» ESPN Is Bigger Than Ever--and That Might Not Be a Good Thing. So this is why my DirecTV bill is so damn high when I don't even watch the channel.
As a business, ESPN thrives because it is playing a different game than the big public-airwaves networks. NBC and CBS make money from advertising. ESPN does, too, but it takes in even more from cable-subscriber fees—an average of $4.69 per household per month, according to research firm SNL Kagan. Last February, ESPN entered its 100 millionth American home. By comparison, the next costliest national network, TNT, takes in just $1.16 from about as many homes.
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» No Safe Harbor, free ebook from The Pirate Bay. Check the press release for more details. Worth having a look at for the idea alone. #
» Mitt’s Income vs. Your Income. See how long it take's that poor old unemployed everyman to earn your yearly income... #
» Updated Blue Marble, photo of the Earth from space. Beautiful. #
» How To Train SpamAssassin, used this to train a couple of email accounts that have been getting flooded with bogus "gift card" emails, hopefully that will kill it. #
» In case you missed it: Best of Bootie 2011. #
» E.D.M. Playlist: From Skrillex to Ninja Man. I don't have Spotify, nor do I intend to install a desktop application just to listen to a playlist but I did save the image so I can look things up at my leisure later... #
» Creating a Database-driven Fuel PHP Application. A super-simple start but a start none the less. #
» Sightsmap, a "heat map" using Google Maps to show the most popular photo taking locations (according to photos uploaded to Panoramio, so it's not like it's a web-wide compilation...) Looks like not much happens in Chad... #
» It’s time to end the failed war on drugs. So will anyone listen to Sir Richard Branson? He isn't the first to mention all of this... #
» Cut Your Own Wooden Six Pack Holder. Nice, I should make some of those. #
» Supreme Court Court Rejects Willy-nilly GPS Tracking. I'm honestly surprised they stood up for due process, there hasn't been much of that lately. #
» A First Course in Linear Algebra. It's been a long time since I had a solid math class, might be interesting to get a refresher (free download of the PDF, learn at your own page...) #
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Sadly true, the next threat to free speech will come wrapped in some bs package that no Congressperson would dare vote against. #
» Black March. If enough people hit these idiots in the pocketbooks then we wouldn't have the pending legislation we have now. #
» The Tiniest Mansion - How To Live In Luxury on the Side of the Road in an RV. Three bucks for the Kindle version. So tempting (both the book and the lifestyle...) #
» The FitDesk is a Space-Saving, Apartment-Friendly Exercise Bike and Laptop Desk. Want. I've used a music stand with my road bike and a set of rollers but that more for say watching a movie on my laptop than trying to get anything done. #
» America Is Open for Business. Does that mean he's dismantling the TSA and making the Customs & Immigrations people be less dickish? Because the foreigners I know don't want to deal with the hassle of our so-called "security" in the US. It's less about easing visa requirements and more about actually BEING welcoming to visitors. #
» Wow, sad:
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» Stars, Milky Way, String Lake, Grand Teton NP but be sure to read the comment, there's a ton of technical details in there on how to get to that level of a photo. #
» Famous Photographers Holding Their Iconic Photographs. That's great, you don't often get to see the person behind the camera. #
» Darth Vader burger? A black bun? Oui! I hope their TV commercials play The Imperial March as the camera lingers over the burger... #
» Taken a week or so ago when I went for a walk during a warm winter's afternoon. I'm getting more and more impressed with my Canon Powershot 300HS, if you look at the wallpaper sized version of this shot you can tell the moon has some features, it's not just a blown-out white blob. Tiny pocket cameras have come a long way in the last few years...
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» Colorado - SOPA/PIPA Info. Figures that Sen. Michael Bennet is a co-sponsor, take a look at how much money he received from the companies trying to shove this down our throats. #
» QtADB, giving the adb command line the GUI treatment. #
» The PirateBay PRESS RELEASE concerning SOPA... -and The mass media in general. You've got to give it to them : They couldnt be more right on this one.
So, the whole basis of this industry, that today is screaming about losing control over immaterial rights, is that they circumvented immaterial rights. They copied (or put in their terminology: "stole") other peoples creative works, without paying for it. They did it in order to make a huge profit. Today, they're all successful and most of the studios are on the Fortune 500 list of the richest companies in the world. Congratulations - it's all based on being able to re-use other peoples creative works. And today they hold the rights to what other people create. If you want to get something released, you have to abide to their rules. The ones they created after circumventing other peoples rules.
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» AppZilla Comes To Android: 40 Handy Tools In One App. All free apps but this one costs a buck since they integrated everything into one "uber app" (less clutter in your selection of apps...) #
» Sleep as Android. Uses your Android phone's accelerometer to judge when the best time to wake you up is. Similar to other systems but this one is just software for your phone... #
» SOPA Sponsors, using Google Maps to show you who exactly in the government is selling you out on this issue. #
» How to Sharpen a Paper Shredder. I do use oil on mine but found step 3 interesting as well:
Run aluminum foil through the shredder. If your shredder does not sharpen itself, you can use aluminum foil to replicate the effect that the metal sheet has in self-sharpening models. Use regular kitchen foil and feed two or three sheets into the shredder. This will give dull blades some of their edge back. However, it is not a perfect fix. Some blades may be too dull to be resharpened in this way. If your blades are still fairly sharp, use the aluminum foil method every few weeks to keep them sharp for as long as possible.
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» Make It! Light Bulb Oil Lamp. Or you can buy a version on Etsy: Recycled Light Company. Or you can buy a amazingly expensive version: Oyule, a Lamp Set by Sergio Silva. #
» Plane trails. Beautiful. #
» The Oatmeal SOPA Blackout. Best one I've seen yet. #
» 28C3 Videos. In case you weren't able to make it to this years Chaos Communications Congress in Berlin. #
» It's Not About the Lab Rats. Long and worth a read.
If Lance Armstrong went to jail and Livestrong went away, that would be a huge setback in our war against cancer, right? Not exactly, because the famous nonprofit donates almost nothing to scientific research. BILL GIFFORD looks at where the money goes and finds a mix of fine ideas, millions of dollars aimed at “awareness,” and a few very blurry lines.
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» Getting rid of Apache pass-phrase dialogs. i realized after a reboot of a virtual server that I had a pass-phrase on an SSL certificate that was preventing Apache from auto-starting. #
» net-snmp tools compiled for windows. Huge help for me on a current project, #
» How to watch Comedy Central content outside the US. Clever solution to Comedy Central being jackasses about letting people outside the US watch The Daily Show... #
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