Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
The Digital Hanging Chad
It’s election time. And this year brings even greater numbers of electronic voting machines. While hanging chads will slowly become a thing of the past, digital voting boxes aren’t without their own set of problems and critics. From the article: 55% of American voters will cast ballots via optical-scan systems 33% will use [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Jason T.
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Which generates more revenue: Apple iPod ads, or STD testing ads
Given that I made the post about mailing STD e-cards to those you’ve had fun with, Google is now displaying localized STD testing ad links in my right-column ad space. I wonder if that will generate a higher click-through ratio. I also wonder what their eCPM is and my earnings for clicks on those links. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Advertising,Content by Jason T.
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Microsoft unveils Windows 7, featuring new Recycle Bin icon. About 4.6 people care.
Today Microsoft released an early test version of Windows 7 to developers and gave the most in-depth demonstration of the new operating system. About 4.6 people around the world, who still use their Zune’s, actually cared. OK, to be fair, on Wall Street quite a few people cared, sending Microsoft’s stock up about 4%, outpacing [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Microsoft,User Interface by Jason T.
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Google Earth hits iPhones
Short post ’cause it’s late and dinner is ready. Jason D. is in Cali this week but if he wasn’t I know for sure he’d be posting about the fact that Google released Google Earth today for the iPhone. I just downloaded it so I’ll give first impressions later. Pull up the App Store and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Apple,Google,iPhone by Jason T.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Digital New York
FYI: Analog transmissions of all TV stations in New York City will be turned off for two minutes beginning at 5:59 p.m. on Tuesday, October 28, Ion Media, which organized the test, announced Tuesday. The test is aimed at educating the public about the planned switchover to digital TV on February 17. In a statement, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in TV by Jason D.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Check your inbox: you might have an STD
Good time at a party last moth? Perhaps it was a great time even? And perhaps now you’ve got some…residual issues? And perhaps you’re embarrassed and don’t want to call up and say, “Um, so hey! I may have left you drunk on the couch that night, but my syphilis may still be with you!” [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Internet,Social Networks by Jason T.
Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Joost Relaunches Today
Joost, the CBS-backed alternative to the hugely successful NBC/News Corp. backed Hulu has relaunched today. Joost is relaunching with 46,000 “professionally produced videos” which means it is already leaps and bounds beyond TheWB.com. The site even has some content that crosses the aisle, with ‘Friends’ and ‘The Daily Show’. The second coming of Joost comes [...]
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
Spoiler from Daringfireball on new Mac notebooks
http://daringfireball.net/2008/10/contains_spoilers Seems to ruin the excitement of today’s “Spotlight on notebooks” event, so don’t read unless you want to know what is likely the most credible roundup of the new notebooks…
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Live coverage of Apple’s “spotlight turns to notebooks” event
Here are the links for some live coverage pages for Apple’s “spotlight turns to notebooks” event on October 14th, 2008. Live coverage sites (I’ll finish the links when they become available) Engadget MacRumors Twitter/SMS Coverage (check out their full Rumor Roundup) CNET GearLive The Mac Observer Gizmodo ArsTechnia (including rumor roundup) Enjoy!
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Barack Obama Buys Primetime
This one has me thinking maybe I’ve donated too much to the Obama campaign. ’Senator Barack Obama has become the first presidential candidate in 16 years to buy a half-hour of prime time network television for a campaign infomercial.’ Come Wednesday, Oct. 29, a week before the election, Obama has completed deals with CBS and NBC [...]