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Month: August 2002

  • Gov’t and Politics Are Still a Media Trump-Card, Sold to the Highest Bidder

    Gov’t and Politics Are Still a Media Trump-Card, Sold to the Highest Bidder Fast Company has this insightful little analysis by John Ellis, entitled “The Internet Power Grab.” In it Ellis argues that the new economy heroes of Silicon Valley were unduly dimissive of politics, and when that new economy slowed down, paid the price.…

  • So, now FCC Chairman Powell

    So, now FCC Chairman Powell is putting on his regulator’s hat, with the Commission deciding today — with a 3 to 1 vote — to require that all TVs 36″ and bigger be digital capable by Spring 2004. I don’t know that I can hail this as a good thing, since the whole digital TV…

  • If meta-blogging’s your thing…

    If meta-blogging’s your thing: blogpopuli.

  • The folks at Lumpen reminded

    The folks at Lumpen reminded me of their existence. Lumpen’s a great scathing and often hilarious political magazine out of Chicago, that actually got its start here in little ol’ Champaign.

  • The second article in Wired

    The second article in Wired News’ series on Clear Channel tackles the problems with automation: “But they also warn that stations run on automatic pilot will occasionally have accidents. That’s what happened at 9 a.m. on Sept. 11 when it took four hours for a cluster of automated Clear Channel stations in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to…

  • Some Thoughts on Blogging

    I tried to come up with a better headline, but I didn’t try too hard. So, I was thinking about blogging on my bike ride in to work this morning. I try not to indulge too much in the big meta-blogging virtual circle-jerk, but for some reason the question of what makes blogging unique was…

  • Real To Support Ogg Vorbis

    Real To Support Ogg Vorbis I don’t know how I missed this one. As a follow up to Real’s embrace of open source, Real and Xiph have teamed up to have Real’s new player, the Helix™ DNA Client, support the truly open source Ogg Vorbis audio codec. Per their press release, “Ogg Vorbis is a…

  • Another mediageek radio show note:

    Another mediageek radio show note: all shows uploaded since July 5 can be listened to in streaming mp3, saving you having to download 5 megs of mp3. Should play just fine in Winamp, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, amongst many others.

  • Wired News reports on those

    Wired News reports on those who are “Girding Against the Copyright Mob”: It’s a sunny summer day and you pull your CDs from your home stereo, toss them in your bag and head out. In the car, you listen to your music, and when you reach the beach, you slip a CD into a portable…

  • Last Friday’s mediageek radio show

    Last Friday’s mediageek radio show is finally on-line. The show features an interview with University of Illinois Prof. Dan Schiller, who gives some perspective on the financial crisis at WorldCom and the effects it will have on us all. Download and listen in mp3 (24kbps 5 MB) Download and listen in Ogg Vorbis (52 kpbs…