Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Ron Paul Calling for March on Washington A Grand March this Spring on Washington D.C.? 9:57:13 PM

Jon Chinn Joins Central City Jon Chinn Joins Central City Recording. Columbus' Jon Chinn has worked with a ton of great bands in town, from RJD2 to The Sun to New Bomb Turks to everyone else in between. He's had a hand in most of the releases on our record label, Sunken Treasure Records, too. (Miranda Sound, Eric Metronome, The Evil Queens, Megan Palmer) Jon has now moved over to Central City Recording where he'll be working out of for engineering, recording, etc. As far as I know the Wall St Rehersal space remains unchanged. Full press release after the jump. (more...) ShareThis [donewaiting.com] 9:01:40 PM

Recipes from Chris in Quebec Recettes. Une nouvelle section "Recipes" dans le menu de gauche, contenant des liens vers les recettes publicees jusqu a maintenant : Carottes au thym Chili con carne Clafoutis Couscous Pain aux zucchinis P[radical]ates au poulet cajun Potage [radical]a la courge musquee Poulet tandoori Soupe thai Tajine viande et prunes Bon appetit ! [The Daily Poligraf] 8:54:13 PM

Epimetheus, Cubical Moon Square moon of Saturn  Well, it's sort of square - or, more precisely, cubical, like a gigantic grain of salt. This moon of Saturn, called Epimetheus, is too small (71 miles across) for gravity to pull it into a spherical shape like Earth's moon.... - Frank Roylance [Science Matters] 8:48:23 PM

The Cartoonist. Borough Market Reblogged Borough Market, London.. Sunday. Closed. [The Cartoonist] 7:36:07 PM

See ya The death of Polaroid Last week privately-held Polaroid announced that it has stopped making film for its instant cameras and it expects that supplies will run out by next year. The company's demise is no surprise (it stopped making cameras last year), since its technology has been made totally irrelevant by digital technology. It is yet another example of once-prosperous firm felled by disruptive technology, and it illustrates a fate that Eastman Kodak is still fighting to avoid. The US company, founded in 1937 and its technology reached the market in the late 1940s. In its day it was a disruptive technology, taking market share from Kodak by offering (semi-) instant gratification. When Kodak made a version of the same camera, Polaroid beat them in a patent battle in 1986. Polaroid had a monopoly in its small market segment, adored by Andy Warhol and treasured by a many a suburban family. I can remember my father eagerly applying the "gunk" to the just -taken photo as it magically developed. In the nineties, with the advent of digital cameras, Polaroid's days were number. They knew it, and they tried several times, unsuccessfully, to get into digital photography and photo printers, but it was all too late. It's almost impossible for a company to abandon its main focus, essentially abandoning all it has stood for. The company went bankrupt in 2001, and a new Polaroid Company was made from the remnants, keeping in a holding pattern. The situation resembles that of analog cameras, which is in a downward spiral, losing over 30% of sales per year. Kodak has been desperately trying to find replacement technologies, and it has had some success. Its losses last year were lower than expected. And it looks to be in the black in 2008. That's after cutting 28,000 jobs and restructuring itself from a large company to a mid-sized one. While digital revenue is increasing by 15% year-over-year, the film business is decline by 15% a year. Will Kodak be skillful enough to survive massive disruption? [Oligopoly Watch] 7:11:21 PM

The Black Swans on Tour The Black Swans on Tour Again. Columbus Ohio's The Black Swans are once again about to head out on tour. Here are the dates. 2/28- Columbus at Rumba w/ Baby Dee 2/29- Chicago at the Hideout w/ Odawas 3/1- Indianapolis at Big Car Gallery 3/3- Houston at the Mink 3/4- Austin at Emo's w/ Salim Nourallah 3/5- Dallas at Club Da Da w/ Salim Nourallah 3/7- Albuquerque at Aomtic Cantina w/ Trilobite 3/8- Phoenix at Trunk Space 3/9- Pioneer Town at Pappy and Harriet's 3/10- Los Angeles at Bordello 3/11- San Francisco at 12 Galaxies w/ Oxbow (acoustic) 3/12- Eugene at Sam Bonds 3/14- Portland, OR at Laurelthirst 3/15- Seattle at Sunset Tavern (early show 7pm) 3/16- Bellingham at Temple Bar 3/17- Missoula at Badlander w/Pillar Saints (Black Swans do all Irish dance songs) 3/18- Salt Lake City at Nobrow Coffee 3/19- Denver at Old Curtis St. Bar 3/20- Lincoln, NE at Box Awesome 3/21- Des Moines, IA at Vaudeville Mews Previously: Pitchfork loved their new album. So did we. ShareThis [donewaiting.com] 6:40:17 AM

Source: Digital Media Europe Microsoft bid 'substantially undervalues' Yahoo, says board. Yahoo has turned down Microsoft's acquisition bid, concluding that the proposal 'substantially undervalues' Yahoo's global brand. [Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe] 6:30:12 AM

The Carbon Principles Wake-up call on carbon risks. Three financial titans have announced "The Carbon Principles" to provide guidance to energy companies in managing carbon risks. [CNET News.com] 6:27:24 AM