Wolfgang’s Vault - Where Live Music Lives April 9, 2008
i read about this website in rolling stone about a year ago… i LOVE it. i wish i could figure out how to hack in and download the songs, though!
Man Gets $2.6 Million For Pizza.com Domain Name April 7, 2008
http://switched.com/2008/04/07/man-gets-2-6-million-for-pizza-com-domain-name/
wow, i wish i’d thought of that!
New access to gizmos could deflect calls for deeper change in Cuba March 28, 2008
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/28/news/Cuba-Cell-Phones.php
it’s definitely cool to see some progress.
Time Warner Puts New Line Cinema Under Warner Bros February 29, 2008
http://reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSN2862363520080229
i just visited new line cinemas in NYC in january, and now they’re gone. so weird.
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986-2007 February 26, 2008
http://nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/23/movies/20080223_REVENUE_GRAPHIC.html
this is one of the coolest things i’ve ever seen. i’ll honestly say that i spent a good 15 minutes scrolling through it.
some interesting things i noticed:
- movies like titanic, which doesn’t even fit on the graph, and my big fat greek wedding, which recorded box office profits for over a year. juno is also interesting, it starts thin and gets thicker, which is against the norm.
- in recent years there have been more highly profitable films. to me, the triple-$300-million-plus-whammy of spiderman 3, shrek the third, and pirates of the caribbean 3 comes to mind
- the pattern of profitable summer blockbusters and christmas/holiday films is clear
my one problem… i wish that when you clicked on the film, the box office revenue came up. make sure you use the search box to find your favorite movies!
Top Ten Websites Among US College Students February 26, 2008
http://emarketer.com/Article.aspx?id=1005972
i go to…
facebook
youtube
google
perez hilton
cnn
yahoo!
american.edu
aol
post secret
weather.com
wikipedia
Woman Files $54 Million Lawsuit Against Best Buy February 14, 2008
http://engadget.com/2008/02/12/woman-files-54m-lawsuit-against-best-buy-for-losing-laptop/
this woman deserves some money. i know first-hand what it’s like to use your data. luckily, i jumped on it and managed to get it all back, but i went through a 24 hour period thinking i lost my entire 3,000+ itunes collection, school documents, downloads, and about 6,000 priceless digital photographs (i’m a photographer, so these are especially important to me, not just memory-wise). besides the fact that she lost her data, she also lost a $1,000+ investment when she paid for a warranty!! the possibility of identity theft is the icing on the cake.
