Thursday, March 06, 2003

BBC's Celebdaq Celebrity Trading Game The basic principal is that clelbrities are traded on an exchange like stocks. Their value is influenced by player trading which in turn is influenced by, among other things, what the BBC broadcasts every Friday night at 10:30pm on BBC3. A very clever idea and apparently a sensation in the UK. Here's the link to the Celebdaq website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/celebdaq/index.shtml 10:23:43 AM    comment []

Supreme Court On Spam Foes lock horns in Web filtering case. The Supreme Court hears arguments to decide whether a law aimed at installing Net filters on public library systems balances free speech with the need to restrict porn. [CNET News.com] 9:50:26 AM    comment []

Commentary on Reality TV I'm a TV viewer -- get me out of here!. Watching faux-celebrities marinate in the Australian rain forest for 15 painful hours proves that even in the alternate universe of reality TV, less is more. [Salon.com] 9:40:44 AM    comment []

Some Things Are "Born Copy Protected" How Important Is Copy Protection? By David Pogue. [New York Times: Technology] 9:01:43 AM    comment []