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 Tuesday, September 3, 2002
FOX is looking for a rich family willing to move from the big city to the boondocks for a reality-TV version of the 1960s sitcom "Green Acres."
Earlier this week, CBS announced plans to turn "The Beverly Hillbillies" sitcom in to a reality show about poor people moving into a mansion. Fox claims to have had its "Green Acres" idea first, according to the trade newspaper Variety.
It's official, television has run out of ideas. Time for the Adam's Family I guess :) [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
Think of the possibilities: Mission Impossible, Gilligan's Island, Bewitched, All in the Family, The Jeffersons. NO need to come up with anything new. Let's make reality TV of old shows. A sign that the media moguls are running very low on creativity. We are about due for something incredible that no one can see until it hits. Like the British invasion. 11:58:36 PM 
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Too efficient. Left my cell phone in the room. Checked out. Went back. Got a key to the room. Housekeeping had already cleaned up. Went back to the front desk. Receptionist called housekeeping, they had the phone. Excellent. Housekeeping dispatched someone to deliver the phone to the front desk. The item was bagged and tagged. The tag had my name, address, room rate, and credit card number complete with expiration date. Hrm... [Sam Ruby]
The wonders of modern technology. The horrors of modern technology. All in one tale. 11:54:50 PM
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Today the BBC announced that they are providing RSS feeds that can be used with all the popular news aggregators including our own Radio UserLand. [Scripting News]
Oh boy. More feeds. I really need a faster connection. 11:50:37 PM
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Not a lot tonight. My son's first day of Junior High is tomorrow. He has to get up at 6:30 and I promised him a big breakfast, so I have to get up early. Should be fun since I am the only person who can function in the morning. Alhough my preferred time for sleep is 2-10, I have to get some sleep so I may just post a couple of things. 11:37:26 PM
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My 'secret' project, Weblogs4Hire.com, is now accessible. Weblogs4Hire is all about connecting webloggers with the organizations that need their skills. From the about page: "Weblogs4Hire.com is a free job site for webloggers. If you're looking for work as a personal trainer, chef or landscape architect then use one of the other job sites. If you want to weblog professionally, this is the place to post your availability." [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson]
Very nice idea. It is still in beta but I will keep an eye on it. 12:01:25 AM
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