Thursday, September 11, 2008

HST Harry S Truman.  "I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell." [Quotes of the Day] 8:16:58 PM

Avoid Media Burn Large Capello Collider. Great back page from The Sun today. Wouldn't you just love to do graphics for a tabloid, just for a day? Also liberal use of the word Boffin in today's Sun, which is always good. [Noisy Decent Graphics] 8:15:54 PM

Uploads from Canton B. big dish b&w (very large array VLA). canton posted a photo: converted to b&w here since the colors were so lost after film spent 4 years undeveloped. By (canton). [Uploads from canton] 8:10:48 PM

2 The Night - 2001 (:::::MP3 Podcast:::::) 2 The Night - 2001. A few bars of music from the Luna Negra XL v3 band in 2001. [Ottmar Liebert] 8:07:12 PM

Chrome Splash Google Chrome Already Making A Splash; Look Out, Opera. Google's (NSDQ: GOOG) new Chrome web browser is already gaining respectable traction, just a week after its unveiling. Telegraph.co.uk communities editor Shane Richmond reports 1.8 percent of all visits to the news site were with Chrome yesterday, and Last.fm told me hits from the browser have already surpassed those from Opera. Those numbers might seem small, but consider the advantages Internet Explorer has through pre-bundling, and consider that Firefox is the top choice for many of Chrome's target market. The figures are also consistent - StatCounter, which monitors worldwide hits, last week pegged Chrome share at 1.10 percent. IE had 73.81 percent of the global browser market share in Q2, Firefox 18.43 percent, Safari 6.14 percent and Opera 0.71 percent, according to NetApplications. In Europe, it's IE on 67.5 percent, Firefox on 27 percent, Opera 3.1 percent and Safari 1.8 percent, according to XiTi. Related Google's Browser Launches; And Gmail's Fast Google Chrome: Will This Be One Of The Hyped GOOG Products That Sticks? Google To Launch New Web Browser Chrome Tomorrow; Open Source Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when you're on the go. Go here to download. [paidContent.org] 8:00:23 PM

The Echo Nest - Somerville, MA The Echo Nest Raises First Round For 'Musical Brain'. Somerville, MA-based music site The Echo Nest has raised an undisclosed first round led by Commonwealth Capital Ventures with participation from angels. The Echo Nest offers what it calls "the musical brain" that synthesizes music information, analyzing what bloggers have said about a given song, its tempo, harmonic structure and other characteristics. The company, founded by two PhD students at the MIT Media Lab, also released development tools for other sites to incorporate the Echo Nest platform into their content. Release (pdf). Check out the best business jobs in digital media. Go here for paidContent.org Job Board. [paidContent.org] 7:56:29 PM

on paidContent.org Promising 'Change' For Newspapers' Ad Revenue, Politico.com Launches Ad Network. Trying to ride the wave of feverish campaign news stories surrounding the major parties' presidential candidates, Politico.com has launched its ad network with over 30 newspapers. Just before Labor Day, the site revealed plans to partner with newspapers, which have been cutting back on their own staffs. And like most politicians promising "change," Politico is promising a new revenue stream. In return for combining ad sales, Politico's promise that it can fill staffing holes and serve almost like a wire service for DC news coverage. Politico will sell national advertising for network members' sites. Revenue from those ads will be shared between Politico and participating news outlets. The network, powered by Adify, is comprised of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Denver Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and others. Release Rafat adds: This comes as some newspapers have started canceling their AP subscriptions, and could definitely lead to alternative syndication and wire strategies, both for startups and established media companies. Tim McGuire agrees with the assessment. Related Interview: Tom Brettingen, Chief Revenue Officer, AP: 'Returning $20 Million To The Industry' In Between The Conventions: Politico Positions Itself As 'The ESPN Of Politics'âo[per thou]Yes We Can? Join us for EconMusic Sep. 23 in London featuring a Mobile Music panel with Nokia Music's Tom Erskine, Sony BMG's Ian Henderson, Vodafone UK's Tom McLennan and O2's Julian Zmood discussing the exciting future of this sector. Register at http://contentnext.com/econmusic. [paidContent.org] 7:46:03 PM

In the LHC The note 'At least they have a sense of humor about it!' has been added to the drop dailysourcecode.. [Drop.io: dailysourcecode] 7:42:02 PM