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Archives for December 2009

The Daily Loper – Dec 31, 2009

December 31, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Some studios moving digital releases ahead of DVD
    While some studios remain stubbornly convinced there will be a rebirth of the DVD boom.
  • Fox retrenches in Time Warner Cable dispute
    In this modern day brinksmanship?

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 30, 2009

December 30, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Rich Cling to Life to Beat Tax Man
    If this weren’t so funny, it would be serious.
  • TSA Threatens Blogger Who Posted New Screening Directive
    Uh huh.
  • Study: Rumors of Written-Word Death Greatly Exaggerated
    As we’ve been saying for years.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 29, 2009

December 29, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Traveling Home and Baffling Terror
    Seriously, this is the kind of randomness that reduces confidence in the people who are supposedly keeping us safe.
  • Broadcasters’ Woes Could Spell Trouble for Free TV
    Are we seeing the death of broadcast television or the rise of a smarter model (and does this mean a la carte cable will be the next hot topic?)?
  • Fox’s Fight With Time Warner Sheds Light on Cable Fees
    Fox is threatening to take its toys and go home if Time Warner doesn’t pay significantly more per subscriber to retransmit programming. TW is taking it to the streets because higher fees mean higher costs to customers.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 28, 2009

December 28, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Why Studios Keep Cranking Out TV Remakes, Despite the Flops
    Because they have this nutty idea that it makes sense.
  • Technology Predictions Are Mostly Bunk
    Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments, said Roman engineer Julius Sextus Frontinus in 10 A.D.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 24, 2009

December 24, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • In the Nick of Time
    A free (and DRM-free) holiday ebook sampler from some of our favorites, including: Cory Doctorow, Seth Godin, Seth Harwood, Scott Sigler, and J.C. Hutchins.
  • Possible Apple tablet multi-touch tactile keyboard detailed
    More rumors of the Apple Unicorn’s mythical powers.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 21, 2009

December 21, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • MSNBC Reports: Bottled water sales dry up; industry asks ‘why?’
    One thing we’ve learned: filtered water is both cheaper in the short and long run, and it tastes great.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 18, 2009

December 18, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Google In Discussions To Acquire Yelp For A Half Billion Dollars Or More
    Interesting but not surprising.
  • Michael Jackson tribute concert scrapped
    Evidence of a relatively Michael Jackson-free New Year?

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

Top 75 Albums of the 2000s

December 18, 2009 by Jim Connelly

The Hold Steady, Wiltern, Los Angeles, Nov. 25, 2008It was a weird decade for the music industry. We watched the major labels implode right before our eyes, all the while protesting the future and trying to criminalize their user base. Would things have been different if the labels had put together a cheap, DRM-free solution in 2000? Maybe, maybe not, but there is no way it could have turned out worse.

It was a weird decade to be a music fan. For my entire life, the album had been the lingua franca of music: songs were the basic unit and singles were cool, but albums were a statement of purpose. But I started out the decade listening to albums from start to finish and ended it fragmenting them into my various mixes.

Now, I have a mix for the house, a mix for work, and a mix for my car: my own personalized “radio stations” that eternally combine older favorites and new songs. As someone who had been making mix tapes for himself since his early 20s, I’d only been waiting for this my entire life. But there was a consequence to the endless resequence: by 2006, most of my favorite albums revealed themselves to be collections of songs that stood out from the others.

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Music Tagged With: Music

The Daily Loper – Dec 17, 2009

December 17, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Garage doors, printers, and the DMCA: A look back
    A different look at the first sale doctrine.
  • Garrison Keillor Doesn’t Like Jews Writing Christmas Songs
    Oh. Dear.
  • News Corp. to Sell Subscriptions on Sony Reader
    While exclusive deals can limit sales, the competitive thing might work in more than a few publishers’ favor. “You can assume we’re getting a better split than the Kindle,” Mr. Thompson said. “I won’t actually say the price, but I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t a better deal.”
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Filed Under: The Daily Loper

The Daily Loper – Dec 16, 2009

December 16, 2009 by Lopy

Today’s links of interest:

  • Sultry World Found Circling Distant Star – NYTimes.com
    Good gods, even the NEW YORK TIMES can’t resist the Tiger Woods jokes!

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

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