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"Murphy was an optimist!"

So this is what a Warner Brothers cartoon character feels like! November 2, 2006 6:52 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , 4comments

Anvils are falling on my head. Repeatedly! So my CPU fan dies on my Windows development box. I get laughed out of every store. "haha! Socket 7! They quit using those like 8 years ago!" Ring. Ring. "Honey. Don’t get mad. The power went out and the Internet isn’t coming back on." My head hangs so low that it drags the pavement as I drive home. More anvils. And a cliff. Neep neeep! Oh. I get home and the Internet has come back but the punchline is that my Linux development server didn’t like the power outage and is not coming back to life. That’s the train that comes out of nowhere to run me down.

I don’t see the grass of cubeville as greener. Frankly, I don’t care if cubeville is tumbleweeds and dirt. I am ready to return to the corporate joke. This computer swashbuckler is ready to lay down his sword. After this past decade, there is nothing you could lay in front of me that could phase me.

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links for 2006-11-02 November 2, 2006 1:35 pm

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Comedy Central Returning to Youtube! November 2, 2006 12:48 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of Interest, Publishing, Video , 1 comment so far

Some intern at Viacom’s legal department probably got scolded harshly after Viacom released how popularity of Youtube clips of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have helped their shows.

Comedy Central clips aren’t leaving YouTube for good. Viacom, Comedy Central’s corporate parent, has confirmed that it wants to find some way to keep the clips available, and has apparently given the green light for YouTube to put the material back up. No deal between the two firms has yet been done, but it sounds like one is imminent. [Source]

I understand the various business models that could be used to make money from these clips. ABC is doing very well with its popular shows being freely available online. I’ve watched more commercials rewatching Lost online than I would on television. Revver shows a great revenue model by appending an add to the end of every user uploaded video. There are many other ways. But one way to make money is to simply let the video clips air on Youtube and keep the popularity of the shows very high. Thank you Viacom for returning the clips to Youtube!

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LOST Thoughts - SPOILER for those in the know November 2, 2006 8:52 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Lost, Of Interest, TV / Movies , 2comments

Well now. I guess we know how the producers feel about DUI. Guess this confirms your offset behavior will greatly influence your career!

Update: Maybe it was just a traffic violation.

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