Mummy . . . Mummy . . . Are You My Mummy? Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Watching my neighbors watch on-demand television
"First, you have to know what a QAM tuner is. " - Potterpalooza
In a summer that may well mark the peak of Pottermania, New Orleans hosts a convention full of fans who turn their love of the Harry Potter books into slash fiction, wizard rock and authoritative websites. - Google Zooms In Too Close for Some
The crazy cat lady gives an interview to the New York Times. It’s worth noting that the story includes an even better picture of the cat as well as a more detailed view of the inside of her living room. Somehow she’s supposed to be fighting for her privacy. As a great sage once said "mission accomplished". - Bombshell from RealNetworks: Rip/Save/Burn "All" Online Video Fomats with New Player…Clips from YouTube and Yahoo Are Easily Downloaded
It looks like RealNetworks could be relevant again. - Nasa chief: Climate change not a problem
Well sure, because they obviously have a secret escape plan for when the Earth becomes too damn hot. That’s why Bush promised that we were going to Mars — it’s a cover up for the real program, which is to take all of the people who were pooh-poohing global warming all these years to a totally different planet. So they can frack that one up, as well. - Anger over DRM-free iTunes tracks
Because they contain info about who purchased them. C’mon Apple, why you wanna play us like that? Of course, I’d still be converting mine to .mp3z anyway — I wonder if that info would follow. - "Battlestar" burns out next year
As you might have noticed, we love "Battlestar" more than just about anything, and while it will be sad to see it go, we’d rather have them end it naturally than dragging it out forever. Earth, ho!