Archives for April 2009

Nobody’s Fault But Swine Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPhone competitor
  The long rumored Zune phone could soon be a reality.
• Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
  No really, in Sweden there’s a political party with a pro file-sharing platform.
• Disney signs onto Hulu
  About time.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – April 30, 2009

Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• What’s Alan Watching?: Chuck: Chuck vs. the Ring: Greatest American hero?
  Alan Sepinwall on last nite’s amazing Chuck season — NOT SERIES!! — finale.
• Colbert Study: Conservatives Don’t Know He’s Joking
  This actually seems more like a joke on Liberals who think that Conservatives are too irony-impaired to understand satire. Which is wrong. That said, we do wonder why any politician would go on his show not fully knowing what it is.
• Supreme Court Rules that Government Can Fine for ‘Fleeting Expletives’
  Fucking bullshit.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – April 28, 2009

I Can’t Be All About Spelling and Shit Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Jim Jarmusch Wanders On in ‘The Limits of Control’
  Gratuitous Jim Jarmusch article. Because we can.
• Toho chairman to step down
  Or, in today’s Godzilla news…
• White House apologizes for low-flying plane
  Perhaps this wasn’t really the best idea, all things considered.
• Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama
  While we would love get all political and crazy, we can’t. Not every network has to carry every Obama speech. Also: we’re kinda pissed that this is going to push back Better Off Ted for another week.

Can You Be Awesome? Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• British singer Bragg blasts EU copyright extension
  That would be Billy, Billy Bragg, doing the people’s work.
• Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
  Not trying to brag, but we totally aced Eng: 102 – Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking.
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.
  Awesome! Most of us have met the prerequisites.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – April 23, 2009

It Stoned Me To My Soul Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• British singer Bragg blasts EU copyright extension
  That would be Billy, Billy Bragg, doing the people’s work.
• Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
  Not trying to brag, but we totally aced Eng: 102 – Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking.
• McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.
  Awesome! Most of us have met the prerequisites.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – April 22, 2009

Do You Mind If I Get Right With This? Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Chuck, Chuck vs. the Colonel: The most Awesome episode in the history of Awesome
  Save Chuck!
• Need cash in a pinch? New iPhone app ‘ATM Hunter’ has you covered
  Nice one! Though, in a weird way, a few years too late, as when even taxis take debit cards, we don’t carry that much cash anymore.
• Does the ‘N’ in ESPN stand for Northeast?
  Coming up on Baseball Tonight: We compare the dietary habits of the 2009 New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox with the dietary habits of the 1949 New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

[Read more…] about The Daily Loper – April 21, 2009

If Air Conditioning Could Help Us Pick Up On Girls, It Would Be Worth The Bills Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• Chuck: An open letter to NBC to save it
  Amen.
• Clear Channel Coming To The Very Halting Realization That It Pretty Much Screwed Up Radio
  Weallll, radio was screwed up long before Clear Channel came on to dominate it; all they did was take all of the bad stuff and hyperintensify it.
• Karl Rove, Twitter Creep
  As much as we’d love to let the headline stand alone, the underlying article — Meghan McCain whining about being followed by Karl Rove on Twitter — is the height of inanity and cluelessness. Public forums means you’re making public statements. If you don’t want people to read what you have to say (or you want to control who reads), go private. It’s not rocket science.
• Facebook | Medialoper
  Haven’t done this in a while: Facebook peeps, become a Fan of Medialoper!

Sent To The Attic Edition

Today’s links of interest:

• The Zune for e-book reading—plus a few words on Microsoft Reader as the wrong fashion statement
  Note: it’s possible to do an entire article about the Zune with really mentioning the Zune. Who knew? David Rothman enters a plea to Microsoft, should the Zune reader rumors come to fruition.
• Iran Convicts U.S. Journalist Of Spying
  NPR reporter Roxana Saberi convicted in Iran. This is sad, awful news.
• Spam ‘produces 17m tons of CO2’
  So many jokes, so little time.