Archives for January 2009

The Daily Loper – January 16, 2009

January 16, 2009 by Lopy

Let It Go, And So To Fade Away Edition

Todays links of interest:

The Face of The Enemy BSG Webisodes
A recap of the Battlestar Galactica webisodes that recently finished running on Sci-Fi’s website. And, oh yeah, have you heard that the final season starts tonight?
Will Best Buy become more arrogant as the only game in town?
More arrogant?! Have you talked to the Geek Squad lately?
Paris scored an athlete
That athlete? Barry Zito. Because his career wasn’t already going bad enough?

The Daily Loper – January 15, 2009

January 15, 2009 by Lopy

I’m Not Too Good With Names But I Remember Faces Edition

Todays links of interest:

Wis. mayor charged with plotting tryst with child
When will these people learn that most of the 14-year old girls they "meet" online are not what they seem?
Breaking: FCC reviewing NBC’s Golden Globes telecast
18 complaints out of how many viewers? How were robo-generated versus how many are legitimate complaints? And how much will these 18 people cost the American taxpayer?
Times Square Virgin Megastore to close
Not because of sales, but because parent company figures it can get more money from new tenants. Yeah, in this economy.
Victorian novels helped us evolve into better people, say psychologists
Also crazy repressed.

Indie 103.1 Goes Off The Air

January 15, 2009 by Jim Connelly

If you have any kind of commute in the Los Angeles area at all, and spend any part of that commute listening to old-school FM radio — and I’m guilty on both counts, especially in the morning, when I want to be plugged into the universe — then you’ve probably noticed Indie 103.1.

In this day and age, Indie 103.1 was a small miracle: a radio station that was dedicated — mostly — to independent rock-oriented music, programmed outside of the normal boundaries. It was always worth a spin to see what they were broadcasting.

But now — according to their website — they’re leaving the airwaves, and will continue as an internet-only radio station.

The Daily Loper – January 14, 2009

January 14, 2009 by Lopy

These Innocent Oppressed Beings Taste Delicious Edition

Todays links of interest:

Wrapping up ‘Friday Night Lights’ season three
Also starting this Friday (if you don’t have DirecTV), what will probably be the final season of one of the most underwatched great shows in TV history. Unless y’all come to your senses and start watching it, that is.
Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop
Too late. OSX already did.
Vice President Dick Cheney Is Writing a Book
Uh, yay?

The Daily Loper – January 13, 2008

January 13, 2009 by Lopy

Chopper Drivers Edition

Todays links of interest:

Domino Moved Under New Leadership at Conde Nast
Please, please, Conde Nast, let Domino live. Thank you.
New York judge OKs Amazon Tax
Expect more exciting news in the world of taxing stuff from online retailers.
Despite the revamped iTunes, DRM is here to stay
Farhad Manjoo on DRM.

Open Letter to the FTC — My DRM Town Hall Comments

January 12, 2009 by Kirk Biglione

At long last the Federal Trade Commission is taking a serious look at DRM and the impact the technology is having on consumers. The Commission has scheduled a Town Hall meeting in Seattle on March 25th.

The FTC is soliciting public comments until the end of the month. I’ve already submitted my comments, and I encourage all Medialoper readers to do the same. You can submit your comments online until January 30, 2009.

While no one can doubt the importance of protecting the intellectual property rights of copyright holders, it is equally important to protect the rights of consumers. Unfortunately, where DRM is concerned, consumers have no rights.

The Daily Loper – December 10, 2008

January 10, 2009 by Lopy

Now Ain’t The Time For Your Tears Edition

Todays links of interest:

Reply-all e-mail storm hits State
A *Cable*?: "A cable sent last week to all employees at the department’s Washington headquarters and overseas missions warns of unspecified "disciplinary actions" for using the "reply to all" function on e-mail with large distribution lists."
William Zantzinger, villain in Dylan song, dies
Age 69.

The Daily Loper – December 9, 2009

January 9, 2009 by Lopy

Love, Shines Like A Burning Star Falling Through The Sky Tonight

Todays links of interest:

Failure: Microsoft Preparing to Put Zune Out of Its Misery
But, but, but, how will our new President get his music. Stop this madness now!
George Lucas’s Doodles From The Set of Star Wars
For the historical record.
Trump rounds up celebs for new `Apprentice’ season
In a related story, Satan announced the Overlords for the newest Circle of Hell, due to be finished with construction and fully operational by 2040.

The Daily Loper – January 8, 2009

January 8, 2009 by Lopy

I Didn’t Think There Were Fucking Brains Edition

Todays links of interest:

Free calls from Skype could come soon to iPhones
Which means I may finally be able to use my iPhone to make phone calls (AT&T’s coverage is woefully bad in my part of Southern California).
Obama team urges delay in digital TV transition
The question is, however, will the people who aren’t currently ready for the transition *ever* be ready for it?
More ‘Baseball’ from Ken Burns
Let’s hope that they don’t get all hysterical about the steroid era. Perhaps best not to let Bob Costas even participate . . .

The Daily Loper – January 7, 2008

January 7, 2009 by Lopy

Don’t You Think She Looks Tired? Edition

Todays links of interest:

Bill James urges his colleagues to boycott the BCS.
We really don’t care that much about College Football, but even from our disinterested viewpoint, it’s obvious that the BCS is a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. It’s even worse that the current MLB (really FOX) practice of trying to create interest in the MLB All-Star Game by giving homefield advantage to the winning league.
Missing Steve Jobs at Macworld.
Reminds us, for some reason, of a question posed in an old graffito that used to be up at the men’s room at the Wild Blue in Fresno: "What do you call a drummer without a band?"
Norwegian Wouldn’t: Radio Station Unaware That Giving Away Beatles Songs In Podcast Form Isn’t Exactly Legal Either
Nice try, though.