Today’s links of interest:
- Finches and Feedback
Video from a rare Sonic Youth performance.
Archives for January 2010
The Daily Loper – Jan 29, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- Microsoft: The iPad is “Humorous”
But not in the same way the Zune is humorous. - TV Ratings: Fox Originals Beat Big Three Network Repeats
Hmm, probably some sort of life lesson here. Must consider. - Kimmel sounds off on ‘sucker-punching’ Leno- msnbc.com
While Leno does get props for running the piece — which is the single most hilariously brutal bit to come out of the Leno/Conan debacle — the simple fact that he RAN the piece means that he wasn’t sucker-punched. And Jimmy points out, he attacked Jay to his FACE, not behind his back.
The Daily Loper – Jan 28, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- EPUB, iPad and Content Interoperability
Apple’s ebook DRM will be incompatible with Adobe’s ebook DRM. Adobe is unhappy. How do you think consumers feel? Same as it ever was. - IPad? That’s So 2002, Fujitsu Says
Fujitsu claims it owns the iPad name. Expect payoff from Apple (despite the fact that this is the golden opportunity to change a horrible brand name before launch). At least Apple owns the iBook name… - ‘Catcher in the Rye’ author J.D. Salinger dies
Is Catcher in the Rye going to be one of the last books published that pretty much EVERYBODY read? - ATT says it will invest heavily in network fixes
Too little, too late. We don’t know anyone with an ATT contract that plans on renewing. Look for subscriber growth to take a hit when the iPhone is available from another carrier.
The Day Apple Didn’t Change the World
Apple’s latest gadget is everything we hoped for, and so much less. Granted, the iPad is very cool, but it’s more evolutionary than revolutionary. It is essentially an extra-large iPod Touch with optional 3G wireless.
In my last post I identified five things I’d be watching for during the iPad event.
Here’s what I saw: [Read more…] about The Day Apple Didn’t Change the World
The Daily Loper – Jan 27, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- 8 Things That Suck About the iPad
And so the backlash begins. And this doesn’t even mention that it costs you $130 extra for the privilege of spending up to $360 per year with ATT. Even if you already have an iPhone. - Baby boomers get their revenge with Leno’s return to ‘Tonight’
Wow, is this EVER misguided. 1. The WHOLE point of Conan wasn’t that he was a cool kid, but rather, that he was a nerd. 2. With the audience for TV going away, the ratings system — which was ever a crock of shit — needed demographic tuning to support shows that had some kind of edge. 3. Baby Boomers have dominated the culture for decades, so gods forbid ANY of them get replaced by an Xer. - Nearly Half Of Netflix Subscribers Now Watch Streams Online
Yup. We just watched Season 1 of Party Down entirely via Netflix stream, and plan to do so with Season 2 when it kicks in. And in between: catching up with some classic Tom Baker Doctor Who episodes.
The Daily Loper – Jan 26, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- Updated Zune software drivers hints at Zune Phone
More on the mythical Zune phone. We’re dubbing it the Nahrwal. - In the App Economy, Newspapers are Apps
Newspapers have spent over a decade getting the web wrong. What are the chances they’ll get apps right? - Activist filmmaker arrested in senator’s office
Live by the ethically dubious methods of going after your political enemies, die by the ethically dubious methods of going after your political enemies.
Medialoper’s Guide to Unicorn Watching
Forget the Super Bowl. Tomorrow is the big game.
Unless you’ve been hiding under a Blackberry you’re aware that tomorrow is the day that Apple unveils its highly anticipated new product. After nearly three years of speculation, tomorrow is the day we all get to see…the Unicorn.
Rumors abound about the alleged capabilities of this mythical beast. Some say that it can fly. Others have suggested that it’s invisible. Those same people insist that it’s already here and we just can’t see it yet. There is actually a rumor floating around the net theorizing that tomorrow morning when Steve Jobs walks onto the stage to introduce us to his new creation, a shiny new Apple tablet will materialize in each of our homes. These invisible unicorns have apparently been hiding in the corner for months just waiting for the right moment to come out and meet us.
Steve Ballmer will bow down to this supernatural new technology. Pat Robertson will condemn it as satanic. Newt Gingrich will buy three.
As for you and me? Who knows. Whether or not this “revolutionary” new product actually transforms our lives in the ways that we’ve been lead to believe it might, depends on any number of things.
Here are a few of the things I’ll be looking for to determine whether the Apple tablet turns out to be a unicorn or a duck-billed platypus. [Read more…] about Medialoper’s Guide to Unicorn Watching
The Daily Loper – Jan 25, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- The Millions: Confessions of a Book Pirate
Really eye-opening interview/discussion with an admitted file uploader. Gets into the why question. This is a must-read! - FOXNews.com – ‘Blame Bush’ Strategy Wears Thin as Obama Enters Second Year
Exactly. Time for the White House to adopt FOX’s year-old Blame Obama strategy. - Live Nation, Ticketmaster deal gets conditional OK
Weirdly enough, the DOJ was charged a convenience fee for their ruling. - Blu-ray Maker Re-Boxes $500 Player, Charges $3,500
According the the Blu-ray Maker, the extra $3000 was a convenience fee for the re-boxing.
The Daily Loper – Jan 24, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- 95% of email is spam
And lately I’m having my doubts about the other 5%. - Tap’s Revenge: Profiting From Pirates; Shazam Booming, Too
Because pirates are consumers too.
The Daily Loper – Jan 23, 2010
Today’s links of interest:
- The Unicorns are Here, They’re Just Not Evenly Distributed Yet
Andrew Savikas deconstructs some of the publishing industry hype (and confusion) surrounding the upcoming Apple product announcement.