Archives for February 2009
Links for February 17th
Things I’m tracking for February 17th: Obama Signs Stimulus Into Law – WSJ.com – "Backers predict the package will save or create 3.5 million jobs. About $282 billion is devoted to tax cuts, including breaks for individuals and businesses. The spending includes, among other things, expanded unemployment benefits, food stamps, health care subsidies for those [...]
Uh-oh: “Add-Art” Firefox plugin doesn’t add art but effortlessly removes ads
[Cross-posted with the iMedia Connection blogs.] A Facebook friend who consults in th industry (translation, he really ought to know better) just crowed about adding “Add-Art,” a free Firefox plugin that purports to replace display advertisements on major online publishers with images of contemporary art. Curious, I downloaded and installed the plugin, which reminds me [...]
Links for February 16th
Things I’m tracking for February 16th: The Economics of Giving It Away – WSJ.com – Save the News, Not the Newspaper – How to Save Your Newspaper – TIME – Significant piece by Walter Isaacson: "These approaches, however, still make a publication completely beholden to its advertisers. So I am hoping that this year will [...]
Child Endangerment Porn, or, my problems with “Slumdog” and “Dollhouse”
A friend with a good track record of Oscar predictions thinks “Slumdog Millionaire” will win best picture, best director and best screenplay. My wife and I left the theater an hour into the movie. We walked out at the moment (mild spoiler alert) when the Fagin-like beggar king and his cronies were about to maim [...]
Links for February 12th through February 14th
Things I’m tracking for February 12th through February 14th: MY BLACK VALENTINE – A friend linked to this on FB– hysterical. TV turning to alcohol, sex to fill empty time – Los Angeles Times – TV is newly embracing booze ads and ads for things sexual– I understand that Detroit is taking a lot of [...]
