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Concerned With Facebook Privacy?
by NONPOPULIST / Facebook / internet / internet privacy / Interwebz / Comments
There are tools to help if you are concerned with Facebook privacy. And if you were unsure you should be concerned with your privacy on Facebook. The CNN SciTechBlog highlights four of them. Why can’t Google and Facebook chill out a little and not be so concerned with knowing every detail about us in order to monetize every penny they can. Clam down, guys, we just want to use the damn internet. If we want to buy something we’ll let you know.
Zombie Awareness Month?
by NONPOPULIST / Comments
So we can just make up awareness months now? The Zombie Research Society has dubbed May ‘Zombie Awareness Month,’ and it doesn’t appear to be a joke, maybe. You are encouraged to wear a gray ribbon to signify your awareness of zombies for the month of May. This can not be real. On their website they offer a lifetime membership in the society for $25. This is ingeniously crazy. I totally just liked the ZRS on FB.
The NFL Throwing TV Elbows
by NONPOPULIST / NFL / sports / TV / Comments
Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.
Handy Guide to Television Season Finales
by NONPOPULIST / season finales / TV / Comments
Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly has an index of all the major broadcast network show’s season finales coming up soon. I thought this was extremely handy and thought I should share it with you. Wait, I said major networks, but he included the CW. Disregard the CW. Among the highlights is the May 24th 24 finale which will be a 2-hour series finale as well.
Library of Congress Archiving More Than Just Tweets
by NONPOPULIST / Add new tag / internet / Twitter / Comments
It was widely reported this week The Library of Congress will begin archiving messages posted on twitter. Great, now future generations will have the precious knowledge you had an everything bagel with cream cheese for breakfast and then went on a run. What was lost in the LOC announcement was they have already been caching online data since 2000. The Library also operates the” National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program www.digitalpreservation.gov, which is pursuing a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available significant digital content, especially information that is created in digital form only, for current and future generations.” Uh-oh.
‘The Wire’ to Air on Direct TV’s 101 Network
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Good news for people who have Direct TV and have not seen The Wire: The 101 Network on Direct TV will show The Wire uncut and commercial free beginning July 18, 2010. The 101 may not have much original programming, but the network is starting to be known for a strong lineup of premium cable shows people may have missed the first time around due to not wanting to pay for networks like HBO and Showtime. The network also features The Dan Patrick Show on weekday mornings and airs a good selection of concerts. As a Direct TV subscriber myself I find myself watching or recording programs on the network fairly often.
The Arrested Development Movie Appears to Be a Dream Denied
by NONPOPULIST / Add new tag / Arrested Development / David Cross / movies / TV / Comments
Attention Arrested Development fans holding your breath for that long-rumored movie: You can quit holding your breath. It’s not going to happen. Whew, I don’t have enough tic tacs for all of you. David Cross told TV Squad in an interview, “Everyone’s doing their own thing, you know. And everybody’s aged. It’s just not going to happen.” That is a big let down for AD fans, but the project hasn’t moved forward in so long that it was to be expected. No one wanted to kill the dream, but someone had to say it. Thanks for ripping off the band aid, David Cross.
ATHF Live! and Some Squidbillies
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Dana Snyder and Dave Willis of Aqua Teen Hunger Force notoriety are doing a live cross-country tour. This is a cool idea that I don’t think would work for just any show, but in the case of ATHF and Conan O’Brien I think a live tour would be funny. The current dates on the website for the tour are April 15th, 2010-May 15th, 2010. In addition to ATHF there will also be Squidbillies content on the tour. For me, that makes it worth going to by itself.
— January 20‚ 2009 —
Concerned With Facebook Privacy?
There are tools to help if you are concerned with Facebook privacy. And if you were unsure you should be concerned with your privacy on Facebook. The CNN SciTechBlog highlights four of them. Why can’t Google and Facebook chill out a little and not be so concerned with knowing every detail about us in order to monetize every penny they can. Clam down, guys, we just want to use the damn internet. If we want to buy something we’ll let you know.
THREADZombie Awareness Month?
So we can just make up awareness months now? The Zombie Research Society has dubbed May ‘Zombie Awareness Month,’ and it doesn’t appear to be a joke, maybe. You are encouraged to wear a gray ribbon to signify your awareness of zombies for the month of May. This can not be real. On their website they offer a lifetime membership in the society for $25. This is ingeniously crazy. I totally just liked the ZRS on FB.
THREADThe NFL Throwing TV Elbows
Is the NFL a television juggernaut or what? NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said ratings are up 30% from last year’s draft. Thursday night was the first ever NFL draft in prime time, and the major networks will have to take notice when the official ratings come out. Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reports the league is declaring last night’s first round a success and speculates the draft in prime time will most likely become a yearly tradition. Next year I am predicting there will be a lot of reruns aired against the draft if the networks are smart… which they aren’t.
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