David Emery OnlineFriday Links VI
23 March 2007
The Lefsetz Letter – Choice – “Piracy didn’t kill the major label business model, choice did”.
Tumblr – “Tumblelogs are like blogs with less fuss. Tumblr is your friendly and free tool for creating tumblelogs”.
First Screen Shots Of Google Pay Per Action In Action – A new form of adverts from Google (the biggest online advertiser), which are “Action” based, as opposed to “Click” based.
We just got xvid working on the Apple TV – The more I read about the Apple TV, the more I want one (even though I really don’t need one).
Excerpts from Stephen King’s “On Writing” – “In truth, I’ve found that any day’s routine interruptions and distractions don’t much hurt a work in progress and may actually help it in some ways. It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster’s shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters.”
A face only a bot could love – I think the Microsoft “Spot the kitty” captcha is a great idea, but this totally trumps it.
Electrelane Tour Blog – We just launched this week the Electrelane Tour Blog, for them to use whilst they’re on tour with Arcade Fire. Quite pleased with the way the design turned out, if I do say so myself…
An end to Browser pimping? – It looks as though Apple may be disabling InputManagers (which allow you to easily add functionality to programs) in 10.5. While it would be a shame to loose some of the more useful Safari plugins like Saft, it always was a bit of a hack.