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Re: Playing Blogosphere comment catch-up….

facebook-59502459 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:26:36 -0000

I don't think Seinfeld would have succeeded if it were to start today. Today's audiences are much more discriminating on comedy. I don't think Seinfeld was even funny. I think today's market would have cancelled it even with the longer than 4 episodes. That's just my opinion.

Re: Suggested Apps Fail

rockmanac — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:00:46 -0000

Hah! Jar Jar! :P

..knowing my luck, I'd have the next Vader.

Re: Wait.. What?

rockmanac — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:50:40 -0000

Doesn't shock me. I probably have something messed up too in the system config file. I really never thought that I'd have to be processing anything other than English, since it's my personal server.

Re: Wait.. What?

Charles — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:37:19 -0000

Looks like a text encoding/display issue with whois, try it for anywhere that uses a different alphabet to latin 8859-* and you'll get similar odd looking text. One day it'll use unicode, until then we just have to deal with international systems that aren't internationalised.

Re: Suggested Apps Fail

facebook-59502459 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:12:04 -0000

Congratulations! When's the baby due? Is it a butt baby? What are you going to name the young 'un? How about "Jar Jar"....has a nice ring to it, don't you think?

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

Cupcake//Sugar Addict — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:40:11 -0000

hotness!

Re: Please don’t pitate Dollhouse

rockmanac — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:43:49 -0000

Yes. And it's annoying. But there's no way it can survive in today's world. We're not gathering at 8pm on Friday to watch Dollhouse, we're watching it when we want now. Fox and NBC will figure that out, but the problem is, will it be fast enough. Joss has already proven that internet distribution works. I predict that in the near future we'll see more and more GOOD quality content distributed right to the internet. And some of it might even be from the big players, but I'll be a lot won't. And really, it's that which scares the big 4. The fact that they can't control what you see online.

Re: Please don’t pitate Dollhouse

rockmanac — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:40:10 -0000

Unfortunately, Chris, it's the way it is right now. Trust me, I'd much rather of seen Joss do this the way he did Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog. He's already proven internet can work as a distribution method.

Re: Please don’t pitate Dollhouse

facebook-59502459 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:12:08 -0000

Don't get me started on the 60 year old business model. Today NBC and cohorts blocked Hulu from Boxee because they don't want people watching Hulu on their TV. What the hell?!! They're so protective of their distribution systems that they're missing great opportunities to get more exposure and more revenue. They absolutely need to let go of the old model and start finding new ones that work very well. Then people won't need or want to pirate anymore, because they'll have access to their favorite shows all the time.

Re: Please don’t pitate Dollhouse

facebook-514140294 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:34:04 -0000

if you really want it to survive, stop using a 60 year old business model to propagate the show to its viewers. sorry but its the hard truth. www.purepwnage.com

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

Maria — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:59:09 -0000

No facial hair at all. And I would suggest a new haircut too. That one falling on your face might be what makes you look like a teenager. ;)

Re: RSS Feed Test

facebook-59502459 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:34:48 -0000

I sees it!!! I sees it!!!

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

Rebecca — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:10:11 -0000

Definitely no facial hair. Women generally don't like that :)

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

Emily — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:28:24 -0000

I like none. I think it makes your face look skinnier. Not that it was not skinny. Just more streamlined. Yeah...streamlined.

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

rockmanac — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:07:34 -0000

Cool

-Adam

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

rockmanac — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:07:03 -0000

Thanks Vic :)

-Adam

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

Vic — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:58:00 -0000

Looks good. You don't look too young. Younger, yes. But still legal-to-drink young.

Re: I need a girl’s opinion

jennaddenda — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:38:24 -0000

Way better w/o the facial hair. And, as a lover of facial hair, I am not speaking from a place of anti-facial hair prejudice.

Re: DTV Delay?

facebook-630521715 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:38:42 -0000

Agreed. The news about this has been going on for years. People know about the rebate program. If they don't, I'm sure they'll call the station when they can't 'watch their stories' and find out about it then.

Unfortunately, this means lots of calls for receptionists and customer service workers, but we need to just be done with it already.

Re: Looking to 2009

rockmanac — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:40:35 -0000

True. It has got me thinking. Obviously, since I wrote the blog post. And as we talked about. I'm just not 100% what it all means.

And yes, i still get the comments. Disqus updated their plug-in to work on 2.7.

-Adam

Re: Looking to 2009

facebook-59502459 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:01:35 -0000

I have no idea if you'll get this comment considering the new install of Wordpress. Anyway, horoscopes, despite the BS they may be, do get you thinking. I think perhaps its a bit of self fulfilling prophecy with a bit of quantum intention in there. It may or may not come to pass, but it does get you thinking and someone else' writing may change they way you operate throughout the day. So while it may not be a true prophecy, it still has some sort of an impact depending on how you react to it. If you stop, think and internalize it, it may very well happen. If you blow it off and ignore it, then a horoscope is no more than like reading a fortune in a fortune cookie. Just words on a page. That's how I see it.

Re: FYI: Server changes

rockmanac — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:13:05 -0000

What's weird?

And how's the car today?

-Adam

Re: FYI: Server changes

janiukjf — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:09:45 -0000

Well...that's weird.

Re: Just another day in Illinois politics…

LisaO — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:28:06 -0000

Greed is a revolting act that could get you into a lot of trouble down the line – I’m sure Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich would agree. Blagojevich was arrested early Tuesday, December 9th, on federal corruption charges related in part to the selection of President-elect Barack Obama's successor to the Senate. Shockingly, this is the second time in a row that an Illinois governor has been arrested on federal charges. Illinois' 39th governor, George Ryan, was also charged for political corruption and has served little more than a year of his 6 1/2-year sentence. Much like Ryan, Blagojevich saw an opportunity to use his power to leverage benefits for himself by attempting to sell the senate seat. According to the news, Blagojevich was hoping to get a significantly higher salary, a position on the board for his wife, a cabinet post and more in his senate replacement bargain. His greed caught up with him. The FBI has filed a seventy-six page indictment against both Blagojevich and Harris. Apparently his devious deed was caught on tape through a court ordered wire tap last month. The governor is declaring his innocence, professing that everything he said, both in public and in private, has always been lawful. Click to learn more about Blagojevich, courtesy of Personal Money Store's Payday Loan News.

Re: So apparently my RSS feed was broken….

janiukjf — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:09:54 -0000

Yay! Fixed RSS!!!