the future of tv content

interesting thread at <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2957">http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2957</a>.

counterpoints to mark cuban's views.  

colbert coup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCJbU4lqws
need i say more?

finally…some reading on google.cn

Clive Thompson covers China’s Internet from the socio-search-ological perspective. 10 pages worth reading.

not annoying popups for shopping

was thinking about a vacuum cleaner at this site. AFter idling on a page for a certain time, they popped up a live chat window asking if i needed help.
in that particular instance i did! I asked a question and got back an answer.

I thought it was cool. And i thought it was invasive. The service model is an interesting ASP.
In this case, it’s run at velaro.com
This is pretty awesome for comparison shopping, no? Wonder what other sectors could offer informed chat…

yet another vegan diatribe…

this just in: vegans are more eco-friendly says science blog. I guess i’ve known this for years b/c it makes sense. mr. robbins has been saying it for even longer obviously.

amazon tidbits

new to me, and is plog a noun or a verb?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/16385881/102-6658440-1397716

use of amazon api feedstuff in a new and interesting way… (tho' feels lame the
deeper you dig).

http://computers.mysic.com/

LWP to the rescue for G! sitemaps

 http://zgp.org/~dmarti/blosxom/www/sitemap-o-matic.writeback

code looks clean.

web 2…oh?

…or just web 2x?

 

…versus this logo:

 

so similar in their look and oh-so-webtwoh-ness that i thought they were both coming out of the same SD/UTC office.

pondering your baby’s political future

now i know what to wear when i interview at FOX networks, thanks to this study

mad props to jurgen

ben’s going off here. rock on my man.
i’m guessing since he’s from KY, there’s a nod to this historical tome.