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!