Saturday, March 01, 2003

8:35:28 PM   "These real people, they're just crazy. They're a lot more interesting to watch than what writers are coming up with. And they're funnier, too." reality rules this summer [via Adam & NYTimes] //  Apparently there are a lot more reality shows coming our way.  I don't watch a lot of them but a few of them I can't get enough of.  I do think the realness of a lot of it makes it work. More I think about it with the PVR I am watching a lot of them.   How long before the actors are lobbying legislators for laws against reality TV ?

8:26:22 PM   a case study in music business. This case study of how much a fictional million selling band actually pockets is hilarious. And as far as I know, pretty accurate. [via Adam Curry's Weblog]n  // The case study is a good read,  if I practice that guitar long enough I can grow up to be ripped off by the record companies.

8:23:49 PM   "You can't expect everything from one person--and even less from a nutcase." - spousal amuse [via Tara Sue's Weblog News]

8:16:39 PM   "We need to build a layer of reasonable copyright law on top of this background of unreasonable extremism."   Lessig from Experts: Copyright law hurts technology.

8:10:05 PM   "It's only when developers breathe their own fumes and don't listen to users that we get in trouble. " My friend Lessig. [via Scripting News]  // Another little tidbit from Dave which hits home to anyone who has done software.  We get a little too high on ourselves and this is dangerous.

1:48:53 AM   "The United States has lost more than 2 million jobs since March 2001, the worst slump in the last two decades, according to the Labor Department.' - Job worries grow deeper as slowdown expected