http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2007 Dave Winer Mon, 14 May 2007 07:00:00 GMT Tue, 15 May 2007 03:55:33 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.72 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/05/14/twitterPremium.html <p><img src="http://images.scripting.com/archiveScriptingCom/2007/05/14/fan.jpg" width="105" height="105" border="0" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" alt="A picture named fan.jpg">Jason Calacanis is known for stimulating interesting discussion. Today is no different. </p> <p><a href="http://www.calacanis.com/2007/05/14/i-would-pay-for-twitter-com/">He says he'd pay $100</a> a year for a Twitter that was always fast, almost always up, and had some additional features.</p> <p>I sent Jason a private email which I'll now repeat here.</p> <p><i>Just FYI, because of their API, you don't really need Ev and Biz to do that for you. A bunch of us could pool resources and set up a server of our own, and peer with Twitter's. If Twitter is down it would just queue up the messages, in the meantime, anyone who was on the premium system would see the messages immediately. </i></p> Tue, 15 May 2007 03:24:07 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/05/14/twitterPremium.html http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/05/14/wigglinSpree.html <p><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-ZDVMYcB1pU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-ZDVMYcB1pU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object></p> <p>I find this commercial endlessly fascinating. Just love the song. And the dancing. Simple pleasures.</p> <p>BTW, I've been saying this for years -- why don't companies put their ads on the net? Really high quality versions. They are ads after all, they <i>want</i> us to watch them, right? Or what am I missing?</p> <p>Apparently it's sung by Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies. Here's an <a href="http://idiotboyindustries.com/audio/WiggleEDIT1.mp3">MP3</a> of the beginning of the song. Some people love the ad (like me) and <a href="http://www.chrisgenoa.com/archives/2006/05/17/enough_with_the_gigglin_and_wigglin/">others</a> hate it. <img src="http://www.scripting.com/gifs/QBullets/qbullets/sidesmiley.gif" width="11" height="11" border="0" alt="smile"></p> <p>Okay there's a <a href="http://www.kraftfoods.com/jello/explore/channel/">bit of wiggling</a> on the Jell-o site. Not enough and not the commercial with the kid and the cow. </p> http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/05/14/anotherDayInThePark.html <p>Speaking of simple pleasures...</p> <p>It was just too lovely to spend much time blogging today.</p> <p>I don't remember east coast weather as nice as the last two days.</p> <p>Here are some pictures of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/498380840/in/set-72157600214719551/">turtles</a> in the park for your entertainment.</p> Tue, 15 May 2007 03:16:33 GMT http://www.scripting.com/stories/2007/05/14/anotherDayInThePark.html