The first film I remember crying in front of was OLD YELLER, but only because my mum hit me for laughing when the dog got shot
Google Fiber and its ilk may be the final straw that will break the back of broadcast television. Once high-speed video downloading becomes widely available, instant access to VOD services will make them even more appealing…
…What makes this possible is the complete paralysis of the broadcast dinos. All the majors are frozen in terror, repeating old behavioral patterns that turned self-destructive years ago. NBC spent the annual defense budget of Mauritius to promote “Ready for Love,” a tired Bachelor clone. ABC is going to build its autumn slate on “Scandal”, “Revenge” and “Betrayal,” as well as a hasty spin-off of its fading “Once Upon a Time” franchise. ABC also handed Robin Williams a comeback vehicle. Sensing desperation, audiences are tuning out in disgust.
”Not untrue, so far as it goes. And, without figures to hand so yeah pinch of salt, but I think the US network tv “hits” of last season, like REVOLUTION, would have been woeful cancellation fodder even four years ago.
Cable, both basic and premium, have gotten their whacks in, but the full-on “disruption” of American tv by deep-pocketed internet business is going to be really interesting, not least for what disrupts them.
May get a RAF aviator jacket if UK doesn’t warm up soon. Bonus: can reply to all queries with “chocks away” or “tally ho”
I have, in my career, been contacted by 3 paranoid schizophrenics who believed I was trying to destroy and/or kill them.
One of them did however contact me to apologise for whatever it was he had done to deserve it.
I am staying on Tumblr, but…
If they try to own my data, or integrate it with any other Yahoo service, I will leave. Also if there is any attempt to censor others, or if the cat pictures stop
useful social note: combo-punching real people in the face still doesn’t make them turn into a shower of gold coins
Yahoo to acquire Tumblr in $1.1 billion cash deal
Always remember: that which does not kill you makes you stronger. Until it does eventually kill you.
Rules for my new readers: you have to commit a crime & tell the arresting officer I made you do it. Helps me sell books.
I bet that with a just little biohacking, heroin could go from scary drug to low-carb superfood in no time
