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When the president talks to god
Looking around the ‘net for a copy of the new(er) Bright Eyes single, When the President Talks to God.
Found it on iTunes for 99 cents.
Then I found this link, through the publisher, for a free iTunes download of the song.
Thought to myself, “Self…that is really odd. Why would the publisher provide a free download through the iTunes interface, when iTunes charges for it? Why not simply have the iTunes link be a free download? Or instead provide an MP3 download on your site rather than pushing people through iTunes…”
Just another oddity in the world of DRM/copyright.
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links for 2006-01-02
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WordPress 2.0!
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Happy New Year
Hope that everyone has a great 2006. I was going to follow Justin’s lead and take a look at the “most popular” posts and such for the year, but I swapped web providers midway through, and only have the more recent info. Plus, I’m lazy. And I’m in the middle of updating to WordPress 2.0. So that will have to wait.
Here’s hoping the 2006 kicks 2005’s ass. Cause 2005 wasn’t very kind.
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To upgrade, or not to upgrade…
So…I’m trying to decide whether or not to go ahead and upgrade to WordPress 2.0, the new release of my favorite blogging platform. On the plus side, it looks like they’ve really done a great job rebuilding some of the backend functions. On the other hand, I’m not certain how much it will break my various customizations that I’ve made to my template and such.
Anyone out there want to tell me some horror stories, or to reassure me?
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And away we go…
Out of town for the holidays for the next few days, visiting family. Hope that everyone has safe travels, and I’ll see you all in a week or so.
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Digital Universe
The first foray of this new web startup into the media seems….confused. Here’s a few snippets from the ZD Net article:
A new online information service launching in early 2006 aims to build on the model of free online encyclopedia Wikipedia by inviting acknowledged experts in a range of subjects to review material contributed by the general public.
Called Digital Universe, the project is the brainchild of, among others, USWeb founder Joe Firmage and Larry Sanger, one of Wikipedia’s earliest creators.
Ok…so far, so good. Misguided, I think but…doable.
By providing a service they’re calling “the PBS of the Web,” the Digital Universe team hopes to create a new era of free and open access to wide swaths of information on virtually any topic.
The “PBS of the Web”??? WTF does that mean? That’s like saying the “NPR of the publishing world”. I have no idea what that’s supposed to engender in me, and it certainly won’t capture the imagination of the public.
The vision of the Digital Universe is to essentially provide an ad-free alternative to the likes of AOL and Yahoo on the Internet,” said Firmage. “Instead of building it through Web robots, we’re building it through a web of experts at hundreds of institutions throughout the world.”
Errr…what? First PBS and now AOL and Yahoo? Huh?
But Firmage, Sanger and Digital Universe President Bernard Haisch think their project can avoid the pitfalls of its predecessors. They’ve created a system built around the idea of portals–one for each major subject area, such as climate change, energy, education, the solar system and so on. Each portal will contain many different kinds of resources.
Ohhhh…so it’s completely unscalable. A portal for each subject area would be nightmarish, and completely unable to scale up for every possibly entry.
My vote at this very, very early stage? Not a chance in hell this is gonna work.
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