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This is so cool it makes me wish I was using PHP and MySQL to power my Blog. MT-RefSearch is a Movable Type module. As it detects a visitor coming in from a Google search, it will to a query your blogs database for keywords the visitor had used on Google. It then automatically points the visitor towards content that may have archived off the main page since Google last indexed your site. Very, very cool.

There is a Very Interesting Timeline of the CARP rulings over on linuxjournal. CARP sets royalty rates for web sites that are streaming radio stations. The royalty rates are so high that pretty much every web radio station will be driven out of business. I had assumed that was the RIAA’s plans, and I still sort of think it was. But, the linked story says that it was broadcast.com who wanted to stifle competitors while being able to take advantage of some loopholes in the deal.

Why can’t we get people who understand this stuff to regulate this stuff? It can’t be that hard. I don’t expect the powerbrokers to be clued into every nuance, but their aides should understand this stuff shouldn’t they?

Strange Sandwich Music looks to be a blog of new music. It seems to be the artists that post new songs as they become available on mp3.com. It seems to be made up of a small group of aquaintances which could be a bit of a limitation. Still, it’s interesting.

The Truth Laid Bear paints a scary view as a blog being written in the year 2014. What’s most scary is that some of it doesn’t really seem that far fetched to me.

So I’m driving all over town (assuming that all over is a radius of like 5 miles from my house, cause you know I just don’t drive too much anymore). Everywhere I go, I keep seeing These Posters for the movie Blue Crush. Now, far be it from me to prejudge, but I suspect that a movie about a girl who wants to train so she can ride super big waves isn’t going to be very interesting to me. Maybe a nice diversion if it comes on cable some Sunday afternoon. Still, I keep seeing These Posters, and These Posters have me thinking that I’d really like to see this movie. At 32 years of age, I’m just too young to be a dirty old man. It ain’t right I tell you. It’s just not right.

Yahoo! has redesigned their mail client. There are some Solid Improvements.

I’ve been hearing all kinds of good stuff about Amelie recently. I picked up the DVD today and just finished watching it. Wow! No, seriously WOW! It is without question one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen. Truly spectacular. If you haven’t seen this yet, you are in for a real treat.

So, if you’ve been here before, it’s probably pretty obvious I redesigned. If you like it, you may want to save a copy, because I don’t expect I’ll leave this design up too long. I’m not terribly down with plastering my mug all over the place like this. I was just playing around with my new camera and figured what the hell.

ClickZ has an extremely interesting article suggesting that major ISPs like AOL are (or are about to start) charging direct marketers for the right to mail into their networks.

I walk both sides of this fence on stuff like this. I am a marketer and I need to be able to get messages to people who want to receive them. I am a user of e-mail, and I jealously guard most of my e-mail addresses to reduce the amount of Spam I get. Even as a marketer, I hate, HATE, HATE Spammers because their bad behavior casts a negative light legitimate marketing efforts. If we can reverse the cost structures, then maybe we can make it uneconomically feasible for Spammers to Spam. Still, I am scared to hell and beyond about the idea that ISPs are going to start becoming gatekeepers to e-mail. That just reeks of negative consequences.

So, do you like Kevin Smith, director of Clerks, Chasing Amy et al.?

Yes
No