Call me cheesy, but I want this USB Necklace by Tonia Welter and Julia Reymann.
Flaming Gorillas
scary/funny
Can’t wait!
At one point I’m sure I had all of these; would be a shame if they aren’t still sitting in the attic somewhere.
Old Indian Comics from the 1970s
(via NOT COT)
eatsleepdraw:High Fidelity quote.
“ One of the key phrases we had in the early days was ‘These are good problems to have,’” Do said. “And after a while we’re like, I’m going to kill the next person who says that.
Early YouTube Engineer Tells All « NewTeeVee (via soxiam)
Andrew’s timesheet is ridiculous.
“ His motives were largely political,” the prosecutor said. “His alibi was a ‘counterinsurgency.’ His intent was genocide.
NYTimes - “Sudanese President Accused of Genocide”
Good news this morning.
Google to Start Distributing Content via AdSense - NYTimes.com
“Google will syndicate the program using its AdSense advertising system to thousands of Web sites that are predetermined to be gathering spots for Mr. MacFarlane’s target audience, typically young men. Instead of placing a static ad on a Web page, Google will place a “Cavalcade” video clip.
Advertising will be incorporated into the clips in varying ways. In some cases, there will be “preroll” ads, which ask viewers to sit through a TV-style commercial before getting to the video. Some advertisers may opt for a banner to be placed at the bottom of the video clip or a simple “brought to you by” note at the beginning.”
thefanboys.com redesigns the XBox Live interface to reclaim screen real estate for the player. Major change is to knock down screen real estate for advertising from 22% to 8%. Thing about this is that the gamer is Microsoft’s product and the real customers are the advertisers. Under a scheme like this, I wonder what sort of price increase you’d see in XBox Live monthly subscription fees to cover the assumed loss in advertising revenue.