July 2009
62 posts
The launch years of today’s most popular websites →
Palin's Resignation: The Edited Version →
If you watched Sarah Palin’s resignation speech, you know one thing: her high-priced speechwriters moved back to the Beltway long ago. Just how poorly constructed was the governor’s holiday-weekend address? We asked V.F.’s red-pencil-wielding executive literary editor, Wayne Lawson, together with representatives from the research and copy departments, to whip it into publishable shape. Here is the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-26) →
The Feeling (80)
Bat for Lashes (26)
Regina Spektor (24)
Wilco (22)
U2 (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Spotify Waves iPhone Buzz Under Apple’s Nose →
Streamed music service Spotify is trying to gain Apple’s acceptance for its iPhone app by simultaneously whetting users’ appetites and flattering the iTunes operator. It says it’s finished the app after conceptualising since February and “sent it over to the nice people at Apple”.
Slipstream - Streaming Services May Soothe the... →
Two recent studies of online behavior contribute to this optimistic view. In June, two British research agencies, MusicAlly and The Leading Question, generated a wave of headlines in the tech press after reporting that the percentage of 14- to 18-year-olds using file-sharing services at least once a month dropped to 26 percent in January 2009 from 42 percent in December 2007.
Comic-Con 2009 Costume Gallery Pictures →
Folk går godt nok amok.
In New Jersey Case, Nervous Jokes and a Cereal Box... →
Tony, Tony Soprano.
Wise's homer-robbing grab preserves perfecto →
Dewayne Wise, inserted into the game as a defensive substitution in the ninth, makes a stellar play to preserve the perfect game.
An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum →
Amazons CEO giver en uforbeholden undskyldning for de slettede Kindle bøger. Er Jeff Bezos verdens mest cool CEO? Se også hans video til Zappos’ ansatte, efter Amazon købte dem.
Monsters of Folk - Say Please. Conor Oberst og...
Pixar’s Television Commercials →
A compilation of some of the commercials created by Pixar in the early days.
The Secret of Monkey Island: SE released for... →
It’ll set you back $7.99 (plus 351MB of space on your device) and sports the same fully voice-acted dialog and ability to swap between ye olde school and SE visuals on the fly as the PC and 360 versions.
Amazon.com to Acquire Zappos.com →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-19) →
David Bowie (33)
Rhett Miller (32)
Metallica (18)
Diplo and Santogold (17)
The Clash (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Spotify Looks For A New Tune →
Music-streaming Web site Spotify, an online software program that gives Internet users instant and free access to more than 5 million songs, is set to launch in the U.S. later this summer, following its rapid acceptance in Europe.
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others - Pogue’s... →
This morning, hundreds of Amazon Kindle owners awoke to discover that books by a certain famous author had mysteriously disappeared from their e-book readers.
You want to know the best part? The juicy, plump, dripping irony? The author who was the victim of this Big Brotherish plot was none other than George Orwell. And the books were “1984” and “Animal Farm.”
Word Magazine: Album Covers Map →
Word Magazine readers have been busy building this map showing where iconic album cover photographs were taken.
The World's Greatest Music Service →
Spotify streams every song you’d ever want to hear for free — and it’s not for American ears. Heller ikke for danske, med mindre man kan lidt tricks.
Etisalat installerer Blackberry-patch med hemmelig... →
Den æder også hele batteriet. Mere info.
SKAT: Skattefrie pokersites →
Godt at vide.
Social Networking Making Friday The Only Day That... →
If the world seems to turn faster with each passing month, then don’t be surprised that the weekend box office has now shrunk to a single day: Friday.
Continental med i Star Alliance →
That can’t be good for anyone.
How Teenagers Consume Media: the report that shook... →
This is the full copy of the research note written by Matthew Robson (aged 15 years and seven months), an intern at Morgan Stanley, which caused a stir after it was published by the bank. Jeg bliver altid overrasket, når jeg læser om teenageres medieforbrug.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-7-12) →
Elliott Smith (26)
God Help The Girl (16)
Wilco (14)
Dave Matthews Band (12)
Malk De Koijn (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
WatchRachel Maddow: Washington’s secretive religious power sect. What?
Crying Lightning. Ny single fra Arctic Monkeys....
Gervais, Merchant og Pilkington om crossbows and...
Hash fundet hos landstingsformand →
Så er den gal med Kongen af Grønland igen. Det kører for Motzfeldt.
Madness på charmetur →
Jungersen var næsten lige så begejstret som Pete.
Need Some Weed? Just Check Twitter →
Some California pot sellers are living the high life this summer — because high-tech social-networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter are allowing them to legally swap street corners for the Internet. Gad vide om den trend er kommet til Hudson Valley?
The 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time →
Sorry Star Wars fans, but Ghostbusters is the best... →
For the simple truth of the matter is that Ghostbusters is the greatest film ever made — and yet, currently, the world is too scared to admit this.
100 millioner downloads på 15 months for TDC PLAY →
Hold da op folk downloader noget skidt. Her er fx. de ti mest populære kunstnere:
Top 10 - Most popular artist
1 Abba 2 Infernal 3 Michael Jackson 4 Gasolin 5 Nik & Jay 6 Madonna 7 Britney Spears 8 Tina Dickow 9 Kim Larsen & Kjukken 10 Queen