out on the I-15, somewhere near Baker, CA.
  • McCain Campaign Volunteer Admits Alleged Attack Was a Hoax
    And she thought that it was going to be effective why?
  • Popcorn Panel: Oliver Stone’s ‘W.’
    Too soon.
  • ‘Heroes’: Five ways to fix it
    Too late.
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The Daily Loper – October 23, 2008

October 23, 2008 by Lopy

Of Life and Love Edition

Todays links of interest:

  • McCain says Obama will ‘say anything’ to win
    Well, he’s the expert.
  • Hollywood Elite Come to McCain’s Rescue
    We quote: "Yes, John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson are doing all they can to get John McCain in the White House."
  • @ WebbyConnect: Will The NYT Go The Way Of The Dinosaurs? Sulzberger Responds
    Like, will the NYT eventually turns into oil reserves we can deplete for generations to come? Oh, right, will the print edition still matter in ten years. Sorry. Misunderstood the headline.
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