I got an XM Radio specifically for Air America. Great stuff. My personal favorite personality on the show is Sam Seder because he takes a lot of right-wing callers who regurgitate FOX/GOP talking points only to get slapped down by Sam with a cold dose of reality. From Daily Kos:Daily Kos: Cheers and Jeers: Rum [...]
Paul Mirengoff gets his ass handed to him from Christy Hardin Smith who uses FACTS to smack down Mirengoff’s attempts to dismiss the serious charges against Scooter Libby. Mr. Mirengoff, why is Libby being charged with perjury? Who is he trying to protect? Now I understand why Powerline Blog doesn’t allow comments. Why would they [...]
With a curfew in Iraq from 8pm until dawn, you’re better off suffering with your sickness than risking traveling to a hospital for help. If you happen to have heart disease like VP Dick Cheney, don’t set your alarm for before dawn. Standing up after waking up can be the most dangerous time of the [...]
Thank you to St Cloud State for protesting the war in Iraq today. I was in New York City for a conference on the night George W Bush started this disastrous war back in 2003 and protested the war in a demonstration in Times Square. People rallied around the world against this unprovoked military action [...]
This seems consistent with the arguments used by conservatives to criticize John Kerry. They bashed him for being so ambiguous on issues. But in reality, he simply doesn’t see things in the black & white terms many conservatives apply to issues. Can the Iraq debacle be defined in black & white terms? Can changes to [...]
Yesterday I posted on Democracy player, and right now it’s Technology Evangelist’s preferred player for techies. As we stated, it’s a wee bit buggy and not for everyone yet, so how can you watch our HDTV content if you’re not an uber-geek?
I ran across an application recently that will change the world. I see massive media networks like NBC, CBC, BBC and others all stand by and watch as their business models are blown to bits. Everything we know about television, radio and media in general will be re-imagined. As Jeff Jarvis recently posted quoting Rupert Murdoch, "A new generation of media consumers has risen demanding content delivered when they want it, how they want it, and very much as they want it." I’m throwing my hat in the ring and screaming to the world "it’s time, the revolution is here!" So what is this hot app? What will change the world?? What could make such a huge dent in the traditional media universe??? It’s simple — Democracy.
Up until now most video on the Internet has been postage stamped sized. A small 320×240 or 240×180 window at 15 frames per second. We had to do this because we simply had no good CODEC to compress with and no good way to distribute larger files. With the advent of h.264 we’re able to distribute full 1080p HD resolutions online. The problem is that these files are HUGE! One 25 minute show can be around 2GB. If there were 10,000 downloads of that show, it would be 20,000GB of information transferred. That’s a lot of information for one server to deal with. By using BitTorrent we’re able to distribute that load among everyone interested in the video, reduce the strain on the server, drastically reduce costs, and improve the user experience. In my mind this will end up being the standard way of delivering HD content online.
Kottke offers guidance for those striving for independence in South-Wingukota: Abortion manual for the women of South Dakota (kottke.org) In reaction to the South Dakota Senate passing an abortion ban bill, a woman named Molly has posted an abortion manual for the women of South Dakota: In the 1960s and early 1970s, when abortions were [...]
Where will the Secretary of the Interior land after resigning her post? On a 1-10 scale, what level of conflict of interest will her new job have with her job that supposedly represented the American people?
