Because I work an 8-5 I’ll be taking the weekend off, and that means no posts from me on the weekends either. Each Friday a few of the best stories from the week will be posted as links with brief comments about each. It’s hard to find new information over the weekend so why not read about something that’s bigger than the weekend.

- Simpsons go big.
18 years later Homer and the gang will finally be making it to the big screen. I for one will be seeing it in all its super sized glory at Seattle’s Cinerama theater.

-Facebook gets sued.
Former partners of Mark Zuckerberg are going after facebook claiming he stole the idea from them when they were creating ConnectU back at Harvard. The judge is giving the plaintiff’s some time to prove they aren’t just trying to get a settlement from the hugely successful social networking site.

-Disney quits smoking.
No more smoking in Disney branded films. Some may say Disney is setting the right example and proving they truly are the #1 family-friendly movie house in the biz. Others would make the argument of “nanny government”. As for me? I’m a bit mixed, I don’t like the way Senator McCain keeps trying to censor Hollywood. At least the aging senator finally found a target he could easily exploit. However, smoking is bad (thanks mom) and it’s not good to have cartoon characters smoke. However Cruella DeVille was ‘the devil’ and when Pinocchio smokes he turns into a jack-ass, so is it better to have no exposure to cigarette smoking than show it as a bad habit?

-HBO stops laughing.
Sony is jumping in just as HBO is getting out of the pool. Has UGC as a means to produce quality talent and creative material already seen its prime?

- Do you Youtube?
Continuing the theme. Has Youtube lost it’s cool and will it soon go the way of the Doritos girl (”who?” exactly).

-Digital upgrade:
Have an analog TV? Did you know it will be worthless without a digital converter in a few years time? Educate yourself here.

-Apple’s stock surges as profits soar, and Oppenheimer hints of an upcoming “product transition”:

-Potter fan fiction:
For all the Harry Potter fans, or haters, here’s a scary scenario, and for those of you who haven’t read the final book, this isn’t how the story ends.


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