New York Times Ditches Fees For TimesSelect
This one from the Huffington Post made me laugh:
“Pinch Sulzberger’s attempt to put his prized columnists behind a subscription wall on the theory that they were so much better than free bloggers that people would pay for them–is finally so doomed it’s actually dead, dead, dead, as of midnight tomorrow. … You see, it’s really a success story! It “met expectations.” It’s just that online ad growth was so much higher it was more profitable to not charge readers and thereby get more of them! I mean, who could have foreseen that (except everyone else in the industry)?”
It’s nice that poor illiterate bastards like me can now read a quality new source for free. Long live the Street!
Bling Water: If you have to ask…
I heard about this on the radio this morning and I can’t wait to get a case of this stuff. Bling H20 is not just water, it’s luxury water. Made with the bling set in mind. At 40 ollars a bottle ( a very pretty handcrafted bottle) you will directing your own music videos in no time. Read more
Gmail borders seems to be getting more permeable
I was listening to the Google Developer Podcast the other day and I had to chuckle when one of the hosts (Carl?) commented that developers can give out their gmail addresses with their google apps because the gmail spam filters are so good now. I beg to differ though. While I admit that the filters are good, they are not great. Lately, I have been seeing a lot of obvious junk slipping through the cracks. Stuff with V**** in the subject line. I don’t know what kind of new magic those evil spammers are using but unfortunately it seems to be working.
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