23 month ago
plasticbag : The BBC has an article about people who think all this technology stuff is just moving a bit too fast, really. It cites the iPhone as an example. It is a dumb article. - There are lots of people confused by new technologies. In the UK, a large number of them end up with Sky+ and love it. Most have mobile phones. There will always be confusing technology and there will always be people—like Apple—who work to
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35 month ago
kayodeok : Stop the Presses! How Pay-Per-Click Is Killing the Traditional Publishing Industry - Ad agencies and publications alike knew that many -- even most -- advertising dollars were simply wasted, but it wasn't in their interest to admit that, so they didn't ... Contrast this to pay-per-click, which is brutally honest, where every successful ad
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39 month ago
plasticbag : Sky are to launch a freeview channel in the UK showing programming that hasn't been on terrestrial yet, but which is a year or so behind Sky One's shows - It's pretty clearly a marketing move - there are loads of people using Freeview that haven't upgraded to Sky and with E4's defection to free, Sky really need to have a platform from which to encourage people to 'upgrade' to satellite.
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40 month ago
deusx : Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet - Lazy Sheep is a del.icio.us bookmarklet that auto-tags and auto-describes your bookmarks.
jimray : Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet - One of the niftiest del.icio.us bookmarklets yet! Automatic tagging, uses selected text, customized return destination! Huzzah!
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46 month ago
jkottke : Holy fizzle, check out this tennis count on a heliport high in the air
plasticbag : World's Top Tennis Stars Practice at World's Highest Tennis Court - Constructed on a helipad at the top of a skyscraping hotel. Astonishing. Extraordinary. Also a little bit freaky and dangerous looking...
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48 month ago
plasticbag : UK: 2004 TV shows fail to generate mass audiences - Only six programmes in 2004 attract an audience in excess of 15 million viewers. In 2003, 50 programmes got between 17 and 20 million viewers. In 1999, 177 programmes had more than 15 million viewers.
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