Saturday, December 06, 2003

On the Board I hadn't paid any attention to this until it showed up on Rock Rebel recently, but Switchfoot's single "Meant to Live" is up to #8 on Billboard's Modern Rock tracks.  So there's some corporate radio action in play there for you.  4:59:13 PM    comment [] 533 That's the number of pop-up ads my Google Toolbar has blocked since I installed it about a month ago.  Very handy, if you're like me and rarely heed pop-ups anyway, and therefore have the minor hassle of closing them.  (That's 533 left-clicks I've been saved!) Of course, there is a negative angle to this, being that many sites get much of their revenue from pop-up ads, and if the blocking software proliferates, they'll have to resort to more on-the-page ads, or lose the revenue completely.  Now, I have to plead ignorance on whether or not these are hit-determined ads (which I assume they are, and blocking them doesn't send a hit to the counter).  One thing I've noticed taking shape are the ads that actually "pop-up" into the page itself.  (ESPN.com and Yahoo use these pretty often, I've seen.) On another note, the AutoFill option comes in handy as well.  12:43:04 PM    comment [] Headline jollies On the Bloomington Herald-Times website today (sorry, can't link to the article because it requires a pay subscription...what marketing genius thought up making you pay for all your online content?).  "Missouri, Indiana Both Looking to Get Untracked" I've occasionally heard the word "untracked" used to mean "getting back on track," but it doesn't look like that should be what it means, and glancing at dictionary.com, my suspicions look correct.  untracked adj : lacking pathways; "trackless wilderness"; "roadless areas" So there you have it.  12:23:38 PM    comment [] Something we're lacking You know, something I don't think I've ever done here is a top-5 list.  I did a top-10 album list at the end of last year (something I probably won't be reprising, simply because I haven't bought very many new albums this year, at least not enough to come up with a decent list), but that's been about it.  I'm not sure if this is addressing my lack of depth in creativity or what, but there you have it.  12:17:20 PM    comment []

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