“In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are going to be turned upside down — my opinion. Here are the premises I have. Number one, there will be no media consumption left in 10 years that is not delivered over an IP network. There will be no newspapers, no magazines that are delivered in paper form. Everything gets delivered in an electronic form.”
Flip Mino
I bought a Flip Ultra video camera last week, just to play with and show friends. Henry has it now and I can’t wait to see what he (an extremely talented professional digital artist) comes up with. Everybody that sees this little gadget seems to love it.
And now there’s a smaller/cuter/cooler version. The Flip Mino is 40% smaller than the Ultra and comes with 2GB of memory (records up to one hour of video). Pick one up at Amazon for $179. Shit. If I had waited a week…
Citizen journalists
Lightning started a fire at the Magellan Petroleum factory in Kansas City, MO and uber-blogger Chuck Zimmerman share this video shot from the downtown Marriott hotel.
We wuz robbed!
As the days dwindle down to a precious few, Bill Clinton is bringing back fond memories of those early American Idol try-outs. You know the ones I mean. A large woman (seems like it was usually a woman) comes storming out of the audition room, pushing past Ryan Seacrest screaming, "Fuck Simon! Fuck him!" At least that’s what I assume she was screaming. Idol producers bleeped the audio and covered her mouth with a little "censored" sign so we couldn’t read her lips (Did she say "Freak you,Simon!? What does that mean?").
Maybe Hillary can be the Syesha Mercado of the primary contest. Go out with a little style. A little class.
I’m telling you, this will make one hell of a movie if and when someone good gets around to making it. Like, oh… how about Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Maybe get John Travolta to play Bill. You know who would be good as Hillary? That British actress… what’s her name? Emma Thompson! She’d be perfect.
Bush: “We have a better way. Kill them!”
A little gem from “Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story,” the new autobiography of retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the onetime commander of U.S. troops in Iraq.
Following the the killing of the four contractors in Fallujah in 2004, W tried to go all George C. Patton in a video conference with his national security team and generals:
“Kick ass!” he quotes the president as saying. “If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! We must be tougher than hell! This Vietnam stuff, this is not even close. It is a mind-set. We can’t send that message. It’s an excuse to prepare us for withdrawal.”
“There is a series of moments and this is one of them. Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! Prevail! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!”
Can you imagine being in combat with dick-wad like Bush commanding your unit?