If you listen to live streaming Internet radio, you might not be able to do it today. In protest to a new ruling that will raise royalty rates for webcasters on July 15, retroactive to Jan 1, 2006, some Internet radio stations are participating in a Day of Silence. Some of the more noteable are Shoutcast, Yahoo Music and Live365.com. The rates will shift from a percent-of-revenue model to a flat fee read more...
Beware the Diggerati: You Have 6114 Messages
The bulls are running again, and today they see red. There is a new commenting system at Digg, and apparently, the Diggerati hate it! A post on the Digg Blog now has 6,114 Diggs, and none of them that I saw were accompanied by very kind comments. Digg is one of those living organisms that can propel you to greatness, or leave you bleeding read more...
Cool Tools: Free Service to Back-up or Transfer Blog Content
I have been procrastinating this task for some time, but I have found a very easy tool to back up my blog at Blog Backup Online. The service, which is in Beta, can be scheduled to update automatically daily. Best of all, it is free for now. It also claims that the backups can be imported into any of its supported blog platforms. The service works with the following blog platforms:
- Blogger
- WordPress
- Friendster
- LiveJournal
- TypePad
- Serendipity
- Windows
- Live Spaces
- Terapad read more...
Poll Reveals 10 Most Irritating Words on the ‘Net
The problem is that I can only find seven of the 10. Today the Lulu Blooker Prize, a literary award for books, released the results of a poll that listed the top most irritating words that make one, "wince, shudder or want to bang your head on the keyboard." The study was conducted by YouGov for the Lulu Booker Prize earlier this month. YouGov is a British polling company. The study was based on a sample of 2,091 adults. Did they leave out the other read more...
Vatican PR: Driver’s 10 Commandments
I never thought I would call the Vatican "edgy," but it looks like they just might be increasing their outreach into areas that are very relevant for those that drive on busy highways every day. If I had received this via e-mail I would have never believed it actually came from the Vatican. But sure enough, it was on the Vatican press site today. The "Drivers' Ten Commandments": 1. You shall not kill. 2. The road shall be for you read more...
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